Make sure you leave some longer bits at the side so the bangs taper off softly.
They can still be worn side-swept too!
Happy (and careful) cutting!
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Cutting your own bangs...Not always a mistake.
Friday, February 3, 2012
DIY Word Art For Your Valentine
This project could be a wedding present for a newly-wed couple, a gift for your spouse for an anniversary or Valentine's Day or you could customize it for any occasion (birthdays, baby showers, etc).
I made mine a while ago just because I wanted some personal art for around the house....
DIY Word Art
Materials
1.Start by opening a word document on your computer, set it in landscape mode and set the margins to the smallest you can.
2. Write or copy and paste vows, song lyrics, inside jokes, sweet nothings, promises etc. Anything meaningful for you or the recipient of the gift. Fill the whole page and choose different fonts/boldness and sizes to add visual interest and break up the phrases so that important ones stand out.
3. When you are done filling the page print in out and use the glass of the frame it will go in to trace around the area you want shown with a pencil. (Up to an 8''x11'' frame will work, I used a simple, white 5''x7'' frame.)
4. Now, take your pencil and within the traced area free-hand draw or stencil an initial. It could be you and your Valentine's first name initials or your shared last name's initial if you are married. Draw the initial(s) large so it really stands out, the fill it in with your sharpie.
5. Cut along the rectangle you traced using the glass and put the finished product in the frame!
Like I said this project can be done for any occasion just change the initials, colours and phrases! I will try to make another example and post it soon. Comment if you have any questions and share if you make your own!
I made mine a while ago just because I wanted some personal art for around the house....
DIY Word Art
Materials
- Printer Paper
- Pencil
- Black Sharpie Marker
- Scissors
- Picture Frame (4x6 to 8x11)
- (Computer, Word Processor, Printer)
1.Start by opening a word document on your computer, set it in landscape mode and set the margins to the smallest you can.
2. Write or copy and paste vows, song lyrics, inside jokes, sweet nothings, promises etc. Anything meaningful for you or the recipient of the gift. Fill the whole page and choose different fonts/boldness and sizes to add visual interest and break up the phrases so that important ones stand out.
3. When you are done filling the page print in out and use the glass of the frame it will go in to trace around the area you want shown with a pencil. (Up to an 8''x11'' frame will work, I used a simple, white 5''x7'' frame.)
4. Now, take your pencil and within the traced area free-hand draw or stencil an initial. It could be you and your Valentine's first name initials or your shared last name's initial if you are married. Draw the initial(s) large so it really stands out, the fill it in with your sharpie.
5. Cut along the rectangle you traced using the glass and put the finished product in the frame!
Like I said this project can be done for any occasion just change the initials, colours and phrases! I will try to make another example and post it soon. Comment if you have any questions and share if you make your own!
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Here's yummy stuff for you (because it's been a while...)
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Have a great Robbie Burns Day and Gung Hay Fat Choy...
Yes. It has been weeks since I posted so to make it up to you (I'm talking to you Victoria) here is a delicious recipe for soup and crackers from my latest Style at Home magazine. Andrew has made the soup twice (sooo good) and the crackers once (literally as addictive as I imagine crack to be, delicious crack!).
Roasted Red Pepper and Totamto Soup:
(Serves 4-6)
3 red peppers
2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil (evoo)
3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
1 cup diced sweet onion
1 tbsp chopped fresh rosemary
1 28oz can San Marzano whole tomatoes, with juices
1 cup water or veggie stock
1 tsp Maldon sea salt
1 tsp granulated sugar
Roast the red peppers. Heat evoo in large pot over med heat, add garlic, onion and rosemary and sautee for 10 min until all softened and fragrant. Add the roasted peppers, tomatoes and their juices, the water or stock and the sugar and salt. Cook for 20 min, stirring occaisionally. Puree the soup in small batches in a blender or food processor until smooth. Serve hot with chedder crackers!
Cheddar Crisps:
(makes 4 dozen)
1 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp each Maldon sea salt and smoked paprika
1/4 cup cold, unsalted butter, cubed
8 oz aged cheddar cheese, grated
3 tbsp cold water
Preheat oven to 375*F. Place flour salt, paprika, butter and cheese in bowl of a food processor. Pluse several times until mixture in crumbly and resembles cornmeal. Add the water and process until mixture forms a ball. Wrap the ball of dough in plastic wrap and chill for at least 1 hour. Divide the dough in half and roll out on a lightly floured surface to 1/8" thick. Cut into 1" squares. Bring excess dough together and re-roll until all the dough in used. Transfer squares to a parchment paper-lined baking sheet, placing about 1" apart. Bake 20-22 mins., until beginning to brown at edges. Cool completely and store in airtight container. (Eat them with the soup soooo good!!)
Andrew says to start making the cracker dough ahead of time due to the hour needed chilling, to make sure you roll the dough really thin and to cut the crackers like a grid not individual squares at a time.
Yes. It has been weeks since I posted so to make it up to you (I'm talking to you Victoria) here is a delicious recipe for soup and crackers from my latest Style at Home magazine. Andrew has made the soup twice (sooo good) and the crackers once (literally as addictive as I imagine crack to be, delicious crack!).
Roasted Red Pepper and Totamto Soup:
(Serves 4-6)
3 red peppers
2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil (evoo)
3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
1 cup diced sweet onion
1 tbsp chopped fresh rosemary
1 28oz can San Marzano whole tomatoes, with juices
1 cup water or veggie stock
1 tsp Maldon sea salt
1 tsp granulated sugar
Roast the red peppers. Heat evoo in large pot over med heat, add garlic, onion and rosemary and sautee for 10 min until all softened and fragrant. Add the roasted peppers, tomatoes and their juices, the water or stock and the sugar and salt. Cook for 20 min, stirring occaisionally. Puree the soup in small batches in a blender or food processor until smooth. Serve hot with chedder crackers!
Cheddar Crisps:
(makes 4 dozen)
1 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp each Maldon sea salt and smoked paprika
1/4 cup cold, unsalted butter, cubed
8 oz aged cheddar cheese, grated
3 tbsp cold water
Preheat oven to 375*F. Place flour salt, paprika, butter and cheese in bowl of a food processor. Pluse several times until mixture in crumbly and resembles cornmeal. Add the water and process until mixture forms a ball. Wrap the ball of dough in plastic wrap and chill for at least 1 hour. Divide the dough in half and roll out on a lightly floured surface to 1/8" thick. Cut into 1" squares. Bring excess dough together and re-roll until all the dough in used. Transfer squares to a parchment paper-lined baking sheet, placing about 1" apart. Bake 20-22 mins., until beginning to brown at edges. Cool completely and store in airtight container. (Eat them with the soup soooo good!!)
Andrew says to start making the cracker dough ahead of time due to the hour needed chilling, to make sure you roll the dough really thin and to cut the crackers like a grid not individual squares at a time.
Happy cooking!
Soup image via
Chedder Cracker image via
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Trim up the tree with Christmas stuff...
...like bingle balls and whofoo fluff.
Centrepiece made from Value Village hurricane vase, dollar store candle, extra ornaments and old garland from Winners.
A candle tree and paper cone trees I made, the bigger paper tree took hours!
Shelves about the computer area with Boba Fetts, the Grinch and some gift candles
Trim up the town with goowho gums and bizilbix and wums
Trim every blessed window and trim every blessed door
Jack-boy
Hang up whoboohoo bricks
Then run out and get some more!
"Winter-Themed" Star Wars Lego
I added Christmas Cards to our photo wall
I made the wreath out of old garland, ribbon and some extra ornaments
Trim every blessed window and trim every blessed door
Our 7' real tree! Only $35! The tree stand was $6 off craigslist last year and I made a lot of ornaments.
Hang up whoboohoo bricks
Then run out and get some more!
Whailand's countin' down
I was able to decorate a bit between end of classes and beginning of exam crunch time. Right now this is what I am looking at:
Cumulative Statistics Final! Whhhhyyyhyhyyyy1??/! :(
Pre-Christmas Diet and a Recipe
So far this year I have lost 14 lbs. However, I have not quite reached my goal for this year of being right smack dab in the middle of the normal BMI range. This requires me to lose another 3 lbs. Big woop.
No.
Not big woop.
This is hot chocolate baking cheese milk cookie gravy butter potato cider chocolate candy face stuffing season and it will be a little bit more challenging than if it were January or another boring month. So I have initiated: Diet Phase Three. (A follow up to the 7 lb loss of phase 1 in the spring and the 7 lb loss during phase two in the summer, neither of which I ever referred to as phase anything it just sounds fun to call it that now.) I will diet for about 20 days stopping on Christmas Eve so I can enjoy stew and pancakes and also allowing myself one holiday party in the middle. Woo. The rules are: No sugar or dairy, at all, no carbs after lunch and no food after 8pm (with the execption of days when I am working until 12am.) I will also try to get a bit of exercise but not worry too much about that factor. Yesterday was my first day and so far so good. I made this for dinner:
Recipe from http://www.carascravings.com/
I didn't measure things out perfectly, I used turkey chorizo instead of pork, I used a little bit of granny smith apple instead of pear, I didn't have corinander and I added some chilli flakes, salt and pepper. Still it was delicious. I had it with a poached egg and some spinach.
Stay tuned!
No.
Not big woop.
This is hot chocolate baking cheese milk cookie gravy butter potato cider chocolate candy face stuffing season and it will be a little bit more challenging than if it were January or another boring month. So I have initiated: Diet Phase Three. (A follow up to the 7 lb loss of phase 1 in the spring and the 7 lb loss during phase two in the summer, neither of which I ever referred to as phase anything it just sounds fun to call it that now.) I will diet for about 20 days stopping on Christmas Eve so I can enjoy stew and pancakes and also allowing myself one holiday party in the middle. Woo. The rules are: No sugar or dairy, at all, no carbs after lunch and no food after 8pm (with the execption of days when I am working until 12am.) I will also try to get a bit of exercise but not worry too much about that factor. Yesterday was my first day and so far so good. I made this for dinner:
Pear, Butternut Squash and Chorizo Hash
1 tablespoon olive oil 3/4 cup chopped red onion 1lb peeled, diced butternut squash 1 large pear, peeled, cored and diced 6 oz soy chorizo sausage, crumbled 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon coriander poached or fried eggs for serving, optional In a nonstick skillet over medium heat, heat olive oil until shimmering. Saute onions until soft and translucent, about 7 minutes. Meanwhile, place the squash in a covered, microwavable dish with 1 tablespoon of water. Cook on high for 3 minutes, until just tender. Add the squash, pears, chorizo, cinnamon and coriander to the skillet with the onions. Increase heat to medium high and cook for 5-8 minutes more, stirring occasionally, until heated through and browned. Serve hot with poached or fried eggs, if desired |
I didn't measure things out perfectly, I used turkey chorizo instead of pork, I used a little bit of granny smith apple instead of pear, I didn't have corinander and I added some chilli flakes, salt and pepper. Still it was delicious. I had it with a poached egg and some spinach.
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