I {Heart} Fonts!

I am seriously OBSESSED with fonts!  I simply cannot stand using plain old regular fonts.  I spend hours finding just the right font for everything!  Crazy, probably.  Weird, most definitely.  But there you have it, I am addicted to fonts. 

One of my most most favorite places to get cute fonts is Kevin and Amanda.

 

 

They have so many fun handwriting fonts that you can download for free. 

 

And also a slew of adorable scrapbooking fonts.

Plain and Simple Potato Salad

Today is your lucky day, because today I am going to share with you THE BEST EVER IN THE WHOLE EN-TIRE WORLD POTATO SALAD. I know, it’s not summer yet. But the weather is getting warmer and I am excited for all the good food that warm weather brings. This is my mom’s potato salad recipe, so of course it’s the best. And you’re extra lucky because whenever I call my mom for the recipe she always gives vague measurements, which drives me crazy. So this is the fo’real recipe.

Potato Salad

6 –8 cooked potatoes

6 – 8 boiled eggs

1/2 medium yellow onion

Chop and set aside

1/2 jar Miracle Whip

5 ish squirts of mustard

1/4 cup relish

1/4 cup sugar

1/2 cup milk

1 1/2 TBSP lemon juice

Salt and Pepper to taste

Mix together, one easy one is to put all ingredients in the Miracle Whip jar and shake. Add sauce to potatoes, eggs, and onion. Makes A-LOT of salad, I usually 1/4 this for us when we make it, and we eat leftovers until I think it’s probably best to throw it out.

Have You Heard?

I just about almost peed my pants with excitement when I heard that Bakerella is going to have a book!  I cannot cannot wait!  I love Bakerella, secretly I hope to meet her some day.  I have never been brave enough to try cake pops but it’s on my list of things to do before I die!

I {Heart} My Cricut

Words cannot even express how much I love my Cricut!  I love it!  I wish I could take it to heaven with me.  It does all kinds of awesome amazing fabulous things!  These are two QUICK cards I made recently.  Not the most creative things in the world, but they were perfect for the occasions.  Just talking about it makes me miss it.  I am always thinking of new things I can make.  {Sigh} I love that amazing machine!  My current favorite cartridge is Cricut Paper Doll Dress Up Cartridge.   So what’s yours?

Chunky Crayons

I crafted, on a weeknight. And we had grilled cheese and Spaghetti-o’s for dinner. I do not claim to be THE BUSIEST person on the planet, horrible at time management, yes. I don’t usually do projects on weeknights, I work during the day and by the time I get home I’m tired and done, and if I do do a project my family gets neglected. But I thought this one would be fairly simple. Here’s my “tutorial” because I actually remembered to take some pictures. I got my idea from Amy at the Idea Room. Which is waay more than just making crayons. She is THE WOMAN behind the a-ma-zing felt heart wreaths that were popping up everywhere around Valentine’s Day. I am looking for an excuse to make one, since I slacked off and didn’t make one for Heart Day. Any good ideas?

Making, not from scratch, Crayons. Maybe a more appropriate title would be, Refurbishing Crayons?

{Step One} Peel every single last piece of little paper off of every single crayon. Not my favorite step. Soaking crayons in water for a day really helped.

{Step Two} Brutally chop crayons with THE BIGGEST knife you can find in your kitchen. Or you can just break them up.

{Step Three} Fill muffin tin full with crayon bits (I used a regular sized muffin tin). Thoughts on this step, I bought an old muffin tin at DI for 75 cents because I was worried that my muffin tins might get ruined. In then end I don’t really think it mattered. Second thought, in the end when you color with these crayons they leave little bits (more than regular crayons). I pretty much barely squeaked by in Chemistry, really not my strength. So I can’t tell you if the mess happens because the crayons got too hot in the oven. Or because I filled the cups too full and made the crayons too thick. I tend to lean toward the later because I made a trial crayon that wasn’t as thick and it doesn’t leave crayon crumbs.

{Step Four} I pre-heated the oven to 300 degrees and then baked (do you really “bake” crayons?) them for about 8 minutes or until all the crayons are melted. Let your new and improved crayons cool COMPLETELY, don’t ask me how I know this, but trust me I know.

{Step Five and Other Thoughts} Tap crayons gently out of the muffin tin. I found that a Crystal Light container I had in the cupboard worked perfect for a storage container. They stack up nice and neat inside.

I’m Melting!

I made these snowmen sugar cookies for our Relief Society Christmas party in December, stay with me here I realize it’s March. But I was reminded of them today as I walked around outside. All of our snow is melting {FINALLY}! Singing “Hallelujahs” as I type.

I thought that they would be a perfect treat with a tag that says, “You melt my heart!”. (Note to self, learn how to upload pdf’s and such for others to print and use. Help?!) I hope I get to make another batch soon, and better get on it quick since it’s practically Spring, at least that’s what I keep telling myself. They were super simple. I was quite impressed with how great these instructions were, and how easy it was to frost a cookie this way.

Some changes I made:

I didn’t use fondant for the nose, instead I used slightly nuked orange Starbursts. Worked out great because those are my least favorite flavor, and I enjoyed eating the leftovers!

Also, I didn’t use fondant for the buttons, instead I used Mini M&M’s. A tube that you pick up by the check stand was perfect. I thought about using Starbursts here too, but thought the M&M’s would be easiest.

I was stalking around looking for ideas to steal and came across another version from a blog I enjoy, Cookies and Cups.

A Great Accessory For Any Occasion

My husband and I teach Primary at Church. We actually teach just the three to six year-olds. I wanted to make a fun Valentine’s treat for our Primary kiddos and for my daughters little friends. I saw this and thought it would be a good kid treat.

I am not a huge fan of those Sweethearts, so I used taffy, sweethearts, and Butterfinger hearts.

At first I cut my saran wrap in half widthwise, but found that it didn’t hold the candy as well as I wanted, so I ended up cutting off about a 1/4 instead. I thought using the whole width was too saran wrappy.

Easiest way I found was to lay out my saran wrap flat, and then lay out the candy, then tie it off. When I tried to do it a section at a time things got a little hairy.

These are obviously not just limited to Valentine’s Day. I’m sure you’ve seen them at graduations, you could also use any holiday candy to make it fit the upcoming holiday.

Oh, and the kids loved them! I gave one to a little Korean girl I tutor and she still has it!