Archive for the ‘How-To’ Category
25
Oct
Posted by Liz in How-To, NFL Eyes. Tagged: Cleveland Browns, etsy, eye, eye makeup, eye makeup tutorial, eye shadow, eyes, eyeshadow, fall, fashion, football, fun, Green Bay Packers, hot looks, Loreal, makeup, NFL, orglamix, tutorial. Leave a Comment
Okay, last week I was sick, sick, sick and putting on makeup was not on my list of things to do. To make up for it, I am doing TWO looks today! The Green Bay Packers and Cleveland Browns are playing each other today, and I thought it was the perfect time to try out [...]
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11
Oct
Posted by Liz in How-To, NFL Eyes. Tagged: Baltimore Ravens, etsy, eye, eye look, eye makeup, eye shadow, fashion, fun, gold, HiP, makeup, NFL, orglamix, purple, Ravens, style. Leave a Comment
The Baltimore Raven inspired this week’s NFL Eyes look. Since moving to Maryland last year, my family has enjoyed following the Ravens and every Sunday we get our Ravens gear on and cheer our team.
For this look I used Orglamix eye shadow in Solar (a pale yellow gold), Bordeaux (a deep glamorous purple), Iris (a [...]
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5
Oct
Posted by Liz in How-To, Yum Nummery. Tagged: How-To, yummy, frosting, baking, cooking, dessert, delicious, treats, ideas, halloween, Cupcake, party, cake, mummy, molding chocolate, halloween treats, halloween ideas, halloween party, Wilton, mummy cupcakes, Yum Nummery, spooky, spooky treats, party planning. 3 Comments
I decided today was a good day to bake, but I had a hard time deciding what I wanted to make. First I thought a nice big cake- four layers, lots of frosted goodness. The truth is, I didn’t want to mess around with a cake, so I decided to do something simple and cute [...]
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5
Oct
Posted by Liz in How-To, Thoughts, Yum Nummery. Tagged: 50s housewife, baking, birthday cakes, cake, coming soon, coming this month, crafts, crazy, dessert, eye makeup, Family, halloween, life, makeup, more to come, pictures, playlists, sewing, trick-or-treat bags. 1 Comment
I feel like baking today, so stay tuned for pictures! Plus, coming later this month:
How-To: Sewing quick and easy trick-or-treat bags
More NFL team-inspired eye makeup looks (if you have no idea what this means, read my post here. Also, let me know what teams you would like to see translated into easy and fun eye [...]
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4
Oct
Posted by Liz in How-To, NFL Eyes. Tagged: beauty, etsy, eye makeup, fashion, football, football inspired eye looks, gold and black eye look, look, makeup, New Orleans Saints, NFL, orglamix, smokey eye, tutorial. 1 Comment
Just for fun, I’ve decided to do a different NFL inspired eye look every week. This week, the black and gold of the New Orleans Saints.
For this look I used Orglamix eye shadow in Cocoa (a warm burnished gold) and Obsidian (black, black, black!) and some Great Lash Mascara in black.
Apply Cocoa (or your favorite [...]
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13
Sep
Posted by Liz in Family, How-To, Yum Nummery. Tagged: Barbie, Barbie cake, barbie doll, birthday, birthday cake, celebration, daughter, dessert, doll, doll cake, Family, frosting, pink, skirt cake. Leave a Comment
My daughter turned 5 this last week. FIVE! I remember holding my first born baby in my arms and now she is in PreK and full of songs and giggles and twirls. Her favorite color is, of course, pink! For her birthday I attempted a Barbie cake… and boy, it was na adventure! I had [...]
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20
Aug
Posted by Liz in Family, How-To, Uncategorized. Tagged: blowing bubbles, bubbles, daughter, dish soap, Family, fun, giant bubbles, hangers, How-To, outside, playing, son, summer, summertime. Leave a Comment
I love bubbles. They relax me. Well, most of the time they relax me… when I’m cleaning up spilled bubble solution, or sorting out an argument about who’s bubble container is whose, or calming a screaming toddler who is angry that bubble time is over- that’s not so relaxing.
So summer time is almost over and [...]
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4
Jul
Posted by Liz in How-To, Yum Nummery. Tagged: 4th of July, bake, blueberry, blueberry pancakes, breakfast, celebrate, cook, cooking, delicious, Family, food, meal, pancakes, recipe, strawberry, strawberry pancakes, treat, walmart, whipped cream, yummy. Leave a Comment
This 4tth of July, I decided to put on my Suzie Homemaker hat and whip up a batch of delicious Red White and Blueberry Pancakes…
Gather the following and enjoy them any time of the year!
1 box pancake mix (I use the cheapy stuff from walmart)
Vanilla Extract
1 pint fresh blueberries
1 pint fresh strawberries
Sugar
Whipped Cream
I like to [...]
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3
Jun
Posted by Liz in How-To. Tagged: art, craft, crafts, D.I.Y., do it yourself, fun, instructables.com, life, projects, Screen print, summer, t-shirt. 6 Comments
I’m always trying to find a new (inexpensive) way to craft, and I have fallen in love with the art of screen printing! I was really intimidated at first… it seemed there were so many materials to buy, so many steps… but then I stumbled upon this post on Instructables.com showing a simple way you can [...]
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