Monday, July 29, 2024

Wood Candleholders

I am finding so many long-forgotten crafts while cleaning out my closets! I used to LOVE making these candleholders and don't know why I stopped making them - most likely because I made some for everyone I knew and ran out of reasons to make more hahahha. This project is especially fun because you paint and glue together different wood shapes to build the candleholder exactly how you want, there are so many different wood shapes available that your options are endless!

Here are a few that I found in my stash along with one finished holder - I wouldn't necessarily paint them this way now, my tastes and colors have changed, but these are good examples of what you can do by stacking up the different pieces. I paint them individually before gluing them together, you could certainly build your candleholder and then paint it after it's assembled. 




7.29.23: words

7.29.22: golf banquet




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Sunday, July 28, 2024

🔥 Around the Campfire (week 30)

Dear Campers ~ 

Here's a quick recap in case you missed anything at camp last week:

Posts ~

7/21: 🔥 week 29

7/22: pop tab earrings (happy 21st to Gracie!)

7/23: TT ginger 

7/24: baked boneless chicken thighs

7/25: wood block stack

7/26: gluten free chicken pizza by Macey

7/27: words

That's it for this week! See you next week for more projects, crafts, recipes, whatever we can think of to make at camp - bye :)


Sincerely ~

Jill
camp counselor


 

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Saturday, July 27, 2024

7/27 ~ Words

 


7.27.23: Macey's GF chinese chicken and corn soup

7.27.22: zucchini brownies version 2

7.27.21: travel medication tip

7.27.20: gourmet s'mores

7.27.19: penne alla vecchia bettola

7.27.18: Japanese string gardening

7.27.17: crochet a mug cozy











7.27.16: travel trip for medications



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Friday, July 26, 2024

Gluten Free Chicken Pizza by Macey

My niece sent me this picture of pizza she made - she has to eat gluten free but these toppings would be great on the crust of your choice (well, at least the toppings sound great to me haha)! Thanks for sharing, Mae! Here's what she did, in her words:

I’ve been buying pre-baked gluten free crusts sold at world market for $8 - 3 in a pack.  Last night I cut up some rotisserie chicken, mozzarella cheese, sautéed mushrooms, basil, just regular canned spaghetti sauce, chili flakes, and a couple dollops of this eggplant Parmesan red pepper spread I put on pretty much everything 😅 



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Thursday, July 25, 2024

Wood Block Stack

This is a project I've had on hand for a couple years and haven't made - came across it while cleaning out the craft room and since I've stored it for so long I decided to put it in the Goodwill pile so someone else can enjoy making it! This came from one of Ronda's Stampin' Up classes, thought I'd share the idea in case you'd like to get the supplies and make this wood block stack. 

She covered 4 wooden blocks with decorative paper, cut to fit each side and glued on. Her kit included a heart (representing the letter 'O') and the letters H, M, E, L, V, N - attach one letter to 3 blocks and the heart to the fourth. With her letters you could spell "home", "love" or "noel" but you can obviously choose whatever letters and words you want to spell! 




7.25.22: star plates

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Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Baked Boneless Chicken Thighs

I forgot to take a picture of these baked chicken thighs, we really liked them with this flavorful spice mixture and it's a very easy dish to make. I served with a flavored rice packet and roasted broccoli.


  • 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs 
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt or ½ teaspoon of any other salt
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • ½ teaspoon ground cumin
  • ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 400°F. Place the thighs in a large bowl. 
  • Add the olive oil and spices. Use your hands to coat the chicken pieces. 
  • Arrange the seasoned thighs in a single layer on a rimmed baking dish, such as a 9 X 13-inch baking dish. If there's some residual oil and spice mixture in the bowl, brush it on the chicken pieces. 
  • Bake until the thighs are cooked through, juices run clear, and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the middle of the largest thigh reads 165ºF. In my oven, this takes about 30 minutes. 
  • Serve immediately.


recipe and more info found here at healthyrecipesblogs.com 


7.24.23: reusable kitchen sponges

7.24.22: ðŸ”¥ week 30 

7.24.21: Cathy's peach cobbler

7.24.20: tuna cauliflower salad



7.24.16: Nuremberg


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Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Tip-sy Tuesday: Ginger

 In case you haven't worked with fresh ginger I thought I'd share a couple tips:

1. when buying ginger you don't have to purchase the whole giant piece, you can break off what you need (at least that's what I do and no one has ever told me that it doesn't work that way haha)

2. peel off the outer brown skin using a small paring knife, the ginger is knobby so just make small cuts trying to only remove the outer part. I've seen a technique to peel it using a spoon but I've never done that. You could use a vegetable peeler but it's hard to work it around all the bumps.  

3. to grate the ginger for recipes like this one for PF Chang inspired lettuce wraps,  I run it along a microplaner, if you have a different grater use it, like you would grate carrots or whatever, if the pieces are large tho I would then mince it up with a knife. The microplaner lets you get really small pieces. 


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Monday, July 22, 2024

Pop Tab Earrings by Gracie

Today is my niece Gracie's 21st birthday, I'm reposting this cute jewelry craft she shared with me back in '20 in her honor. Happy Birthday G!! 


Materials

Pliers, soda tabs, earring loops and chain the length you want your earring to hang

First you're going to need to open up a chain link on both ends

Then put the tabs in one of the open links, then put the earring loop in the other (or if you don't want them to dangle on the chain just put the tabs and the earring loop in the same open link)



Close that bad boy up and boom - you got a cute earring 


Jill here - last time I saw G she had on one pop top earring and one zipper pull earring and I loved how original and hip she looked! Whodathunk to make cool earrings from pop tabs?!

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Sunday, July 21, 2024

🔥 Around the Campfire (week 29)

Dear Campers ~ 

Here's a quick recap in case you missed anything at camp last week:

Posts ~

7/14: 🔥 week 28

7/15: santa cinnamon sticks

7/16: TT how to squeeze dry spinach

7/17: thru the years

7/18: boiled beets and greens

7/19: Mexican meatloaf pie

7/20: words (be teachable)

I have been really behind the last couple weeks, and not just with my posting - check out how many unread emails I have, it's giving me such anxiety! I'm forcing myself to sit down and clean them off this afternoon 🙄

That's it for this week! See you next week for more projects, crafts, recipes, whatever we can think of to make at camp - bye :)


Sincerely ~

Jill
camp counselor



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Saturday, July 20, 2024

7/20 ~ Words


 7.20.23: Macey's scrambled eggs

7.20.22: peach cobbler

7.20.21: TT - silpat vs parchment paper

7.20.20: chocolate chip, banana, oatmeal muffins

7.20.19: grilled tuna pasta salad

7.20.18: kid craft: beach jars

7.20.17: how I organize my garden stuff

7.20.16: Budapest and Vienna


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