tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70641877094600545542024-03-19T02:48:22.301-06:00That's So CueglyA place where you...can be you.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05611456882600035153noreply@blogger.comBlogger396125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7064187709460054554.post-32116252160921743542013-04-05T21:35:00.004-06:002016-08-29T00:15:46.067-06:00Essential Oil Travel Case <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
(that fits in your purse or car or pocket or suitcase or briefcase or gym bag, or backpack, or carry-on...</div>
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Thanks everyone for your emails, Yes I would love to make one for all of you that use essential oils, and though I'd LOVE to have that kind of ambition, I figured it's best to give you a DIY tutorial. </div>
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I'm so glad though to hear about everyone that loves their oils! </div>
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I figured out the easiest route<i> (I think) </i>to make this...It's infinitely easier than the first one I made, which had me pulling out my hair. So that's grand! </div>
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IT WILL HOLD TWENTY-TWO BOTTLES!</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(unlike the one below)</i></span></div>
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So first of all, you can buy 24 of the 5/8 dram bottles <a href="https://www.aromatools.com/5_8_Dram_Amber_Glass_Vials_12_p/9100.htm">HERE </a>for $8. And to buy the bottle cap stickers (the labels), go <a href="http://www.mydoterra.com/linz/">HERE</a> and then click SHOP FOR PRODUCTS and then type in search: BOTTLE CAP STICKERS. And go ahead a do some oil shopping if you're in the market. </div>
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Or if you're going to buy the bottles, you can buy 154 blank white cap stickers<a href="https://www.aromatools.com/Blank_White_Circle_Labels_half_inch_diameter_p/1308.htm"> HERE</a> for under a dollar.</div>
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I figured that this travel case is worth it because I don't have to risk loosing my large oil bottles AND I won't have to cart them around either. <i>(I've also been known to put stuff on top of my car and drive away...and it's always expensive stuff- never a water bottle or anything).</i></div>
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K- so you'll need <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1/8</span>th<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">" Elastic</span></i></div>
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S<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">heet of <i>craft foam</i></span> </div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">some fabric </span></i></div>
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and lets just go from there: <i>(umm also sewing machine and thread? Okay okay, you got it).</i></div>
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Cut your foam to a 7 inch by 7 inch square.</div>
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Cut your fabric to a 15.5 by 8.5 rectangle.</div>
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Fold your fabric in half so it's basically a square and then iron that seam.<br />
Now you have two sides. One side will be the INSIDE and one the OUTSIDE.<br />
The inside where the oils will be and the outside that's visible when it's closed.<br />
Got it?<br />
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On the back of the fabric, line the foam square up on that newly ironed seam (and in </div>
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the center of that one side-so there's about a 1/2" edge around the foam square). </div>
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Pin it like so: Don't pin the edge of the foam that's lined up with the ironed seam.</div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">The foam side will be the INSIDE of the travel case. Now COMPLETELY FORGET about the other side of the fabric for awhile- The side that the foam IS NOT pinned to: </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">(except keeping it out of the way so it doesn't accidentally get sewn while we continue!)</span></i></b><br />
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Now sew the unpinned edge of foam (thats against the ironed seam).<br />
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When sewing any edges, get it pretty close to the edge and remember to keep it the same distance every time you sew edges here.<br />
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Now sew the other three sides of the square keeping the fabric pinned and taunt. </div>
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Then fold the foam in half really hard so there's a visible line. </div>
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Now sew down that line. <b>THIS IS NOW OUR CENTER LINE.</b></div>
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I flipped it over BELOW so you can see the sewn square and the CENTER LINE down the middle. </div>
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The foam side is the INSIDE of the travel case. This is where the bottles will be</div>
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Now you pick one of the two sides of the foam to be where the oil bottles will go.</div>
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I picked the oils to go on the section where my fingers are because I love the fun blue swirl and I don't want to cover it up with the oil bottles.</div>
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Either side can hold the oils but remember that you want the top of the lids to face that CENTER LINE.</div>
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Maybe it will be easier to show you when I fold the fabric under where it is going to go. </div>
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Now pick a side for your oils to go</div>
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<i> (if your fabric is an even pattern you don't even have to worry about this I guess but I'm going to put the oils on this white flower side and make sure the lids face the CENTER LINE).</i></div>
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Now take the elastic</div>
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Now place your bottle there and wrap around/under the closed lid. press the elastic down. and sew the elastic there too. DON'T MAKE IT WAY TIGHT. It will hold it there without it being stretched much, just barely a little stretch given. It's better to have it not stretchy than too stretched and tight.<br />
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<i>(the bottle I'm using above is not a 2ml bottle which is why I left more space below the bottle because the ones that WILL be used will be slightly longer.) </i><br />
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YAY! FIRST LOOP IS DONE!<br />
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Place the bottle and do it again.<br />
If you need to get a ruler out and make sure it's always an inch above the bottom stitch, it might help.<br />
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When you get to the end, plan on 11 loops. Then cut off the excess elastic.<br />
Nope haven't trimmed a single piece of thread yet :)<br />
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See the back of the foam?<br />
That's why we haven't folded over the fabric yet, we didn't want this showing.<br />
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I'm back from spring break and a jubilant Easter! My husband got work off and we just traveled and visited family and lived out of a suitcase all week. Now I have laundry and folding and other endless drabs to get done. (I'm such an optimist today!)</div>
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Before we left, like literally RIGHT BEFORE, I was completely packed and ready, and suddenly on a whim decided that I was going to get some sewing done that I've put off for like- EVER. Some things that I thought would make traveling more simple. Let me show you what I quickly, carelessly and slightly chaotically threw together. Though everything turned out better than I had planned on such short notice, and I need to make patterns for it all, this is what I was excited most about:</div>
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A travel essential oil case that holds TWENTY mini bottles. It's about the size of a checkbook and fits inside my purse and now I don't have to worry now, or chance losing, my expensive large sized oil bottles! I'm thinking about making one specifically for the car, because then I might be able to get down a pattern and post it on the blog as well so you can make your own!</div>
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Look closely at the sewing job and take in the fact that I am not even close to a professional sewer...</div>
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We whipped up some seatbelt pillows for the long drive ahead, that ended up being quite convenient actually! I've seen a couple pinned on Pinterest but didn't end up going to any sources figuring it looked easy enough. I'll have to compare and see if they made it easier than I did.</div>
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And then a center color station for the kiddos crammed in the back seat. (You can see it to the left in the photo next to my daughter pulling her fishy face). </div>
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Oh Edenbrooke. I can't believe I'm saying this, but it was one of my favorite reads of ALL TIME. I was at a family event when my cousins and mom brought up the topic of this book. They were drooling over themselves and I hadn't even heard of it. With high expectations, this book still came out as a 10 star for me. Yup, 10. My stomach clenched so forcefully all the butterflies in the world to that one location of my abdomen. And all without the prerequisite sex scenes. It's a glorious LOVE story, not a lust story.</div>
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But even better than that for me (tho some Regency readers may disagree) is that Donaldson eliminated the sometimes entangled 1800's language and kept it simple and unconfusing. For some reason her approach of a more direct wording rather than extra fluff, made it quicker for my beating heart to come to a quick stop (unlike other Regency reads).</div>
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Sit yourself down and read this novel. </div>
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This <a href="http://www.lds.org/general-conference/sessions/2013/04?lang=eng">conference weekend</a> as a craft time with the kiddos, we made homemade water color paints. Painting with water colors is a fun past time the kids and I share together.</div>
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<i>The Good:</i> The paints turned out GREAT!!! Better than drugstore purchased paints.</div>
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<i>The Selfish:</i> I wouldn't let the kids use them! I DID promise the kids I'd make more for them, but for now, I was having too much fun and decided to be selfish with my concoction of paints. After taking the time to make 24 BEAUTIFUL colors, all I could see in my head was them mixing the colors into a goopy grey/brown mess and my selfishness took over. They got to use their regular crayola paints and I felt horrible, so I gave them a sucker. No lie.</div>
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Mix the ingredients together (except food color) in a small round bowl so you can make sure to scrape and whip/mix it really well! I'd mix the soda and vinegar together first and let it settle for about 15 seconds and then mix the rest in.<br />
Pour into containers. This filled half of my mini ice cube tray. The cornstarch can make it hard to mix in the food color after it has set for a long while so I made 12 colors whipped up a second batch for the other half and then continued making the rest of my color blends.<br />
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I had regular food color drops as well as NEON food color drops. I put about 2-3 drops of food color in each one, but there were a couple that I even did 6, so you can go with it how ever you want! I had fun mixing 24 colors!</div>
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Look how VIBRANT they are!!</div>
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I did have to double paint the black because it was a more charcoal color when it dried. And my RED turned out to be hot pink when dried, which is a good day for me I guess.</div>
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I had a lot of fun and it hardly faded when dry. When it IS dry it's slightly chalky. For kids it perfect, and for me it's perfect because I'm not a professional. But if you rubbed your finger across it, you would have a chalky residue on your finger. The color doesn't come off, trust me I tried to rub it off just in case and it didn't fade with me rubbing it vigorously, but if it's a picture you want to save for EVER. Scan it and print it. because you don't want chalky residue in your file cabinet.<br />
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I'll be painting rainbows for the next few days.<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A confetti glitter </span></b>(I used MILANI: Fuchsia- They also have an awesome GOLD one!)</div>
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EZ BOND that dries up your nails and preps them for polish so your manicure lasts longer.</div>
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And Salley Hansen Hard As Nails. It's thick and yellow-y but it works and it also is a GREAT base for glitter polishes because glitter is SUCH A PAIN to get off, but this makes it so you can just peel it off.</div>
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Prepped nails:<br />
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Let dry and apply a TOP COAT.</div>
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I'm in love with essie's SUPER DUPER TOP COAT</div>
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It lasts, it stays shiny and it dries super fast!</div>
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I get the most compliments on this because everyone thinks it's acrylic! So easy!</div>
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<i><b>RECAP DIRECTIONS:</b></i><br />
<i>1- File, Shape, and remove natural oil from nails (with polish remover and EZ BOND optional)</i><br />
<i>2- Apply 1 coat Salley Hansen Hard as Nails -Let Dry</i><br />
<i>3- Apply clear glitter on the top 1/3 of nail -Let Dry</i><br />
<i>4- Apply Medium glitter on bottom 2/3 of nail -Let Dry</i><br />
<i>5- Apply Medium glitter again in same spot and then slightly blend up into part of the clear glitter -Let Dry</i><br />
<i>6- Apply gobby french tip with confetti glitter</i><br />
<i>7- Spread/blend back unevenly leaving most of the confetti glitter at the tip -Let Dry</i><br />
<i>8- Apply top coat -Let Dry </i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I'm headed out for spring break vacation </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">for a week and LOTS of driving! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">See you after EASTER!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I've been long searching for some sort of seating for my family room because the only thing that currently resides there is a white futon, though adorable, barely ample for seating as it has zero comfort.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I went thrift store shopping with a budget of $20. And after my long searching, I finally found two matching chairs with no wear n' tear that fit my style! I claimed them, paid for them and then I drove around back to pick them up. That's where the 'biffing' came into play...But now that I think about it, I really could have prevented such a tragedy.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>Problem #2:</i></span> I agreed. As soon as I stepped into the back of the store with such nice dry glossed cement flooring, my crocs couldn't handle such polish and they wavered. And I biffed it. I biffed it <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">super uncoordinatedly hard. It was all slow motion. My feet were slipping every direction. As soon as I would try and catch up with one foot the other would falter. And I continued like this for quite some time. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>Problem #3:</i></span> I grabbed at anything that might be my salvation. I grabbed and grabbed and grabbed, but everything kept falling on or around me. Shelves were knocking over in a domino like fashion, I grabbed and pulled at a pulley cart that shot across the room and collided right into the nice man and another shelf. At some point I smashed my knee into the floor and then finally...FINALLY landed on my back. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Though I was completely discombobulated and lying under everything, I still came out on top with two cute chairs for $10 each!</span></div>
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My kids were a LITTLE freaked out that a Leprechaun might give them a pinch if they didn't surround themselves with green. We had a 'sick' day from church today after spending a morning cleaning up puke and washing sheets. Thank you oldest son, (and thank you red strawberries) :P</div>
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I saw <a href="http://www.thedatingdivas.com/holidays/st-patricks-day/lucky-in-love-with-you/">this</a> printout at Dating Diva's but I don't have color ink so I made my own. My husband is THEE best person I've ever known, and so instead of making a printout and giving it to him, I'm putting it up here for EVERYONE ELSE to see How LUCKY in love I am! </div>
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I have a super-husband. He had a church meeting at 8 this morning & at 9 and another one at 10, then church from 11-2 and then rush home and off to work.<br />
Thanks for being you, and I love you Josh.<br />
Leap Year Movie night tonight and a foot rub for the Man of the Year!<br />
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<i>P.S. Yes my husband looks like Elvis! He's a hip shaking hotty-pa-totty!</i></div>
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It's to die for. You can eat it so many different ways. It's healthy, but no one would know it was sugar free. It makes your house smell like YUM on a stick and EVERYONE will compliment your house aroma and may even start licking the air. IT'S SO GOOD. SO SO GOOD.</div>
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It's amazingly versatile! </div>
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You can have it as a sweet-tooth snack, you can add add-ins for a trail mix, it's a delicious cereal all on it's own, put it on top of ice cream, over a baked apple or <a href="http://cuegly.blogspot.com/2012/04/baked-pears.html">baked pear (wholly yum)</a>, on top of muffins or bread in the oven, on hot oatmeal, on fruit crisps instead of flour/sugar/butter, and our all time FAVORITE way to eat it...</div>
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Some honey yogurt & some fruit.</div>
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Breakfast of champions. Parfait of Deliciousness. </div>
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3 c. Old Fashioned Oats</div>
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1.5 c. Unsweetened Shredded Coconut</div>
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2 c. Mixed Seeds/Nuts <i>(See below for what I prefer)</i></div>
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1/4 c. Real Butter</div>
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1/8 c. Coconut Oil</div>
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1/2 c. Honey</div>
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1/4 c. Chia Seeds <i>(optional)</i></div>
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<i>1: In a large bowl, mix the Oats, Coconut, Seeds, and Cinnamon. </i></div>
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<i>4: Spread granola onto cookie sheet and bake at <b>185</b> degrees for 3 hours and then turn off the oven and leave it in the oven over night. </i></div>
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<i>4a: If you have a large crock pot, you can put ALL the ingredients into it and cook it on low for about 6-8 hours or until golden crispy. Stir occasionally. It really turns out GREAT, but I enjoy the 'toast' of the oven a touch better. But crock pot is less cleaning up afterwords! </i></div>
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{I double the recipe and place onto 2 cookie sheets and put them both in the oven and bake for 4 hours. We go through the granola quite quickly, so this allows me to freeze some and it keeps me from having to make it once every week}.</div>
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Pinterest is a great go-to source for so many things. It's the new GOOGLE. But my all time favorite is finding recipes that I wouldn't have found otherwise. I love that! I have definitely found some<a href="http://www.ezrapoundcake.com/archives/13338"> duds</a>, that I wouldn't suggest to anyone. But then there's the list of recipes that have made our list of Recipe Regulars! I thought I'd share some of that list today! A list that I would give each a 4 or 5 star (out of 5). It includes dinners and snacks etc...</div>
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I should also mention that, tho we're not vegetarians, we're also not big meat eaters specifically just for our health. You could call us flexetarians. Maybe Vegeflexians? No...probably not. How about flexivegians? Ok. I'm done. Here's some recipe links:<br />
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<li><a href="http://kblog.lunchboxbunch.com/2012/02/easy-sweet-potato-veggie-burgers-with.html">Sweet Potato Veggie Burgers</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.howsweeteats.com/2012/10/easy-butternut-skillet-shells/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20howsweeteats/smSp%20(How%20Sweet%20It%20Is)">Butternut Squash MacN' Cheese</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.milkfreemom.com/vegan-quinoa-sweet-potato-chili/">Sweet Potato Quinoa Chili</a></li>
<li><a href="http://diana212m.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/green-goddess-grilled-cheese-sandwich.html">Green Grilled Cheese Sandwich</a></li>
<li><a href="http://theshiksa.com/2012/05/01/quinoa-black-bean-burrito-bowls/">Quinoa Black Bean Burrito Bowls</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.100daysofrealfood.com/2010/10/14/recipe-homemade-chicken-nuggets/">Chicken Nuggets</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.howsweeteats.com/2012/01/roasted-garlic-caramelized-veggie-tostadas/">Roasted Garlic/Caramelized Veggie Tostada</a></li>
<li><a href="http://sugarcooking.blogspot.com/2010/02/perfect-pizza-crust-and-roasted-garlic.html">Roasted Garlic Chicken Pesto Pizza</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.closetcooking.com/2011/01/chicken-fajitas.html">Chicken Fajitas</a></li>
<li><a href="http://fooddoodles.com/2011/06/28/one-bowl-all-natural-no-bake-energy-bites/">No Bake Energy Granola-Balls</a></li>
<li><a href="http://cuegly.blogspot.com/2012/04/baked-pears.html">Baked Pears</a></li>
<li><a href="http://cuegly.blogspot.com/2013/02/100-days-of-school-some-pancakes.html">Gluten Free Pancakes</a></li>
<li><a href="http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/California-Grilled-Veggie-Sandwich/Detail.aspx">California Sandwich</a></li>
<li><a href="http://allrecipes.com/recipe/pesto/detail.aspx?event8=1&prop24=SR_Thumb&e11=pesto&e8=Quick%20Search&event10=1&e7=Recipe">Pesto</a></li>
<li>Vibrant Living Granola: {Recipe Coming tomorrow}</li>
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1. I add an egg and also mix in the bread crumbs instead of coat. Then I bake instead of fry</div>
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2. I use any stinky cheese I can find, I don't use fritata</div>
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5. I put it all on a tortilla and forget the bowl</div>
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6. I bake them instead of fry</div>
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8. I make my own crust and pesto, and add more toppings!</div>
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13. I use Pesto for the sauce. It's a must and delicious.</div>
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14. We put this on EVERYTHING. We even put it in spaghetti sauces and soups. Seriously everything. We also add spinach with the basil. </div>
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15. Can't wait to share this recipe!</div>
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WARNING: <i>I may add to this list anytime at random</i> :)</div>
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I'm so excited to introduce you to Cosmic Kids (if you haven't been already). It's an absolute FAV in our home and it's just so brilliant! My kids are in love with their yoga adventure they get to go on each day! And yes it's an adventure!</div>
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Here they are surfing the waves:</div>
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Here they are unlocking a treasure chest:</div>
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Can you see their shark fins below while they chat with a shark?</div>
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And here my daughter is making a quick phone call to mom to let her know she is A-Ok!</div>
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Let me introduce you to the face of Cosmic Kids. Her name is Jaime, and she's quite the enthusiast. Have I mentioned that her yoga videos are all exciting adventures?!</div>
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Seriously...they're exciting.</div>
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I wanted to know so much more as soon as I first found Cosmic Kids! So I wrote and invited her over to That's So Cuegly and she answered some Interview Q's for me!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">1. Please tell us a little about yourself?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3b0040;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;"><i>I'm Jaime. I live in the countryside just outside London,
England with my partner Martin and our two dogs Spencer and Mini. I trained as
an actress at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and have been a professional
fairy (children's entertainer) for many years. As well as teaching kids' yoga I
also teach grown-ups!</i></span><span style="color: #3b0040; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">2. When did you start Cosmic-Kids and what gave you the idea?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3b0040;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;"><i>Cosmic Kids began in 2010. I had been improvising using yoga as
a physical storytelling technique for years at children's parties and decided
there must be a way to make it more official. I trained with a lovely lady
called Fenella Lindsell who has helped create the Waybuloo TV series. From then
I began creating my own stories and sequences to teach in schools, nurseries,
preschools and private studios. I currently teach around 200 kids per
week and use yoga at children's parties! </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;"><i>We began filming and posting the Cosmic Kids videos in May 2012.
I wanted kids to be able to do yoga whenever they feel like it as coming to a
scheduled class might not always be available or affordable. I also wanted to
provide teachers with a resource to bring yoga into the classroom as a
brilliant and fun way to balance energy levels, calm things down or get
everyone feeling ready for a day of learning. </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">Yoga gives us stability, and space. We breathe through and
remove the obstacles and limitations that block our energy channels and set
ourselves free. The challenges we face on a yoga mat are a metaphor for the
challenges we face in life. Through yoga practice we learn to handle 'real
life' challenges with steadiness and ease. I have been practicing yoga since I
was a teenager and know how beneficial and fun it can be. Kids love to move and
yoga postures come naturally to them. When we physically engage with a learning
process we absorb so much more, so with kids yoga we have this wonderful
opportunity to not only help kids maintain a good level of physical fitness and
reduce their stress, but also to communicate valuable life lessons through
stories.</span><span style="color: #3b0040; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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goals?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3b0040;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;"><i>There's a really cool process at work in the making of Cosmic
Kids. After I write each story I take it into the schools and nurseries to try
it out with the kids I teach regularly. Their reactions help me understand what
works best and they continually give me new inspiration for themes, unique yoga
moves and characters. I also listen to parents and teachers to find out what
issues they feel need tackling so I can design stories to help with specific
problems. Coming soon as a direct result of this is a series of bedtime stories
- this seems to be a universal issue for many kids (and their parents!) <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;"><i>We shoot the stories in our local social club in front of a
green screen. I do the whole story in one take. It flows well and I feel a
sustained connection with the kids doing the yoga, and it's great
for holding attention.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;"><i>There's a small and talented team that work behind the scenes to
make Cosmic Kids happen. There's Jake the cameraman, Dylan the illustrator
who creates all the wonderful back drops, the logo and other artwork
and Konrad who creates 3D animated worlds out of them and puts me in them.
At the helm of it is my partner Martin. Together we collaborate and come up
with new ideas and innovations to make CK brilliant. Martin brings the whole
team together and has instilled an open, happy and creative culture in all of
us working on CK. Without him Cosmic Kids would never have happened.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">We are blown away by how many people are watching Cosmic Kids
now. I come in from teaching 2 or 3 classes of 15 kids and in the same time
thousands of kids around the world have been doing a class too. At the moment,
we just want to keep having fun making them and see what happens. We are always
interested in hearing from people who use the videos to find out how they are
helping and what we can do to make them even better. </span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;"><i>We have a DVD available on Amazon.You can also come and join the
CK gang on Facebook <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cosmic-Kids/223487707770690"><span style="color: #193dc5;">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cosmic-Kids/223487707770690</span></a>,
subscribe to our channel on YouTube <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga"><span style="color: #193dc5;">http://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga</span></a>,
or visit our website <a href="http://www.cosmickids.co.uk/"><span style="color: #193dc5;">http://www.cosmickids.co.uk/</span></a> or you can
follow me on twitter @jaimestweets. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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blog where you can pick up lots of ideas for games, themes and making your next
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enjoy keeping up your own fitness, they will be keen to find their own. I
am also a huge juicing fan and know that the fruit and vegetables I eat are a
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Please join me tomorrow so I can introduce you to someone AMAZING!!!</div>
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My kid's bathroom is also the guest bathroom, and I was just kinda sick of having to pile up the toys in a basket or to the back of the tub for guests to take a shower. So after spending about 5 minutes researching how much a toy net was, I just decided to make my own. </div>
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And at $2-$3 a piece...they're pretty GREAT, </div>
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They come to around 15" x 16" give or take.</div>
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Buy some double fold BIAS TAPE (I already had some on hand) and buy some NETTING. (It's right next to the tulle, except...well, it says netting. And it has tad bigger holes than the tulle). I got mine at Walmart for 97cents a yard. </div>
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I bought four yards and took it home, and cut it into four 1-yard pieces. </div>
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You'll use two of those pieces for one toy-net. So grab two pieces.</div>
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You know how when you buy fabric it's already folded in half? Well unfold the two pieces of netting. Stack them on top of each other and then fold it back up on that fold line. </div>
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Though you cant tell, it's now 4 layers thick...</div>
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Pin the TOP of your toy net just to keep it perfectly folded in half.</div>
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And stuff your nets with wet bath toys!</div>
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You can buy <a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/ADAMS-MANUFACTURING-CORP.-Suction-Cup-Combo-Pack-12-per-Pack/15834340">these suction cups</a> or do what I did </div>
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I've been on an organizing kick lately! This is just one of the easy projects of many lately. </div>
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I love to systematize and organize! </div>
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What do you do with your bath toys???</div>
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My youngest starts preschool this year and before I know it, both my kids will be in school full time (that's so heart-breaking), and I can't help but think about what I'M going to do during that time of my day. Seriously. What will I do? (Yes, I AM going to blog, and love every minute of it. Cuegly is not in jeopardy here:)</div>
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After much debate and narrowing down, I've decided I'm going back to school. </div>
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I am going to be a student again. </div>
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Have you ever been so nervous to do something that you have a pit in your stomach? Why is going back to school so scary??? Maybe because...<br />
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the last time I was a student I had braces...<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It has been... SO. LONG. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I don't know if I consider beauty school being a "student". I learned a lot and enjoyed every bit of doing Cosmetology through a great college and getting an 'Associates' in Cosmetology. I'm still enjoying the benefits of that degree and I feel like I'm good at what I do, I really do love it, but I'm just ready for more. I don't have a single General class done. So I'm starting from square one and I'm a bit nervous about that.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The degree???</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">A Bachelors in Web Design and Development</span></div>
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We celebrated a little bit of everything today. </div>
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100 Days of school and National Pancake Day!</div>
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We each counted 100 popcorn kernals</div>
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and then we ATE THEM!</div>
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We counted to 100, we counted a dollar of pennies...</div>
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We read a book called 'PANCAKES! PANCAKES!' That we brought home from the library.</div>
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And we made some PANCAKES!...(of coarse)</div>
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{AKA: Guilt free pancakes to stuff your face with}</div>
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Blend or Process the oats, quinoa, water, egg, salt, honey, and melted butter for about 3 minutes or until it has become almost liquified. You'll still see specs of grain. Add the baking powder and blend for 30 more seconds to a minute. Cook em' up as desired! Makes about 15- 4" pancakes.</div>
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Happy National Pancake Day!</div>
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If you haven't seen the tutorial for how to build a puppet theater with PVC pipe, <a href="http://cuegly.blogspot.com/2013/01/puppet-theater-pvc-pipe.html">GO HERE</a>.</div>
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After lying in bed at night (many nights) thinking of different ways to make puppets for the theater, the loss of sleep paid off! My head POPPED off the pillow one night and my husband knew what that meant...</div>
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"What are you going to do this time?" He mumbled.</div>
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"I know how to make puppets for cheap and it won't be time consuming!"</div>
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And it worked... </div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I raided the D.I. (<i>or any thrift store</i>) and found some GREAT stuffed animals! I also grabbed a few from the Dollar Tree! </span></b></div>
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I bought this 16 pack of Wooden Dowels at Walmart for 93 cents...<br />
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Then take your hot glued stick, still HOT, and skewer your animal. This process can be distressing on young children...so take caution.</div>
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PLEASE NOTICE THAT THE HOLE IS JUST TO THE SIDE OF THE SEAM. </div>
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I bought these beauties below, at the dollar store, and just glued the stick to their backs and secured it with a square of felt over the dowel and onto the back.</div>
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I was a little excited to find this dragon at the DI, because a dragon was on the VERY top of my list of things to find for my kids. THEY LOVE stories with dragons! </div>
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Did you spot Lamb Chop? So a lady tried to take it from me at the DI. But I held my ground. I loved Lamb Chop when i was little!</div>
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I don't know if Jamberry really needs an introduction, but I WILL mention that the big Vday is coming up and this could always spice things up a bit:</div>
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Design nails that last longer than any manicure I'VE ever heard of </div>
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If you have a child who struggles with their imagination, or if you have a child who LOVES to play pretend, this is the project for both! Making this was so much easier than I thought it was going to be and that's always a relief for me AND my viewers!</div>
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I had 3 yards of a thick grey fabric that I just wrapped around and used velcro on the two back poles. (After I was completely finished I decided to add a square of velcro to each front top corners (on the elbow joints) to hold it up and steady for the show!)</div>
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I cut a hole for the theater. Be sure to pick the right height for your kids and think about how you want it because if it's low like mine you see your children through the hole when they're on their knees but I also didn't want them getting an arm cramp from holding it up too high. </div>
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Which I also added to the top of all the fabric. (I didn't cut the bottom and it won't frey) </div>
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Pick fabric for your curtain and cut it with seem allowance including the ruffle on top:</div>
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(But any fabric/design would work!)</div>
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This snowman sign was in my DI pile but I found chalkboard paint use for it!</div>
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You can fold the background over the pipe it is hung on if you don't want to use it for the time being. Because sometimes the kids want to have a nice conversation with the puppets......or get eaten.</div>
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So it ALL started with my oldest. He has trouble falling asleep....like 14 times tucking him in and 2 hours later we might have a prayer or hope of him snoozing. (<i>My daughter on the other hand snuggles up, says goodnight, closes her eyes and doesn't open them again</i>). </div>
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So where do eye covers come in??? Well I wear them obviously if there's light that might bug me. My husband's late night studying, a hotel window glare etc. And one night my son wanted to try them on for bed. </div>
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Trouble is...have you ever tried finding a NON frilly eye cover? They're made for the ladies! So we had to improvise...</div>
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Go to the Dollar Store and grab a pair that has an okay color on the back and edging color...</div>
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Grab some felt on hand (our angry birds/pig were decided upon by the colors of felt I already had).</div>
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(<i>At the dollar store they're not all made equal, so trace EACH ONE</i>).</div>
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<u>First</u>: I'm not a fan of peanut buttery treats, but these, I LOVE. There just so darn fudgy.</div>
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<u>And finally</u>: <a href="http://creatingnaturally.com/healthy-chocolate-peanut-butter-fudge/">These</a> are the easiest healthy treats I've found thus far, so enjoy. Thoroughly.</div>
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-Thanks Mindy from <a href="http://creatingnaturally.com/">Creating Naturally</a> and stay tuned for that upcoming project I posted about earlier...HINT: My kids can't stop playing with it! Seriously. Get in BED KIDS! </div>
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Remember <a href="http://cuegly.blogspot.com/2012/12/polish-things-up.html">THESE GLASSES</a> that were featured <a href="http://www.rufflesandstuff.com/2012/12/paige-crafts-four-embellished-glasses.html">here</a>? Well, I had to share real quick that I grabbed another pair of glasses from the dollar store and popped out the lenses and painted on some colorful nail-polish florals...</div>
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I don't have to tell this girl to pose. I just gotta keep UP with her!<br />
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Did you know that this week is dubbed the official BLUES WEEK. They say that this week more than any other week of the year is when people get down in the dumps and depressed over nothing in general and for no darn good reason. Just the cold winter months with no holiday to look forward to but Valentines, which to some can be even more depressing than the gloomy cold months to follow. My mom informed me about this fact because I told her that for some reason I felt like I had the emotional range of a 9 month pregnant woman...big gulp size. (<i>No I'm not pregnant</i>) I guess at least I know now that I'm not the only one that's feeling this way.</div>
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Pinterest is such a great source to find fun kid crafts. We've tried our fair share but I had to share with you our <a href="http://raisingsparks.com/craft-activities/blow-painting/">FAVORITE FIND</a>! My kids get the giggles and it's instant fun!</div>
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<b>First,</b> tape down a piece of watercolor paper. Get the watercolors nice a wet. Place different color drops all over the paper.</div>
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<b>Second</b>, take a straw and start a monstrous shaping!</div>
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It's the dawn of 2013 and I sit here behind the scenes capturing still memories, and I'm hit with the realization of more time slipping. Slipping faster it seems, as my children keep growing and learning and still finding new ways to surprise my already encompassed heart.<br />
Happy January 1st, and Merry New Year.</div>
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(PLEEEASE keep in mind that this should be my last week of being camera-less since my beautiful NIKON broke. So this is all done with my Blaze phone:)<br />
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My daughter received the kindest gift from her 7 year old cousin. She had wrapped it up herself in pretty Christmas paper. She's the most giving little girl I've ever met and EVERY time we go over there, my daughter comes home with something that her cousin handed down. And it makes me so happy, and even more so...my daughter.</div>
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Well my daughter has been BEGGING me to get her some glasses like<a href="http://cuegly.blogspot.com/2012/12/recap-november-photo-challege.html"> mine</a>, and when she opened these tiger striped frames from her cousin, she could've skipped Christmas all together she was so excited! "Mom can we paint them pink like <a href="http://cuegly.blogspot.com/2012/12/recap-november-photo-challege.html">yours</a>? Or Maybe zebra?" She asked.</div>
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After contemplating our important decision, we decided that pink was sure cute, but she wanted to stick with animal print. Then we decided that zebra print was too close to the already tiger print frames...(though the orange is pretty spectacular so we kept the inside orange). </div>
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I shop at the Dollar Tree quite often and they always have some REALLY cute frame shapes! I'm thinking white frames with florals next!<br />
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<b>Happy Revamping!</b><br />
I'll be on Christmas break WITH LOVED ONES through...well...Christmas. I'm so grateful to take a break with my family and snuggle up everything that is important to me. Happy Birthday Jesus.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">UPDATE:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">We made some more!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> <a href="http://cuegly.blogspot.com/2013/01/florals-new-project.html">Come check it out!</a></span></span></div>
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December is half gone and it's my FAVORITE time of year and it hit me... all I've been doing is marking off my to-do list and not taking the time to 'Enjoy the Journey'. Yes, I turn on my tree lights at night. Yes I wear my cute earmuffs when I go out. But I sat down tonight after getting my kids in bed and I hurried to finish more things on my list and then I reminded myself of something. </div>
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A busy. buzzing. bee. I'm a buzzing bee. (<i>Well at least I'm not barfing up honey my whole life right?</i>) </div>
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There's so many things I just keep doing out of routine, over and over and over again! And not one of them is fun! </div>
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"<i>I'm a buzzing bee</i>," I said.</div>
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-Buy milk when we're out of it</div>
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"<i>I don't want to be barfing my whole life</i>," I said to myself. My attitude has GOT to change. Because we all know that happiness is our choice. "<i>Make each life moment a stepping block, not a stumbling block</i>," I repeated firmly in my mind.</div>
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So at first thought, I picture myself singing Carpenter's Christmas carols while dusting the fan blades and doing my chores...eh...I guess that could work. Maybe I could smile REAL WIDE while I put my kids back in bed the 8th time instead of threatening them that the elves are watching. Or maybe, just maybe I could clean a toilet for my husband...ok...that was even hard to type, because just Saturday I helped a group of people clean our church and they asked if I'd clean the nursery room including the bathroom... I taught my 4 year old daughter how to scrub a toilet for her first time. (<i>Well at least I think I taught her right</i>). </div>
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So this is my REAL plan. I'm going to write a list. And on this list is going to be nothing but giggles and love. Nothing BUT.</div>
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Why do we make out lists of such grueling things all the time? Or why do we not make the time for us to enjoy ourselves? Maybe if I blend the two lists together, I'll find my very happy medium. Or better, maybe if I appreciate a job well done, and have a very grateful heart, I'll build a lot of stepping stones. Being self reliant means you're being productive AND happy. I don't want the last half of December to disappear without a single memory made.</div>
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<i>So Merry Christmas and happy loving.</i></div>
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I thought I should take a moment to say that everything on my list above was accomplished by the New Year with full intent.</div>
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This was a project I had to get done fast. I made them this morning before going Visiting Teaching and it was suppose to be a really simple project. I'm sitting there, quickly glueing things down and all of a sudden...<b>BAM!! </b>My glue gun <b>exploded</b>. Seriously. A HUGE bright light POP and<b> fireworks</b>. And the power in my house-GONE. Knowing that my glue gun was fried (and literally smoking at the time) and that I NEEDED to get this project done A-SAP, I hurried and used the heated glue I could squeeze out of my deformed gun to finish this project in the dark. Can I just say I'm VERY lucky that I wasn't holding the gun while it decided to celebrate the 4th of July??? </div>
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My nice SLR NIKON also decided to spaz out the same night, (which I haven't yet told my husband...I love you honey!) I tried to think if it some how could have gotten fried from the the glue blast...but I honestly don't have a clue. So forgive the cell phone pictures...seriously...</div>
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I wanted to give a cute gift to the ladies that I Visit-Teach. </div>
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Something simple, </div>
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something cute, </div>
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something cheap </div>
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I'm in love with the mistletoe tradition so I just rolled with it! I started by making...well...a mistletoe.</div>
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I gathered some fake flowers I had stuffed in a craft drawer and I removed all the leaves, and I took the flowers apart.</div>
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Then I cut off beads from a fake pearl necklace...</div>
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I saved the backs of the flowers that I ripped apart...</div>
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And I cut off the spiky parts so that it just looked like this...</div>
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Then I hot glued the pearl on... </div>
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Then I hot glued in a stem (from the flowers I tore apart)... </div>
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I made a loop with some jute twine glued some leaves (from the flowers) to the ends </div>
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I glued in the stems (with the pearls) to look like mistletoe berries. </div>
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And it all made a very simple and cute rustic mistletoe...</div>
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<i>(You could add red ribbon, or a bell, or pinecone, maybe vintage lace. </i></div>
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<i>My hotglue options were minimized by this point)...</i></div>
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I got a couple gift boxes from the Dollar Tree...</div>
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Or you can check out <a href="http://sweetmuffinsuite.com/2011/12/day-19-printable-holiday-gift-box/">THIS</a> cute red chevron printable gift box.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><u>I filled the box with</u>:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">chocolate kisses </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lip balm</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> nail polish</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> & <a href="http://cuegly.blogspot.com/2011/12/exfoliate-away.html">homemade lip scrub</a>.</span></div>
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So at this point I wanted to pull it all together, so I knew I needed to write a poem to go with it:</div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">Tis the season for hanging your mistletoe,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I printed off the poem...and took my newly made mistletoe...</div>
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And taped them both to the top of the gift box...</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">MERRY KISSMAS!!</span></div>
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