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Be the reason someone smiles today.

Sunday, August 26, 2018

CHOCOLATE PUDDING PIE IN A JAR


It's amazing how much I love mason jars....
but even more amazing that I don't own any...
it's one of those things that you always planned to buy..
but figured you would do it next time...
one of these days they will be in my kitchen....

I remember playing outside when I was a kid and we would
run in the house now and then because usually we would find
my mom in the kitchen making one of her special treats....
one of them was pudding...vanilla or chocolate mostly...
but as I remember it she made it from scratch...I kind of remember
it involving cornstarch...not sure about that but you know how
childhood memories go...
the fun part of it was that when we ate it we had it in
a bowl and she put milk and sugar on it...I thought it was amazing
that the milk turned 'chocolate' while I was eating it...did everyone serve it
that way back then? ....we also ate jello with milk and sugar on...

...and yes I do also remember her making chocolate pie with a
graham cracker crust....but she put a huge amount of meringue on it...
I loved it!
oh how I miss those days....

...anyway...this recipe reminded me of all of that...
this is such a cute way of making chocolate pie...
enjoy!

...as you can tell I really do like to post recipes and crafts from some years
back...I figure a lot of us have either forgotten about them or missed
them when they were flying around Pinterest...

Friday, February 9, 2018

VALENTINE'S DAY KISSES


I really like little, cute and easy crafts...
especially for holidays...

....if you still need to put together something
quick for Valentine's Day this is the
perfect little project....

...all you need is candy kisses, a toothpick...and...
a paper heart....I don't have one of those two
or three hundred dollar craft cutting machines...
(sooo wish I did)
...but I do know how to cut a heart shape out of
a pretty piece of paper....that's easy...

...so go ahead and make these...bunches of these....and
just flutter around like a little Cupid handing them out
here and there....I guarantee one of these on Valentine's Day
will make anyone smile....

...look how cute they are!


...great instructions here...

Saturday, January 27, 2018

VALENTINE'S HEART BOXES (Free Printable)


I love holiday printables...
especially free ones....
you can print these beautiful Valentine's boxes and
easily assemble them....
what a nice way to present a gift or candy to anyone...


(Note: you may have to type in your name and
email address to use the printable...but that's
easy to do right?)

Friday, January 26, 2018

YARN WRAPPED HEARTS CRAFT


Where did Christmas go ??
....how can the days go by so fast...
it's amazing...and I know everyone says that
but....as I was growing up my mother always told
me that when you get older the time seems to go by
even faster....I wondered why that would be but now
I sure understand what she meant....

....and now here it's going on Valentine's Day....
I found these great yarn wrapped hearts and thought
it would be fun to share them on here....

...nobody can say "I am not crafty enough to make those"
....because there is nothing to making them...you could
do bunches of them while watching a TV show...

...look at how easy and pretty they are....
have fun with these!


...easy instructions here:

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

FACEBOOK POST COOKIES


Ha Ha! ....I love this idea...
what a fun gift these cookies would be to those
friends and family members who love Facebook...
I think this is a pretty clever idea....

...and they look delicious to eat too!


...check these out here...

Friday, January 5, 2018

EASY NO BAKE MAKE AHEAD PEANUT BUTTER PIE



Many years ago...many, many years ago...
I went along with my sister to one of those house parties...
where they would demonstrate and sell different kinds
of products in your living room...and then they would serve some
kind of delicious dessert....

...this one served Peanut Butter Pie...which at the time I had
never seen before...but...it was so good it has always come into my
mind from time to time...so I decided to search around and see what
kind of recipes there are out there for it....

....I found this one that looks so good and so easy...
let's all try it huh?  At least I am going to!



Tuesday, December 19, 2017

FREE PRINTABLE 3D CHRISTMAS CHARACTERS


When we get this close to Christmas I am always looking for more
things to make...the house is decorated and the Christmas food is
planned....cards are done and sent...so now we have a few days to
just do fun things....

...these are so cute...you just print them and cut them out...
set them around your house...for the kids there are also some
that they can color....then they can use them for finger puppet shows too...

love, love, love these!

Free printable 3D Christmas characters!

...print here....

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