DIY: Homemade Frosty Paws for you Dog!

Recently, my friend Diane sent me this recipe 

to make your own frozen dog treats! 

I have bought Frosty Paws for our dog Lizzy before, 

but find them a bit expensive for 4 little cups for a dog. 

But once, I saw this recipe and the few healthy, dog-friendly ingredients, 

I knew I had to try this. 

It was so simple and an adorable treat for our four-legged family member. 

She LOVED it!

Homemade Frosty Paws

Even someone else tried to get a taste!

Shopping List:

32oz Greek Yogurt

2 Bananas

2 Tbsp Peanut Butter

Method:

1. Please greek yogurt, bananas, and peanut butter in a blend and blend until smooth.

2. Pour into individual servings (I used yogurt cups) and freeze. Let your Furry Friend enjoy!!

Not to be outdone, here is our other family member, Mr. Snickers.

Snoozing.

DIY: House Warming Gift

 Happy Friday! 

Today we have another DIY project you. 

I am currently trying to build some go-to gift ideas for friends and family. 

I'm not talking Christmas of Birthday gifts. 

I'm talking about those little gifts that pop up 

throughout the year - Baby Shower, Bridal Shower,
Wedding, Graduation, Hostess gifts etc. 

These gifts I always want to be thoughtful, 

but I don't want to break the bank. 

Recently some friends of ours bought a new house, 

and I went looking for a housewarming gift. 

I turned to Pinterest for some inspiration and settled on a "Jar Gift." 

Here are some examples: 

Baby Jar Gift, Spa Jar Gift, 
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Mix Jar Gift, Graduation Jar Gift

I decided to create my own Housewarming "jar gift." 

When creating a jar gift, it is important to choose a theme to guide you. 

It could be a color, and type of product, a hobby theme; 

anything you want really. 

But the bottom line is choose a theme to tie it all together. 

Since I was in need of a housewarming gift, 

I choose cleaning supplies as my product theme and lemon yellow as my color scheme. 

Here is what I came up with:

Housewarming Jar Gift

Shopping List:
(The following are ideas, 
but please feel free to choose 
your own products)

A large (128oz) jar

(I got mine from Walmart)

Lemon Pine-sol

Lemon Palmolive Dish Soap

Kitchen Lemon Bath & Body Works Hand Soap

Sparkling Lemon Yankee Candle

Yellow Dish Sponges

Yellow Dish Towels

Lemons

Decorative Ribbon

Another Idea: 

I LOVE Mrs. Meyer's Cleaning Products! 

Great gift idea!

Method:

1. Arrange items in jar.

2. Tie ribbon around the jar

3. Attach gift tag.

4. Gift!

Right now, my go-to wedding gift is one of these 

AWESOME personalized gifts from Richwood Creations!! 

They have BEAUTIFUL stuff and since it is personalized, 

it will be unique for your special Bride & Groom.  

I also love them because all proceeds go to 

Young Life in West Virginia so you can feel good 

about a good product that supports a worthy ministry!

Click HERE to see their shop and check out some of their stuff!

Don't forget, it's almost our 1 Yr Blogiversary!!

And we have a BIG GIVEAWAY going you don't want to miss! 

Win a Red Keurig Mini Brewer! 

Click HERE to enter!

Don't forget to watch the Olympic Opening Ceremonies 

tonight and cheer on Team USA!!

DIY: Ice Candles

I saw this idea in my January Southern Living magazine
and it has been so gosh, darn cold lately,
I figured this would be a fun way to embrace the weather!

These things look awesome and you can use them
to decorate almost anything outside!
Put them on  your front porch, flanking your front door,
along a front walkaway,
or make enough to line the whole driveway!
You could place a few sporadically in flower beds in the back yard!

And the best part i they will stay in tact
as long as the weather is below freezing (32 degrees).
So if you see a cold week ahead in the forecast and
want to embrace the falling temps, try this out.

Ice Candles

Shopping List:

2 Different Sized Buckets

(one should fit side the other - I got mine 

for about $1.00/ea at DrugMart)

Weights

(something to weigh 

the smaller/middle bucket 

down - I used a brick)

Water

Method:

1. Place smaller bucket inside larger bucket. Fill smaller bucket with weights (I used a brick).

2. Fill outer ring with water. Place outside to freeze.

3. When completely frozen (mine took almost a full 24 hours), remove weight in smaller bucket, and begin removing ice candle. You may want to leave buckets inside for a little while to loosen up the ice candle. You can also pour hot water into the smaller bucket to aid in this process.

4. Decorate outside, light votive candle and Enjoy!

****************Notes****************

I recommend using taller buckets as votives need to be shielded 

from the wind as much as possible or they will not stay lit.

Also, may sure Ice Candle is COMPLETELY frozen before removing from buckets.

Stay tuned tomorrow as we will be one week away 

from my FIRST Blogiversary!! 

One year since the launch of Teach Me How to Cookie! 

And we will be celebrating all week long, starting tomorrow!! 

Tomorrow you will be able to enter my 1 yr Blogiversary Giveaway!!

Annndd!! All next week we will also be posting 

some AWESOME Valentine's Day recipes! 

Feel the love People, feel the love.