Monday, January 9, 2012

Homemade Valentines Inspirations

Is it too early to start thinking about Valentine's Day?
Well, if you enjoy making your own Valentine cards, I think now is the time to be thinking of ideas.  I have always LOVED making Valentine cards with my kids to give to their classmates.  So I've been busy collecting ideas!

 Here are some great Valentine ideas that have inspired me..
I hope you find some that inspire you too!


DIY Doilie Candy Hearts
at Chic Tags


Nuts & Bolts Candy Robots
owner unknown... found HERE

at Modern Parents Messy Kids

Valentines Day Card. (Eye) I Love You Note Cards. Love Note Cards - Little Alien Love Notes - set of fourValentines Day Card. (Eye) I Love You Note Cards. Love Note Cards - Little Alien Love Notes - set of four
at Etsy by kraze4paper

Pinned Image
at Tammy Mitchell Photography

pirate1
at Mer Mag

at Gratz Industries

at The Fry Family Blog

Valentine Cards, Candy Heart Note Cards, Set of 6
at Etsy by Jojolarue

at Martha Stewart

at Funky Polkadot Giraffe

Valentines2011
at Shim & Sons

at Keepin' it Real

Pinned Image
at Tammy Mitchell Photography

at Two Shades of Pink

Valentine Cards, Love Cards, Love Notes, Note Cards, Little Surprise Owl Love Notes (4) with envelopesValentine Cards, Love Cards, Love Notes, Note Cards, Little Surprise Owl Love Notes (4) with envelopes
at Etsy by kraze4paper

at Living with ThreeMoonBabies

at Zakka Life

at The Crafting Chicks

at Winter Dandee

at Positively Splendid

at The Teacher Wife

At Second Street


at Giver's Log

at Impressions

at A Small Snippit

at Life in the Thrifty Lane

at All Things Simple

at eighteen25

at See Jane Blog

at I am Momma - Hear Me Roar

at Martha Stewart

Valentine Candy Bar Wrapper
at Anything But Perfect

... and from here at Sun Scholars


Happy Valentine Crafting!!!

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Thursday, January 5, 2012

For the Kids Friday #44


Based on the number of posts shared at last week's party, I'm guessing you have all been a tad busy over the holidays ;)  We are gearing up for the Chinese New Year over here.  I am told that we will find ourselves in the middle of non-stop fireworks... 24 hours a day... for several days on end!  Are we crazy for staying in China over the holiday???  I guess we shall find out!  haha...

For those of you who did stop by to share at last week's party, thank you!!!  I'm sharing some of my favorite ideas below.  And... I am looking forward to what you have to share this week!

If you've been featured below
grab my A++ and brag about it to your friends :)
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Bottle Cap Calendar
at Reading Confetti


Quiet Time Boxes (with some helpful tips)
at My Oatmeal Kisses


DIY Party Hats
at A Pumpkin and a Princess

finger puppets finger puppets
Peanut Finger Puppets
at Red Ted Art


Build-A-Bug Game (free printable)
at Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational




Party!  Party!  Party!
For the Kids Friday



1)  I would LOVE for you to first be a follower of my blog.  (And why wouldn't you want to be?!)

2)  Grab my For the Kids Fridays Button and place it somewhere on your blog.  Be sure to link back to me!

3)  Link up as many KID-RELATED activities, games, recipes, parties, gifts, clothing you've created, crafts, traditions, lessons, and so on... that you would like to share.  Please add a different link each week.  They can be old or new... this is just a place to share ideas for our kids to enjoy.  Bonus points to those that serve some educational purpose too!  Link must be to the specific post, and not your general blog page.  Please don't link to your store.

4)  Share the love and comment on at least one other link.  Everyone loves to get feedback.


That's it!  Have fun, and thanks so much for participating!



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Sunday, January 1, 2012

YUMMY - 5 Minute Beer Bread

Happy New Year!
To ring in the new year, I have an amazingly simple and delicious (and versatile) recipe to share with you.  So simple that your little ones can even help whip this up in about 5 minutes, as you will see in my photos below.  You're going to LOVE this one!

One of my new friends here in China (another expat wife, like me) shared this recipe with me after bringing this delicious BEER BREAD to our Christmas party.  She wasn't joking when she said this was simple!
SOOOO YUMMY!!

And, yes, I said BEER!  This bread uses a can of beer in place of yeast!
Ok, so are you ready for it?  Here's the recipe...


Yummy 5 Minute Beer Bread
Ingredients
- 3 cups Flour
- 1 tbsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- 3 tbsp Sugar
- 12oz beer (one can)
- 2 tbsp Butter, melted

Directions
1.  Preheat oven to 375F and grease a loaf pan.

2.  Combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a large bowl, and mix until blended.  Add beer to your flour mixture and stir until well combined.  (Your mixture will be pretty gooey, as in the image below.)

3.  Transfer dough to the prepared loaf pan.  Pour melted butter over top.  Place bread in the oven and bake for 45 minutes until the crust is a golden brown.

4.  Let bread cool for 10 minutes in the loaf pan, then 10 minutes out.  It is ready to enjoy!  

Delicious!
 

I'd like to add, there are SO many ways you could play with this recipe to make some delicious breads.  My friend Megan said she added some cinnamon to the recipe, then sprinkled cinnamon and sugar over top with the butter before baking.  You could add shredded cheese for a cheese bread.  You could add cinnamon and raisins, or maybe even garlic!  I can't wait to try some other variations.

This bread is AWESOME toasted too!

I hope you give it try!
Enjoy!
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