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$150 Baker’s Twine GIVEAWAY from the Twinery

0 · Apr 3, 2014 · 30 Comments

This post is sponsored by The Twinery. All opinions are 100% mine.

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I have two words for you…BAKER’S TWINE!!! I am so excited to tell you that I’ve teamed up with some of my favorite bloggers to bring you a FABULOUSLY HUGE baker’s twine giveaway…we’re talking $150 to The Twinery, to choose whatever you want!!!

Baker’s Twine is the perfect accessory when it comes to packaging, and is incredibly versatile. It can add just the right touch to any gift or package, and it’s a simple addition that makes a huge difference. The Twinery has an awesome selection–solid, striped, metallic, and more, plus tons of colors. You can buy them in small increments, or large spools—whatever you need!

Because it’s one of our favorite things, we really wanted to share it with…YOU!!!!

This huge baker’s twine giveaway is brought to you by these bloggers:

You can enter on ANY of these blogs!

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TO ENTER: Just follow the directions in the box below, making sure to read all terms and disclosures before entering. GOOD LUCK!!!! (You just need to enter once, on any of these blogs.)

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Simple DIY Art

4 · Apr 2, 2014 · 8 Comments

Simple DIY Art // Hey all! It’s Jenn from My Fabuless Life! Last month I shared my embroidery hoop bulletin board I did for my daughter’s big girl bedroom, and since then, I’ve caught the makeover fever, because I’ve moved onto my master bedroom and am here to show you a quick, simple art project you can do for less than $10. Finding large scale art for those bigger walls can get expensive, which is why I love creating my own. You can customize everything about it, for next to nothing!

I started with a 4′ x 4′ piece of thin, pine plywood from my home improvement store (in the lumber section with the peg board), and stained the whole thing. If you’re more into the painted look, you can do that too, it’s up to you.

My original plan was just to put the text right on the wood (which you’ll notice below), but after I wrote directly on the wood, it was hard to see, so I got out the paint. I wanted a really unique, sort of “messy” look, so I just grabbed one of my favorite sponge rollers and roughly rolled out the paint in the pattern I wanted. I let that coat dry, added another, and filled in some spots with a paint brush, and then it was time for the writing.

Remember, I tried writing first, so this picture is a little backwards. You’ll notice though, that if you’re writing with white, it would be just fine. Anyway, I measured for where I wanted the writing to go, and then drew a line with chalk so that the text wouldn’t be all over the place. Then, I wrote out my phrase with chalk and wrote right over it with a gold paint pen. After the gold was dry, I just wiped off the remaining chalk with a damp cloth.

I did mine free hand, but if you’d rather use one of your favorite fonts, this method is AWESOME for transferring the font to your board.

To hang it, I just hot glued a pop tab to the back of the wood like a picture hanger and hung it on a little nail. And that’s it! Super simple art!!

Easy Eggplant Parmesan Stacks

1 · Apr 1, 2014 ·

The post brought to you by Ragú® // I LOVE eggplant. One of my favorite meal memories was when my dad went out of town (he’s not a huge fan of eggplant) and my Mom took the opportunity to make Eggplant Parmesan for the first time. I was in my early teens and boy, oh boy… My mind was blown. I had grown up eating pasta, namely spaghetti like most kiddos, but when my mom paired our favorite Ragú® sauce with the lovely breaded eggplant I thought I had gone to heaven. Recently, the folks at Ragú® came to me and asked if I could jazz up the classic eggplant parmesan recipe, I was thrilled! I was for sure up for this challenge.

I decided to make a healthier version of this tasty meat free dinner. I oven “fried” my eggplant and then stack it with layers of Ragú® Old World Style® Traditional Sauce and fresh mozzarella Cheese. With 11 tomatoes in every jar, Ragú® Old World Style® Traditional Sauce is Ragú® richest, thickest recipe* ever and it’s PERFECT with this recipe!

Easy Eggplant Parmesan Stacks

2 large eggplants

salt & pepper

4 eggs

4 cups unseasoned Panko bread crumbs

cooking spray

24 oz jar of Ragú® Old World Style® Traditional Sauce

2 cups mozzarella cheese

1 cup parmesan cheese

Wash and cut eggplant into 1/2 inch slices.

Place on a baking sheet and generously salt both sides. Let sit for 15 minutes.

This will draw out some excess moisture. After 15 minutes wipe the water and salt off the eggplant slices with a paper towel and set aside.

Meanwhile, set-up a dredging station to prepare the eggplant to oven “fry.” In one bowl crack 4 eggs and whisk. The 2nd bowl will be for the Panko bread crumbs.

Take each eggplant slice and lightly cover with salt and pepper, then cover both sides with the egg wash and then place in the Panko bread crumb bowl, generously covering both sides. Place on a cooling rack on a baking sheet.

Spray the eggplant generously with cooking spray and place in a 425˚ oven for 8 minutes. Remove from oven and turn over each eggplant slice. Spray the eggplant one more time with cooking spray and return to oven for an additional 8-10 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool for a few minutes.

Here’s the fun part. Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper. Now you are going to create towers of eggplant. Lay down a large slice of eggplant. Add a spoonful of Ragú® Old World Style® Traditional Sauce and a slice of mozzarella.

Top that with another slice of eggplant and repeat the process until you have about 5 or 6 layers.

Top with a generous layer of parmesan cheese. Place in a 350˚ oven for 10-15 minutes or until the cheese has melted.

Remove from oven and let cool for a few minutes. Serve warm.

Yields 9 servings

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This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Ragú®. The opinions and text are all mine.

The Ultimate Craft Room Giveaway

0 · Mar 31, 2014 · 2 Comments

Who doesn’t love a good giveaway, especially if it’s the ULTIMATE CRAFT ROOM GIVEAWAY?!

I’ve joined together with members of the 2014 Snap team:

and some of our AWESOME 2014 Snap sponsors:

to celebrate the close of National Craft Month and start the countdown to Snap 2014, we are bring you the ultimate craft room giveaway! Win an electronic cutting machine, paper, washi tape, adhesive, vinyl, craft paint, beautiful trim, a wreath form and a $100 gift card to Jo Ann. This prize is valued at over $1000.

To enter follow the directions in the Rafflecopter widget below. Giveaway closes at midnight on Friday, April 4. Winner will be announced on Monday, April 7.

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The Family is of God Flip Chart for LDS Primary

42 · Mar 28, 2014 · 22 Comments

The Family is of God Flip Chart // It’s almost April and for all of us LDS Primary choristers, it’s time to start teaching a new song for the month. This month’s song is The Family is of God, and it’s so beautiful. I can’t wait to teach my kiddos. I’ve been playing it on my iPhone in the background for the last couple of week so that I could get the words down and I’ve just fallen in love.

I have put together a flip chart for the 1st verse for this week. I will have the other verses up soon as well. I can’t wait to share what I’ve been working on for the next couple of verses, I think the kiddos are going to like it.

With that said, here’s what the flip chart looks like. You will need to go here to DOWNLOAD the full sized flip chart for your own use.

Again, I used several illustration from Susan Fitch. Here talent is amazing and she is so incredible to share those all with us. You need to run over to her site and see all of her amazing work!

Please remember this flip chart is for personal or church use only.

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