Saturday, February 15, 2025

2/15 ~ Thru the Years

I missed blogging the rest of this week - click here to read a little of what's been keeping me away from making stuff! Here's a look back at what happened on this date thru the years: 


Friday, February 14, 2025

2/14 ~ Thru the Years

I missed blogging the rest of this week - click here to read a little of what's been keeping me away from making stuff! Here's a look back at what happened on this date thru the years: 


2.14.23: perler bead valentine hearts

2.14.23: TT household uses for lemons

2.14.21: ðŸ”¥week 7



2.14.17: flower heart by Julie

2.14.16: tuna over nice (basically a Nicoise salad)

Thursday, February 13, 2025

2/13 ~ Thru the Years

I missed blogging the rest of this week - click here to read a little of what's been keeping me away from making stuff! Here's a look back at what happened on this date thru the years: 

2.13.24: tt make a larger ziplock baggie 

2.13.23: mini paper gift box

2.13.22: ðŸ”¥ week 7

2.13.21: valentine bubble tree 

2.13.20: hot dog heart

2.13.19: asian style meatballs with sweet chili sauce

2.13.18: shrimp cocktail in a wine glass

2.13.17: heart suncatcher

2.13.16: wine label for Valentine's day gifts


Wednesday, February 12, 2025

2/12 ~ Thru the Years

I missed blogging the rest of this week - click here to read a little of what's been keeping me away from making stuff! Here's a look back at what happened on this date thru the years: 

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

2/11 ~ Thru the Years

I missed blogging the rest of this week - click here to read a little of what's been keeping me away from making stuff! Here's a look back at what happened on this date thru the years:


Monday, February 10, 2025

Valentine Kiss Mice

I've had this idea in my file for years and don't know why I've never made any of these super cute Kiss Mice - since I didn't make them again this year I'm sharing it with you and maybe you'll make them and share a picture for me! They look really easy - I don't have the templates for the ears and feet but the ears is just a paper heart sandwiched between 2 Kisses, and the feet you'll need to wing but it'd be easy to come up with a little paper shaped-something. 

For each mouse you'll need:

  • 2 Hershey's Kisses
  • card stock (red or pink for the feet and ears, yellow for the base)
  • yarn for the tail
  • 2 googly eyes
  • glue, scissors, marker 


Another idea to write on the 'cheese' card is "You're so mice". Cute, right? 

2.10.24: words



2.10.21: dessert (football) cheeseball (shoutout to Meghan and Mickey!)

2.10.20: fabric flower pins

2.10.19: ðŸ”¥week 6 (and there's a cute Valentine bookmark idea)

2.10.18: organizing food containers

2.10.17: two toned swirly frosting

2.10.16: layered jello parfait perfect for Valentine's day

Sunday, February 9, 2025

🔥 Around the Campfire (week 6)

Dear Campers ~ 

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

Posts ~

 2/2: ðŸ”¥ week 5

2/3: pimento cheese

2/4: blue cheese stuffed olives 

2/5: crostini appetizers

2/6: stadium snack tray 

2/7: stadium brownies

2/8: words (football)

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


2.9.24: crockpot white chicken chili v. 3


2.9.21: tip-sy tuesday: baking center organizing (see my sprinkle storage update here!)

2.9.16: 'bee mine' honey bear  

Friday, February 7, 2025

Football Stadium Brownies re-run

For the final re-run of past food ideas for the Super Bowl I thought I'd share a sweet today - these stadium brownies turned out so cute!!! 

From 2/20:


Did you see the football brownies that I made for Super Bowl yesterday? They look really cute but more importantly they tasted really good!  (hmmm, is that true? Is it more important they taste good, or look cute?). Baking brownies is always a crap shoot for me, I don't want them over-baked so I usually pull them out too early and the middle sinks. For whatever reason this time they were perfect! I used a box of dark chocolate brownie mix for a 13x9 pan and doctored it with a few add-ins -
I used 2 eggs, replaced the water with cooled coffee, added a pinch of coarse salt, a teaspoon of vanilla, and 1/2 bag of mini chocolate chips. Baked exactly 20 minutes, removed from oven and immediately covered with foil; let cool. They turned out moist and chocolatey, perfectly level with no sinking in the center, and the edges were not dry.



I frosted them with my standard buttercream, added a few white lines and a "50" at the center line; decorated with sprinkles in the end zone sort-of giving the look of people in stands, gummy bears for the players (how much time it took me to figure out positioning was ridiculous!), striped Hershey hugs for the refs.


Tip for making straight frosting lines - I laid a skewer down on the green frosting to make a slightly indented line, then traced over it with my white frosting in a decorator squeeze thing with a small round tip.


 To keep the sprinkles from going everywhere I put them in a funnel - put my finger over the bottom opening and then slowly lifted my finger and directed the sprinkles into the end areas I wanted them. Worked like a charm.


2.7.24: honey garlic chicken 

Thursday, February 6, 2025

Football Stadium Snack Tray

I posted this idea for dips and crunchers arranged to look like a football stadium in a post titled "Super Bowl Party Planner" but it should have its own post - it's too cute to be combined with other recipe ideas! 


To make this stadium you'll need 2 rectangular dishes - a smaller one to hold the dip and a larger one to set the dip dish in and have room to surround with the dippers.

Spoon 3 different dips next to each other (this is cheese dip, guacamole, and spinach dip) in the smaller dish, top with shredded cheese to divide the "field" and black olives (lined up to represent the players), pipe sour cream for the lines. Put it into the larger dish and fill around it with assorted crackers, chips, veggies, pretzels, etc. 


2.6.24: tt heart charcuterie board 

2.6.23: crochet afghan/fleece blanket mash-up

2.6.22: ðŸ”¥ week 6 

2.6.21: bumblebee valentine and pickup truck by Brooke