How to make an igloo ~~ Amaze me AUgust #19 ~~

WOW, what a beautiful snowy day it was today.
School was out, probably will be tomorrow too, the kids are excited. They played all day, I did too. We tried to make a snowman, but the snow was so dry, it wouldn't stick, then it started to ice over. However my oldest did manage to make an igloo. It was so cute, he was literally laying in it. He worked hard, for many hours, and was very hungry, and frozen when he finally came inside. My other two played, and went sledding in rubbermaid containers, lol. What's a kid to do when you live where it HARDLY ever snows, and you don't exactly have a sled. The neighborhood kids all played nice, and it was a wonderful day. 
Here are some cute pics, of my cute kids:)

Oh YES people, plastic bags, over shoes, OR your sisters boots, really works, lol. Yes he was wearing his sisters boots, and they had a slight heel, it was either that, or his regular shoes, and his little footsies, would have been sopping wet, and cold. He didn't seem to mind, and it worked  like a charm. 

Big sister, needs big bags, she wasn't happy, she said she looked funny, and while the other kids, and I, did chuckle a bit, SHE was nice and dry, and warm, oh yes, she thanked me later, he he. 

I'm officially frozen, I think I'm done, BYE mom. 

This is what we all felt like after a long day of playing in the snow, lol. 

Enjoy the PARTY!!



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The Golden Pinecone

Here is a super CHEAP, practically FREE way to display pinecones, and it looks so beautiful, and lasts forever.

My aunt spray painted these pinecones they collected from their yard a few years ago. She did some gold, and some silver.

How easy, right, and they look fabulous.

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Brace Face, and the Tooth Fairy!

In the past couple weeks, my oldest got braces, and my princess lost her first tooth. Here are some cute pics of my babies.

Big B with his new braces!!

Princess M at the dentist, her darn tooth didn't want to come out. 

Her other one was already all practically grown in, behind her baby tooth. 

SEE!!!

Putting her tooth for the tooth fairy!!

The tooth fairy was LATE, and forgot to put her money, little girl was SO FAST, first thing she did was look under her pillow when I woke her up for school, THANK goodness, the "Toothfairy" was able to come right away, like I reassured my princess that she just couldn't see what the toothfairy left, she was thankfully still sleepy, so after 30 seconds, the toothfairy swooped in, replaced her tooth, with 2 bucks, and called it a day. SEE, I told you princess, you just didn't look hard enough. 

Ahhh, how wonderful, they still think 2 bucks is a lot of money at this age, wooo hoo. 

Big B, enjoying his last breakfast, before braces. 

He pigged out, and was savoring every last bite, as  you can see, lol.

Yuppp, those are my pancakes, we all love so much, but these were not FRIED all crispy like the other day!!

Aww, big smile, BEFORE!!!

Ready to go, he he.

WOW, look at that,,, clearly the bottom teeth, are the crooked ones.

So happy, he is. 

TA DA,,, he wanted pink rubber bands, then when it came time, he went with green, lol. It was so funny!!!

Have you guys ever had braces?

I did, for about 3 years, I had messed up teeth when I was little :)

How much money does the tooth fairy bring your kids?

True fact, my oldest Big B, pulled out almost ALL of his own teeth. He was crazy like that, I have pics and videos of each one, and still have all the teeth. The tooth fairy was sweet enough to return them to me, for safe keeping. 

Do you guys keep your babies teeth? Is it weird, or normal. I think it's totally normal, but then you never know!!!

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Cracker Barrell Pancake knockoff and ~~FEATURES~~

Hey, so you want to know how to make CRACKER BARREL pancakes do you, he he. ?

Ok, then let me share something I came across this morning. While making my favorite mix pancake :

I tweaked the way I usually do it like this.
USUALLY I make them with water, a bit of oil in the batter, and an egg, per the instruction, sometimes, a little thicker, sometimes thinner, but basically the same.
Oh and I ALWAYS add a dash of SUGAR, and VANILLA to my pancakes. 
Sometimes even CHOCOLATE chips, like I did HERE!
Then I cook on a griddle with HARDLY any oil, like maybe to just get them started, then nothing else.
BUT today, I wanted to be a little BAD, lol. 
So I added milk instead of water, ann egg, and forgot to add the oil to the batter, lol, NO FEAR, because I added a TAD more oil for frying, and made my pancakes a TAD bit thinner, than usual, (think crepe), and fried  I mean cooked my pancakes, so the edges got all crispy, and TOTALLY yummy. 
Now, I've only been to THE Cracker Barrel like ONCE, ok, actually TWICE, but for some reason their pancakes were the TASTIEST darn things I have EVER had. 
YES I know their pancakes are not thin like crepes, and are actually a bit thicker, BUT the taste and smell, and melt in your mouth factor was all there. 
SO TRUST ME when I SAY these were THE BEST!!
Yes, even better than Cracker Barrel, which up until now, I thought were the best. 
Go FIGURE, I would end up loving my pancakes so much.  
Here are just a couple pics, because there were only 2 left when I finally thought of taking a pic, and then of course, of my almost eaten one, he he. Ohhh, how I will miss these yummies, when I start working on losing my BUBBLE BUTT, and read more about my bubble butt HERE, and HERE.

Now on to today's FEATURES, from wks #16, and #17.

This year I need to get my blog on some kind of schedule. For example, I need to figure out when I want to do these FEATURES, which I love to do, but they do take up a whole lot of time, SO, I need to plan better, and make it consistent. You guys need consistency, right, as do I for real. It seems to have worked so far for my party, I've never missed one, and have only been late a few times, by late, I mean, not up on Monday night, he he. Funny thing is those weeks were very low as far as linkups, so lesson to be learned, DON'T be late, setting up your parties gals. 

Stacy @ NOT JUST A HOUSEWIFE, has already been featured like a gazillion times for this incredible lamp, BUT can you blame us party hosts. Tell me it's not the coolest dang thing you've EVER seen, seriously just TRY to tell me, he he. She MADE it all by herself, it was so cute looking at the pics, she looks great sporting dust, and goggles, lol.

GO NOW, and say HELLO to STACY.

THANKS GIRL!!

Lisa @ THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, made some REALLY yummy looking cinnamon sugar, almonds. You guys know how nuts are a must at any party, the ultimate snack food, and these sweet things will surely make your guests happy, and begging for more.

GO NOW, and say HELLO to LISA,

THANKS GIRL!!

Laren @ THE ELEPHANTS TRUNK made me drool with her take on one of everybody's favorite meals, spaghetti and MEATBALLS. Oh, how can ANYBODY say this is boring, he he. I love how simple this looks, and of course the fact you don't need to fry them first, score :)

GO NOW, and say HELLO to LAUREN,

THANKS GIRL!!   

Ann @ MY LIFE AS PROSE showed us how to make a fun, NO SEW window valance, and she is so awesome, she didn't even cut it or anything, she just kind of folded, and pinned, and tucked, and hot glued, lol. BUT when, and IF she wants to do something else with this fabulous fabric, SHE can, I love that, and have been known to do similar things, he he.

GO NOW, and say HELLO to ANN,

THANKS GIRL!!

Michell @ GIRL IN AIR has blown me away, with this INCREDIBLE DIY almost FREE, painting of the world. No stencils were used, and no it wasn't free hand, but I just LOVED it so much, and how fitting, for THE GIRL IN AIR, hehe.
It turned out so lovely, and she too, has about a million comments, on it, but a few more won't hurt.

GO NOW and say HELLO to MICHELL,

THANKS MICHELL!!

Lauren @ WEST FURNITURE REVIVAL, is another one of those blogs, which ONCE you check it out, you will fall in love, I"M telling you ITS TRUE, I basically left a comment at every one of her posts, begging for her to link up, he he. She found me however much before I got a chance to see her, and she linked up already. Isn't this little end table adorable, she made it over, and has a wonderful dresser, she redid as well. Gosh, I am loving those shadow boxes so much, and her choice of all those lovely colors, YAYY. I love it!!!

GO NOW and say HELLO to LAUREN,

THANKS GIRL!!

Tara @ TARADARA has been blown away with how many time she is getting FEATURED for this AMAZING $25.00 hutch makeover, HELLO girl, who are you kidding, you can see that picture above, it is probably one of the most beautiful things I've see. I'm not exactly a big hutch girl, BUT this, is so awesome, I have to start browsing craigslist myself, in search for something I can transform into THIS. So awesome!!!

GO NOW and say HELLO to TARA,

THANKS GIRL!!

Lisa @ SERENDIPITY CHIC DECOR kinda did a cool makeover in her bathroom, and one the coolest magazine racks, I've seen YET, is this, made from a vintage BABY CRIB, what do you think about that? Pretty darn cool hugh?
I must tell you something about Lisa, and her blog, a couple weeks ago, her blog disappeared, as in poof it was gone, and so was her gmail account, so SADLY she had to START over. You guys might have wondered where her blog went, as I did, when I saw this, and was like I know you, but hey your blog is NEW, what's going on. So to make a long story short, PLEASE go say hello, and lets get all her loyal fans back, OK....

GO NOW and say HELLO to LISA!!

THANKS GIRL!!

Elle @ SWITCHEROOM  redid her bathroom, on a practically non existant budget. She is in the process of remodeling her entire home, (it kind of got flooded out during a typhoon) and is not exactly stylish enough, for this MAJORLY chic, design, guru. She has the most fabulous, ideas, and taste, and I am so in love with her blog, and seeing her home get transformed. It is beyond awesome, so there, now you have to go check it out, he he, cuz, I said so.

GO NOW and say HELLO to ELLE,

THANKS GIRL!!

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, for supporting me in my blogging efforts. These parties are a HUGE deal for me, I love hosting them, I love seeing all your projects, and I LOVE featuring you my dear friends . So please grab a button and display it proudly. 

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Cake Decorating Tutorials ~~ anyone interested ~~

One of my goals when starting this blog, was to highlight and bring more traffic to my moms business. While she is THE BOSS, I am her assistant, (not payed) so I guess apprentice, is a better term. But, hello MOM, are you listening, with all the traffic I plan on bringing your way, I think I can start getting payed now, he he. 

Some history, my mom has been making cakes for like over 30 years now, seriously. Practically her whole life, and since I was raised around this, I guess I have been making, and decorating cakes, (and definitely eating them) my whole life. We have been doing cakes for family and friends, for most of that time. In the recent years however, we decided to go from baking upstairs in the kitchen, and transform part of the downstairs in a separate kitchen, and that's just we did. We are in the final stages of getting the license we need to make it SUPER OFFICIAL. 

So with that in mind, I am so excited to announce that this year, I will start a new series here, on Bella Before and After, and it will be all about Cake Decorating, Pastries, and anything else you wanted to know. All with fun tutorials, and sometimes even recipes. 

I would love to hear if you guys are as excited about this as I am. 

I also FINALLY got around to creating a FACEBOOK page for the business, it's there in the sidebar, under mine. 

Euro Style Cakes on Facebook

Would you guys please go say hello, and give us a like. My mom would be SUPER thrilled :)

As always ENJOY!

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