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Vampire Blood Lollipops

Does the sight of blood make you sick? Well here is a super easy recipe that you can make for your next Halloween party.

Makes about 12 lollipops

• 2 cups sugar
• 2/3 cup light corn syrup
• red food coloring
• white lollipops stick - you can find them at your local craft store.

You can even add flavor oils like peppermint or strawberry if you like.

Step 1

Bring sugar, corn syrup, and 1/4 cup water to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring until all the sugar is dissolved completely. If you have a candy thermometer it will register 300 degrees to 310 degrees (hard-crack stage), 5 to 7 minutes.

While the sugar is boiling lay out your lollipop sticks onto a silicon baking mat ( I put my baking mat onto a cookie sheet to make it easier to move around and a nice hard level surface).

Step 2

Once you have placed your lollipop sticks down - Fill a larger pot with ice water. When your sugar mixture is ready - 300 degrees to 310 degrees, immediately set the pan into ice-water bath to stop the cooking (syrup will steam vigorously - be careful of the steam); let sit about 25 seconds. Swirl pan 1 minutes more to cool - it while still be bubbling, that's OK .

Step 3

Working very quickly, pour syrup onto the silicon baking sheets, forming circles (2 to 31/2 inches in diameter) and spacing pours about 3 inches apart - then press in lollipop sticks. I went very randomly - wherever there was space I made a lollipop.


The fun part:
With the red food coloring - squirt a few drops in to each lollipop (I would do one at a time to make it easier to work with), using one of the lollipop sticks drags the stick through some of the food coloring to get the desired look for the "blood". I add a few more drops to the blood coagulated look.

Let stand for about 5 - 10 minutes for the sugar to harden completely.

Now - go out there and share your blood lollipops.

Easy Faux Pearl Necklace Made of Cornstarch Clay

Here is a super fun and easy Faux Pearl Necklace that you can make with just 3 ingredients you have in your pantry.  A great rainy day afternoon for the kids or a serious jewerly junky.

Step 1

Measure out your pantry ingredients:

 1 cup of water

 1.5 cups of salt - table salt 

 1 cup of corn starch 

 1 mixing bowl and spoon

 To put the entire necklace together you will need 1 long needle, strong thread and a fancy  metal clasp. 

 

Step 2 

Add you water and salt and bring to a boil. I like when the salt has almost dissolved completely. Once you have a good boil turn down the heat and quickly add the cornstarch. Start to stir - almost like magic the cornstarch will overtake the water and form a sticky paste - keep stirring.

Step 3 

Spoon a good size amount of dough out of the cooking pot and add to a mixing bowl *** remember this dough is going to be really hot so please do not touch it yet. Add some more corn starch and stir away.

 

Step 4 

Once the dough has cooled you can start to mold and shape in your hands. You might want to add more cornstarch to get the right consistency that you desire.

Step 5 

Now you can start to roll out the little pearls to make your necklace. You can even add some food coloring to make different color pearls - so much fun. 

Step 6 

Once you have all your pearls rolled out - using a good size needle poke a hole throught each one. Let them all dry for about 48 hours so they can get hard. Once dried, you will be able to use the needle with thread and sew your pearls together to make your necklace and/or bracelet. Have fun with making all kinds of jewerly - this clay can be molded to make almost anything and it is so easy to make.

 

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You are all invited.... and contest time!

Come and celebrate my Super Sweet 29th Birthday Party Contest - 6th time around. I will be hosting my own birthday party live online for all to share in.

My new "crazy" idea is to share my birthday party live over the web so everyone can join in on the super awesome fun. 

When: Saturday May 9th 

Time: 4:00pm

Place: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/birthday-party---29-again-for-the-4th-time%21

Come and chat with me, sing karaoke, listen to grown adults try to play Rockband (my new favorite game ever) learn how to make great easy/fast party food, tips on party hosting and so much more.  

 The party will be from 4pm on May the 9th at: 
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/birthday-party---29-again-for-the-4th-time%21
Click the link on May 9th when I go live with my birthday party.

Contest

How to play along: All you have to do to is R.S.V.P here by leaving me a comment on this post ( ends midnight May 9th)  and I will add you to my "guest list". 

Prizes: FUN FILLED PARTY PRIZE BOX - Open it up and you too can have a party.

Contest ends: May 9th 12:00 Midnight 

Details: When commenting - please don't use anonymous - It's so hard to give a prize away to "anonymous". I will  then pull a random comment and announce on May 10th the winner so check back to see who won - it might just be you. 

Hope to see you all there with me live on May the 9th at 4PM

Remember it's an Ice Cream social so bring along your favorite ice cream with sprinkles. 

Craftzine CRAFT: Archives

                      

One of my favorite all time craft magazines Craftzine has announced that they will no longer produce a print-magazine any longer - sniff sniff. The CRAFT digital archive is available at http://craftzine-digital.com.  I have already bookmarked into my favorites.

How to make a wallet from an 8 track cassette

Super easy to make and so much fun - have fun and enjoy!

Here is a list of what you will need to make this wallet

- 8 track

- hot glue gun

- fabric

- pliers

- long zipper

First you will use your pliers to open up the 8 track - once open remove the music tape. With your pliers try and remove some of the ugly plastic from the inside. It will make it much nicer to close and to add your items.

Use the fabric to trace the outside edge - then cut out leaving enough on the edge of the fabric to turn under.

Using your trusty hot glue gun - glue the zipper to all edges of the 8 track.

Once you have finished glueing the zipper to both sides use the fabric to line the insides of the 8 track with your hot glue gun - it will hide any flaws that might have happened while glueing the sides and the inside of the 8 track.

Then you are done - put your favorite lipstick and some change inside and you are on your way!!!

Enjoy!

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For the blood of the Bullfinch

My husband was in a play at his High School where he is the Assistant Principal. He had the staring role - very first time on stage. I was so proud. “For the blood of the Bullfinch”. I helped him with his stage makeup - he had to look like an old man.
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