Eyeball recipe...

... I know it is kind of early, but look how cute this is for halloween! And they look (looking at the recipe) delicious! Click here to see how to make them :)

Blinged up lock

Our school is so small, we only get P.E. lockers! And we have to buy the schools locks from them. Just plain Silver! And of course, being the crafty girl I am... I glittered it up :) I didn't get a picture though, :( I will try tuesday! All you need is paper glaze (or clear nail polish, but the paper glaze works a bit better) and glitter, like in the picture of the gel nails tutorial. Just coat the lock with the glaze and dump the glitter on. Viola! You have a pretty lock for your locker. I have a guy P.E. teacher and he say the lock in my hand just before we chose our lockers... he was very impressed! He said, "Wow, look at your bling bling!" haha :)

Kids Camp

For my last two weeks of summer I had one girls and one boys camp at my house (each were one week) I was really lame and didn't really take that many pictures, but I did get some in the pool and on baking day, we decorated cakes and made/decorated paper chef hats. Each day had theme and we did a craft according to that theme, then we played a game, and for the last hour we swam in our pool... 3 hours total! (Some of the girls was fashion designer day, where we tie died t-shirts, and another day was Hawaiian day and we made paper leis and sandcastles.) I had so much fun!

The cute girl on the left definately has the right shirt on!

and of course, the frosting is the best part!

mmmm... well doesn't that just look tasty?!

Book Blankes

I started school today, so I thought it would be fun to do a school related craft! Aren't these book blankets so cute?? I would love it even more if it was pink though... haha :) I actually found this on family fun! Click here to find out how to make it.

And it is pretty inexpensive! It could be cuter if you added some flowers or jewels too!

Cough Drop holder

Yes! I didn't miss Saturday's post :) Anyway... look what I have found! It is a cough drop holer for a get well gift! love it! Go see just give me stamps to learn how to make it!

my new favicon!

Are you tired of your standard orange and white blogger logo for your favicon? [a favicon is the logo next to a web address. (see below)]

Here is a tutorial so you can have a cute one for your blog or website :) And the best part is, it's free!

So first, make your favicon in a photo editing program. I like microsoft paint. Remember to make it simple, and the actual size, it needs to be really small. Now save your picture.

Now find a favicon generator on the web. I suggest this generator

Go to where it says "free favicon hosting", upload your favicon, and then click on "sharpen +3"

When it as uploaded (don't worry, your favicon is sappost to look blury in that picture), click the link that is shown in the picture below

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Now go to your "Edit HTML" tab and seach </head> (click ctrl f to get the search box). Just paste that link BELOW </head> . click save!

Go to your blog now and your cute favicon is now there! Check out my teen crafting favicon!

I have already failed.

Ok, I know I said that there would be a craft every day and after 2 posts I already failed. I promise this won't happen again! So here is todays post.

Shannon made this cute double frame! I need to learn how to make it! I love having pictures in my room and this is a good way to show them off!

Gel nails (well sorta)

I hate going to the nail salon and paying $40 for gel nails. I found another way to do it at home! I love them and mine last about 4 weeks. You can't get the gel stuff unless you are a professional nail person, but these look just as great!

Supplies:
clear nail polish
glitter (I use martha stewart fine brand from michaels, but you can just use any gitter)
paper plate (or just a piece of paper)

Now paint one toe nail (not all because it will dry to fast) and sprinkle the glitter on it... repeat with the rest of your nails. Make sure you do this on top of the paper plate or TONS of your glitter will be wasted. Once you are done, pour the glitter back into the bottle.

Now, once you have done both feet, paint on another layer and repeat the process again.

Once that 2nd layer is dry, you can do one more layer, but it probably won't be necessary. (I didn't have to) If you don't have to do another layer, just paint on an extra (pretty thick) clear coat on top of the glitter.

See? How easy was that? The look super cute and you didn't pay 40 bucks!

40th birthday cake!

My dad's big 40th birthday was this past july! I was inspired by Kristen's 1st birthday cake! I loved making this cake! It turned out so cool! I used fondant, for both the main part and the polkadots. When I mixed in the food coloring, I didn't entirely mix it in all the way so that it would have a tie-dye effect. The fondant recipe is below... SO easy! Be patient while making it though. When you first start to kneed it all together, it is VERY sticky and is a huge mess. It took me about 15 minutes before it was just barely starting to look a thing like fondant like you see on "Cake Boss" or "Ace of Cakes"!

(I got all of this from this website)

Ingredients:

16 ounces white mini-marshmallows (use a good quality brand)
2 to 5 tablespoons water
2 pounds icing sugar (please use C&H Cane Powdered Sugar for the best results)
1/2 cup Crisco shortening (you will be digging into it so place in a very easily accessed bowl)

Directions:


NOTE: Please be careful, this first stage can get hot.

Melt marshmallows and 2 tablespoons of water in a microwave or double boiler. To microwave, place the bowl in the microwave for 30 seconds, open microwave and stir, back in microwave for 30 seconds more, open microwave and stir again, and continue doing this until melted. It usually takes about 2 1/2 minutes total.

Place 3/4 of the powdered sugar on the top of the melted marshmallow mix.

Now grease your hands GENEROUSLY (palms, backs, and in between fingers), then heavily grease the counter you will be using and dump the bowl of marshmallow/sugar mixture in the middle.

Start kneading like you would bread dough. You will immediately see why you have greased your hands. If you have children in the room they will either laugh at you or look at you with a questioning expression. You might even hear a muttered, “What are you doing?”




Keep kneading, this stuff is sticky at this stage! Add the rest of the powdered sugar and knead some more. Re-grease your hands and counter when the fondant starts sticking. If the mix is tearing easily, it is to dry, so add water (about 1/2 tablespoon at a time and then knead it in). It usually takes me about 8 minutes to get a firm smooth elastic ball so that it will stretch without tearing when you apply it to the cake.

It is best if you can let it sit, double wrapped, overnight (but you can use it right away if there are no tiny bits of dry powdered sugar). If you do see them, you will need to knead and maybe add a few more drops of water.

Prepare the fondant icing for storing by coating it with a good layer of Crisco shortening, wrap in a plastic-type wrap product and then put it in a re-sealable or Ziploc bag. Squeeze out as much air as possible. This fondant stores for up to 2 weeks.

**Please note, this is not my recipe, click the link right above the recipe for the original copy if you would like**
 

you have to remember this was my first somewhat succesful attempt at making fondant, so yes, there are some cracks and dents in the cake! haha, next time it will look better :)

365 Crafts!

I am going to do a post a day for the next year! Which is 365 crafts for you to do! And I love comments, so be sure to COMMENT on the crafty thoughts link :) It may not be a craft a day, because some days there will be giveaways! Oh and remember to "follow" me!