tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43810520044388398652024-03-05T00:30:59.763-08:00casa de sousaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714469480688407793noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381052004438839865.post-16308878495735168882014-04-09T17:27:00.002-07:002014-04-16T12:11:26.613-07:00Free Printable- Chalkboard Owl Baby Shower<div style="text-align: center;">
It has been a while since I last posted, but I'm back! Today I am offering a free printable. I love <a href="http://www.weheartparties.com/" target="_blank">We Heart Parties</a>, you must check them out if you haven't. A lot of inspiration and ideas are offered, including free printables.</div>
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I made this super cute chalkboard owl theme baby shower printable. </div>
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I love the chalkboard theme, and it's great for a neutral baby shower color pallet.</div>
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This printable kit will be offered for free for a limited time!</div>
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Hope you like it, and while your here, check out my other media sites and follow!</div>
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Just Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/j40va0czssul0j0/Modern%20Owl%20Party%20Set.pdf" target="_blank">HERE </a>and Print and Cut!<br />
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Would you rather have me add in all the party info and customize it a little more? You can purchase the listing <a href="http://etsy.me/1taV8Xo" target="_blank">here</a>!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714469480688407793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381052004438839865.post-3932741386619059212013-10-30T21:03:00.001-07:002013-10-30T21:03:29.969-07:00Happy Halloween!<div style="text-align: center;">
This Halloween "creeped" on us so quick that we ended up doing our friend/neighbor BOOING today.</div>
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I started the tradition last year, and even though we did it the day before Halloween this year, I still wanted to do it for our little guy.</div>
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I literally put together this printable within 20 min, put the goodie bags together, and off we went.</div>
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I'm offering the printable as a freebie, you can choose to still Boo your friends on Halloween before the trick o treating starts or you can print and save the file in your Halloween stash for next year. There, I gave you a jump start, so no excuses next year!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714469480688407793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381052004438839865.post-14546895206185273032013-10-14T21:40:00.002-07:002013-10-14T21:40:38.715-07:00Free Printable: Halloween Party Invitation<div style="text-align: center;">
I wanted to share a freebie!</div>
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I know we all love freebies including me. If you need a last minute halloween party invite this is a cute one for all ages. This would be great for a play date as well.</div>
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You can print, but do not claim the image as yours or resell the item. This is for personal use and not commercial use. </div>
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This is a 5x7 jpeg image. Can be printed on card stock or photo paper. Because some of the background is a little on the darker shade, a silver or glittery pen would look great. </div>
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If you would like any changes to this, just email me and I can email you a new one.</div>
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I'm all about customizing :)</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714469480688407793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381052004438839865.post-3130814302453805652013-10-09T12:29:00.000-07:002013-10-09T12:39:20.701-07:00My Stella & Dot Hostess Party!<div style="text-align: center;">
What gal does not like jewelry? Well, this gal does, and when my friend asked me if I wanted to host a gathering to show off the Stella & Dot fall collection I jumped to it (and perfect excuse to have a gathering).</div>
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They have beautiful pieces. Whether you like to dress up or dress casual, there are pieces for everyone.</div>
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I asked my hubby to make a few appetizers and he did not disappoint. I did a little bit of decor to go along with the yummy food.</div>
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My Stella & Dot consultant Megan, was great! She was fun and professional. This is her <a href="http://www.stelladot.com/sites/meganollenberger/profile" target="_blank">website</a> if your interested in looking and buying some goodies.<br />
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The lovely cupcakes were nicely decorated to accompany the beautiful jewelry by Jennifer Wright from <a href="http://www.customwishes.com/" target="_blank">Custom Wishes</a>.<br />
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I put together these printable page and put them into frames as additional decoration. Thanks again to the artist <a href="https://inslee.net/" target="_blank">Inslee Haynes</a> for giving me permission to use them.</div>
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I made my favorite Roasted Poblano Chile Salsa, recipe can be found <a href="http://casadesousa.blogspot.com/2013/08/roasted-poblano-chile-and-tomato-salsa.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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It's hard to believe that Halloween is just around the corner. If your looking for a quick printable invitation for your bash, I have a few that you can choose from. Check them out and go to my Etsy shop to purchase. </div>
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Not exactly what your looking for? Send me an email at casadesousacrafts@gmail.com and I can customize an invite for you.</div>
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I am also offering a free printable on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/casadesousa">www.facebook.com/casadesousa</a> starting tomorrow night. Whichever invite gets the most likes will be the FREE PRINTABLE!</div>
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It's been a little crazy in the De Sousa home, but the hubby still found a way to cook a fancy shmansy meal. </div>
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Do you ever wonder if people actually make the meals that they see on The Food Network, The Cooking Channel, and in all those fancy books? Well you don't have to wonder no more, we are one of those couples that like to cook fancy. Not always, but most of the time.</div>
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We have learned that not all fancy meals are difficult to do. </div>
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It's fresh and warm, and it's perfect for a hot day!</div>
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My husband likes to make pretty much all meals from scratch, so if you prefer to buy the already cleaned and cut frozen squid that's fine as well. He opted to go all out and get the full squid packages. Because this is not one of our own meals, I didn't want to risk on missing any ingredients or steps. So, all the info is from Chef Gordon's website.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">We apologize in advance for our </span><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">amateur video taping, it's our first time :)</span></span></div>
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One of my favorite snacks to have is chips and salsa. If were out at a restaurant, I will munch on them like theres no tomorrow! I love the spiciness of the salsa and the saltiness of the chips. </div>
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Today I have a super quick recipe that needs only 6 ingredients. This is my sister's recipe and I just crave it. I love this type because one of my favorite Mexican dishes is Chiles Rellenos (Stuffed Peppers), which they use Poblano Chiles to make.</div>
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<b>5 poblano chiles </b></div>
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I love salsa, and I make quite a big batch. So if you feel that the quantity is too much then do for example 2 tomatoes to 1 poblano chile.</div>
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It's kind of a hit and miss with the spiciness of the chiles. Sometimes if you just smell them, they smell spicy. Not sure if that makes sense lol</div>
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If you like salsa just not a spicy salsa, then I would suggest de-seeding all the chiles, since the seeds is what makes them spicy.</div>
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You can also were some gloves, because you will be taken the skin off the tomatoes and chiles, and it could be hot.</div>
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The trick of the recipe is to roast/blister your chili poblanos, tomatos, and jalapeño. I've put them on my small toaster oven under the broiler setting, and I have also put them on top of the stove over an open fire. Today, I used my comal to roast them. It's easier to control how much they roast, you just need to keep turning them, and less of a risk of burning yourself over an open fire.</div>
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First I started with the poblano chiles</div>
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I am home a huge part of the day, and get annoyed by solicitors at the door. I know that to most of them it's their job, but I just don't want to be bothered. Is that rude of me?<br />
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We have a small cute shih tszu dog named Armani. Anytime the doorbell rings he gets excited and starts barking like crazy. All the barking can also get a bit annoying.<br />
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When there is somebody ringing the doorbell, 99.9% it's solicitors and to be honest, I really don't like opening the door to them. I hear all this horror stories of people breaking into a home as soon as a door is opened.<br />
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Due to my paranoia, I made these signs in hopes that the unnecessary door bell ringing stops, and I get to give you a free printable Yaay!!<br />
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Click <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7dP5NTf5KjONmhveWdjRkNWN3M/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a> for the download<br />
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We live in Northern California, my family (wife's side) lives in Southern CA, and my husbands family lives in Ontario Canada. Anytime we visit either place, we try to get our moms to teach us their homemade recipes. Several weeks ago, we visited Southern CA and I asked my mom to teach me how to make the rice. I've tried it on my own before, and for some reason it never comes out. So this time I watched closely. </div>
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Mahatma Rice</div>
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As soon as Friday mornings arrive I get a little to excited. Not only because the weekend is around the corner, but because the hubby gets a cooking! He plans 3 meals for each day. </div>
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It's very rare that he actually makes all 3 planned meals. Sometime from breakfast I'm so full that I can wait till dinner to eat again. </div>
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Friday night:</div>
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Inspired by Bone Fish Grill, he made the Bang Bang Shrimp. </div>
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Super easy to make. It turned out Spicy,Tangy, and Sweet.</div>
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Recipe can be found <a href="http://restaurant.food.com/recipe/bang-bang-shrimp-copycat-from-bonefish-grill-187731" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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For a late lunch early dinner we had Mussels with a spicy chorizo sauce. After having the meal, we decided that the next time he makes it we would pair it with a angel hair pasta or a rice. The sauce is great and would go great over the rice or pasta. Or this dish can be made as a just an appetizer.</div>
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I wish I new how to draw. My stick people drawings are even a little questionable. I love to design party goods, but I can't rely on any of my stuff. So, I find some incredible artists and with their permission I use their clip art to create my party goods. Thank goodness for them :)</div>
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This past week I put together this tri fold invitation with the Hungry Caterpillar theme. It works great as a neutral party them for baby showers and birthdays.</div>
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The invitation is available in my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/casadesousa" target="_blank">etsy </a>shop.</div>
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This image is great for a Twins Birthday. I added my name and my sister's name since were fraternal twins :)</div>
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I normally go grocery shopping on Monday for all the meals I'm going to cook for the week. This time around I had to get rid of some ingredients. We hate throwing out food, so I went onto <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> to find a recipe.</div>
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I had some oranges and some sliced ginger on hand, and that's exactly what I typed in "orange and ginger recipes". Tons of stuff came up, including this <a href="http://blog.appliancesonline.co.uk/hot-stuff-orange-ginger-and-honey-sticky-ribs" target="_blank">recipe</a>. Our little guy loves ribs, so I thought this would be perfect. </div>
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I stopped at the store and picked up some pork ribs.</div>
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The ingredients on their website are slightly different from mine. They used blood oranges, I used regular oranges. They used ginger root, used already sliced up ginger in the jar. I didn't add the chili flakes because it would be to spicy for our little guy.</div>
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In a pan/sauce pot put in the orange juice and bring to a boil. Bring down to low heat to a simmer until the liquid reduces and throw in the ginger, orange zest, and honey.<br />
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I just added these items in my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/casadesousa" target="_blank">Etsy</a> shop. I love how the confetti invites turned out. Not really a theme, but I love the color schemes. Sometimes you don't want to do a theme but want a certain color pallet. Confetti/Sprinkles is a perfect theme. You can add all sorts of colors and patterns to the party.</div>
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Circus theme is always fun and bright colored. I opted not to put clowns on the invitations, considering that I'm a bit afraid of them and a lot of little kiddos are too!</div>
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I have also added some Ninja Turtle Invitations that will go great with the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/121193878/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle-3d-pizza-box?ref=shop_home_feat" target="_blank">ninja boxes </a>I have in the shop.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714469480688407793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381052004438839865.post-7637508874701063322013-07-07T17:59:00.001-07:002013-07-07T17:59:25.802-07:00Diamond Ring Fell Off!<div style="text-align: center;">
I wanted to share my scare that I had yesterday.<br />
I was washing dishing yesterday afternoon, and as I was drying my hands I realized my DIAMOND had fallen off my ring! I screamed and I yelled at my husband "WTF! My diamond is missing!" He said, SHUT UP, your joking, and I immediately started to cry. Not sure if I crushed the diamond in the garbage disposal but I was freaking out.<br />
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For several hours I kept retracing back my steps and no luck. My husband kept saying don't worry about it, it's just a "Thing". Yeah right it's just a "thing", it's my diamond and I wanted to find it ASAP. I looked in every single spot that I put my hands on that I could remember.<br />
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I ended up taking a break and my husband made me a cappuccino. I laid down and I was feeling a little disappointed in my self. How could I not notice it was missing.</div>
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This is what it looks like<br />
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Pretty bad right? Well, the only reason why I am able to talk about this is because hours later I FOUND the diamond. I had gone to the bathroom to get ready for bed, and realized that I had put my hand in a box under the sink earlier in the day, so I thought to check in there VOILA! My diamond was in there!</div>
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I couldn't believe it. I screamed and had my husband come over and he couldn't believe it either!</div>
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I had to take a tequila shot to calm down!</div>
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I hope I never go through this again. We went to Kay's Jewelry today and left my ring so they can put that sucker back on. My husband also left his there, their going to refinish and polish up the rings for us and they should look as good as new</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714469480688407793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381052004438839865.post-5305501299385224792013-07-05T20:02:00.000-07:002013-07-05T20:02:09.720-07:00Rose Cake<div style="text-align: center;">
I wanted to share real quick this cake that my niece made. It was her first attempt at making this design. She didn't think it came out all that great, but it's just adorable.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714469480688407793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381052004438839865.post-67466652006393462342013-07-05T17:21:00.000-07:002013-07-06T14:05:48.801-07:00Breakfast At Tiffanny's<div style="text-align: center;">
My niece Alexa turned 4 last week, and she wanted a fancy party! She didn't a Fancy Nancy party, just a party with jewelry and dress up. So my sister planned a Breakfast at Tiffany's theme. She used the original colors, white, black, and Tiffany blue.</div>
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I helped out a bit with the invites, but everything else was all her. Oh yeah, my hubby cooked the food lol.<br>
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The weather in Southern California was brutal, it was over 100 degrees that day, but somehow we all managed. Except for the dessert, the cake and cupcakes melted a little bit, but they still tasted yummy.</div>
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First off, the guest arrived in New York and took a picture inside a taxi with the Empire State building in the background.</div>
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My sister made tutu's for all the little girls</div>
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Some of the older girls wanted some to, but they had to borrow them from the little ones.</div>
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The adults then headed to the mimosa bar. Oh yeah, I also made the Mimosa Menu Sign.</div>
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Here is the food Menu. Included in the menu was the Zuppa Toscana that everyone enjoys. You can find the recipe <a href="http://casadesousa.blogspot.com/2013/06/zuppa-toscana-soup.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Due to the heat, this adorable cake started to crack, but non the less it turned out cute and yummy.</div>
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Birthday girl and her mom</div>
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Everything turned out cute! Happy Birthday Alexa! xoxo</div>
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I hope everyone had a great father's day a few weeks ago.</div>
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The guys in our family enjoy golfing. So all the guys went golfing in the morning, while the women stayed home and got the meal ready. I guess that isn't any different from our daily routine :)</div>
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We decided to make a crab boil and decorate a little. We didn't do too much of decorating, just some balloons, some signs, and that's it!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714469480688407793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381052004438839865.post-48682465002019315992013-06-20T18:24:00.000-07:002013-06-21T13:45:00.776-07:00Polymer Clay<div style="text-align: center;">My nieces are visiting from Southern California, and trying to keep these teenagers occupied is hard :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">I had polymer clay on hand, and I also had some molds. They ended up using my dahlia, heart, and key shaped molds that I bought from this etsy <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/moldmuse">shop</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">They made some earrings.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I think they turned out super cute.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2p7rDdgLFvsO3eo2Y9gMECwA699wzNJ_ldWmFKxKekdqpT6RCC-t9RPSdOVgYzzSuJ5Wt6pVEVuyaMqCZ2Wl55tW68lGknyf0ikX3XwoF1W01rrZhv5aTFDPsPiIBLxtBkoZ5MnM7sLj4/I/photo_218925.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><br>They also made a heart and a key. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-I6InOZgH-oE/UcS7S4V30KI/AAAAAAAABPM/HCVsfsi7Cbc/I/photo_735508.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><br>My goal was to keep them busy, and this craft only occupied them for about an hour. Good enough for me.<br> <br> <br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714469480688407793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381052004438839865.post-66143333334821799352013-06-13T15:19:00.000-07:002013-06-13T15:33:56.100-07:00Craft day<div style="text-align: center;">Today happened to be a crafting day for me. I have been working on putting together some routing charts for our son, and some of my nieces and nephews wanted some as well. Once I was fine designing them, I printed them and laminated them. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ujdrBZeJo0OEcK-ENDy1oUB1vRM2ZRui1E953ilTc5BNmUCAEYbkUsmNflPMY3gxV2fBg_hyphenhyphenOsn6kHS70nHONLzTEKBh3TmqhqmppPPP-a-rPljGHvplCAd7VbnX3HwCj2NM2hHMsCL4/I/photo_558917.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><div><br></div><div>Once I was done, I put Jacob's chart up in his room door. Hopefully this will help us get into a daily morning and night time routine. </div><div><br></div><div><div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn2y5SdFJxkGO9Wa6k_qu8SX2OxCCiG1EUjBVuzjwCYAlXOsCqM7H8tR0TtrmjoxyVGVIXtb5YgUTcpQo_vlBkSDXTFqo_yrodAMng8F16eQQ1O-mRvHfm0CGugyr_p0W8Wkl9Q8JXI27h/I/photo_7108.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><div><br></div><div>Later on in the day, I quickly sewed up a small blanket for my nephew. I am not a good sewer. I took home economics back in junior high, and liked it. That's all the sewing experience I have :)</div><div>I learn as I go, I google stuff and try to find easy tutorials.</div><div><br></div><div>I thought I had cut everything evenly, but once I started sewing the material wasn't aligned. I blame it on the blue material. Once I sewed all around, I cut the excess blue material, turned it inside out and finished it up. </div><div>It turned out ok. Hopefully my nephew will be to excited about the dinosaurs that he won't even notice my bad sewing skills. </div><div><br></div><div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOUbrIbWs5l8zBUXrqsZXvCYrZnVWXxTT2vw5-HrnS9aJno5RFOphnQJyaeYMAA2Bz0-Apqg6dH3FKAjqwbJNNSWrJVOSLR6zrSws0U72nvDCnZPj9OR8SP1Shqq94YJ_Al0jOma0yK3Gk/I/photo_24014.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><div><br></div><div>A future goal of mine is to become a better seamstress :)</div><br><br> <br></div><br><br> <br></div><br><br> <br></div><br><br> <br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10714469480688407793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381052004438839865.post-35510695461576981872013-06-07T18:03:00.002-07:002013-06-07T18:03:52.106-07:00Pin-Insprired: Beverage Station Sneak Peak<div style="text-align: center;">
I love <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/" target="_blank">pinterest</a>. It's a spot where all things wonderful come together. I have pinned a lot of pins, but not as much as others, but I think I'm getting there. </div>
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It's going to be an outdoor event, and when I came across this idea on pinterest from <a href="http://lilluna.com/beverage-station/" target="_blank">Lil Luna</a>, I thought it would be perfect for it. </div>
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It's about 97 degrees here in East bay San Francisco, and all I can think about is what am I going to make for dinner. When it's hot, I'm sure no one likes to be in the kitchen over a hot stove. Well neither do I, so I headed over to our not so local Mexican Grocery store. It's about 15-20 minutes away, but totally worth the drive.</div>
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If you haven't heard about nopales, they have a similar taste to green beans or asparagus, with a little gelatinous center and a bit of a citrus taste. They are high in fiber and low in calories :) </div>
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They are said to be a natural food/aid for managing diabetes and cholesterol.</div>
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Chop up however much your going to use, place it in a pot, cover them with about about 1/2 inch over with water. Add a piece of white/yellow onion, sprinkle some salt, and a garlic clove. Medium heat is good. You don't have to wait for the water to boil, just taste a piece and it should be soft. </div>
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As I do every morning, I grab my cell and check my emails. A lot of the blog emails I got were mentioning that it was National Donut Day today. I scrolled down and saw this email from <a href="http://www.thenovicechefblog.com/2013/06/confetti-cake-mini-donuts/" target="_blank">The Novice Chef Blo</a>g. She had made some Confetti Donuts, and provided the recipe. It so happened that I had all the ingredients at home. I decided to give it a try.</div>
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I have no idea what happened, I followed this recipe to the "T", but for some reason mine did not look like the picture.</div>
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I am far from being a good cook. Sometimes I will follow recipes to the "t", and sometimes I wing it. Most of the times I wing it.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">My mom laughed when I told her I was making mole tacos. She asked me how I was going to make the mole, and I told her that I bought a jar, and she quickly said that's not mole. </span><br />
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Warmed up the tortillas, placed the shrimp, some mole, and sprinkled the cheese on.</div>
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Easy enough right? A little healthy and a little Mexican all in one!</div>
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