Fun With Family Friday!! - F today!

It is time for Fun With Family Friday and today is the funky fabulous letter "F"!

Today we are working with fish to represent the letter F.
First we will start with our yummy recipe-


The kids will love this one- Fun Fish Dessert:

All you need is :
Blue jello
gummy fish ( I used Swedish fish)
boiling water,
and ice cubes



Directions:
Make your jello recipe per instructions on box.
I followed the speed set directions.
Once the jello is made- pour into a clear bowl , cup, popsicle mold ,
or what ever you want to use.
Let the jello get to soft set consistency.
Pour in some of the gummy fish and return to the refrigerator.
Once it is set up - time to eat!!

The craft is Fish cup mania!

You will need

2 plastic, paper, or stroafoam cups
Packing tape
Foam sticker
googly eyes or eye saline caps
foam
quick set glue

How to make:
Take the two plastic cups and hold the 2 openings together.
Tape around the opening to seal the cups together .
Next take the foam sheets and cut out triangles to form fins.

Adjust the shape of the fins to fit your cups.
Glue the fins on the top, sides, bottom ,and back of the fish.
Glow the googly eyes on the front.
If you are using caps- use a black sharpie around the outside edges and glue onto front of fish.

Cut out a circle for the mouth and glue on. Decorate with foam stickers .
Let dry and then have fun!!

Winner for the pendant giveaway is..

Anne at http://molinofamilys.blogspot.com/

is the winner for the pendant giveaway yesterday!!

Yeah for Anne!

Today's Foxy Roxy Giveaway

is to the first person to submit a recipe today for the contest.

The prize are these 2 new scrapbook memory kits-

Summer Vacation and Summer Backyard.

14 pages total of scrapbooking supplies and almost 120 pieces!

To clarify a few thing about the contest- it can be like semi- homemade cooking.

You can look at receipes for inspiration- but make changes to make it your own creation!

It can consist of store bought items that make up 1 ingrediant.

For example this wonderful recipe for Sandra Lee.

Mini Biscuit Pizzas Serves 6

Ingredients:
3 packages refrigerated prepared buttermilk biscuits

1 cup onion, chopped
1 package (3-ounce) thinly sliced prosciutto (deli section), chopped
1 cup traditional tomato sauce
6 large button mushrooms, sliced
1 cup shredded pizza-blend cheese

Prep time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 20 minutes

Preparation:
Bake biscuits according to package instructions.
Cool biscuits.
Spray cookie sheet with nonstick spray.
Split biscuits in half and arrange, split side up, on a cookie sheet. Set aside.
Bring oven heat to 400 degrees.
In a small bowl, combine onion and prosciutto.
In a second small bowl, combine tomato sauce and mushrooms.
Spread tomato mixture evenly over biscuit halves.
Sprinkle with cheese.
Top with prosciutto and onion mixture.
Bake for 12 minutes, or until topping is golden brown.
Serve warm.

My Apron Ebook and another giveaway!

Well- I made changes to my reversible apron ebook and finished it up yesterday.

What do you think?

Remember the 2nd place in the Foxy Roxy recipe contest

wins the ebook for free - so you can make your own!

Today's giveaway is a personalized pendant.

There will be 2 given away!

The first one goes to Mrs D. Lightful for submitting the 2nd recipe received.

The second one - you can win.

Go to Lana's Etsy store- Sassy Apron ( the maker of the Foxy Roxy apron) and leave a comment here about which apron is your favorite.

Drawing will be tomorrow morning.

Don't forget to send in those recipes and Grab a Foxy Roxy Contest button once you enter!

Finishing up Apron Ebook & 1st recipe received!

Well- I know it has been a few weeks but I am working on finishing up my 1st ebook for the Reversible Apron pattern . I have made some changes to it and hope to finish tomorrow!

Here are some of the fabrics I will be using- so check back to see the finished products!

Also- the first recipe for the Foxy Roxy Recipe Contest has been received from Jackie Sarager!

Yeah Jackie!

Since she was the first entry-

she wins a fat quarter of this Michael Miller Fabric.

Maybe she can make something for little Brigham with it!

You never know what the next giveaway will be -

so check back and remember to send in your recipes!

Calling all cooks for the Foxy Roxy Recipe contest!!!!

Do you love to cook?

Do you love to create original recipes ?

This is the contest for you!!

Starting Feb. 23rd thru March 8th-

submit your own original recipe to win

this beautiful apron donated by

the super sweet Lana at SassyApron

The rules of the contest are that it needs to be

an original recipe using 6 or less ingredients!

To enter the recipe contest:

1)Become a follower of the site

2)Enter a comment enter that you are sending me your recipe

3) Email your recipe to me at heavenscentproducts@yahoo.com.

Starting on March 9th- a panel of judges will test the recipes & narrow it down to 3 recipes।

A few days later- I will then post the 3 finalist and ask you - my readers-to test the recipes and vote on a winner!

Vote on your choice- & your name will go in a drawing -

a free yard of Michael Miller fabric

Prizes for Foxy Roxy Recipe contest:

First place wins the beautiful new Foxy Roxy apron shown above.

2nd place- wins my new reversible apron Ebook tutorial

3rd Place - win 1 yard of designer fabric.

Check back during the week to see photos of the the different prizes.

plus check back each day for little giveaways for readers!

Do you think you have the winning recipe?

Well let's find out!

Have you checked out this week's Monday at the Market Seller?

Look at the beatiuful fabrics that I got from It's Got To Go - the featured seller for the week.

3 Yards of fabric for only $18 with shipping; plus I will get a free fat quarter of fabric- love it!

Don't forget- if you make a purchase from her- leave me a comment letting me know what you bought and your name will go in a drawing for a free fat quarter of Michael Miller fabric from me.

Sisterhood Award

Courtney at Sister to Sister Designs is so kind to pass the Sisterhood Award onto me.

Thank you!!

Fun with Family Friday - E

Today is Fun with Family Friday featuring the letter E!!

Today's E craft is making envelopes and matching note cards.

It really is a very simple activity and the kids can make them

to send to friends , family, for gift cards for birthdays, holidays, and much more!!

You can use wrapping paper, construction paper,scrapbook paper,

or whatever else you can think off.

I am using a 12" x 12" piece of scrapbook paper featuring apples.

Click on the template shown to enlarge and print it off.

Next cut along the dark lines. You will now fold on all the dotted lines to

give nice sharp creases. Fold in the bottom flap and press seam flat.

Next fold in the 2 sides pieces and press seams flat.

At this point use either glue or tape and attach the side pieces just to the edges of the bottom piece you folded up.

Almost done!!

Fold down the top flap and press a nice seam.

Now for the notecard- I took the left off scrapbook paper I had and cut out a piece with pinking shears to measure a piece 11" by 4" . I folded it in half width wise so that I had now a note card measuring 5 1/2" x 4" .

It should fit perfectly inside your envelope.

When it is time to seal your envelope- just dab a dot of glue onto it.

You are done with your own custom envelope and note card!

Now for our E recipe- Edible Clay

Ingredients:

1/3 cup Peanut Butter

1/2 cup Instant Milk Powder

1/3 cup Honey

Raisins,

O-shaped toasted oat cereals,

Pretzels for decorating

Mix first 3 ingredients. Knead, and let the kids create and eat.

Yummo!

Revamping those old Jeans!

Ever have a great pair of jeans and you get a spot on them that just will not come off? Try a paint spot- forget ever getting that off!

Well- do we just toss that jeans in the Goodwill bin or only wear when we are doing house work?

No!! Save them !

Check out Joann's , Walmart, Hobby Lobby, or your favorite fabric /craft store for the iron on applique.

This set was only $4.99 each and that was

without my coupon that was sitting on the front seat of the car!! ARGH!

The instructions say to just apply heat for about 30 seconds and iron on.

I added one to the lovely paint spot on the upper pocket and then one on the other leg halfway done. However- I went a step further and stitched a single black line thru-out the whole design just to make sure it was nice and secure.

Now I a cool pair of Embellished jeans that would cost a fortune at the store. I have seen embellished jeans sell from $40 and up.

The whole project took about 10 minutes and now my jeans have a new life!

Make yourself a dress for under $9? update

Make yourself a dress for under $9.00- can it be done? YES!! In this tough economy - everyone is cutting back on their finances/spending and buying yourself a custom fitted dress may just does not sound practical?

Well it is!

Last week while looking thru the new fabric at Joann's- I found this beautiful black and white fabric to make a halter top dress.

I had a 50% off coupon and purchased one yard of the fabric for under $9.00. ( To determine how much fabric you will need- measure your body at your widest point and add 2 inches- that it is amount of fabric to buy) The width you buy is the distance around your body - the preset measurements of the fabric set the length. I then began the transformation.

I cut 2 inches across the complete bottom. I then folded the cut off section in half and cut it to get two long rectangle pieces. Put right sides together and sewed along all 3 sides leaving open the end. Then turn the fabric right side out and iron. Do this for both pieces that you cut to make the straps.

Next take the dress body and place the right sides of the fabric together and sew along the long open edge to make the dress body.

Iron your seams open . Next form the hem of the dress by folding up the bottom hem 1/4" and then 1/4" again and iron. Sew an 1/8" hem all along the bottom to form the hem.

Next try on the dress and see how it is fitting. Now is when you can make the dress custom fit to your figure- is it too wide in the bust or hips?

Pin the places where it is too big and pin thru both layers to get the dress to fit exactly how you want.

Also at this point- figure out where you will want the straps. Pin them in place also .

Remove the dress and sew the straps on ( sew edge of strap on inside

of bust top) and any adjustments that you pinned on the dress.

Try on and see how it looks !

You should now have a great fitting dress that can be worn any time of year. Pair it up with a t shirt, some tight/or leggings, and tall boots for the winter or just wear with a cami and flip flops for the summer!

A year round dress for less than $9.00- now you can't beat that!!

The winner of the You Can Make This Giveaway ...

Lucky Number 6--- Kelly at http://laterbettysbargains.blogspot.com/ ..

Yeah !!

Kelly drop me a line with your email address and we will ge that sent out to you.


Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!!

Fun With Family- D

A dear friend of ours is in the hospital with a bone infection. So we decided during our visit we would do that letter of the day- which is wonderful glorious D!!!

Today's D Craft is Dinosaurs except this one is special- heart triceratops.

Materials: paper , crayons, glue , and scissors


Directions:
Click on the pattern to enlarge and print it off.
Color and then cut out the template pieces.


Glue pieces together:
Glue the large heart onto the body.
Glue the face onto the large heart.
Glue the horns onto the head.

Today's D recipe is Soft Pretzel Dinosaurs (makes about 12)

Ingredients

1 cup warm water

1 package dry active yeast

1 1/2 cups flour

2 tbs. vegetable oil

1/2 tsp. salt

1 1/4 cup flour

4 cups water

2 tbs. baking soda

2 tbs. coarse salt

Dissolve the yeast in the warm water and let stand for 10 minutes.

Add the vegetable oil, salt and 1 1/2 cups flour.

Stir together until thoroughly combined.

Add remaining flour and knead dough for 5 minutes.

Let the dough rest for 1 hour.

Divide the dough into 12 equal shapes and reform them into small balls.

Let them rest for 15 minutes.

Roll them into 18" lengths and form them into dinosaur shapes

Preheat oven to 475 degrees.

In a large pot, place the baking soda and water to a boil.

Let the pretzels rise for a 1/2 hour.

Add the pretzels to the boiling water for 1 minute.

Remove and place on a greased sheet pan.

Sprinkle with coarse salt and bake for 12 minutes.

Yum!!

Tomorrow morning the results will be listed from the $50 Ebook bundle from You Can Make This- have you signed up yet?

Family with Family ---

Hi everyone - I just wanted to post a quick note that Fun with Family - letter D will be published later tonight. Late last night we received a phone call that a dear family friend- 10 year old Olivia- is in the hospital with a bone infection. So after the Valentine's Day parties at my son's school - we are driving to the hospital to visit. She always enjoys doing crafts with us- so today we are going to bring them to her.

So please check back later tonight! Thank you

Guitar Reverse Applique tutorial

Guitar Reverse Applique Tutorial

I am so excited that this tutorial was chosen

to be featured on favecrafts.com -

please click here to get all the instruction.

Heart shaped aromatheraphy Eye pillows

Here is a quick last minute gift idea that you can put together for teacher gifts , coworkers, friends, etc! It took less than 30 minutes to stitch together 6 of these. They are big enough that they cover both eyes. Also you could attach elastic to make a mask to stay on.

1) Click on heart pattern to enlarge and print out.

Cut out pattern.

2) Take fabric of your choice and fold over so that wrong sides are touching.

3) Pin cutout onto both layers of fabric pinning thru all 3 layers. Cut out about 1/8 inch from paper cutout with pinking shears.

4) Sew 2 pieces of fabric together with wrong sides touching 1/8 inch from edge. ( Leave a 2 inch opening on one of the straight sides. Back stitch at beginning and end of sewing.

5) Pour rice in a sandwich size Ziploc bag and mix in aromatherapy oils. (I used a combination of chamomile, lavender, and peppermint. ) 1 eye pillow will take about about 1/2 to 1 cup of rice. Scent rice with amount of oil to your preference. Close baggie and shake well.

6) Take a funnel and insert small end into opening on eye pillow. Pour rice in. Fill so that it is full about 1/4 inch thick when laying flat.

7) Go back to the sewing machine and push rice to closed side and stitch close the 2 inch opening.
Your eye pillow are almost done! Print off a cute saying like the following and attach:

For Valentine's Day I made you this gift,
Because every once in awhile we all need a lift!

Place this aromatherapy pillow on your eyes,
and watch your headaches and tired eyes go Bye bye!

I would recommend storing the eye pillow in a zip lock bag while not being used to help keep the oils stronger.

So relax and enjoy! Make sure to make yourself one too!

Make an Easy no sew Heart Applique Shirt !

This adorable heart applique is so easy to make and requires no sewing.

You can make one quickly for Valentine's parties!

First click on the pattern pictures to enlarge and print out.

Next get out your Ultra Heat no Sew fusible bond.

Place fusible bond on top of paper pattern with smooth side up and trace pattern.

If you have difficulty see lines- try holding up to a window and tracing.

Cut out 2 coordinating fabric squares larger than the hearts.

Next iron fusible bonding with rough side onto wrong side of fabrics.

(follow manufactuers details on packaging if you have questions on how to use the bonding)

Cut out the small heart with regular scissors.

Peel back paper off small heart and place fabric heart in center of chest on shirt.

Iron on heart.

Hold iron in place about 20-30 to make sure secure.

Next carefully cut out the large heart with pinking shears on the inside and outside lines.

You should end up with a heart outline with the center gone.

Peel back the white backing and carefully center the heart over the top of the small heart already fused on the shirt to cover all exposed edges.

Iron large heart onto place using same directions as above.

Since you used the pinking shears on the outside heart- the edges will be zig zag.

However if you would like a different look- you can use fabric paint around the edges.

Since you used no sew ultra bond- your shirt is ready to go!!

Featured product from the $50 YCMT bundle you could win!

The $50 You Can Make This bundle giveaway ends on midnight Friday Feb 13th. Each day until then I am going to feature some of the great ebooks that are included in the bundle.

Today is the darling reversible patchwork bucket hat! I also shown the boys romper available for purchase on You Can Make This by Baby Kay's .

What a little stinker!! My baby Ellis!

Quick & Easy Coffee Cozy Sleeves

Here is a Quick and Easy Coffee Cozy tutorial that can be stitched up less than 30 minutes and would make great gifts for Valentine's Day or any other holiday.

1)First print out the pattern and cut along the dark lines. Click on pattern to enlarge and print off.




2)Place right side up of cotton fabric on coordinating flannel.

3) Pin cut out pattern piece in place.

4)Cut about 1/8 inch away from dotted lines with pinking shears. Cut thru all 3 layers .

5)Pin your cut out cotton and flannel together.

6) Sew a straight line edge about 1/8" away from the edge around all 4 sides.
7) Take the sewn fabric and iron on low heat to get out any wrinkles and make smooth.

8) Fold short sides together with right side of fabric touching on the inside. Make sure to line up edges properly.



9) Sew a straight line down the edge that you have just matched up.

10) Turn right side out and decorate with coordinating buttons , self stick scrapbooking embellishments, or whatever else tickles your fancy!

Sit back and admire your work- your done!

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