These Candy Corn Earrings are super-simple to create and are perfectly festive for this Fall season!
I’ve always love sausage rolls. I used not HATE IT.. Considered that it is one of the most popular kids food, I’ve been bought up with sausage roll ever since I’ve migrated to Aus…
I am making slow but steady progress on my UFOs without adding too many more to the bottom of the list. This quilt was at the top. I am embarrassed to admit that DH and I chose these fabrics in 2010 The top has been pieced for some time - edited to add that the squares finish at 6" and I ordered wool batting last year and then spent some time on my hands and knees: In December, I set to quilting it. The NFR (National Finals Rodeo) allowed me to make good progress on it. 10 nights of championship rodeo and DH's quilt was quilted! My only regret is that I didn't make it bigger. I seem to do that a lot...talk about making bigger quilts. It finishes at 70 x 70. I hemmed and hawed over a quilting design, but DH asked for simple. No swirls or doo-dads. No brands or western motifs. Simple. Unassuming. I asked several times while I was working on it and the answer was always the same. As I was finishing up the squares and about to move onto the triangles on the edge, I realized I was going to run out of the yarn I'd been using. A quick search online told me that it had been discontinued so I called the store in Brady where I originally purchased it probably 3 years ago, maybe more. They had expanded and opened another store in Fredricksburg and moved all of their wool, and much of their yarn there. Phone call #2 brought success. Yes, they had the yarn and they were kind enough to send it to me. I also needed some wool for the binding. I gave DH the quilt at Christmas, but it lacked the binding so I stopped into the shop when I was driving through a few weeks ago and chose wool for the binding. They have a wonderful selection of wool and I will admit to hovering over the bolts and contemplating another wool quilt. However, common sense quickly prevailed. It gets cold in New Mexico, but unless we move to Alaska or Tibet, I'm fairly certain we won't be needing a stack of wool quilts. Once I was back home, stitching commenced, but the double fold binding I always make was just too thick so un-stitching took place. I had already hand stitched down one side. I kept asking DH what he thought and he didn't want me to have to un-stitch it all, but we both thought the binding was awfully thick so I took it all off and trimmed down the binding. Now that its finished, I'm glad I did. Much better. DH loves it. When I had added the last stitch, clipped the thread, and presented it to him, he commented, "Just in time for our first 80 degree day!" Rascal.
Try your hand at our free printable version of this classic Christmas party game. It's more challenging than it looks!
To get the most out of your wine and cheese, you need to serve them at the proper temperatures. Use a Thermapen and our thermal info to maximize enjoyment.
Students practice chemical compound naming and write chemical formulas with dice, a fun way to practice writing nomenclature in chemistry class!
The restrictions are gradually removing around the world, and there are so many things you want to do in time. Meet with family and friends, and just travel—it's summer!
Kindred Weddings capture weddings because they love the small exchanges that happen between their couples and loved ones on their wedding day. The photography duo want to create photographs that display how you feel with your best friend, surrounded by your favourite people as you step into the next chapter of your life. Kindred Weddings pride themselves in their unobtrusive style, and are storytellers with a penchant for the sacred and the unexpected.
To some people, the piano goes beyond being a functional and aesthetically-pleasing instrument of music. In fact, the piano comes to life in various forms which are truly interesting and intriguing! Check out the Schimmel K208 Pegasus, Porcine Piano, Pink Steinway Butterfly Piano, and the Pianocktail Piano!
A simple recipe for Grilled Branzino with flavorful Preserved Lemon Gremolata – a flavorful Mediterranean meal that can be made in 35 minutes! (Feel free to substitute other whole fish!) No preserved
Homesteaders aren't your typical consumers - hence this unique list of the top 10 gifts for a farm lovin' Mama.
How do you dress for winter? Match the winter clothes to the part of your body you wear them on.
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Making taffy is super fun. I will warn you though, your arms will get quite the workout. Especially if you cook it to about 265. Mine got really tough after a few minutes and by the end of the 20 minutes of stretching I was starting to sweat and my arms were starting to shake. Okay, maybe it wasn't that bad! Just look at it like.. you're burning the calories for what you're about to eat. That works! And you'll need that motto because this taffy is addictive. If the stretching part seems intimidating, don't let it! It really is the best part and quite fun. I stretched it long (like a snake), brought the ends together to form a big circle, squished both sides together, folded it in half (see first stretching picture above), then stretched it long again and repeated. Do what feels right to you, it'd be hard to mess up. Yum! Salt water taffy Yields approx. 50 pieces/1.5 pounds adapted from here. Ms Humble also did it here 2 cups sugar 2 T. Cornstarch 1 cup light corn syrup 3/4 cup water 2 T. margarine/butter 1 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. Flavoring oil (I didn't have flavoring oil so I used a tablespoon or more of Mint extract) Prepare a heat safe dish by lightly buttering it. If you are making more than one flavor, prep said amount of dishes. Also lightly butter a spatula for each flavor. And have each flavor and food color ready. In a saucepan, sift together sugar and cornstarch. Stir in corn syrup, water, salt and margarine. Place over medium heat and stir until sugar dissolves. Cover pan and bring to a boil for 2 or 3 minutes. Uncover, place thermometer in pan and cook to 256 - 266 degrees F. The lower temperature will result in a chewier taffy, the higher a more brittle texture. Remove from heat and add food color and flavoring. Stir gently, pour into prepared dish/pan. When cool enough to handle, grease hands and pull the warm candy with fingertips, pulling out to about 12 inches at first. Quickly turn candy back from fingertips of one hand to the other hand, then catch center and pull again. This will incorporate air into the candy. Continue pulling until taffy is light in color and has a satiny gloss, about twenty minutes. Pull into a long rope, cut with greased scissors and wrap in waxed paper squares, twisting ends. p.s. the color of the taffy was identical to this pretty nail polish so i had to put them side by side.
Not everything in Australia is "upside down". Sure, their Christmas is in the summer and they might have a BBQ to celebrate it, but in some ways, they're just like us Northern Hemisphere folks. Our fascination with bad architecture, for example, is equally obsessive.
They had decided to come clean. (submitted by Rae)
The clip features a man using his mobile phone to maintain the interest of a gorilla named Jelani from behind the safety glass at Louisville Zoo in Kentucky.
Are your kids getting out for “Spring Break” soon? Mine are! Next week they will all be home. So to make mom and dad stay
Just because we can't all be Tinker Bell doesn't mean we can't decorate like a fairy.
When it comes to weird, wacky and wonderful sponsors Formula 1 drivers have picked up through the years – this has to be up there. Yes, this really happened. Some time back in 1990 Ayrton Senna ...
Following a vegetarian or plant-based diet and think you can't have a cheesy lasagna? Not so fast.
