Baby Food Jars to Spice Containers

I made spice jars from baby food containers before (see my tutorial). They were a gift for my dad, but this time I'm getting my own spice cupboard organized! 

Here is my new set!

 

For the lids, I spray painted them black and then mod podged a piece of scrapbook paper to the lid.

I did some glass etching with my silhouette of the spice names. They turned out a little smaller than I would have liked, but its all good.

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Giveaway Winner

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The winner of the amazon.com giveaway is...

Andrea @ Addicted2tutes

(Email me with your address).

Also, here are some of the highlights from our weekend linky party!

I absolutely LOVE Cafe Rio Salads. And here is the recipe for the dressing from "A Mommy's Life...".

These little wire rings are super cute, by A Law Student's Journey.

I would love to make some of these soap bottles for my house! Homespun with Love

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Giveaway and Saturday Spotlight #50!

Today we're celebrate 50 linky parties with all of you wonderful crafters who have shared your incredible talents with us! 

So, as a thank you, I'm giving away a $20 gift card to one of my favorite places to shop in the whole world, Amazon.com! Amazon is not sponsoring this giveaway, this is just a gift from me to you for participating in Saturday Spotlight!

Rules:

1. Post a link to one of your projects in the link party.

and

2. Leave a comment on this post stating what you linked up!

That's it!!

RULES:

1) First, create a blog entry about something you made yourself. Post our Saturday Spotlight button under your post or somewhere on your blog so that others can find all of your awesome links at Saturday Spotlight. Our linky party button is on the right side of our blog. Just copy the html code to the bottom of your blog post. If you would like to keep it somewhere else on your blog where others can see it, that's also ok.
2) Next, add your blog post name down below and then add the link of the blog entry about your project (not your homepage) . To get your link, click on the title of your blog post that you would like to enter and then copy the address that appears in the address bar up top, and paste it down below. It should look about like this: http://yourblogname.blogspot.com/2009/07/your_project.html.




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Ice Cream Cake How To

This one simple idea has brought my husband more joy on his birthday than anything else!
Making an ice cream cake is so simple, anyone can do it!

What you will need:
-one cake mix
-one box of ice cream
-one lg. tub of cool whip
-crushed candy to top
-two 9x9 round pans
-saran wrap

(My combo was: Butter Pecan cake, Fried Ice Cream flavored ice cream, and Butterfingers to top).

*DISCLAIMER: The hubby conveniently decided to come home early as I was making this cake for him (and for this tute). My ice cream is a little more "melty" than yours will be since I couldn't freeze it long enough.

1. Bake one (or two, depending on how many layers you want) 9 inch round cakes. Place them on the freezer until solid. Remove from pan and return cake to freezer.

2. Wash out pan(s). Line with saran wrap. Smash partially defrosted ice cream into the pan. Cover with saran wrap and place in freezer until solid.

3. This part will totally look like crap, but once you've frosted the whole thing in cool whip, it will be beautiful. Once ice cream is frozen solid (I know, mine is melting, like I said) , remove saran wrap and start layering your cake and ice cream. (I am a fan of the four layered ice cream cakes)!

4. Frost the whole thing (FAST) and sprinkle with crushed candy!

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Saturday Spotlight #49

 Announcement:

 I won't be hosting a  linky party next week since I will be out of town. BUT... the week after that I will be having a giveaway to celebrate 50 Saturday Spotlight parties!

RULES:

1) First, create a blog entry about something you made yourself. Post our Saturday Spotlight button under your post or somewhere on your blog so that others can find all of your awesome links at Saturday Spotlight. Our linky party button is on the right side of our blog. Just copy the html code to the bottom of your blog post. If you would like to keep it somewhere else on your blog where others can see it, that's also ok.
2) Next, add your blog post name down below and then add the link of the blog entry about your project (not your homepage) . To get your link, click on the title of your blog post that you would like to enter and then copy the address that appears in the address bar up top, and paste it down below. It should look about like this: http://yourblogname.blogspot.com/2009/07/your_project.html.




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Sweet and Spicy Italian Pizza

Ok, I totally made up this pizza recipe and it turned out SUPER YUMMY!

Pizza Crust Recipe

2T. cornmeal

2 1/2 c. flour

1 pkg. yeast 

1t. salt

1 c. very warm water

2 T. liquid shortening (I just used canola oil)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Sprinkle large cookie sheet with cornmeal. Pour water into large mixing bowl. Sprinkle yeast over water; let sit for 5 minutes, then stir until smooth. Stir in shortening, 1 cup flour, and salt. Mix until almost smooth. Gradually add in the rest of the flour to make firm dough. Cover; let rest 15 minutes. Press into prepared pan. Prick dough with fork all over:

Here's the best part: Adding delicious toppings...

sweet italian sausage, salami slices, crumbled bacon, onion slices, olives, whole garlic cloves (roasted in a pan on the stove first). Use alfredo sauce with a hint of cayenne and chili powder if you'd like the spiciness. Sprinkle entire pizza with shredded mozzarella cheese.

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Thanks For Sharing!

Thanks to everyone who participated in this week's party!
Check out some of the highlights!

I've been making lots of hair bows--check out these tutorials!

This paint chip art is a way hip peice of decor!

Be sure to grab a featured button!

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Saturday Spotlight #48

Welcome, welcome! 

RULES:

1) First, create a blog entry about something you made yourself. Post our Saturday Spotlight button under your post or somewhere on your blog so that others can find all of your awesome links at Saturday Spotlight. Our linky party button is on the right side of our blog. Just copy the html code to the bottom of your blog post. If you would like to keep it somewhere else on your blog where others can see it, that's also ok.
2) Next, add your blog post name down below and then add the link of the blog entry about your project (not your homepage) . To get your link, click on the title of your blog post that you would like to enter and then copy the address that appears in the address bar up top, and paste it down below. It should look about like this: http://yourblogname.blogspot.com/2009/07/your_project.html.



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DIY Planner: Franklin Covey

So I have to say I'm pretty proud of this idea....


The other day my brother told me that he bought a refill pack of Franklin Covey planner paper. He said the actual planner covers were super expensive, so naturally....
I got my craft on....

This costed me nothing since I had everything on hand and I reused some things I had around the house.

What you will need:

-vinyl backing of an old notebook (2)

-metal rings (Staples)

-elastic band

-needle and thread

1. This is the Franklin Covey paper that he bought.

2. Cut out the vinyl backing of your notebook using the planner paper as a measurement. I just traced around it.

2. My front and back (ugly colors, I know, but it's for a guy :)

3. I decided to just punch three holes in the cover. I figured seven would be way too many dangle-y metal rings. This looks much better.

 

4. To bling it up a little more, I sewed on an elastic to make a snappy thing to hold the planner closed. 

 The finished product 

:)

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Thanks For Sharing!

This last Sunday my sweet baby girl was blessed in church!

 My awesome friend Anali made us these matching bracelets! I love em'!

And of course...here are the highlights from our crafting linky party!

I love these colorful diy key fobs from Stitch 2 Buttercups!

These big brother big sister shirts in honor of Mother's Day are just too cute!

Fingerprint art! How trendy! From California Callahans.

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