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Apr 20, 2012

Guest post: Barb from second chance to dream

By Connie · 1 Comment

Hi guys, I am on my way to my long awaited Disney cruise. I love spending time with my family!! I’ve had such AMAZING women volunteer to guest on the blog while I’m away. Todays guest is no exception!!

Hi! I’m Barb Camp from Second Chance to Dream. I want to say Thank You to Connie for having me here today. A little about me, I’m a wife of 34 years, a mom to 6 kids ages 33-13, 3 married and 3 still at home. I have 3 grandchildren. I’m a life coach who wants to encourage women to live their dreams and passions and help them to grow creatively as well as spiritually. Stop on over and check out my blog.

The project I want to share today is a Mother’s Day gift idea. I thought and thought of what I could do for my mother for Mother’s Day. I scoured my brain for things she loves and came up with two things that would work together. She loves to garden and she loves tea cups and saucers. She has a huge collection of tea cups and saucers, but she doesn’t have a teacup with a plant in it. I decided to put two of her favorite things together and make this:

Here’s what you do: Find a teacup and saucer.

Use something to glue the cup to the saucer. I used Liquid Nails.

Put a few small stones in the bottom for drainage.

Add top soil.

Add your succulents. Succulents are great because they don’t require a lot of watering or a lot of upkeep.

A simple inexpensive gift. If your mother isn’t interested in tea cups you could use old decorative tins or small baskets. Use your imagination! Just make sure you add small stones for drainage.

If you enjoyed this tutorial why don’t you come on over to Second Chance to Dream to say Hi! Or can subscribe via Facebook, RSS Feed or Email.

Thanks again Connie for having me here.

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Mar 18, 2012

Guest Blogger L.E. of Random Nonsense

By Connie · 2 Comments

Hi guys, I’ve got a guest post for you today. When I first saw this idea I thought yummy sounds so good!! Read on to see what I mean….

Hello everyone, My name is LE and I have my own small blog at les-random-thoughts.blogspot.com. I feature, basically, random things that the world might find interesting. I feature a daily “Today in Geek History” for all my fellow geeks out there, and I post things from political comments to recipes that you should try, to pictures that I share around Facebook. Basically, whatever I want to post, I will. With the exception of Geek History, I post my random thoughts weekly.

Do you remember the Measured By The Heart post about Oreos inside of a chocolate chip cookie? Just in case you need you need another look, here’s the link here.

Well, I was thinking of trying this for so long, but I never got the needed Oreos. But I did happen to get a box of Girl Scout Cookies. Of course they were the beloved thin mints. I swear there must be crack in the ingredients. Well, I had googled recipes, and found some that were worth it, but they called for over a box and a half of thin mints. I can’t give that much up!! They’re expensive and, well, they’re mine. So I decided to try Connie’s recipe with sugar cookies and Thin Mints. Why not right?

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So I went to allrecipes.com and found a basic sugar cookie recipe, and following a page out of Connie’s playbook, I baked them in a cupcake tin I borrowed from my neighbor. (Note to self: Ask for a cupcake tin for Christmas). A recipe for 36 cookies made the 12 slot tin, with a little leftover that my husband ate (grrr!). Scoop some cookie dough, add a cookie, and top with more dough. That’s all there is to it.

Now, I had no idea how to cook this, so I turned on my oven at 350 F for 10 minutes. FYI: My oven runs hot, so you might want to adjust temperature or cooking time. Basically until the cookie is golden brown. I mean, they were good, but they weren’t great. It was soft cookie and a slight crunch of the thin mint. The thin mint never melted though, and that was a thing, so… Maybe next time, I will place the thin mint on top instead of sandwiching it in between. I would have also cooked it for a few minutes longer, and if I was going to sandwich it again, I would double up the thin mints.

Thanks L.E. I still think that sounds yummy. The oreos never melted in my Oreo Suprise cookies. But they do soften a little. Thin mints are smaller so maybe using two and less sugar cookie? Hum I will have to experiment…you guys go check out Random Nonsense!!

Thanks for reading

Well, that’s my story. I hope you liked it. I always welcome comments and feedback. Tell me how things have worked for you too. Thanks.

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Feb 1, 2012

The Best Yellow Cake recipe

By Connie · 1 Comment

I am excited to Introduce a guest blogger today. Lisa of The Party Works. She is here today to give you a yummy recipe. Take it away Lisa!!

The Best Yellow Cake Recipe Ever

The birthday cake is one of the most important parts of any birthday celebration. A store bought cake can be tasty and cute but every time I’ve ever had a store bought cake, it’s been missing that little extra something. When I was a kid I used to beg my mom to make the yellow cake she bestowed upon me each year for my birthday. It wasn’t until I was in college that I discovered she lifted the recipe off a Duncan Hines box. Homemade is the way to go in my opinion and I have the perfect yellow cake recipe for the next birthday in your house.

You’ll need 4 cups and 2 tablespoons of cake flour, 2 tsp baking powder, 1.5 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp table salt, 2 sticks of softened unsalted butter, 2 cups sugar, 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract, 4 large eggs, and 2 cups of shaken buttermilk.

Begin by preheating the oven to 350 degrees. Grease the two 9-inch round cake pans and place parchment paper in the pans and grease those as well.

Mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a bowl. In a larger bowl, beat the butter and sugar together with an electric mixer. Medium speed tends to work the best at this stage. Beat the vanilla in and add the eggs 1 at a time. Switch the mixer to its lowest setting and slowly bring the buttermilk into the mix. Continue beating it until the mixture looks curdled. This is the sign that it’s time to add the flour, baking soda and baking powder.

Spread the batter into the two cake pans. Stick it in the oven for 35-40 minutes or until your cake passes the toothpick test. Flip the cakes out of their pans once they have baked all the way through and throw away the parchment paper.

Voila! You’ve got a fantastic yellow cake recipe that can be topped with a frosting of your choice, although I swear, this cake is good enough to eat by itself.

Lisa is a guest blogger who loves writing about party planning, cooking and how to throw great parties using Mario birthday party supplies.

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Aug 15, 2011

A great tutorial from J and M’s eye Candy

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I am so excited for this tutorial. This is a great idea that I wouldn’t have thought of!! Leave it to Kristine and Brittney. These guys are super talented!! So without further ado, their great tutorial:

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Hello Measured by the Heart Readers!

It is us again from J&M’s Eye Candy Blog and Shoppe!

We are so happy to be back here, this time to share a fun and easy tutorial for you. I am all about headbands lately. My hubbie calls it my “hippie look” my grandma calls it the “flower child look” and she would know (wink wink) but whatever you want to call it, it is totally in and I am totally digging it. Today I am going to share a very simple way to sport your own hippie look. (BTW the hippie look works best when you don’t wash your hair, or even do it!) Now you know why I love it so much! For this headband all you will need is scraps of felt, a sewing machine and elastic. I measured my head from ear to ear to figure out how long a needed to make my felt shape strip. Cut out shapes from your felt. I chose circles and circles, but you can chose whatever makes you smile. I am imagining butterflies, hearts, flowers even triangles! The possibilities are endless. I traced the shapes on my felt pieces then cut them out.

Next send them through your sewing machine. Try to leave as little space between each shape with out over lapping them at all.

When your strip of felt is as long as you need it to be, sew a piece of ribbon to each end. You could also use elastic, whatever is more comfortable on your head.

Viola! Now go and sport your very own hippie look proudly!

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See I told you it was awesome!! I can see many possibilities here. You guys have to go visit J and M’s eye candy and their shoppe. Then make this headband. And let me know how yours came out!!

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