Two E's and Me

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Give Me The Rainbow

It's almost Recital Season around here!

For my youngest ballet class, we're dancing to Give Me The Rainbow by Jewel...

and they needed rainbows.

This was my inspiration picture found here

Materials:

12" pieces of ribbon

I used 2 of each color Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Pink and Purple

White felt

Cardboard stencil

Thin Sharpie

Glue gun

Cotton balls

Craft sticks

Votive candle

I traced my stencil onto the felt and cup out 24 clouds (I'm making 12 rainbows)

I glued my ribbon to the inside of the cloud for durability

I stuffed each cloud with a few cotton balls and a craft stick

and then hot glued the edges of the 2 clouds together.

I also melted the ends of my ribbon with the votive candle to prevent fraying.

Tada... rainbow!

One down, 11 to go :)

Eric's Meatballs

Eric's New Year resolution was to cook dinner once a week.

For someone who has never cooked, that's mighty ambitious...

so far he's cooked about once a month (though he has baked a few times too!).

This past weekend he made the best meatballs this Italian has ever had.

He followed this meatball recipe pretty much to the letter.

For the sauce, he combined a jar of DelGrosso's Tomato Basil Sauce and a can of Furmano's Crushed Tomatoes with Roasted Garlic and Olive Oil (our favorite).

Serve with a big tossed salad and crusty Italian bread... yuuuuuuum.

Laundry Pods

Please file Tide Pods under:

"why-the-heck-did-it-take-so-long-for-this-product-to-appear-on-the-market,-it's-amazing!"

SO much better than the liquid detergent.

I am a happy laundry-doing camper.

Monday, April 2, 2012

Bathroom Makeover

In the craziness that was March, I decided to overhaul our bathroom.

I was inspired by this image (I can't remember where it came from!)

New paint (very similar to the image), a few new touches here and there,

an awesome new mirror and this new light from Etsy.

Eric installed it for me this weekend. Once I hang 2 new art pieces, it's a done deal.

I've always been one to truly relax when I have nothing on the agenda (cooome on July!) and on the flip side, if I'm already busy, I jam pack my schedule with events, projects and too many things to do.

Apparently I don't believe in moderation.