By now, hopefully all the New Year’s Eve Parties have been cleaned up and the world is restored to its regular order.
If you still have the left over wire Champagne cork holders you can make these totally cute chairs. I see these showing up all over the place at my house.
DotatDabbled posted a great set of instructions over at Instructables.
What do you do with all those left over tubes of wrapping paper? I save mine for the family to use (usually as swords). With that said, Marie at Make and Takes came up with a great take on that idea.
She decorates them to be light sabers and other cool uses as well. If my kids were into firefighters, then her third idea would be perfect. If the tubes last long enough to get decorated, we’ll be trying it out!
I found this last night looking for something easy to do with the kiddies. I love fortune cookies and would love to make them some day but they seem a bit complicated. This is an easy and cute Fortune Cookie Treat that can be made with kids of all reason. The quick cheat is to use puff pastry for the cookie dough, but there is detailed directions in only seven step on how to whip up a batch of these without having to deal with hot cookies to get that shape we are all accustomed to.
This will be so much fun to do as soon as I get my hands on some puff pastry the next time I’m at the grocery store.
Forget New York and their Waterford Crystal Ball for ringing in the New Year. I’ve found something better!
Bethlehem, PA lowers a giant Peep to start the New Year! I just adore Peeps of any shape but there is something about the classic Peep shape that is so cool. (And I love it when a box magically appears on my desk at work too. Thanks Dad!) Making it out there next year might just be in my plans.
How do you bring a bottle of wine to a party when you don’t have one of those handy gift bags? If you have a few sheets of tissue paper laying around then Martha Stewart and her talented team have the soloution.
It’s two whole steps and takes less time than it does to wrap a shirt box. After wrapping the bottle up and making the cute pompom on top, you can decorate it with stickers or stamps if you have plain paper or choose some really pretty tissue as the outer layer.
I won’t deny it. I really like Martha Stewart but only in bite sized portions. I do watch her show but only when there is something of interest on. (Like making truffles. Just don’t try making them when its hot out and no air conditioning. But they still came out yummy.) I do buy her magazine, but only the main one (Living), and only when there is something that looks cool inside now.
Martha Stewart and her staff are extremely talented and creative people. Practicing full Martha Stewart lifestyle would drive me batty but she (and the rest of her team) are a great source for inspiration. If she can’t do it, she is smart enough to have folks around her that can. The recipes are really great. I have never had one fail on me yet and The Martha Stewart Cookbook: Collected Recipes for Every Day is a staple in my kitchen (and looks as if its been though battle several times). It was a wedding shower gift and one of the most useful ones I got. I try to give it as a shower gift when the couple is just starting out on their own since the there are some great, basic recipes and some very advanced ones as well.
Martha Stewart’s web site is also a great resource for all kinds of cool stuff. There are recipes, decorating tips, crafting ideas, party planning tools and much more. The directions are well written and the pictures are helpful. Some of the comments from users are just as good as well. If you’re looking for good ideas, she’s the woman to go to and a good resource to keep at your fingers.
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