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24,424 - keeping a blog is not easy. There are days, months and even years where you just stop. Thanks to Tumblr for still being a place to share my interests and most important be able to see what other Tumblrs are up to. I always come back because I miss all of you!!

Happy New Year!

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DIY Sugar Scrub

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Wagashi（和菓子）

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Penguin Macarons with Eggnog Ganache

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This is a easy DIY for the person in your life who has to be in control of the fire! LOL

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DIY Sugar Scrub! I am making a few of these for holiday gifts.

So easy and inexpensive!

3 cups Sugar

1 cup of skin safe oil

gel food color (a little at a time until you get the color you want)

essential oils a few drops

Mix all but food color put in separate bowls and then add food color. Layer in pretty jar and add a bow!

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DIY Cocktail in a jar for holiday gift! So fast and inexpensive.

This will store for 3 or so months.

this will fill 4 pint mason jars with wide mouth openings

fill each jar with dried fruit like raspberries, cranberries, and/or orange slices. You can get creative!

Add 2 cinnamon sticks cut in half

Add a couple sugar cubes

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Add a label with these instructions:

Pour bourbon/whiskey into mason jar and allow to infuse for 3 or more days. Before serving, remove fruit & spices and strain to ensure no solids remain. Serve on ice garnished with cocktail cherries.

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Hanami Cherry Blossom Picnic 🌸

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OBSESSED! How to make EASY coffee filter flowers!

What you will need:

depending on how many you need - buy cheap white coffee filters or maybe the natural ones (experiment!)

food color

scissors

string

Glue or glue gun

Optional: floral tape, floral wire, paper lantern

buy white coffee filters (the cheap ones!!)

take the filters out of package and flatten them

fold about 5 in half and cut the top in a wavy pattern

it takes about 5-10 filters that have been cut to make flower

set aside cut filters

take the string and hang like a cloths hanger

fill a bowl (or however many bowls you need) with warm water

put drops of food color into each bowl to color the water as light or as dark as you would like the flowers to be

take about 5-10 coffee filters, flatten them out (does not have to be perfect) and soak in water until they are wet and dyed

squeeze most of the water gently out of them

hang them to dry

when completely dry separate into piles of 5 or 10

Use scissors to cut a small slit in the top of each filter layer, about 1/2 inch deep. Repeat this process for each pile of filters

stack them on top of each other, alternating the direction of the petals to create a full-looking flower

using glue, glue bottom to next layer, twisting and gently pressing, repeat until all filters are glue together. Fluff and shape to get desired look.

I even tried using tried using different scissors. My favorite was pinking shears.

REALLY COOL: put some food coloring without water on little plates and use to paint the out side of the petals! Or color the inside!

(Optional) Wrap floral tape around the base of the flower and the string to create a cleaner look. (Optional) Insert a floral wire into the base of the flower and wrap with floral tape to create a stem. (Optional) Attach the flower to a paper lantern or use it as a decoration on its own.

And there you have it! Easy coffee filter flowers that you can make in any color you like.

I hope you post pixs!

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I found this ice cream scoop on eBay! Right now I am looking for something a bit smaller but this is amazing and perfect for those who collect ice cream scoops. The only reason I would post it is because it is only $42 bucks!! That is a steal.

Antique Gilchrist's No. 31 ICE CREAM SCOOP, 2" Ball, Geared Lever Release 10.5"

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Hamburger Cake

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Love all the fresh cucumbers this summer!! Perfect way to use them.

EASY REFRIGERATOR PICKLES

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This is a MAJOR tutorial!

— i think it’s been a year and a half since i posted my last tutorial! with a few more requests (and me learning new things) i decided to make a new and updated tutorial 💎 — this is a VERY image heavy tutorial and it is also very long! i’ve put it under the cut <3 like there are OVER 50 images…this is more of a masterpost really. if there is something that does not make sense, feel free to ask!! i will more than happy to clarify! — i promise the header gif was once good quality but for some reason, i did something to it and it became weird. please ignore that 😭

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