Clean it Challenge

I am linking up for Dog days link up again this week over at I love you more than Carrots

This week were taking Cleaning.

I did a great job the weekend cleaning the top of my cooker. Took some great before and after photos and then my camera died. Totally dead. :(

So I had to come up with something else.

I decided to put together a post that contains some of the pins I have found that actually worked for me.

There is an old woman that live in my town and she swears by vinegar and baking soda. She uses nothing else. She might be on to something there.

Baking Soda as Drain Unclogger

To get your drain running again (without resorting to chemicals worthy of a hazmat suit) pour ½ cup soda, then ½ cup vinegar, down a clogged drain. Cover it with a wet cloth, wait 5 minutes, uncover, and flush with steaming-hot water.

Cotton Swab as Computer Detailer

With the machine turned off, disconnect the keyboard and trace between the keys with a cotton swab lightly dipped in isopropyl alcohol. If your mouse is the kind that rolls on a ball, unscrew the bottom and go over the ball and the interior with a cotton swab, too.

Salt as Egg Cleanup

Sop up a spilled egg by sprinkling salt over the mess. Wait two minutes and wipe it up.

You can see more of the tips I found in this pin Here.

Make Whites, white again using Vinegar.

I've been doing this for years.

Add 1 cup white vinegar to 2 1/2 pints tap water in a large pot. Bring the solution to a boil, then pour it into a bucket and drop in your stained socks, (uniforms, etc.). Let them soak overnight, then the next day wash them as you normally would.

Clean your Mattress 

Pour about 1 cup of baking soda into a mason jar and drop in 4 drops of lavender essential oil. Put on lid and shake jar. Using a kitchen strainer sprinkle the baking soda mixture all over the mattress and let it sit for an hour or more. Thoroughly vacuum the mattress. Bye, bye dust mites and other nasty things. The baking soda helps draw up any moisture and deep dirtiness. It deodorizes and leaves the mattress smelling fresh and clean.

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Remove watermarks from wooden furniture.

Cover the mark with Mayo and leave for 20 minutes. Wipe off. Done!!

Windows

Clean your windows with warm water, 1/2 cup vinegar and a squirt of fairy liquid (dawn). Shine them with old newspaper.

Glass Cooker top

This is the pin that I used to get my Cooker top clean.

All you need:

Bowl & Hot Soapy Water

Baking Soda

A Cleaning Rag

Gloves 

Soak you cleaning rag in the warm water.

Heavily sprinkle the baking soda on the cooker top. 

Ring half of the water out you rag.

Put it on the baking powder and leave in for 15 minutes. 

(I left it for longer. My cooker was bad.)

Once the time is up, swirl the rag around in circles, using the baking soda paste as a gentle scrub. 

I did this twice and the result was amazing. 

Use vinegar to clean it off after. 

I hope you find these cleaning tip useful. I know I did.

I'm also linking up with AP for Hey, That's Pin-tastic.

Happy Monday Everyone! 

{Recipe} Valentine Cookies : Hey, That's Pin-tastic

I'm linking up with AP over at ILYMTC for her amazing series Hey, That's Pin-tastic!

It's the week of love with Valentines day on Thursday and I decided to try out a love-tastic cookie recipe I found on Pinterest.

source

I halved the recipe simply because I don't need the temptation of having that many cookies lying around the kitchen.

Recipe

1/2 lb butter

150g sugar

220g brown sugar

2 small eggs

1 tsp vanilla

385g flour

pinch salt

food colouring

chocolate chips

Mix butter and sugars together until well combined.

Add eggs and vanilla and beat well.

Add dry ingredients to the sugar mixture and mix well.

Add food colouring to the dough .

Mix until completely pink or the color you are trying to achieve.

Add chocolate chips.

Mix well so the chips are incorporated through the dough.

Make balls of dough and put on a cookie sheet.

Bake at 180c for 15 mins.

 Now they looked nothing like the picture I pinned so that was a fail on my side but they tasted fantastic.

Looking at the amount of cookies I got I'm really glad I halved the recipe.
If I was making them again, I'd probably cut them with a heart shaped cookie cutter the make them even more love-tastic.

Happy Monday!

Valentines entry table and wreath

Valentines is on the way and as usual I'm decorating for the occasion.

I don't go too mad for Valentines. Just a few bits here and there.

I'm linking up with AP over at ILYMTC for two amazing link-ups she has going at the moment.

The dog days {of winter} are over and  Hey, That's Pin-Tastic!

I had most of this stuff lying around the house.

I made the wreath the normal way. Only thing different is I wrapped it it bubble wrap first to make it fat. Then to make the flower I used heart shaped napkins to make the flower and pinned it on.

You can't have Valentines with out having roses.

If your looking for a Valentines printable you can find this one on my printables board on my Pinterest page.

I have loved the link-up series and finding new blogs to follow. I just need 10 more hours in the day to go read and check out all the amaze-balls projects that were featured.

Love in in the air people, Embrace it!!

All Occasions Cake.

I'm linking up today with AP from ILYMTC for two posts. I should a have done this yesterday but we won't even get started on yesterday.

I'm linking up for The dog days {of winter} are over and Hey, That's Pin-tastic!

This weeks link-up is for the dog days is "make it". I am very proud to say I made these.

Here is the start recipe that I use. I just double it if I'm using a bigger tin or different shape.

5oz Flour

6 -8 oz Sugar

3 Eggs 

3 floz Water

Separate the eggs.

Mix the sugar, egg yolks and water until light and foamy.

Add the flour.

Beat the egg white until in stiff peaks.

Add to the other mixture.

Decide into 2, 8 inch tins lined and floured.

Bake at 180c for 15 to 39 minutes.

New Years Eve jar : Hey, That's Pin-tastic!

It's Monday again which could only mean another round of Hey, That's Pin-tastic! over at

 I love you more than carrots.

I have seen these jars all over pinterest and some Mom blogs so I decided to jump on the band wagon and do one too.

It is very easy to get stuck in a rut and only remember the bad things that happened in the past year. It's not so easy to remember to good, funny or even goofy things that happened.

So that is why I'm doing it. So on New Years Eve I can sit down with the hubs and look back on how awesome our year was.

So all you need is:

A Jar

Paper 

Pin

Ribbon

Card.

Fun memories

Decorate the jar what ever way you want.
I just tied a ribbon around the top with a label.

I'm going to post a picture of the jar on December 31 to show you all how good our year was.

Have fun filling it up.

Christmas flower display :: Hey! That's Pin-tastic!

I'm linking up with the lovely AP over at I love you more than carrots for her amazing Hey! That's Pin-tastic! Link-up where all of us Pinterest lovin' bloggers get off our butts and bake, make, create or decorate some of our many pins.

This week I'm making a flower display for my dining table.

I wanted to make a wreath for my dining table that I would have for years to come. Now don't get me wrong. I do love fresh flowers but I just can't justify spending a small fortune on a fresh arrangement that I'll have to throw away. So I made an artificial one and I love it.

Here is what you'll need.

A block of florist foam. (make sure it's for artificial flowers)

A bowl for a table centerpiece. 

Artificial flowers.

A Candle holder and candle.

First cut your florist foam to size. Leave it a tight around the edges and it will hold better.

Start with your candle in the center of your display.

Then build up your display with your flowers. I added some pine cones and white flowers to break up all the red. I also used some fake holly sprigs the make it look different.

And there you have it. It didn't break the bank and I'll have it for a long time if I mind it.

Tangled Birthday Bash : Hey, That's Pin-tastic!

Linking up today for Hey, That's Pin-tastic! over at I love you more than carrots. An amazing link-up where you make, make, create or decorate something you have pinned on Pinterest.
Today I'm talking about my Tangled Birthday Bash

This past week in our house has been a big week. My daughter turned 5!
She wanted to have a Tangled birthday party and where do you go when you need inspiration... Pinterest.

I found loads of ideas on how to do a Tangled party and make her birthday, In her words, "best party ever". I also wanted to spend as little money as possible (i'm trying to be frugal not cheap) but make it fab at the same time. I think I succeeded.

I'll be doing more posts on the birthday this week so check back if your looking for some cheap and cute ideas.

For now here are some photos of the Birthday bash.

I have to thank Molly over at Stilettos and Diapers for the idea of the photo props. Check out her little man Mustache Bash here. You can find the links for the props I used here and here.

Found this guy on Google images and printed it off. 

I found a printable for these gorgeous cupcake toppers here. I also used them to match up the party hats too. Just printed them on card and cut them out.

Marshmallow trees. Cute and yummy!!

 These are water balloons that i sowed together. She got such a surprise after school when she saw these.

My masterpiece of a cake. I made it! I even shocked myself at how good it turned out.

Happy Birthday Princess!! Love you.

If there is anything you want to know about anything you saw in the post, let me know. Just leave a comment and I'll give you the details.

Don't forget to check back over the coming week where I will be showing you how I made the backdrop and the bunting.

Happy Pinning!!