Thrifty Little Ones Painter's Palette

So, I saw a bunch of pins on how you can melt broken wax crayons in a silicon baking pan and melt them in the oven ... 

then a facebook friend posted that she tried it and ended up setting up her smoke detector because the thrift store container she bought was plastic, not silicon, therefore it melting and almost started a fire.... 

hmmmm ... I think the ones I bought were plastic also ... Red Hearts, Blue Fish and Green Stars ... I guess they will, forever be ice cube trays ...

Until one day, when my son wanted to paint and I was searching the tupperware cupboard for the token and usually plentiful margarine container lid to put the paint on .... but no, none to be found ... what can I use? hmmmm .... well looky here, and there rebirth happened ... Put each colour into each heart, with a couple left over for custom colours and presto ...

A Thrifty Little Ones Painter Palette

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Delicious Iced Coffee Recipe

Call me cheap, but I can't bare to throw out an old pot of coffee.  So started my quest for a delicious, as good as the coffee houses iced coffee ... I do believe I've done it.

1. Perk a pot of coffee, or go to your coffee maker and take the leftover coffee in the pot, pour it into a container and put in the fridge.  I use a mason jar and just keep adding to it. 

2. Make Simple Sugar Mixture - Boil 1 cup water then add 1 cup of white sugar , stir until dissolved.  Put in fridge to cool (for at least 30 minutes or so) This is so easy and this is what makes the iced coffee work. Just make it and keep it in the fridge for when you want to mix up a cool one.
3. Add to your Simple Sugar Mixture 1tsp of Vanilla & 1/2 tsp of Almond Extract and stir.  This is my secret ingredient that makes the coffee absolutely amazing! I am thinking you could easily add peppermint extract or whatever flavour you would like to make it exactly how you want it.
4. Grab your favourite drinking glass, the bigger the better. Fill with ice cubes, then fill 2/3 with black coffee, more or less depending on if you want it darker or creamier.

5. Take your Simple Sugar and add until you've increased the level of the liquid by about an inch. Then top with Cream ... for a lower fat version, use 2%, 1% or almond milk.

 Stir and Enjoy!! Mmmmmm ... isn't it yum?!!


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a few new things ...

Well I haven't played with my blog layout for a long time ... but I stumbled across Etsy Mini and thought it was a cool thing to add here.

I have had 2 great months with Etsy considering I have only 12-19 items in my shop at different times ... BUT ... I have made my first 6 sales ... some sewing & some vintage ... EXCITING!

Mays Item Views and Favourites were more that Aprils and that makes me smile :) ...

So off to find more treasures and take better pictures and get my butt sewing :)

Hey - let me know what you like & what are you looking for - while I'm treasure hunting maybe I might stumble across it :)