This is most of the package I will mail to my Swap partner (on Ravelry Knitting Site). I still need a few more things and then I'll wrap each item pretty and mail it all out. Hope she likes it!
April 27, 2010
Color Swap...
This is most of the package I will mail to my Swap partner (on Ravelry Knitting Site). I still need a few more things and then I'll wrap each item pretty and mail it all out. Hope she likes it!
April 26, 2010
April 7, 2010
got my swap package today...
Gina sent me 2 sweet pink washcloths, some soap and candy. Thanks Gina!
April 3, 2010
Spring...
1. Smiling Lamb, 2. Lots of blue eggs, 3. 10.10.06n2, 4. hydrangeas, 5. Untitled, 6. Bluebird Nest, 7. Untitled, 8. powderpuff blue, 9. a 'Sconset cottage, 10. Hankies on the line, 11. pink tea house, 12. Hollyhocks, 13. Woodstock wysteria window
March 23, 2010
Eco Tips...Recycling Phonebooks
From: PlanetGreen.Discovery.com
Recycling is great, but it would be even better to do two things:
1. Check with your local phone company to see if they have an "opt-out" program. If they do, sign up for it. If they don't, suggest that they start one.
2. Reuse the phone books you already have. Here are a few ideas for you.
Ideas for Reusing Phone Books.......
1. Make a super cute (and functional!) pencil holder.
2. Make a booster seat for your child. Most of us probably remember sitting on a phone book to reach the dining room table better. Go a step further and cover the phone book with some cotton batting and a fabric remnant to make it even more comfortable.
3. Use them, sheet by sheet, as an alternative to paper towels. Clean windows and mirrors. Go a step further and use your own homemade glass cleaner, too.
4. Have a fire place, outdoor fire pit, or charcoal grill? Use your phone book pages for kindling.
5. Crumple the pages into balls to use as packaging filler for delicate objects.
6. Next time your kid needs to papier mache something, use pages from your old phone books.
7. Shred or tear the pages and use them as bedding in your worm bin.
8. Or, shred the pages up and add them to your compost pile.
9. Use stacks of the pages (10 pages thick or so) to kill the grass where you want a new garden bed. Simply lay the stacks of pages over the grass (overlapping them a bit), wet them down, and cover them with mulch, shredded leaves, or straw. In a few weeks, the grass will be dead and you have a new garden bed!
10. Make a secret storage box for valuables out of a large phone book.
11. Use one as a kneeling pad for when you're working in the garden.
12. If you're ripening green tomatoes (or storing fruits such as apples long-term) wrap each fruit in a page from the phone book and store wrapped fruit in a box in a cool, dry place.
13. Make envelopes from them. These are especially good for storing seeds that you save from your garden because you can make them in any shape or size you need.
14. Make pots for seed starting. You usually see this tip with newspapers, but it works just as well with pages from your phone directory.
There you have it: fourteen simple ideas for reusing a phone book.
Do you have any to add to the list?
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Recycling is great, but it would be even better to do two things:
1. Check with your local phone company to see if they have an "opt-out" program. If they do, sign up for it. If they don't, suggest that they start one.
2. Reuse the phone books you already have. Here are a few ideas for you.
Ideas for Reusing Phone Books.......
1. Make a super cute (and functional!) pencil holder.
2. Make a booster seat for your child. Most of us probably remember sitting on a phone book to reach the dining room table better. Go a step further and cover the phone book with some cotton batting and a fabric remnant to make it even more comfortable.
3. Use them, sheet by sheet, as an alternative to paper towels. Clean windows and mirrors. Go a step further and use your own homemade glass cleaner, too.
4. Have a fire place, outdoor fire pit, or charcoal grill? Use your phone book pages for kindling.
5. Crumple the pages into balls to use as packaging filler for delicate objects.
6. Next time your kid needs to papier mache something, use pages from your old phone books.
7. Shred or tear the pages and use them as bedding in your worm bin.
8. Or, shred the pages up and add them to your compost pile.
9. Use stacks of the pages (10 pages thick or so) to kill the grass where you want a new garden bed. Simply lay the stacks of pages over the grass (overlapping them a bit), wet them down, and cover them with mulch, shredded leaves, or straw. In a few weeks, the grass will be dead and you have a new garden bed!
10. Make a secret storage box for valuables out of a large phone book.
11. Use one as a kneeling pad for when you're working in the garden.
12. If you're ripening green tomatoes (or storing fruits such as apples long-term) wrap each fruit in a page from the phone book and store wrapped fruit in a box in a cool, dry place.
13. Make envelopes from them. These are especially good for storing seeds that you save from your garden because you can make them in any shape or size you need.
14. Make pots for seed starting. You usually see this tip with newspapers, but it works just as well with pages from your phone directory.
There you have it: fourteen simple ideas for reusing a phone book.
Do you have any to add to the list?
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March 7, 2010
March 6, 2010
it's been awhile...
I haven't been blogging on this blog in quite awhile. I have tons of photos to upload still and post here. Life sure has been quite busy.
November 10, 2009
december daily 2009 all prepped...
....check this out to see my photostream of my December Daily Album for 2009. Now, just have to take photos in December, add those and some journaling, add the middle ring and ribbons and it's done!
November 2, 2009
Halloween Night...
...Porter (Cowboy) and Carson (Cute Grim Reaper)
...Porter with a Cowboy face
Carson loves her Bat Bag
Cameron passed out Candy (his first year)
Brig ('Cereal Killer')
James says; "How do I look?"
...Porter with a Cowboy face
Carson loves her Bat Bag
Cameron passed out Candy (his first year)
Brig ('Cereal Killer')
James says; "How do I look?"
October 31, 2009
preparing for halloween....
Prissy is not quite ready for the noise...
We made caramel-chocolate apples...yum!
The Foyer...
The front door...
We made caramel-chocolate apples...yum!
The Foyer...
The front door...
October 30, 2009
Homemade Caramel Apples...
1 C. real butter
2 C. dark brown sugar, packed
1 C. light corn syrup
1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk... Read More
2 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
8-10 medium-sized apples, sticks inserted in tops
TIPS: . Be sure your apples are washed w/ baking soda to remove wax (if store bought)and VERY dry before dipping.
Choose smaller apples to make caramel go further-- after all, it's hard to finish a whole one, anyway.
Use cold apples for dipping to keep the caramel from sliding off.
Instructions:
1. Over medium-high heat, stir together the butter, sugar, corn syrup, and condensed milk in a heavy sauce pan.
2. Bring to a boil.
3. Cook about 30-40 minutes (don't stir often, as you'll risk crystallization), until the caramel darkens and thickens. It should reach the "firm ball" stage of candy-making. This means that, upon dropping the caramel into cold water, a firm ball forms. This ball shouldn't flatten when you remove it from the water, but should still easily change shape when you touch it. With a candy thermometer the temp should read 245-250 degrees F.
4. Remove finished caramel from the heat.
5. Stir in vanilla extract.
6. Dip apples into hot caramel. In order to get as thick a caramel coating as possible, dip each apple at an angle and rotate within the caramel.
7. Pull apple out vertically and allow excess caramel to drip off. Then turn the apple right-side-up a moment (as if you were about to eat it) and let the caramel settle for a few seconds. This prevents large bare spots at the top of the apple.
8. Place apples on greased wax paper or foil.
9. While caramel is still warm and soft, decorate as desired. (Unless dipping apples in chocolate, in which case the caramel needs to be allowed to set.)
10. Let cool to set.
OR....to make EASY Kraft Caramel Apples:
1. WASH and dry 10 apples thoroughly. Insert stick into stem end of each apple.
2. MICROWAVE 75 unwrapped Kraft Caramels with 3 Tbsp. water in large glass measure or mixing bowl on HIGH for 3 to 3-1/2 minutes or until sauce is smooth when stirred.
3. DIP apples into hot caramel sauce and turn until coated. Scrape off excess sauce from bottom of apples and decorate*. Place on tray lined with waxed paper. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
*Decorating w/ chocolate: Refrigerate coated apples to set caramel. Then, generously drizzle with melted chocolate using a spoon. Let stand on lightly greased or waxed-lined paper tray until chocolate is firm.
photo meme...
Want to play too?
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.
1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What do you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One word to describe you.
12. Your Flickr name.
My Answers:
1. What is your first name? Peg
2. What is your favorite food? sushi
3. What high school did you go to? Serra
4. What is your favorite color? Lime Green
5. Who is your celebrity crush? David Beckham
6. Favorite drink? water
7. Dream vacation? Florence, Italy
8. Favorite dessert? Coconut cupcakes
9. What do you want to be when you grow up? happy
10. What do you love most in life? family
11. One word to describe you. unforgettable
12. Your Flickr name. Pegstamps
photo credits:
1. the cupcake girls
2. Sushi
3. untitled
4. Lime2
5. David Beckham ITV World Cup Ident
6. When Waves Collide
7. Florence Storm
8. chocolate coconut
9. Bliss 4
10. Going home
11. Sunshower
12. Peg stamp 3
October 28, 2009
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