Cute Headband

I saw these flowers on the Hope Studios blog about a month ago. 

*** This is a Hope Studios Picture ***

Loved them from the moment I saw them and thought.... hmmm... wouldn't these make darling headbands for my girls?

Answer: YES!

Off to JoAnn's I went.

Supplies I used:

Satin ( I used 3 colors, cream, grey and pink)
Candle
Scissors
Needle and thread
Small beads
Inexpensive elastic headbands

Instructions:  I did not take pictures of my steps so go to Hope Studios by clicking here to see her beautifully detailed steps!

1. Cut your satin into many different sized circles. I stated with the biggest one and went from there using all 3 of my colors ~ no rhyme or reason ~ just make sure they gradually get smaller.  The more circles you use, the fuller your flower will be.

2.  Melt the edges of each circle using a candle.

3. At this point I grabbed my elastic headbands and  using the needle and thread, starting  from the back (I went through the headband and through all of my circles) pull the needle through to the top circle (smallest one). Once you are here, slide 3 beads onto the needle.  Continue sewing back and forth through the circle and in my case headband layers until you feel it is secure.

VOILA ~ a darling headband!

Check it out:

It's not what you think.

No really, its not about the taste of these (although they are tasty):

Nor is it about the ingredients that go it making these, yummy, soft, sugar cookies.

Nor is it about how I decorated them... partly, because I was too lazy to decorated them. I just smeared some frosting on them. They were so pretty that I unfortunately fortunately forgot to take pictures of the final product.

This post is however about these:

Created by:

Have you heard of her?

What are they you ask?

They are:

DOUGH PLANERS!

What? You ask.

Dough Planers?

They go on here, like this:

You know so when you are rolling out your sugar cookie dough, pie crust or what ever you are rolling out, it all comes out even! This is fabulous for when I'm my 5 year old is rolling out the dough and it ends up all uneven. The cookies don't come out all lopsided and misshapen. It is fabulous!

So today, this is my "good thing".

Happy Rolling!

Pancake batter tip

Just thought I would pass on a quick tip that makes my mornings (and camping trips) a bit easier:

The next time you make pancakes, make extra batter:

Pour the extra batter into a empty, clean and dry ketchup bottle (squeeze salad dressing bottles also work well).

Store in the fridge and Voila ~ pancake batter ready to be shaken, squeezed out and made into fresh, hot pancakes in the morning ~ or whenever you like to eat them. At our house, that could mean supper ~ unless your me of course, because I don't really like pancakes all that well.

Anyway, it's easy squeezy!

(Obviously its been a long day in the sun for me and I need to go to bed!)