Valentines Air Freshener For Your Closet or Smelly Car

Oh what a hopeless romantic I've become!   That crazy little Cupid dude.

In a bowl, mix a cup of flour and 1/2 cup salt.

Add a 1/2 cup of water and mix until you get a nicely shaped ball of dough.

Split dough into as many colors as you want.  Knead the color in thoroughly.  Roll out on a floured (I used cornstarch) surface,  about 1/8 of an inch thick.

Cut out all the dough.  If you made a double batch as I did, then you will be cutting out dough for a long time!

  A straw to poke a hole for your string is the perfect tool.   

 A few stamps were used on some of the dough hearts.  Do this before you cut them out.

Bake for about 15 minutes in a 170 to 200 degree oven.  When done, turn off oven and let sunbathe in there until the oven has cooled down.

I painted the heart ensuring the paint went into the depressions from the stamp.

With a damp rag, the excess paint was wiped off!

a dab of the hot stuff!

A string was attached to the heart.  I tied a knot in the one side so that the third heart wouldn't slide down, as pictured below.

A few drops of fragrance oil was rubbed on the back of the hearts.  This took a day to soak in.

I added red paint to the white heart, not pictured, (too lazy) but you will see that in a day or two cuz, well,
 stupid  cupid here, doubled the batch.

Now you can hang these pretties in your closet or from your car mirror to keep that romance alive or at least mask the odor of the half eaten burger you chucked in the back seat of your car two weeks ago!
Romance at it's finest!

Cheers!

Homemade Chai Tea Bags For Your Sweetheart

I am riding the cheesy Love Train and all things heart!!
   My first stop was at  Valentine Sliders!

Next stop...Heart Chai Tea Bags.

I gathered my supplies: coffee filters, red string, heart cookie cutter, red scrapbook paper, homemade chai, RECIPE HERE!  coffee grinder, and of course my sewing machine sporting red thread!

Iron coffee filters so they are fairly flat and wrinkle free.

Trace around the cookie cutter.

Cut out

Cut small hearts from red scrapbook paper and knot each end of red thread cut to about seven inches long.  Knot will help catch on the staple of your chai label and also catch on the inside of the teabag when stitched together.

Stitch 4 hearts together with string of label in between the four layers of coffee filter at the top of the heart.  Leave an opening as shown above.  I used 4 so that the thread wouldn't rip through the paper.

I put about 1 heaping tablespoon of my homemade chai between the doubled up layers of coffee filters. ( I ran the chai mix through my spice / coffee grinder to break down into a finer mix. Stitch closed and snip threads.

How romantic is that?

All Aboard......

Cheers!

Valentines Sliders

A little romance for the most romantic day of the year.....

Armed with some Dollarama  cookie cutters and heart shaped foil liners, let the bread making begin.

3 cups flour
1 egg
1/4 cup canola oil
1/4 cup sugar
1- 1/4 cup warm water
1 tsp. yeast

I threw all the ingredients in my bread maker and only cycled it until the first rise was completed.  I  rolled out the dough, to about 1- 1/2 inch thick, used the biggest cookie cutter, and cut out hearts.  They were placed in the foil liners to rise until they doubled in size.
Baked at 350 for 15 minutes.

I sliced some double smoked cheddar cheese and cut heart shapes with the smaller cutter.

1 lb. ground beef
1 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 onion diced and sauteed until soft
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 egg
1 slice of bread
Ingredients were mixed thoroughly and patted out to 1/2 inch thick on a piece of waxed paper.
I cut these with the larger cookie cutter and carefully slid them into a hot frying pan.

Garnished up the buns and topped with cheese!

YUMMY!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!

Cheers!

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Home Remedy Collection: Steamers

Blah...I'm sick.
 Last flu season, I made some shower soothers.

 They were okay, but I needed about six in the shower as they were so small.

I decided the best way to get the most out of my homemade shower discs was to throw just one in a pot of hot steamy water and capture the steam with a towel over my head!  Much more effective than the shower method.    It opened up my breathing passages and my head felt better immediately.
  When you are sick, any relief is good.

1/2 cup sodium bicarbonate
1 TBSP of water at a time until you have a paste
10 drops Thieves Oil *below

OR

1/2 cup of Sodium Bicarbonate
1/4 cup citric acid

I added 1 Tablespoon of witch hazel at a time until I had a paste.

Mix in 10 drops of Thieves oil *recipe below

Thieves Oil

8 drops of clove oil

7 drops lemon oil

4 drops of cinnamon oil

3 drops of eucalyptus oil

2 drops of rosemary oil
(Legend says that thieves used to rub this oil mixture over their bodies to stay sickness-free,
 while robbing bodies of black plague victims.???? hmmm maybe they just got lucky!)

Pack into molds...I used the Ikea ice cube molds and spooned the mixture in until the molds were full.



 Let dry overnight.  Take out of molds and store in an airtight container.


I will give this a 5 out of 5!
It opened up my airway and helped relieve my headache.....temporarily!
Well long enough for a quick post.
Stay well and wash, wash, wash your hands my friends!
Cheers.

Thanks for your visit.  I appreciate you all!