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Coffee Filter Rose Tutorial - Emmalee Elizabeth Design. I’ve had some requests to do a tutorial on the coffee filter roses I made for my wedding. So here it is. Like I said they really are easy once you get the hang of them. A bit of practice and you’ll have beautiful roses in no time. The supply list is simple. You will need: floral wire 22–24 gauge white cone shaped coffee filters floral tape scissors pen Petal template (Martha Stewart and Cassie Mae Chappell have a great one, click here to download it) Trace the petal patterns onto the coffee filters and cut them out.

I like to stack more than one filter together so I can cut multiple petals at a time. Tip: Make sure that you keep the different petals separated. So this is where the explanation gets tricky, so bear with me as I try to explain it the best I can. Tip: Make sure that you wrap each petal with enough tape to secure it tightly. Rip open petal #2 at the seam, leaving one side still connected. Pedals #5 and #6 require two steps so that they stick securely to the stem. How to Make Your Own Irish Cream Liqueur. I learned to cook from my mom, who works a certain kind of magic in the kitchen. Of all the things I’ve learned from her, how to make homemade Irish cream liqueur may not be one of the most practical, but it is one of my favorites. The short version of this recipe is: Add all ingredients to your blender. Process until smooth. Strain, bottle, and refrigerate. Drink within one month. Read on to see what I did, step by step.

Because I don’t like to fill my blender to the top, I thoroughly blend all the ingredients but the whiskey first, then add the booze and pulse the blender quickly to incorporate it. Homemade Irish Cream Liqueur: What can I do with it? Here are some serving suggestions: +Serve straight up or on the rocks (to enjoy it in its blissfully natural cocktail state). Homemade Irish Cream Liqueur: How long will it keep? This liqueur should keep for about a month if properly refrigerated. All that said, use common sense: If it looks or smells funky, toss it. OK! Irish Cream Liqueur. Christmas Craft Ideas - 50 Pics.

Reese's Peanut Butter Popcorn | Peanut Butter Popcorn Recipe. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Popcorn We spent most of our Sunday watching football and the Golden Globes. I wanted a sweet treat, but was not in the mood to bake. Surprise, huh? I was going to make our Twix Caramel Popcorn, but didn’t have any Twix candy bars, so I made a batch of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Popcorn instead. I love how easy this popcorn is to make. I filled a bowl with popcorn and munched away while I watched the end of the Golden Globes. This popcorn is perfect for movie night, game day, or any day really. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Popcorn Yield: About 8 cupsPrep Time: 5 minutesCook Time: 5 minutes Peanut butter popcorn with a drizzle of chocolate and Mini Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.

If you like this Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Popcorn, you might also like: Chocolate Popcorn from Simply ScratchTwix Carmel Popcorn from Two Peas and Their PodSnickers Popcorn from Cookies and Cups. How to Make Scented Bath Salts. Soaking in a warm fragrant tub can be a sensual delight, offering time to retreat, reflect and refresh. Here is an easy way to make this more enjoyable for you and your loved ones. Bath salts are cleansing, relaxing for sore muscles, softening to the skin, and detoxifying after bodywork. Bath Salts: Add 1/4 to 1 teaspoon essential oil for every 1 cup total single or combination of sea salt, Epsom salt, or baking soda. Stir well. A Few Suggestions for Scents: Athlete’s Bath: ginger, juniper, lavender, marjoram, rosemaryCold & Flu Bath: eucalyptus, gingerDry Skin Bath: chamomile, roseEnergizing Bath: eucalyptus, lemon thyme, peppermint, pine, rosemaryKid’s Bath: lavender, roseLove Bath: cardamom, cinnamon, jasmine, rose, sandalwoodOily Skin Bath: lavender, lemon, orange, and yarrowPremenstrual Bath: chamomile, Clary sage, lavenderRelaxing Bath: chamomile, lavenderSore Muscle Bath: rosemary Natural Colors Red: Beet powderGreen: Chlorofresh Capsules (made by Natures Way).

Soak and enjoy. DIY Heart Shaped Hand Warmers. Supplies: Felt, Rice and Sewing Machine! How to make Candles! Scent Mixing Ideas. Broken glass candles. DIY Candy Sushi Tutorial – Great Birthday Party Idea. Lizzy turned 10 yesterday! I know it’s cliche, but time flies. Where is my baby? Who is this BIG girl who longs for skinny jeans and earrings? Happy birthday lizzy We had a home party on Friday with some Rockband, hot dogs, cake pops and candy sushi. Candy sushi by mommyknows The sushi was inexpensive and easy, more importantly the kids had fun. Here’s how it’s done: rice krispie treats I used this recipe to make up a batch of Rice Krispie squares. Trimmed Once they had cooled, I trimmed up the slabs of Rice Krispie treats into nice neat rectangles and stacked them on wax paper for the party. Ready for the party In the end, I made 3 full batches of Rice Krispie Squares one after the other, to get 8 thin slabs for the party and a couple of practice slabs for Georgia and I.

I’ve never made candy sushi before, so I thought I’d better practice before I tried it out on the kids. Twizzlers and gummy worms work well Add candy. Roll tightly Roll the Rice Krispie treats around the candy. looking good. How to make moonshine. WARNING!!!!! This is for informational purposes only and should not be used for illegal activities. there are many legal things one can do with a still including fueling cars (must register with the federal government) as well as extracting essential oils from plants (not necessary to register). also, implementing the following procedures could result in bodily harm from explosions, fires, burns, not to mention what could happen if you actually consume your final product. use your head, be careful and be safe. Thank you to everyone who has made this a successful Instructable! I appreciate the views and positive feedback. Please cut me some slack where I am lacking.

I have recently updated to include a few more specifics, but this does not take the place of doing your own research. As a further note, i have decided to add this link to clear up any misunderstandings about what United States law has to say about distilling. Distilling Code let's begin. Take that, Heinz - Hedonia. Nearly every year, we give away some sort of hand-made food product for the holidays.

In the past, we've given jams, chutneys and pasta sauce. This year, we decided to take on the holy trinity of American condiments: Ketchup, mustard and relish. After all, why pay less than two dollars in the grocery store for what you can make at nearly equivalent cost plus hours of back-breaking labor? Why? Because we can. The genesis for this project was when I saw Sarah waxing rhapsodic on Twitter about a maple black pepper ketchup she made, the recipe for which she then shared at my behest (and which I of course had to tinker with).

And so the plan was hatched: Classic American flavors, each with a twist -- Maple bourbon ketchup, tarragon Dijon mustard and sweet yellow squash relish. Maple Bourbon KetchupAdapted from Cafe Mama 26 oz tomato purée1/2 c. maple syrup1 tsp kosher salt1 Tbsp bourbon1 tsp black peppercorns7-8 cardamom pods1/2 tsp coriander seeds1/4 c. cider vinegar1 tsp fish sauce. Wine Bottle Design | Recycled Wine Bottle Torch | Package Design Firm | Sustainable Packaging. 08.09.09 | by Erik Anderson Whether it’s product branding, package design or projects for ourselves, we’re pleased when we find a solution that’s very effective and creative, while keeping resources to a minimum. This idea is very inexpensive idea and it’s a great way to recycle a wine bottle. See how this simple idea inspired this brand and wine bottle design. It’s been a record year for mosquitoes here in Indianapolis, Indiana and I’d been wanting to add some Tiki-esque torches to the patio to combat the little buggers, and add a little ambiance.

Here’s what you’ll need. Empty Wine Bottle (Use any bottle as long as it’s glass and the neck is 1” in diameter. Helpful Tools: Channellocks, adjustable wrench, hacksaw, power screwdriver, and a funnel. Safety Note: This is for outdoor use only. Building Instructions The Hanger Decide where you want to mount your Recycled Bottle Torch. The Bottle Carefully and tightly wrap the 1/2-inch end of the Coupling with your Teflon Tape. Good Luck! -Erik. 50 Edible Gifts : Recipes and Cooking. How To Turn A Beer Bottle Into A Glass. Make a cloud lamp. The ORIGINAL cloud lamp project! Have you ever noticed the strange pearl effect that is seen in some liquid soaps? The chances are it's caused by Glycol Stearate or Glycol Distearate which gives a strange optical effect in liquid when it is disturbed by turbulence.

This design was inspired in January 2003 when I was washing my hands after a long day derigging Glasgows Christmas lights. I squirted some liquid soap onto my hands, and observed the way the pearl effect changed when I ran a finger through the puddle of soap. Wondering if it would work if the soap was suspended in water, I added some water to the soap in my hand and stirred it up. The resultant swirling was inspiring, and I went and bought a tub of the most pearly liquid soap I could find on my way home from work. You will require a bottle and some pearlised soap. Remove the label from the bottle and fill it with water, then put in as many squirts of soap as you like. It's important to use a CLEAR lamp for the best effect!

Hot Chocolate on a Stick {Gift Idea} 31 Insanely Easy And Clever DIY Projects. Copper Plating and Etching Altoids Tins. UPDATE: There's some great information on this page and it's comments, but I've recently published a far more comprehensive article here: Etching Tins with Salt Water and Electricity With this project I wanted to try a number of new things: Magazine pages as cheap toner transfer mediaCopper electroplatingEtching Altoid tins with a salt water solution The copper plating met with mixed success, but the other two methods resulted in some nice pieces.

Note: blue vitriol and muriatic acid are archaic names for copper sulfate and hydrochloric acid. Magazine pages for toner transfer: While looking for information on transferring toner using a fuser assembly from an old laser printer I ran across several websites where people suggested using glossy magazine pages for transferring printed circuit board images to a copper substrate. Preparing the Altoids tins turned out to be harder then I predicted. Next we: Copper Plating Altoids Tins: From the picture below, this appears to work. Foom! 1181-1340220830-6.jpg (JPEG Image, 500 × 1221 pixels) - Scaled (71. Lowest Price. Design Studio - Ten Dollar Custom Shirt Store - Phoenix, AZ.

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Homemade Vanilla Extract Recipe. On my trip to Bali late last year, I picked up a bundle of a few dozen vanilla beans for about $5 USD. If you’ve ever dropped a Hamilton on a jar holding a lonesome vanilla bean, you can probably imagine how excited I was about my find. Delighted with the luxury of being able to use an entire bean without thinking about cost, I’ve been scrapping the seeds into everything from breads to soups to jam. It wasn’t until I went to bake a cake when I realized that the sticky seeds don’t want to disperse evenly unless you really give them a good whisk; and we all know what happens when you overmix cake batter! That’s when it occurred to me that this was probably the reason vanilla extract was invented. Palm firmly planted on forehead, I headed straight to the closest liquor shop to pick up some hooch to extract the essence from the shiny black beans. Standing, among rows upon rows of bottles, I couldn’t decide what liquor I wanted to entrust my treasured vanilla to.

Ingredients Instructions. DIY Homemade Vanilla Syrup | henry happened. Chocolate bars by Chocomize – Create your own personalized chocolate from over 100 ingredients. Father Makes A Zombie Survival Kit For His Son. 20 brilliant things to make in a jar.

Via: mycakies.blogspot.com Start saving your old jam jars! From cakes to herb gardens, pies to photo frames, and even entire meals … here are 20 fantastic things you never knew you could make with a jar. (Above: red velvet cupcakes in a jar. Get the recipe here). Via: fatgirltrappedinaskinnybody.blogspot.com Word on the street: salad in a jar is all the rage. Via: bakerella.com Cookies in a jar – a great gift idea. Via: rikkihibbert.co.za For a rustic vintage look, display your photos inside glass jars and bottles. Via: goodfoodbreadandmuffins.blogspot.com Chocolate muffin bread cooked in a jar. Via: pizzazzerie.com Super sweet. Via: simplebites.net Bread, cooked in a jar? Via: marthastewart.com A fabulous visual reminder of your favourite holidays. Via: bigredkitchen.com So let’s just cut to the chase – what about making all your meals in a jar?!

Via: runwithglitter.blogspot.com There isn’t a child on earth who wouldn’t be wowed by these: rainbow cupcakes baked in a jar. Via: flickr.com. Top 10 Scientific Gifts for Geeks. Skittles Vodka Tutorial. Top Secret USB stick uses wax seal for verification – New Tech Gadgets & Electronic Devices. Way back when, before email, RSA keys, and 128-bit AES encryption, people had a pretty clever way of making sure that their mail was delivered unread. As you’ve seen in hundreds of movies, wax was poured onto a piece of parchment (or vellum, or whatever people were writing on) and while still hot the wax was imprinted with a symbol.

That symbol was unique and complex, so that it could not be easily be forged. The meant that if you received a letter with the seal intact you could be reasonably sure that it hadn’t been read, tampered with, or forged. This wax-based authentication technology has finally made its way to USB keys. Nowadays, if someone hands you a USB key there is no way of knowing if it had been accessed beforehand. Of course, you’ll need your signet — possibly in ring form — if you don’t have one already. A 2GB Top Secret USB still will cost about $46, and 8GB model is $59. Get one at Top Secret, via notcot. A Brilliant List of Science Books for People Who Want Their Minds Blown.

11 cheap gifts guaranteed to impress science geeks - Crazy as a Bag of Hammers - #Humor, #Jokes and #fun stuff. - Giant Plush Microbes, gifts, Klein Bottle, Miracle Berries. Your source of daily updated funny pictures and gifs. Simple Ideas That Are Borderline Crafty (35 Pics) Jolly Rancher Vodka Tutorial.