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Fizzy Bath Bombs

August 30, 2010 By Jeanne Leave a Comment

Alan Kiraly (from the web programming department), and his wife, Michaeline, made these bath bombs at home for their Christmas gifts. Alan says they were simple and easy to make, and fun because you use your hands - you get the baking soda and essential oils on your hands and it feels good and smells nice. It is also fun to choose the scent combinations, and best of all it's easy to do. To make your own bath bombs, you first go down to the store and check out the different essential oils. … [read more...]

Filed Under: Baby Shower, Bath & Body, Birthday, Blog, Bridal Shower, D.I.Y. Ideas, Featured, Food & Drink, Gifts & Favors, Occasions, Wedding Tagged With: DIY, homemade, Occasions, recipe, soap

Lip Balm

August 26, 2010 By Jeanne Leave a Comment

I don't know about you, but lip balm is one of those things that I never have enough of. I keep one in my purse, one in the car, one in my coat, and the list goes on. The good news is that you can make it for yourself, your friends or all of your wedding attendants if you follow these instructions. You can even be your own aromatherapist, mixing signature scents that are yours alone. Have fun, and don't forget to label them with the scent, the date or a few sweet words. … [read more...]

Filed Under: Baby Shower, Bath & Body, Birthday, Blog, Bridal Shower, D.I.Y. Ideas, Featured, Occasions, Wedding Tagged With: favors, homemade, lip balm, Occasions

A Short Hop to Savings

August 26, 2010 By Lacy Leave a Comment

Combine errands into one trip.  Several short trips, each one taken from a cold start, can use twice as much fuel as one trip covering the same distance when the engine is warm. … [read more...]

Filed Under: Energy Tips Tagged With: energy tip

Cupcake Pops

August 24, 2010 By Jill 1 Comment

After I made the wedding pops that I showed you a few weeks ago, I decided to try some other versions of cake pops. These adorable pops are much easier and SO cute. I found the idea originally on Bakerella.com.  You could use these for a child's birthday party or for a baby shower. You follow the same instructions for the wedding pops, you just shape them differently. The first thing you do is bake a cake.  Any cake, any flavor, from a box or from scratch, doesn’t matter.  I used chocolate … [read more...]

Filed Under: Baby Shower, Birthday, Blog, Featured, Food & Drink, Kids Party Ideas, Occasions, Treats & Desserts Tagged With: babies, favors, homemade, kids, party, recipe

Really cool savings

August 19, 2010 By Lacy Leave a Comment

When buying a room AC unit, look for one that has earned the EPA's ENERGY STAR.  If every room air conditioner in the US were ENERGY STAR qualified, they would prevent 900 million pounds of greenhouse gas emissions annually - equivalent to the emissions from 80,000 cars. … [read more...]

Filed Under: Energy Tips Tagged With: energy tip

Canned Apple Slices

August 16, 2010 By Jeanne Leave a Comment

Choose medium size, good shaped, just-ripe apples which hold their shape when cooked - allow 1-1/2 pounds for each pint. Use about 10 pounds of apples for this recipe. Vinegar-salt solution: • 2 Tbsp vinegar • 2 Tbsp salt • 1 gallon cold water Syrup: • 4 cups sugar • 1 quart water • 4 tsp cinnamon Mix salt and vinegar in 1 gallon of cold water, stir until salt is dissolved. Wash the apples, then peel, core and slice into wedges or rings. Soak slices in the vinegar-salt … [read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Canning Recipes, Featured, Food & Drink Tagged With: canning, DIY, food, homemade, Occasions, recipe

Grape Juice

August 12, 2010 By Jill Leave a Comment

Canning is one of my favorite things.  Not so much the process, that can be a real pain.  But I love the results.  Late every fall, jars and jars of home-canned goodness line up on my pantry shelves.  The feeling of accomplishment is so great that sometimes when I'm having a bad day, I just go down and look at my pantry shelves.  I know, pathetic isn't it?  But it really makes me feel better. One thing I hadn't ever done was juice.  A few years ago, however, I got a call from a friend who … [read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Canning Recipes, Featured, Food & Drink, Nonalcoholic Drinks Tagged With: canning, DIY, food, homemade, recipe

Bucket o’ savings

August 12, 2010 By Lacy Leave a Comment

While you're waiting for the shower to get hot, put a bucket or watering can underneath and save the water for pets, cleaning or watering plants. … [read more...]

Filed Under: Energy Tips Tagged With: energy tip

Wedding Pops

August 9, 2010 By Jill 1 Comment

We are involved in a lot of weddings. Not directly, of course, but involved nonetheless. Many, many brides and grooms come to us for labels and tags to make their weddings extra special. Because of this, we are always on the lookout for unique and fun ideas for wedding favors. I recently found a cute idea for wedding favors that are very unique. On the blog Bakerella.com I found the idea for these wedding cake pops. I tried them to see if they tasted as good as they look and if a real human could … [read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Bridal Shower, Featured, Food & Drink, Gifts & Favors, Treats & Desserts, Wedding Tagged With: DIY, favors, homemade, weddings

Pink Applesauce

August 5, 2010 By Jill 2 Comments

Canning has been a part of my life for a long time.  Even back when it wasn't trendy and stylish like it is now.  My mom never canned when we were growing up except for the occasional jar of pickles so I'm not really sure why I got the desire to start canning but for whatever reason, I did.  Shortly after my marriage I decided that I would try my hand at canning peaches.  A friend had found an orchard where we could u-pick for a fairly inexpensive price so off we went.  I came home with far … [read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Canning Recipes, Featured, Food & Drink, Kids Party Ideas, Occasions Tagged With: canning, DIY, food, homemade, Occasions, recipe
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