River Rock Boot Trays

October 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Where ever you are and whatever the weather is, chances are at some point in the year you will need somewhere to keep wet rain boots from dripping onto your floors or tracking through the house. These boot trays are very handy and easy to make so that your floors stay relatively clean for longer.

All you need are river rocks and a couple of inexpensive shallow baking trays, the more worn the baking trays the better because that means you won’t pay too much for them.

* The idea was found on Martha Stewart‘s entryway organizing ideas and was featured on Vively Online

4th July Barbecue Chicken

July 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment

I am always searching for a good barbecue chicken recipe, so when I saw this recipe for chicken marinated in buttermilk from Real Simple and from Martha Stewart, I thought I might have found something interesting.

Marinading your chicken in buttermilk gives it a lovely moistness and the outside gets a lovely charring that you don’t get from oil based marinades.

These recipes from Real Simple and Martha Stewart would make great contributions to your next 4th July family picnic

Mascot Dog Jacket On Martha

May 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Martha Stewart always has something handy for all parts of the family and home, but I love the little dog jackets she has on her site. They are modeled by her two French Bulldogs, Francesca and Sharkey and are from a company called Mascot. If you have a little time and know about sewing you can follow the instructions on Martha’s site to make a puffer jacket just like Francesca and Sharkey’s.

The Mascot jackets are available through the Mascot site

Betty Crocker Breakfast Cupcakes

May 10, 2012 By 2 Comments

Before Martha Stewart came along, Betty Crocker ruled the Kitchen and in many ways she still does. She certainly does with these breakfast cupcakes. Made in a muffin pan, the breakfast cupcakes are perfect for making many single servings of bacon and eggs at once, or for making a special breakfast for mom on Mother’s day.

You can get the super simple recipe on Betty Crocker‘s website

Easter Is On Its Way!

February 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Easter is on its way and that means Spring is poised to spring on us all. With the changing of the season, thoughts turn to baking, crafts, children and children’s crafts. So I thought I would get all those crafty people out there, a couple of projects you could work on and plan for the up-coming Easter festivities.

We start with these gorgeous chick shaped cookies from Amelie’s House and were originally made for an Easter wedding.

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David Boreanazs Mothers Strawberry Torte

January 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Summer is Strawberry season with warm, lazy days, holidays and sitting around till your skin tingles. Martha Stewart has a great recipe for a strawberry torte, from actor David Boreanaz’s mother, who makes it for his birthday. Awwww!

See the rest of the recipe on Martha Stewart

Valentines Day Chocolate Hearts Recipes

January 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment

 

As we are speeding towards Valentines Day, I thought I would help you out with a recipe or two and a decorating idea. These chocolate hearts will make a great impression on your Valentine this year but why not try them out before, just to see what they will taste like on the day, no harm in that I think!

Pair your chocolate hearts with fresh fruit like raspberries and line the outside with couverture chocolate shapes to make them extra special.

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Christmas Tree Pom-Pom Ornaments

November 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment

 

If you haven’t gotten your Christmas decorations out by now, you better move your booty, it’s almost the end of November! I know a few people that have just gotten married so they may not have boxes of ornaments stored in the attic waiting to be unearthed and loving placed on the newly bought Christmas tree. Here’s a solution, make your own and start a tradition that your kids and you will remember for the rest of their lives. This tutorial involves the most simple of supplies, an old t-shirt to make Christmas tree pom-pom ornaments and comes from Melissa from I Still Love You.

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Halloween Decor: Are You Brave Enough?

September 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment

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In our run up to Halloween, I thought that after the Halloween Costume ideas I gave you the other day, you might appreciate some ideas on Halloween decor. For something suitably scary, that asks every visitor if they are brave enough to enter, you need large amounts of imagination…or inspiration from us here at Funchkins.

We have everything from food to decor to party favours, just to keep you inspired. Some of the links below are to tutorials that you can follow or just to blog posts that help you get yourself ready for the big scare.

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Fun & Silly Halloween Costume Ideas

September 14, 2011 By

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Halloween is here and that means you only have a few days to either make or buy your costumes. The range of ideas is endless, limited only by your imagination, so be prepared to have your brain jolted with some really good examples of acceptable Halloween ghoulishness.

A few of the ideas that we found are for children, but if you have a friend with a sewing machine, or have one yourself, then all it will take is a bit of ingenuity, a little time and you are good to go…

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