I made these luminaries after seeing the beautiful pictures of them on Pinterest. I followed the instructions letter by letter and out the original five that I made only two survived to the end.
But the two that did make it still have the blue balloons stuck to the wax, they're permanently bonded now. They're easy to break and you can only use battery operated candles with them. I don't know why but I'm a stickler for real candles. Pyromaniac, I know!
So, ladies, save your money and time (it took me and hour to get the wax out of my pot). Don't try this.
One good thing about today though is my new shirt from T.J. Maxx. Only seven dollars! Here's a peek:
I made these yummy cupcakes yesterday after seeing this photo.
I just used yellow cake mix from a box, cream cheese frosting, and frozen coconut meat shavings. So cheap, so yummy! There were only six of them to go around since the original website Rikshaw Design didn't include any recipe for them and I didn't know if the different tastes would go together well.
But they did! And I'm so happy with it and they're all so easy to make. Just cook the cupcakes, let them cool completely, frost, and them sprinkle the coconut shavings on top. Make sure that you press the shavings in a little bit so that they stick! I also added an extra cupcake sleeve after I frosted to make it all look a bit better.
Since I only made six cupcakes there was a lot of mix and frosting left over so I made the rest into a coconut-free cake.
Last Tuesday, (Yes, I know, I'm the queen of posting on time) I dyed my hair and neck red, made yummy shortcake, and had bad karaoke night with my sister. Successful? I'm still waiting for the results.
My hair didn't turn out quite as planned. Even after a fair warning from The Beauty Department about at home red dye jobs, I still opted for the cheaper route and bought a ten dollar box of "medium auburn." Let me tell you. Listen to Kristin.
After a seven year affinity with red hair and four red highlights on the underside of my hair, I finally went all out and died my entire head hair. Or should I say most of my hair as I didn't have enough dye to get the whole. Although, I didn't get to be the princess of the sea and then end up being Prince Charming's princess.
And just today I redyed it with a light brown and got the original "medium auburn" I had expected.
Before I dyed my hair, my sister and I made the best peach and blueberry shortbread bar. It's from Matchbook and it's here on page 110-111; a bit hard to find but it's worth it. The peaches were a messy job to cut (and of course I got it) but they tasted so good in the dish. Just make sure you peel the skin off!
A fellow blogger recently did a post about weddings and it got me thinking. What am I going to wear to the wedding my family's friend is having in a week? Well it would go something like this:
I just saw this cute little DIY project on ... Love Maegan and I'm ready to jump in the car and run to the thrift store this moment. Who knows what cute tank top could become my next beach bag.
I've got to admit that the first example she puts up isn't all that flattering but I just love the look of the blue one she makes. It's adorable.
Yesterday, I watched Ramen Girl. It follows Abby (Brittany Murphy) who decides to apprentice under Maezumi (Toshiyuki Nishida.) I was very apprehensive about it at first since I'm not into movies about self centered, pitiful girls but my sister made me agree to it as long as she watched Doctor Who with me. It turned out great and I'm really happy that I watched it.
Well, of course, it made me crave ramen like no other. So here's a recipe (for two) that my mom taught me when I was younger. I'm not a fan of measurements since it just prolongs the time between preparing and eating with all of that fancy-shcmancy measuring.
Two small cans of diced tomatoes
A heavy sprinkle of onion powder
Peas to taste
A large handful of onion
Ground beef to taste
Two packets of ramen
1) Saute the onions to a light brown and toss in the meat. Use however much you like but you want a pretty even ratio between the tomatoes and meat. (I use MorningStar's Veggie Crumbles since I'm vegetarian)
2) Add in the peas and onion powder and continue to cook until the meat is fully cooked.
3) Add in the whole contents of the diced tomatoes, stir, and let simmer on medium heat.
4) Cook ramen noodles to done, save the seasoning for another day. Drain noodles.
5) By this time a lot of the liquid would have evaporated from the tomatoes, this is good.
6) Serve top ramen on top of the warm ramen noodles.
This great do took me less than five minutes to finish. It's effortless beauty and that's what makes it so appealing to me. The perfect for summer hair is loose and free while giving you a new look. I would've taken a photo of it but unfortunately my camera's gone missing.
I took out the extra part that the model has added to her do from the left of her part. It didn't look very good from the front.
I love trying new hair-do's does anyone have any new suggestions?
