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Jewelry Dish Tutorial

June 22nd, 2011

For Mother’s Day this year, I made my Mom a cute little jewelry dish for her dresser. And when I was perusing through my digital camera I found pics for the tutorial and realized that I never got the chance to share it with you! This craft is really simple, and would be great to do with younger kids too. And you can make any size bowl or dish you like, so skies the limit!

Supplies:

1 Package of Fimo Air Dry Modeling Clay
Cutting Board
Rolling Pin
Saran Wrap
Acrylic Paint in your choice of color
A piece of lace
A bowl for modeling
A piece of sandpaper

Assembly:

Cover your cutting board and rolling pin with saran wrap – this will make it so the clay won’t stick to it.

Roll your clay out flat, so that it is about 1/4 inch thick.

Using a bowl like a cookie cutter, cut your clay into a circle.

Using your piece of lace, press into the clay so that it leaves an impression and then remove.

Then take your clay circle and press into a bowl. You’ll want to leave this in the bowl over night to dry. Once it’s dry it should slide right out.

Once dry, sand down the rough edges, add a couple layers of paint, and you’re done!

So cute, and so simple!

In the future I think I’ll add a glaze to it!

Next time, I’ll be back with another low carb recipe – really eager to try this new one out!

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The Skinny on Cauliflower Crust Pizza Plus a GIVEAWAY!

June 17th, 2011

So today is the very FIRST installment for The Skinny series! Today, I’m doing a review on Cauliflower Crust Pizza!

Crust Indgredients:

2 cups shredded cauliflower
2 large eggs
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
2 tsp parsley
2 tsp oregano

Pizza Ingredients:

Pizza Sauce (preferably low-carb)
Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
Your choice of toppings

Now before I get into the recipe directions, I have to tell you that I recruited Chad from Agostina’s Pizza in Camp Hill. Also known as The King of Pizza!

I figured, if I’m going to recruit help, it might as well be from the Pizza King himself! And he was kind enough to sacrifice a few hours from his day off to help me! And he was all ready to go!

Directions:

First, you want to preheat your over to 450 degrees.

Next you want to shred your cauliflower – we used a cheese grader.

Then, take all of your crust ingredients and mix them well in a blender.

Once blended, take the dough and spread it onto a well greased baking sheet.

Bake for about 20 – 25 minutes, or until the bottom is a golden brown. Looking good!

Add your pizza sauce.

Add your mozzarella cheese.

Add your toppings.

A little more mozzarella :)

And bake until the cheese is bubbly!

Doesn’t that look delicious! Now all you have to do is cut and serve!

So how did it turn out?

Chad and I agree that it tasted much better than we had anticipated. So we give it a 4 out of 5 stars!

And to be honest, I ate the leftovers the next day, straight out of the fridge and cold, and I think it tasted even better cold! But I also love cold pizza haha.

If you end up trying this recipe, please comment on this post as to how it turned out!

GIVEAWAY TIME!

For our lucky readers who are located in the Central Pennsylvania region – Chad is giving away a gift certificate good for One Cheese Pizza! To enter to win, post a comment telling me what your favorite pizza topping is. And next Friday I’ll announce the winner!

Until next time!

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Easy Headband Tutorial with a Side of Awkward

June 14th, 2011

Alright people, after writing yesterday how I lost interest in crafting for a hot second, something happened and I got motivated! Ok, well not like super motivated, but enough so that I was able to put together this easy tutorial for you! Here we go.

Easy Headband Tutorial

Supplies:

Measuring Tape
Jersey Knit Material
Basic Sewing Supplies

Cutting:

Cut 1 – M” x 3″ Band (M= Measurement of your head minus 2 inches – this is where you use the measuring tape)
Cut 1 – 3″ x 2″ Binding Strip

As you can see, I made quite a few headbands.

Assembly:

Take your 3″ x 2″ binding strips, fold in half (right sides together) so that it is now 3″ x 1″, and sew in place.
Trim the edge of the binding strip.
Flip inside out.

Take your band and pull it through your binding strip.

Right sides together, set your band shut. Trim the edges.

Pull your binding strip over the band’s seam – and you’re done! Yay!

So you’re probably thinking to yourself – that was an easy tutorial, just like she said! But wait, what’s so awkward about it?

Well here you go folks, the most awkward self-portraits I have EVER taken. I feel awkward even posting this lol.

Alright, that one isn’t so bad, at least my tan looks good, haha.

Oh, yup, awkward.

I’m so not a model. And here’s the winner:

Why do I look like I’m in pain, haha. Well, you guys get the picture, lol.

Ahh, but guess what, the awkward pics aren’t over. Don’t worry, just a few more!

Like this necklace?

Ok I swear, that was the last one, haha. ANYWAYS! The next tutorial I do will show you had to make a necklace just like this one!

I’m going to try and harness some more of that motivation that I found yesterday and get you a tutorial tomorrow. So stay tuned!

Oh, and I wanted to let you guys in a little secret I’ve been keeping over here. Recently I’ve jumped onto the Atkins Diet bus, and I’m really liking it. But sometimes I really want carbs, like REALLY want them. So to keep me motivated I’ve started exploring new recipes and I figured, why not share them with you?! I’ll be sharing a new post every week – planning for Wednesday or Thursday – and I’m calling it (drumroll please!):

So excited to get cooking this evening! And don’t worry, I won’t disappoint, this first recipe is going to knock your carb loving socks off!

See you next time!

Oh and don’t forget about the Blueprint Blowout going on!

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Good Intentions and a Tutorial

June 13th, 2011

Remember when I said the first two weeks of June were going to be dedicated to tutorials for items used when gardening? Yeah, I got lazy. I’ve got the garden apron tutorial here for you, but it’s probably the only one that I will do of the four. I did end up making gardening gloves and a garden pad, but I wasn’t very pleased with the end result, and couldn’t muster up the energy to redo them. So therefore, I’ll only be sharing the one tutorial this week. And if I get to the headband by the end of the week, I’ll share that too. Good intentions, just no enthusiasm.

Garden Apron Tutorial

Supplies:

1.4 yards of canvas or outdoor decorating fabric at least 45″ wide
Coordinating thread
Basic sewing supplies

Cutting:

Cut 1 – 21″ x 10.5″ (body)
Cut 1 – 21″ x 7.5″ (pocket)
Cut 2 – 5″ straps the width of your fabric (mine is 45″ x 5″)
Cut 1 – 21″ x 5″ (center strap)

Assembly:

First we want to hem the upper edges of the Body and Pocket pieces. To do so, fold over the top edges 1/4″, press, and repeat. Sew in place.

Lay your Body piece on top of your Pocket piece so that they are aligned at the bottom and right sides facing up for both. Sew together.

At your ironing board, take your three straps and press in half.

Open and press the right side in so that the edge meets the center fold.

Repeat with the left side.

Press in half again.

Now, open your three pieces, and with right sides together, sew the side straps to either end of the center strap.

At your ironing board, flip the pocket piece over so that it is in front of the body piece. Press.

Then we want to hem the sides of the body/pocket piece, folding over the side edges 1/4″, pressing, and repeating. Sew in place.

Next we want to sew 2 vertical lines to make the pockets. I did mine so that all three pockets were the same width. To make sure they come out straight you can use a soluble marking pen, or if your fabric is like mine, just follow the lines.

Now we want to attach the binding straps. Start by pinning the binding to your body piece, centered and right sides together. Edge stitch in place.

Then fold your binding up and over the back side of your body piece, pinning in place.

Edge stitch your binding shut. *Note – depending on how thick your fabric is, you may want to loosen your sewing machine’s tension so that the stitches are pulled so tight.

And voila! A perfect apron for your gardening needs.

You can also add extra loops and clips to store pruning sheers or keys!

Remember when I said I had good intentions? Well I certainly pulled through with this one – and I’ve even got 3 of these aprons to go up in this week’s Blueprint Blowout! One like from the tutorial above, and 2 with utility loops! Click here to get to the Blueprint Blowout!

Bidding starts at $5, and shipping is $2.50 flat rate in the United States (no out of country bids, please). The Blowout will run through Friday at 5 pm, so get to bidding!

See you all on Friday!

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New to You Outdoor Furniture – Part 2

June 3rd, 2011

It’s finally done! But before I reveal the finished product, let’s continue with the tutorial!

In my last post, I got you all the way up to wrapping the plastic around the wood and cushion to secure the cushioning to the wood. Next, you want to repeat the same steps you completed with the plastic, but with your outdoor fabric.