Garage Sale And Flea Market time!!!

I am so excited for Spring/Summer! It's not only time for beautiful weather, cute clothes, and pedicures but it's also that time of year when all the garage sales and flea markets start up again! YIPPY!!!
I am really hoping to find some great deals this year! Here are a few places that I've stumbled upon while reading the papers and fliers so far.

This place seems to have it all! I cannot wait to go on Sunday!

This garage sale has it's own website! There has to be something there worth looking at!!

I hope to find many exciting treasure to share with you all!

Meatloaf Cupcakes??

1 pound lean ground beef
1/2 cup seasoned bread crumbs
1 cup grated Monterey Jack cheese
3 tablespoons ketchup
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon celery salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper

Potato Frosting
3 cups mashed potatoes
Food coloring

1. Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Line 12 muffin tin cups with foil bake cups. 2. In a large bowl, mix together all of the meat loaf ingredients until well combined. Divide the mixture evenly among the lined cups (the liners should be about three quarters full). 3. Place the filled muffin tins on cookie sheets and bake the cupcakes for about 15 minutes or until cooked through. 4. Divide the mashed potatoes among three small bowls and stir a few drops of food coloring into each batch to create blue, yellow, and pink pastel frostings. Spread a generous dollop on each cupcake. Makes 12 cupcakes.

Not just a regular Oreo!

So you know those white chocolate covered Oreo's you can only buy at Christmas time...well we had a huge craving for them so I decided to try to make them myself. They tasted exactly the same!!! I had a little fun decorating them with sprinkles, and some with drizzled chocolate too! Delish!

A few more...

I made a few more bow bow holders this weekend that I will putting on Etsy. Just thought I would share!

Weekend Project

I decided that with all the new bow bow's that I've been buying (and now starting to make :O) I needed a place to hang them up. Little Miss Pink has quite the collection now and so I made this for her this weekend.
And here it is with her collection displayed.

I'm considering selling them so if anyone is interested in one let me know!

Speaking of baby food...

When my daughter started eating baby food I stocked up on all the fruits and veggies when they went on sale. Turns out I had way more then I ever needed! So what's a mom to do with all that baby food?!?! Make breakfast!

We took some of her favorites such as pears, bananas, applesauce, even sweet potatoes and we mix them right into the pancake, waffle, or muffin mixes. They are moist and delicious and she's getting her fruits an veggies without even realizing it! How great is that!

Recycling

No not that kind of recycling! I'm talking about the fun and creative kind of recycling that leaves you with really cool new things that leave your friends wondering where you got them! Check out some of these ideas I found for baby food jars, and soup cans!

Spice Jars

Baby Food Jars are great for a lot of things... How about Spice Jars!

Put mixed spices that you can do yourself.
For example: Italian mix (oregano, basil and garlic)
or (cinnamon, cloves, and allspice)
or an everyday mix (paprika, thyme,and garlic)
Use your imagination and go for it.
It's simple and very useful when you are in a hurry!

And as a bonus tip....

Tired of NEVER being able to find anything in your spice cabinet because they're all stacked on top of each other! Not to mention that there never seems to be enough room for it all. Well here's a handy little tip for you. If your cabinet is large enough stack a couple of wire cooling rack inside to place your spices underneath and on top of. The small baby food jars should fit perfectly! Leaving room on the side for the tall spices containers and large items like salt.

Tin Can Lantern

Tin Can Lanterns

Materials You'll need:

1 Or more tin cans, any size
Tape
Hammer
Nails
Votive candles in glass holders

You can dowload templates here, or design something on your own.
Wrap the tin can in a design template and tape it in place. If the can is large, you may want to print two copies of the design so you can overlap it.
Using the hammer and a nail, punch holes in the can along the black dots of the template.
Once all of the holes are punched, remove the template.
Light your candle, place it inside your tin-can lantern, and enjoy.

Votive Candles

Votive Candle Holder

Materials You'll Need:
1 or more sheets of vellum paper
1 or more glass baby-food jars I recommend the 4 oz. jars
Tape
X-ACTO knife or scissors
Metal-edge ruler (optional)
Cutting mat (optional)
Tea lights or votive candles

Place the vellum on the cutting mat. Use the metal-edge ruler and the X-ACTO knife to trim to size. Or, cut with scissors.

Prepare your baby food jars by soaking off the labels and cleaning. Set aside to dry.
Wrap the art around the dry jar and tape into place.
Light your candle, place it inside your baby food votive, and enjoy.

Decorative Organizer

Decorative Organizers

Materials You'll need:

1 or more sheets of heavyweight decorative paper
1 or more tin cans I recommend 15 oz. cans
Tape
X-ACTO knife or scissors
Metal-edge ruler (optional)
Cutting mat (optional)

Place the artwork on the cutting mat. Use the metal-edge ruler and X-ACTO knife to cut to size. Prepare your tin can by soaking or peeling off the existing label and cleaning. Set aside to dry.
Wrap the art around the tin can and tape into place.
Enjoy your new artistic organizers.

E.L.F. Cosmetics

As most of you know I have always LOVED make-up! So when I stumbled upon E.L.F. I was hooked! They have a huge variety of cosmetics to chose from and the best part... everything is $1! I got all of the stuff you see here for under $16. Check them out today!!!

TuTu Cute!

I have been gathering ideas for when Little Miss Pink gets to go to her BIG girl room and when I came across this it was love at first site. I mean really, could it get any cuter then this? I can't wait to make one for her!

Panini's

As a full time working mom I'm always trying to find easy things that I can make ahead of time for lunch. My newest craze... Panini's! I LOVE these things! I never realized how easy they were to make and since discovering that you don't have to buy one of those fancy schmancy Panini makers I have been a Panini making fool! Wanna join the Panini craze? Here's how:

Preheat your George Foreman Grill while you're preparing the Panini

yep! that's right...your George Foreman Grill!
Butter 2 slices of Italian bread

Meat of choice (right now I'm on a turkey kick)
Cheese of choice ( I'm a sucker for provolone!)

Add any additional toppings you'd like. Spinach, Sun-dried tomatoes, Onions, Peppers, etc.

Place sandwich on grill and close lid.

Grill for approximately 5 minutes and Voila!

Your very own little slice of melted heaven!

Pillowcase Dresses

While searching and searching for the hippest, coolest new thing in baby clothes I stumbled upon these. Pillowcase dresses! Who would have ever thought it? I think they are totally adorable and this one will be especially cute on Little Miss Pink this summer!
To make your hown click here.