How to Make Orange Julius

My husband totally loves Orange Julius and lately we have been stocked up on Minute Maid frozen orange juice and I was trying to find a way to make something similar to an Orange Julius with the frozen Minute Maid....and I actually found how to make Orange Julius through a simple Google search. And it is just as yummy as the Orange Julius in the Mall.

Thought I share it with everyone! Enjoy!

Things You'll Need:
1 c. milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 (6-oz.) can frozen orange juice concentrate
1 c. sugar
12-15 ice cubes

Step 1
Put the milk and 1 c. water in a blender.

Step 2
Add the vanilla extract.

Step 3
Add the frozen orange juice concentrate and sugar.

Step 4
Start the blender.

Step 5
Add the ice cubes, one by one, until the beverage reaches the desired thickness.

Step 6
Pour and enjoy.

Scrapbooked Magnets

Making cute magnets is a breeze!

I did some of these scrapbooked magnets last year and I have loved them!


When I was doing my $.88 Tuesday shopping at Honks $1 I found these colorful magnets that I thought would be fun to scrapbook.

They are so simple and cheap! Just find some cute scrapbook paper (mine was left over from an older project) and some plain colorful magnets:

Cute the paper to fit:

And scrapbook some fun extras to finish:

See how easy and cute they are!

Flip-Flop Home

I came across this idea, about 3 years ago, in a magazine. They had turned a planting box into a flip-flop holder and I thought it was a cute idea. And about a week ago I was going through the many flip-flops I have and I remembered that cute idea. So I decided to get crafty and make my own version of a filp-flop holder. I'd like to call it my flip-flop home.


Here is how I made my Flip-Flop Home:

I found a good size container (you could use anything) I found this little planter pot-basket (don't know what you call it) at Ross for $2.99 and I thought it would be perfect because I wanted some texture.


Spray paint your whole container with your base color (I chose hot pink because I thought it would be cute with all my flip-flops) I used Krylon Outdoor spray paint - Satin finish because I didn't want my flip-flop home to be shinny with gloss finish.


Than I took another fun bright color and added some demention to my home.


After all the paint was dry I added these really cut buttons I found at Wal-Mart they matched so perfectly and added a nice finished touch.

I do have to say my flip-flop home is much cuter!

Other ideas:

-You can add sand to you holder to make it extra fun (I decided to hold back on the sand because I know my 1-year-old would love to play in it).

-If you have a pool you could use it for a flip-flop holder and/or towel holder located pool-side.

Oreo Cupcakes

I had a roommate in college that would make these really yummy giant oreo cookies. And for some weird reason I have been craving them lately. Today was a bad crave! The only problem was I didn't have any clue how to make the cookies. So I improvised and came up with my very own type of Oreo creation.

I'd like to call it the "Oreo Cupake" -

they may not look the prettiest but they are REALLY GOOD!

They are so simple to make.
Just get a box of Duncan Heines Devil's Food cake mix (mix as the box says)

place batter into well greased muffin pan (fill cups 1/3 - 1/2 full - to get flatter cookies)

Follow the cooking temp and time on box

Let cupcakes cool. Cut in half and spread your favorite type of frosting in between halves.

There you have it, "Oreo Cupcake"

ENJOY!

Warming if you are pregnant and hungry it will be hard to eat just one!

I am trying to freeze the rest to see if they are good frozen. It would also be fun to use colorful frosting and decorate the tops - but Im not that creative! Let me know what you think!

Family baby gender announcement idea

My friend Jenna just posted this as a comment and I thought I'd share it with everyone, it's a way cute idea!


Here's a cute family gender announcement idea from my friend Cindy...thought you preggo's might enjoy it!!

It’s A………GIRL!Before going to our big appointment where we would find out the sex of the baby, we decided to steal an idea that my friend Melissa had told me about.

The plan was to find out the sex of the baby while surrounded by our entire family. We took a card with an envelope to our appointment, with the intent of having the ultrasound tech write the sex of the baby in the card and seal it up for us. We told the ultrasound tech what we were doing, but during the ultrasound she accidentally let the news slip. She apologized profusely.

That evening we invited several family members over to find out the news. We made a poster with “It’s A……… Boy / Girl” written at the top and made everyone sign their names under which one they thought. Then we had the two grandmothers open the card. When the news was announced, the ones that guessed right were put into a drawing for movie tickets! Then those that guessed wrong were put into another drawing.

Sounds so cute!!

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What a fun idea, Thanks Jenna!