Check out some new Radicool Recipes!

I just posted two new easy and tasty recipes on the Radicool Recipes page!
CLUB CRACKER NO BAKE COOKIES are in fact my new fave
and STROGANOFF STEW is super easy and yummy!
Try them out and let me know what you think:)

"They say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself." -Andy Warhol

I wanted to share this quote, I felt it so wise. Not that we don't already know that Andy Warhol was an amazing artists and icon for many but I hadn't heard this gem and thought it was great:)

Solid Perfume Recipe from my Amazing friend Heather:)

 My amazing and crafty friend Heather gave me this recipe. We made some the other day and they turned out really cool. I think this would make great little gifts or stocking stuffers too...so you may be seeing that in your future:)


DIY Solid Perfume

1 unscented tealight, broken into small pieces
8 Tbs. petroleum jelly
1 tsp. fragrance oil or about 3 drops of essential oil (perfume grade only- available at most co-ops and health food stores)

Heat petroleum jelly over low heat in double boiler. Stir in tea light until all has been incorporated and melted.
3. Remove from heat. Allow to sit 1-2 minutes then stir in fragrance.
4. Pour or spoon into small containers.

*Heather's Tip #1* I always save my empty tealights after I have burned them. I wash them with warm soapy water and then reuse them for crafts like this one! Pour your mixture back into the clean tealight, let cool, cover in saran wrap and package in sheer colored fabric to give away as gifts!

*Heather's Tip #2* Use a floral fragrance like lavendar, rose or lilac and wrap in pastel colored sheer fabric for Easter basket stuffers... or peppermint oil and green fabric for St. Patrick's Day...

This is a great project to let the little ones exercise their creativity. Johnny wants to make licorice-scented tins? Sure, why not? Little Susie wants to make pineapple jelly bean? If you can find the scents, they can smell like anything! (If you can stand it, that is. Lol.)

Shedding strategy

Obviously you brush the dog or cat but in the summer it's really difficult to keep hair off of your furniture (you know the couch the dog doesn't stay off of). There are these nifty new hair picker upper thingys on the market. They are small and light and much easier for a quick defuzzing than the vacuum cleaner is but they are ridiculously priced and supposedly not reusable. Well, if your dog is like mine you can use it once or twice before it gets full and you are supposed to buy a new one. I have only bought one and used it all summer with my very easy strategy for reuse. I cut a small whole in the top plastic and empty it like I would a vacuum canister. These things are like 4+ bones a piece! Who buys that load? Not me;)

Oh and maybe it's just me but I didn't realize until this week that wax paper could go in the oven. I mean with the name wax paper it would just seem like a bad idea, right? Well for a fat-free pie or cake lining cut a piece the shape/size of the bottom of the pan and there you go. Save the messy paper towel of crisco for some other sucka.

Here we are again...and dryer sheet butterflies!

writing for the first time in forev. I just don't know where my days go. I've started selling jewelry for an awesome company called Premier Designs. So, there's that, it has kept me a bit busier and if you would like to book a show with me please let me know:) Free bling is always good! Other than that just to update I'm 35 weeks and measuring 38 weeks. Basically means another big baby is coming, not trying to get y hopes up on an early delivery due to the fact that I was late with the other two. I'm tired and honestly very excited for school to start next week. I do hate to say that but it is the truth. I love y son but his energy is exhausting to me at this stage in my pregnancy and it is really difficult to keep up. I also feel like he needs more stimulation than I can provide at his point. We have exhausted our book selection, art projects and crafts. One day I will get them all on here to share with you...one day:)

Here is something that we did the other day.

Dryer Sheet Butterflies

What you will need:
    * used dryer sheets
    * spring type clothes peg
    * brown pipe cleaner
    * black pipe cleaner (antennas)
    * glue
    * magnet
    * water color paints
    * pencil and paint brush

Instructions:

Take one used dryer sheet and scrunch it up the long way in the middle, then clip it in the middle with the clothespin. Do the same with the other dryer sheet. Now you can stop here and just paint the clothes pin and add a magnet on the back of the clothespin or you can copy the butterfly in our picture.

If you want a butterfly like the one shown, here's what you do:

Take a brown pipe cleaner and wrap it around a pencil so it will be in a coil.

Next, take a black pipe cleaner and fold it in half. Now slip one half of the black pipe cleaner through the brown coiled pipe cleaner and slip the other half around the middle of the dryer sheets.

At the top of the brown pipe cleaner, twist the two black antennas together.

Now take a pencil and wrap the two tops of the black pipe cleaner antennas just a little.

Here comes the fun part! Take your water color paints and brush the butterfly wings with all different colors. Let dry and spray a little bit of perfume on if you want the butterfly to smell nice.

Glue the back of the butterfly to the clothespin and when dry, glue on a magnet. Now you have a beautiful butterfly note holder for the fridge

Helpful hints not from Heloise

Here are a few I actually did today, I think I use a few everyday and according to the little poll to your left thats something you guys want so here goes:

To prevent clogs poor a can of beer down your drain, I know you say alcohol abuse! However, I've never had a clog, nor do I have a garbage disposal so use the money you would pay a plumber on more beer;)

If you are allergic to gold which many of us are but still like to be blingin you can boil your rings every other month in this simple mixture. Works for white gold too. 
1 part apple cider vinegar
1 part hydrogen peroxide
1 part water
Boil for about 5 mins. Also gives them a nice shine without the work of polishing!

Simmer orange peel in water for potpourri instead of buying that expensive oil at the store. This could be considering reducing or reusing but its definitely considered saving money and smells fabulous.

Keep your oranges out of the fridge to make it easier to remove the peel. The white bitter stuff on the back of the peel (pectin) will stick to the orange and not the part your peeling if the orange is cold so a warm orange peels much better.

So. . .

Today I feel like the bottoms about to fall out. I'm only at 29 weeks! I'm a firm believer at this point that having children this close together is not a pleasant experience for the individual actually having the child, or at least for me in this case. Yesterday was really rough, more so than usual, I was given strict orders by the hubby to rest. The problem with my orders is that when I "rest" all day I feel like an unproductive doofus. I'm not sure why I can't let go and allow myself to just relax. I guess part of it is the whole nesting thing, which is ridonkulous considering we have 11 weeks to go and I'm always late. What's the rush?

At this point I'm just babbling and your like what? Why is she going on and on about this? A few days ago I was apologizing for being such a slacker with this blog, ha! I am going to rest today, we have a birthday party for a dear friend at a place with all sorts of blow up equipment, never been but it sounds tiring just to watch. I am thankful for my little stash of gifts hidden away. Pretty much something for any occasion, works well being that we have a boy and a girl and that I have a love for clearance items:) So I'm going to wrap a gift from the stash and I'm going to plan on a nap today. Wow! It's 8:30 am and I'm already talking about a nap. Good bye for now and if anyone has any advice on how to rest and not feel guilty about it please do share:)