There’s a sweet award going around the jewelry blog community…have you seen this one? I was flattered to receive the Versatile Blogger award from fellow jewelry designers Amy of Copper Diem, Beth of EB Bead and Metal Works, Elisabeth of Beads for Busy Gals, and Courtney of Beads by Breul. You are all so thoughtful! 🙂 I wonder where this one originated? Guess I could follow the links all the way back…
Many of the jewelry blogs I follow are not open to “tags”, so I’ll just share my 7 little things and encourage YOU to participate too if you’d like! With this award, we were to share 7 things about ourselves…. hmm, let me think of a few quick, random things you may not know.
1. I lived in the Philippines in Kindergarten. There were monkeys that would come right up to the back screened door and look right in. Of course, that scared me back then!
2. I love boardwalk fries (still here at the beach and confess to eating too many)….must be that salt and vinegar!
3. The most frequently used tools/supplies in this “studio” (no real studio at the present, but I brought everything I possibly could) are liver of sulfur gel and my Lortone tumbler!
4. I love happy endings.
5. Broke down over the weekend and got a smart phone after my cell phone broke in half! I’ve resisted because I didn’t want to become one of those people (always on it). But that video recorder sure came in handy when I took the kids to see the balloon lady at the library today!
6. I am a brownie afficionado…always in search of the perfect one. And I think I found it. Come to the ArtBliss event next month and try one yourself…hoping to have them brought in for the Meet and Greet.
7. So sad that summer will be coming to an end soon. Will hold on to the bitter end.
Remember how I mentioned that the kids made home made ice cream at the Peach Festival last weekend? I recevied a couple emails asking about the recipe. Here’s a fun activity to do with the kids – and look at the easy ingredients! I hope you enjoy….
VANILLA ICE CREAM (courtesy of the First Grade Scientists, Worcester County School)
1 tray of ice cubes
6 TBSP. salt
1-gallon plastic zipper freezer bag
1-pint plastic zipper freezer bag
1/2 cup milk
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 TBSP. sugar
- Put the ice and salt in the gallon plastic zipper bag. Then put the milk, vanilla and sugar in the pint bag. Seal the pint bag. Be sure that it is sealed!
- Put the pint bag in to the gallon bag and seal the gallon bag. Sahke the bags for about 5 minutes, until the mixture in the pint bag freezes. Then ENJOY your ice cream!
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I really want to try that ice cream now. You absolutely deserve this blog award.
And I wrote a short blgo post just now about the surprise giveaway I won from you. Thanks a ton again. This is so sweet of you.
We made this Ice Cream when I was a girl scout leader! The girls loved it! Thanks so much for following me, we make a luck pair. You are so sweet!
I had coffee ice cream in the UL and it was so wonderful! Now I want ice
cream!
Congratulations on your blog award! I purchased a tumbler a year ago and haven’t even turned it on–mostly because machines and I don’t get along, and I didn’t purchase any shot,-and more importantly, I’ve never made anything that would require using it–yet.
Did someone say ice cream?
Hello Little Mama,
Gads it sounds like summer at the sea side is zipping away!! Ice Cream in a bag is always so much fun to make. It was always a camping treat along with making smors and toasted marshmallows!! The pictures of your guys is awesome they all have such intense looks. You can see the logical wheels turning in the older ones, trying to apply the laws of science they know with the magic of making IC in a plastic bag!! 🙂
Pattie 😉
Mazatlan Mx.
Love the ice cream idea! I crave it a lot and it sounds a lot easier than dragging out my big ol’ ice cream maker! Good luck resisting the smart phone. I’m addicted to mine. I guess that makes me one of THOSE people! 🙂
That ice cream sounds delicious – and so easy to make!
Don’t want to think of the end of summer yet – although I know how close it is. We will be headed to Italy next week – for a last bit of summer…
I’ll be looking for the brownies at ArtBliss! The ice cream will be a great project to do with the grandkids, thanks for sharing! Enjoy what’s left of the summer!Laura
That’s a fun way to make ice cream…we’ll have to try that! I always love to find out little tid bits about people…can’t wait to try one of those brownies! YUMMY!
Must try this ice cream recipe! Thanks for sharing! 🙂 And, I’m with you on the “smart phone” issue…just recently got the Droid Incredible…must say I do love it! I don’t really “need” it so much but have enjoyed having it, especially when I had to wait in a dr’s office for over 3 hrs yesterday! 🙂
I am jealous of all that wonderful beach time you are soaking up but happy you are enjoying it! 🙂 Hugs!!
It’s fun getting to know you a little bit!! I can honestly say those are 7 things I did not know about you 🙂
Congratulations on your well deserved award ^.^
Aahhh, happy endings and summer – you are my girl :-)))
I have done that! Put on some music and let the kids shake their sillies out. We use rock salt in the bag. I don’t know if that works better than regular salt. I should give this a try again!
Enjoy the day!
Erin
Cindy, Thank you for sharing the homemade ice cream technique. I’ve passed it along to my friends with children. But, it also sounds like a delish ‘adult’ activitity, for those who still have a child heart.
Wow, the Philipines huh, cool! That sounds like it would be fun. Monkeys can be scary when you’re young, or old! Thanks for sharing Cindy. Hugs, Riki