Friday, March 10, 2017

S'mores in a Jar

I made this recipe as part of a Christmas gift.  It was simple to make.  I hope it tastes as good as I think it will.  I found the recipe on www.squawkfox.com.


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Layer in a large wide mouthed 1 quart mason jar:

1-1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1-1/2 cups miniature marshmallows
1-1/2 cups chocolate chips or mini Hershey Kisses or M&Ms
1/3 cup brown sugar.

Print a tag with the instructions:

1.  Combine jar contents with 1/2 cup melted butter and 1 tsp vanilla.
2.  Press mixture into a 9" square baking pan.  Place marshmallows on top.
3.  Bake at 350F for 15 minutes.
4.  Let cool completely.
5.  Cut into bars.

Makes 12 yummy bars.

Crock Pot Orange Chicken

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Author: The Frugal Girls

Prep time: 5 mins
Cook time: 3 hours 30 mins
Total time: 3 hours 35 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients
4 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts, thawed
¾ cup Smuckers Sweet Orange Marmalade
¾ cup of Sweet Baby Ray’s Original BBQ Sauce {it’s SO good!}
2 tbsp. Soy Sauce

Instructions
Cook chicken in crockpot on HIGH for 3 hours or LOW for 6 hours {covered}
After 3 hours on HIGH or 6 hours on LOW, drain juices from crockpot
At this point… you can either leave the chicken breasts whole, or remove, cut into cubes, and transfer back to crockpot.
Mix together bbq sauce, orange marmalade, and soy sauce.
Pour mixture over chicken, and cook on high for 30 more minutes {covered}
Serve with rice and Enjoy!!

Monday, March 6, 2017

Scrapbooking finishes in February 2017












Scrapbooking finishes in February 2017












Art journal finish in February 2017


Fun with inks and a white crayon for a great resist technique.

Sewing finish in February 2017


Knitting finishes in February 2017


2017 Craft Space Organization . . . the final challenge . . . #10



THE FINAL CHALLENGE!!!

Many of us have fallen victim to the lure of scrapbook swaps among local and online groups. All the hours, material, creativity, and postage costs make these items difficult to purge. But let's face it...not everything is YOUR style, you are NEVER going to use some of them. It's time to make S.P.A.C.E.

SORT: Keep only what you love.  If the colour or style do not make you smile, it must go.  Keep only what is significant to you - don't keep the soccer page swap items if your kids are into hockey and dance.  Sort into: KEEP, TRASH, SELL, DONATE

PURGE: Pack up the DONATE pile and give it to a beginner scrapbook who might appreciate these items.  Throw out the TRASH pile.  Bag up and assign a price and your initials to the SELL items and put them directly into the garage sale box.

ASSIGN: sort your KEEP items into categories, theme, holiday, colour, whatever makes sense to you.  

CONTAINERIZE: Store your keepers in page protectors by theme in binders, or get them into giant ziplocs to create page kits for your next cropping session.


EQUALIZE: next time a swap arrives in the mail, take a few minutes to toss or give away what you know you'll never use, create a page kit for your next cropping session, or put in a page protector in your swap binder for storage.

2017 Craft Space Organization . . . the final challenge . . . #10



THE FINAL CHALLENGE!!!

Many of us have fallen victim to the lure of scrapbook swaps among local and online groups. All the hours, material, creativity, and postage costs make these items difficult to purge. But let's face it...not everything is YOUR style, you are NEVER going to use some of them. It's time to make S.P.A.C.E.

SORT: Keep only what you love.  If the colour or style do not make you smile, it must go.  Keep only what is significant to you - don't keep the soccer page swap items if your kids are into hockey and dance.  Sort into: KEEP, TRASH, SELL, DONATE

PURGE: Pack up the DONATE pile and give it to a beginner scrapbook who might appreciate these items.  Throw out the TRASH pile.  Bag up and assign a price and your initials to the SELL items and put them directly into the garage sale box.

ASSIGN: sort your KEEP items into categories, theme, holiday, colour, whatever makes sense to you.  

CONTAINERIZE: Store your keepers in page protectors by theme in binders, or get them into giant ziplocs to create page kits for your next cropping session.


EQUALIZE: next time a swap arrives in the mail, take a few minutes to toss or give away what you know you'll never use, create a page kit for your next cropping session, or put in a page protector in your swap binder for storage.