Recently I was contacted by Jackpot Candles to see if I was interested in doing a jewelry candle review. They are a family owned company out of Buffalo, NY. Which means that these 100% soy candles are hand poured right here in the USA! When asked if I would like to review these fine candles I immediately said yes. Two things that I find to be dandy? Candles and jewelry. Put the two together? View Post
How To Make Kettle Corn Popcorn At Home
Who else loves kettle corn? So yummy and reminds me of summer vacation spent at a theme park or at the State Fair. This recipe for making kettle corn popcorn at home is so easy to do, so read on to find out everything you need to create the tasty treat without having to take a trip to the fair! How To Make Kettle Corn Popcorn At Home First, let me start by telling you that I love popcorn! View Post
5 Creepy Easter Bunnies That Will Evoke Nightmares
Some women fear spiders and snakes. I fear creepy Easter bunnies and clowns. Sure I’m frightened with the best of ‘em when it comes to things that go slither and have eight legs. However, my fear of clowns and bunnies is quite irrational. Let’s start with the clowns shall we? Just to get that one out of the way. I believe it all started with the movie Poltergeist and the scene where the clown View Post
It’s the most wonderful and not so wonderful time of the year!
The month of March in my opinion is so very dandy. The weather begins to FINALLY shape up. Here in the Lou we begin to say buh-bye (fingers crossed) to our wind chill filled winter. If you live in a "dry cold" kind of climate I envy you. Greatly. If you live in a climate where it's constant 80 degrees all winter… I envy you even more! There's nothing quite like a blast of wind chill to View Post
Easy To Make DIY Race Track Tutorial
I have two little boys. They love all things transportation. Our home is always filled with sounds of planes, trains, and you guessed it cars. Ha! I know that's not what you thought I was going to say :D. We have a pretty impressive train track stash, thanks to IKEA. There are weeks where our days are filled with coming up with a new set up for those track pieces. How long can we make it? How many View Post
How To Host An Enchanted Tiki Room Themed Party
From the moment I was selected to host a Disney party to show my family's #DisneySide I started planning the event. Okay… Not gonna lie. I was planning before I even received the acceptance email. That's how crazy we are about Disney at our house. If I hadn't been selected then I guess I would have still thrown a party. Why? Because I think it's such a fun idea to have a Disney @Home View Post
Surviving Snow Days: Dress Up
Some days we play dress up. I've made dress up clothes but that can be time consuming. I have a sneaky trick that'll help you load up your dress up drawer and your kiddos can spend tons of time exploring using their imagination. View Post
How To Make Tie Dye Cupcakes Using Duff Goldman Mix
We are big fans of cupcakes around here. I mean who doesn't love a good cupcake?! Simple to make and serves a lot of people for a party. It's fun to create different types and I found that it's really easy to make tie dye cupcakes. Even easier with the product that came in our #DisneySide @Home Celebration box. (That's the box that we were sent to create our very own Disney themed party.) Read on View Post
Easy DIY Photography Backdrop Tutorial
I always see these amazing photos of people, food, DIY projects, nails, etc with these gorgeous walls as a back drop. I don't have amazing walls to have as a back drop for a picture. I also don't have a lot of extra money to spend on those really nice backdrops. I also don't have the room to store those huge backdrops either. I tell ya what I do have. I have a really amazing way for you to have View Post
PAR-TAY the Dandy Way
*I received free products in order to host a Disney Side @Home Celebration. The opinions expressed here are my own. A packaged arrived on our doorstep while the husband and I were in Kona, Hawaii. It's a good think that my parents were staying at our house tending our children, because this was a very important package. A very dandy package if you will. They were able to then bring the box View Post