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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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Jul 20, 2011

Guest blogger Cindy from Retro Revival

By Connie · 3 Comments

I’m so excited to introduce Cindy from Retro Revival!! She was one of the first people who reached out to help with a guest post. You have to go check out her blog. It has some of the CUTEST retro products! And a sweeter person you will not find!! So without further ado…take it away Cindy.

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I’m so delighted to guest blog for Connie today! Like many of you, I’m an avid reader and thought I’d take this opportunity to share with you one of my absolute favorite books, The Red Tent by Anita Diamant.

Have you read The Red Tent? Historically based and beautifully written, Anita’s fictional account about the women of the Bible captured my imagination and kept me enthralled beginning with page one, all the way to its end.

While in the Bible, Dinah (nor any women, really) is given no voice, and her life is only hinted at in a minor mention of violence within the more familiar chapters of the Book of Genesis that are about her father Jacob and his sons. Told in Dinah’s voice, this novel turns the short, brutal Bible verses into a full saga of Dinah’s life and the lives of her mothers and reveals the traditions and turmoil of ancient women.

Much of the story takes place in the red tent where women were segregated each month while they were considered, “unclean.” Their separation allowed them to develop remarkable connections for support among the wives, concubines and the children they reared. The men in this story, the men that are at the center of the Bible, are on the outside of the tent; Biblical events are the framework ~ a fascinating and imaginative story line!

For me, a great book makes me think about the themes woven within the story and how they may relate to my own life. Since reading this book, and particularly when I or my family or friends face obstacles and tragedy, Dinah’s story lingers with me and reminds me that we should embrace our womanhood. The beauty of birth, the sorrows and wonders of aging, the horrors of injustice are all written about in The Red Tent, and in real life, are all parts of our lives. I found the end of the book so beautiful and profound, especially as it touches on perhaps the cruelest fate ~ to be forgotten.

A great book also leaves me wanting more at its end. I read this book five years ago and I’m still waiting for Ms. Diamant to write another story! Maybe she’ll reimagine another tale for another woman mentioned in the Bible ~ I want another!

This is not a religious book despite its subject matter and setting. You can be Christian, Jewish or any faith or not, and still appreciate its themes beautiful prose, but be warned, there are some unsettling, violent passages. And you’ll also probably need a tissue at least once.

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Jul 12, 2011

craziness~looking for guest bloggers!!

By Connie · 4 Comments

Hi everyone sorry I have been MIA Lately. We had an emergency and ended up in the E.R. with my 7 year old. So between all the doctors and follow ups and finding a house and packing and gearing up to move and taking care of my little sweetie until she recovers {and all the other usual stuff} we are kind of going crazy right now.

I’m sorry this post isn’t a great tutorial. But I wanted to run down some bloggy business.

First of all I have a new button that I think is da bomb.com {where did I pick that up?}

Don’t for get to enter the Blog Bling Giveaway. This month I am giving away free custom social media buttons for your blog. If you don’t have a blog don’t worry there is plenty of other designing I can do for you. Click Here to enter.

And Finally with all that is going on around here I am in need of some assistance. If you would like to guest post on Measured by the Heart, I would love to have you. So if you or your mom or your best friend’s cat has a blog and wants to post for my totally AWESOME readers, please let me know. You can leave a comment or email me.

You guys are the best and I want you to know that I read each and every comment and it just makes my day. I thank you for sticking in there with me during this crazy time.

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