thrifty thursday hair dye

Hey everyone I hope you are having a great week.  Mindy and I have both been very busy getting ready for the craft show only a little over 2 weeks to go.  Mindy and I did manage to get our booth next to each other for the first show.  So we our both very excited about that. 

Okay now to the thrifty part of this post.  I was at the dollar tree the other day.  And when I go in there I have to walk down every isle in the place.  Well while we were walking along I saw that they had hair dye.  I was very surprised and I decided to try one.  Since I always dye my hair red I went for the Medium Auburn 3RV. 

Well I decided to try in on Sunday.  I got the best surprise on my life.  Now you have to understand I have always wanted my hair to be the color of a shine copper penny.  I am just to cheap to pay someone 40 or 50 dollars every 6 weeks to get the color.  So I was really surprised when I dried my hair to find that it was the color I have always wanted.

Not a very good picture of me but I love the color.  I love it so much that I had Scott stop and buy everylast one they had.  I got 9 boxes.  I was afraid they would run out and I love the color.  And for $1.00 a box you cant bet it. 

I hope everone has a great rest of the week.  Tomorrow is Friday. Yes!!!!
Stephanie

Whatever Wednesday ( Apple Muffins )

 I was trying to find a new recipe to use up some of these apples that I still have. I came across one on Pintrest, changed it to fit me a little better and I have to say they are yummy!! These could be frozen and thawed out a couple at a time for breakfast or a snack.

Apple Muffins

2 cups sugar
 2 eggs
1 cup oil
1 Tablespoon vanilla
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3 cups peeled, cored, diced apples Brown sugar for topping
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line muffin pan with paper liners.
Mix all ingredients together. Fill muffin liners almost to the top of the liner and then sprinkle with brown sugar.
Bake at 350 degrees for 20-24 minutes. I got 24 muffins out of my batch.

I got bored an made a apple pie to.

Enjoy!

Tasty Tuesday (Apple Cake)

I took the girls to the Apple Orchard this weekend to get some apples. I took a break from freezing meals to make this yummy apple cake.

Apple Cake

2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups oil
2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
3 eggs
3 cups sugar
3 cups diced apples

Mix well and bake 45 minutes at 350 in a greased cake pan. Enjoy!

make it monday Getting your name out there

Hey everyone remember last week when I said I got in my first craft show well I was accepted to all 3 that I applied for.  I want to use the craft show to help promote our etsy shop and our blog.  So I was trying to think of ways to do this.  This is what I came up with Business cards, address label to place on bags, earring cards, and necklace cards with our information on them.  I wanted them to look a lot like our blog banner.  But I have to say I am cheap so didn't want to use my all my red ink to get the pink back ground so I found a cheaper way to do this does take a little extra time but not much.



these are the business cards.  I used the templates in word to do these

these are the address labels I messed up a few of these before getting them right the paper said to print them out on paper before hand to get the spacing right I would print it and think it was right but it was not right the first two tried but now I have it right.   

  Next I made ear cards I just used the 2 inch wide X 4 inch long template in word .

make sure you put your information on the bottom half of the cards.  I know this from experience I did a couple of pages wrong.  that is how I ended up with Necklace cards.

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like I said I was wanting to have them end up with a pink background so I found this cheap ink pad a walmart only $1.00

at first I was just stamping all over the page with the ink pad to give it random color.  These turned out pretty good.

 Then one of the little girls I babysit for asked me if I had tried a stamp.  And that gave me an idea.  I had this floral stamp.  I didn't want to have a floral design so I stamped all over in a random patten

this is what I got I think they look really good. 

So I am going to try and use these to help get our name out there.  Wish us luck
Stephanie

Freezer Friday ( Steak Sauce Sloppy Joes)

On October 1st I am going in to have a hysterectomy. To prepare I have been making up some meals and freezing them. This way no matter how bad I feel I know my family will have a hot meal on the table. I know the recovery is pretty long for this so Stephanie will be doing way more blogging than me for those couple of weeks. I am 33 years old and they are doing a full hysterectomy. I am really worried about being thrown into menopause like this but I know that somehow I will get through it. Hopefully I won't get to grumpy and make everyone mad lol.If you have ever  frozen quite a few meals to prepare for something like this I would love some recipes. You can post int he comment section or e-mail me at twocraftingmoms@gmail.com. I love to try new recipes as most of you know. I am looking for meals that I don't have to freeze in foil pans because of freezer space.
On to the recipe. I was looking for something new and came across this recipe from Taste of Home. I love their recipes. If you aren't familiar with then make sure to check them out at www.tasteofhome.com. I am not a big sloppy joe person but this one has a wonderful flavor.

Steak Sauce Sloppy Joes

3 pounds ground beef
4 medium onions, chopped
2 celery ribs, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
1 can (28 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup A.1. steak sauce
2 tablespoons chili powder
2 tablespoons paprika
1/4 teaspoon pepper
15 hamburger buns, split

Directions

In a Dutch oven, cook the beef, onions, celery over medium heat until meat is no longer pink. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Drain.
Stir in the tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, steak sauce, chili powder, paprika and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes or until thickened and heated through. Serve on buns. Yield: 15 servings.

 

 

Thrifty Thursday ( Fabric Pens)

I have been doing some sewing and I have a ton of scraps. I had no idea what to do with them so I went to Pintrest and found some neat ideas to decorate pens with fabric scraps. Everyone had their own way of doing it so I just combined them to  make it work for me.

First you need some ink pens, fabric scraps , thread and a hot glue gun.

 Cut 2 pieces of fabric one 14 inches by 2 1/2 inches, the second one 11 inches by 2 inches.
Fold the fabric in half and cut slits all the way across. They don't need to be even but make sure you don't cut all the way to the top.

Using your thread and needle do a slip stitch all the way across.

Pull together to form a circle

Lay it out and tie a good knot to combine the ends together.

Do both pieces of fabric like this. Set aside.
Get you ink pen and put some hot glue at the very top

Wrap your pen and secure it with more hot glue at the end.

Cut both of your fabrics and set the larger one on a table that you can hot glue on. Put a good amount of hot glue around the middle of the circle.

Set the smaller circle on top of it and press down to secure.

Get your pen back out and put a good amount of hot glue around the top. Making sure the fabric still has the largest side on the bottom press down to the top of the pen. Hold tight to secure.

Let me know if you have any questions.  I would love to see pictures if you make any.

Whatever Wednesday ( Unreal Candy Bars)

I am not sure how many of you have heard of Unreal Candy Bars. They are a new candy bar out in stores. They have no corn syrup,no partially hydrogenated oil,no artificial ingredients, no GMO's, no preservative's and a low glycemic index.
I am a member of Bzz Agent (https://www.bzzagent.com/) which means I recieve products free in the mail to try and tell people about. I then send them reports on what kind of feedback people gave me about the product. Anyone can join and it is a wonderful sight!
Onto the candy bars though. I received the Unreal Candy Bars coupons from Bzz Agent. I was excited to try them and found them here in Indiana at Walgreens and CVS. I tried 3 different kinds and want to tell you my opinion of them.
The first candy I tried was the bar that is like Snickers.

It was really good. Not quite as much Carmel but still really good.
Then I tried the one that is like peanut M&M's

These were good to. You can tell how different the colors are due to all the junk they leave out.
Last I tried the candies that are like regular M&M's

You can see the colors are dark again but the tasted great.

I still don't think that any candy is healthy for you but if you want to splurge and eat some or if the kids are bothering you at the checkout then I think the Unreal Candy Bars area a great choice!

Tasty Tuesday (Pork Chop Casserole)

Pork Chop Casserole

6 boneless pork chops
1/2 tsp seasoned salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 can diced or stewed tomatoes, undrained
1 cup water
1/2 tsp salt
1 green bell pepper
2 tbsp oil
1 yellow bell pepper, chopped
1 can tomato sauce
1 tsp minced garlic
1 1/2 cups uncooked long grain rice

Sprinkle pork chops with salt and pepper. Brown in skillet with oil. Remove chops from skillet and set aside. Cut off top of green pepper, remove seeds and cut 6 rings from it. Set aside. In seperate bowl combine chopped yellow pepper, tomato sauce, stewed tomatoes, water, garlic and salt. Stir well. Spread rice in a greased 9x13 casserole pan and slowly pour tomato mixture over rice. Arrange pork chops on top and place green pepper ring over each chop. Cover and bake at 350 for 1 hour.


I am unsure where I found this recipe but it turned out pretty good. I personally will double the tomato mixture next time. I also used way more pork chops and used green pepper for the yellow pepper. If you make it let me know what you think!
Mindy

Make it Monday beaded bobby pins

Hey everyone Stephanie here.  I am so excited I just got the notice that I got in to my first craft show ever.  Mindy has been doing craft shows with her daughters girl scout leader for over a year now and has been trying to talk me in to trying one or two.  I finally decided this was the year to go for it.  I am never going to know if my jewelry will sell unless I try.  So I have signed up for 3 shows.  This is the only one I know for sure on.  But it a start.  I am really excited.   I have been making lots of new stuff lately. 

Today I made these beaded bobby pins.  They are made with glass beads, thin copper wires, and of course bobby pins.  All I did was wrap some wire around the bend in the bobby pin.  Add a bead to the wire push it down to the bobby pin and wrap the wire around the bobby pin to secure the bead.  Keep repeating this till you have beads all the way to the end of the bobby pin.  I then took the wire and wrapped it back up the bobby pin going in between each bead.  Then tuck the end of your wire back in to your wrapping making sure there are no sharp or pointy wires sticking out.

See I said it was easy just takes a little time and if you are like me reading glasses.(ha ha)

I hope everyone has a great night.  If you have any question feel free to ask.

Stephanie

Freezer Friday ( Johnnie Marzetti)

Johnnie Marzetti

1 tbsp oil
1 cup chopped onion
1 pd ground beef
1 can tomato sauce
1 cup water
1 bay leaf
1/4 tsp pepper
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1 cup chopped celery
1 green pepper, chopped
1 can diced tomatoes, undrained
1 can tomato sauce
1 1/2 tsp dried basil leaves
1 1/4 tsp salt
1 pkg egg noodles. cooked
1 cup cheddar cheese

Heat oven to 375. Heat oil in skillet. Add celery, onion, and green pepper. Stir until tender. Remove veggies and set aside. Add meat, cook until done. Return veggies. Add tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, water, bay leaf, basil, salt and pepper. Simmer 5 minutes. Remove bay leaf. Place noodles in baking dish. Spoon meat mixture over noodles. Sprinkle with bread crumbs and cheese. Bake for 15-20 min.

thrifty thursday clothes pin redo

Clothes pin redo.  Clothes pins are such versital things.  I have seen them turned in to many different things.  Tonight we are going to turn them in to frig magnets.

take a simple clothes pin

paint them red

let it dry and then paint red stripes on it

Let it dry again.  Then add magnets to the back I had self adhisive one but you can use anything you have on hand even cut up some of those magnets you get with advertisments on them.  Just glue them on with a strong glue.

thats it you are done.

Now you have a cute way to hold papers on the fridg or anywhere else a magnet will stick to.
Of course you can paint them any colors you want.  I was trying to get mine to look a little like candy canes
Hope you have a great night
Stephanie

whatever wednesday rock jem and mineral show

We went to the rock jem and mineral show here in town this past weekend. Look at all the pretty thing I got.

can you guess how much I spent?  Okay I will tell you around $25.00.  I think I did really well. 
Well just wanted to show off a little.  Now time to go spend time with Scott its his Birthday.