Happy Birthday to The Blu Man and Dr. Seuss...

You're both Incredible!

Tools I'd Like to have....

Plasma Torch/ Cutter

For Real.

I have a friend, Annie, who is a Metal Artist.

She took a round of metal,

Doily~ied it,

cut out the Doily pattern,

cut the circle in half,

painted them bright white, 

and had two of the Finest!

End Tables I have ever seen.

Torches are so COOL!

I don't know what kind of Torch she has,
but this one from Harbor Freight might be one to start with...

Plasma Torch/Cutter

CRaFts from Around the CoRner...

 OMG!
These shrinky dink earrings are so Rad!

I really need to get some shrink plastic
and replenish my fine point Sharpies!

This would also be a great project for
The Kiddos to get started on Yulemas presents.

Shrink Plastic Wing Earrings

PrisciLLa's EarThLy DeLights

 When it's LoVe,

it's LoVe!

{Priscilla says: sigh, I just LOVE Yulemas. Such pretty things}

China Glaze in LightHouse

 Around here, we would call this Mardi Gras Gold!

either which way, 

this Golden Yellow nail polish 

is the CoConut of the Parade.

It is a sheerish polish 

with a super fine glaze GLiTTer.

2 coats are a lovely day color,

3 coats is a dramatic day or night color, 

deepening to a rich Gold.

 

It really is just 

such a HaPPy CoLoR!

the WaFFLe MaKer....

 or how to save almost $3 bucks per box of Eggos.

My Blu man LOVEs the Waffles.
Thanks to the explosive hiking the prices of food we need,
I've really been watching the Groceries with a tight eye.
A box of 10 Eggo Waffles went from approximately $1.47 to $2.67.
After taxes, you might as well say, $3.00 a box.
That's way to much.
So, we bought a waffle iron.
For $10 we bought the cheapo iron.
Pankcake/Waffle mix is about $3 a box.
We test ran the Iron today.
BriLLianT!!

It takes approx 5 mins to whisk up a bowl of fresh batter.
You can make it the night before
and put the batter in the fridge
for the next morning,
or go ahead and griddle up
the whole batch and freeze the overage
{Thank you Ms. Betty for that tip!}

It took a few WaFFLes to get my fillage right!

Add Fresh blueberries, strawberries, and jams, jellies, and syrups {homemade is so rad!}

The possibilities are so varied, it will never get old. 

Golden Perfection.

These were pretty decent WaFFLes.  More like a Pancake WaFFLe.

By going back to making things from scratch, 

I am using more of my basic staples

and not wasting so much from non use. 

The kids love the homecooked stuff,

and its making great memories for them, like it did for me.

Two SiSter's Mary ThoughT for the Day

 The Eskimos had 52 names for Snow because

it was important to them;

there ought to be as many for LoVe.

~ Margaret Atwood

Called Out in the Dark ~ Snow Patrol