Homemade Corn Syrup Substitute

Homemade Corn Syrup Substitute

I know a lot of peo

ple are making their Easter Candies right n

ow! Most of them call for Corn Syrup!

That stuff is so nasty & so bad for you! You can read about the dangers & side effects here:

http://www.mercola.

com/Downloads/bonus/danger-of-corn-syrup/repo

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~All you need~

~2 cups white sugar

~3/4 cup water

~1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar

~1 pinch salt

1. Combine all ingredients in a large saucepan.

2. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.

3. Reduce heat to a simmer and put cover for 3 minutes to get sugar crystals off the sides of the pan. ( This never happen to me, so I just skipped it & it worked out fine for me)

4. Uncover and simmer, stirring often, until it reaches the soft ball stage.

Makes about 2 cups

I have used this recipe last year & it worked great when I was making my homemade marshmallows!


Enjoy!

Dazzling up your flip-flops~Tutorial

Tutorial on dazzling up your flip-flops ~*

You Will need:

2 inch wide ribbon

A pair of flip-flops

gems

White hand quilting thread

needle

lighter

scissors

You want to use hand quilting thread, because it's very strong &

very unlikely to break.

Your going to start with threading your needle. I double threaded by, I've notice when doing that, when pulling the ribbon later on, it was very unlikely to break.

Leave a good size knot at the end of the thread & a little extra because your gonna need it to pull at the end.

I found these flip-flops at Walgreens for only $5.99.

Depending on full you want your flower; if you want it really full I would cut between 18 inches to 24 inches.

You always want to burn the edges of your ribbon, to prevent it from fraying later on.

Fold the ribbon in half.

Then you make long stitches along, to sew the both sides together.

That's what it's going to look like, once you have finish.

Remember what I said about holding on to the knot on the end? Well make sure you have a good grip on it & gently pull the ribbon, as spin it around as you pull.

This is what it should look like, once you have pulled it all together. Tie both sides of thread together, to keep the flower nice & tight.

I sewed mine on with the same quilting thread.

These would make a cute gift for a girl, or a cute Mother's Day gift for a friend or even your Mom! I made these for my sister-in-law's birthday this past week. Since she's love sparkly things, I hot glued some fake diamond gems on the straps!

Let me know if you like this tutorial! It was my first time doing something like this.

Enjoy!

Dressing it up; Part 2

This was one of the gifts I made this yesterday for

my lovely sister-in-law, Anna!

I found this cute shabby chic frame at this adorable place called KNB Consigments!

I got it for a steal, since the glass was already broken.

I took some cute paper & cut it to same measurement as the frame.

Then I found these pre-made flowers that I found at Walmart recently for only $2.00.

Took some 3D glue dots, to make the flowers pop up.

You can find these at A.C.Moore & Michaels for about $3.00.

Then I added a cute quote about friendship below to the flower!

I've really been getting into card making recently as well!

I just think it's so much special when you make cards or gifts, instead of buying something brand new. It shows piece of your heart, when you put so much love into a gift.

Reduce, Reuse & Recycle!

You know how I love to reuse things & make something new out of it!

Plus it helps our landfill right?

Recently I saw on Live View Studio's blog about going green!

You can view their post here; & check out their awesome pictures while your there!

http://www.liveviewstudios.com/us-in-real-life/anticipation-april-birthdays/

Isn't that such a cute & clever idea??

I came home from shopping yesterday & realize I was out of wrapping paper!

I remember seeing on Live View Studio's blog about using

a paper bag, & thought hey I could do that!

I took all the handles from my Whole-foods bags & made a bow with it.

Comment & share on how you like to dress things up or reduce & reuse!

Dressing it up ~ Part 1

I just simple love to take something & make it even more cuter, especially with stuff you already own! I got my lovely idea from a friend's profile picture! I thought to myself, I could totally do that!

I have this chalkboard up in my dinning room, that I use to post a weekly bible verse that I've come across during my quite time with the Lord. Last night when my husband took me out on a date & took me to one of my favorite places; A.C.Moore! While I was there I found these cute paper flowers already made! Even tho I know how to make them, I thought these flowers were too cute to pass up!

All I did was hot glued them onto my chalkboard! Complete cuteness!

I took this plain 5 x 7 black picture frame, for my daughters room & dressed it up a little. I forgot to take a before picture.... I know shame on me!

You can use ribbon, buttons, basically anything!

Though..I don't think I'm completely done with this yet!

Thinking about instead of using a picture, making it collage with a 3D letter E in the center.

After a day like today

Several tornados touch down here in NC. I was so sadden ro hear of all the damage that occured from the tornados. My heart is filled with so much thanks, that all of my family, friends were kept safe & that our possessions were safe as well.

I do have to say after a day like this a cup of tea sounds lovely:)

What's for dinner?

Looking for a good marinate for dinner! Here's one awesome honey mustard one!



1/3 cup Dijon mustard
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoon mayonnaise
1 teaspoon steak sauce
4 skinless boneless chicken breast

Mix all the wet ingredients together in a bowl & add meat. Let it marinate for 2-4 hours. Then grill!!

Philadelphia 3-step lime Cheesecake!

Right now I have this baking in my oven!

2 pkg. 8 oz each cheese cheese , softened

1/2 cup sugar
2 Tbsp fresh lime juic
1 tsp grated lime peel
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1 cup Graham cracker crumbs
3 Tbsp sugar
3 tbsp butter, melted

Mix the crumbs, sugar & butter, press onto bottom of pie plate.

Mix cream cheese, sugar, juice, peel and vanilla. Mix well on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs; mix until blended.

Pour into crust.

Bake at 350•F for 35-40 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool. Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight.

Makes 8 servings.