Experimenting with homemade taco seasonings.
There are several recipes on the net, but I'm not sure which ones are actually good. I have picked 3 recipes and have decided to try them all, well, will delagate 2 others to help trial. Will be interesting to see what works.
1. Annies Eats Taco seasoning
2.All Recipes
3. Cheapskate living
November 2, 2011
November 1, 2011
Paper Flowers - Day 231
A quick mini paper folding craft today.
This is from Folding Trees, and if you make heaps of these, you can form a ball. Today, I don’t have the patience for that. I like the idea, but would rather someone else made it for me!!
October 31, 2011
Apple lantrern - day 230
Unfortunately, halloween is a minimalist activity here in NZ. Only some people celebrate it.
This is not helped by the fact that we celebrate it in the wrong season. One of the many curses of living in the Southern Hemisphere, we celebrate all the main holidays at the wrong time. We dont have the autumn colours, leaves and glorious pumpkins too decorate. In reality, we should be celebrating our spring (easter?!). Oh well! Heres a slightly feeble attempt... apple lantern.
This is not helped by the fact that we celebrate it in the wrong season. One of the many curses of living in the Southern Hemisphere, we celebrate all the main holidays at the wrong time. We dont have the autumn colours, leaves and glorious pumpkins too decorate. In reality, we should be celebrating our spring (easter?!). Oh well! Heres a slightly feeble attempt... apple lantern.
October 30, 2011
Tissue Ghost - Day 229
A quick halloween decoration. You can never have too many ghosts hanging around.
These are so easy to make and easy for little ones.
You just need 2ply tissue, black pen, cotton ball, white wool and some thin elastic.
Separate the 2 plys and lay at an angle, so it has 8 points.
Scrunch up a cotton ball and put in the centre. pick up the tissue holding the ball in the middle. Tie elastic around neck with long tail for hanging.
Tie the wool around the bottom of the head and use the pen to draw the eyes and mouth on, and hang up.
Make a whole group of them and hang all around.
These are so easy to make and easy for little ones.
Separate the 2 plys and lay at an angle, so it has 8 points.
Scrunch up a cotton ball and put in the centre. pick up the tissue holding the ball in the middle. Tie elastic around neck with long tail for hanging.
Tie the wool around the bottom of the head and use the pen to draw the eyes and mouth on, and hang up.
Make a whole group of them and hang all around.
October 29, 2011
Sims Animator - Day 228
Repeating craft day, finishing up pieces.
Thought I'd take the time to say well done to the teenage animator I know...
Thought I'd take the time to say well done to the teenage animator I know...
October 27, 2011
Pattern Sorting - Day 226
My world is a chaos of papers filled with ideas and scribbles and patterns.
I try to keep them organised with each set of patterns in a ziplock bag. But then these get scattered thru the felt and sewing mess. So I went super organised and sorted them all into a folder. Considering the chaos my life often seems in, this sudden momentary organisation is kindof scary.
Unfortunately I think it has past, which is a shame, as my kitchen cupboards need organising!!
I try to keep them organised with each set of patterns in a ziplock bag. But then these get scattered thru the felt and sewing mess. So I went super organised and sorted them all into a folder. Considering the chaos my life often seems in, this sudden momentary organisation is kindof scary.
Unfortunately I think it has past, which is a shame, as my kitchen cupboards need organising!!
September 28, 2011
Old McDonald set - Day 197
This hand puppet is part of a birthday present for a pre-school teacher, by her request. This is Old McDonald!
He took a bit of thinking and design because I wanted a pocket to put the finger puppet animals in. Have managed to do this in the back, his shorts and shirt are a pocket. So, in a way, the answer to the question "where is your cow?" is... "Down my shorts!!" :) Have one cow made so far, now for the rest...
He took a bit of thinking and design because I wanted a pocket to put the finger puppet animals in. Have managed to do this in the back, his shorts and shirt are a pocket. So, in a way, the answer to the question "where is your cow?" is... "Down my shorts!!" :) Have one cow made so far, now for the rest...
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