The Olive Blog | Crafting

Ok, so I'm sure you have all seen those awesome, giant, super cool crepe paper flowers online that Martha did a while back. Well, I really, really, really wanted to make those, but I had no crepe paper. Soooooooo I took out my coffee filter bin and got craking! Yesssss, I have a coffee filter bin. We do so many crafts with coffee filters that we now have a bin specifically for them ..... and since coffee filters already have a round edge, I didn't need to download a template or cut out any petal shapes. These bad boys are ready to use as is! To make these super easy flowers, see the tutorial below.

May

2013

White Chocolate Crispy Cake Bars

Last year I was browsing Tasty Kitchen and I found these ammmmazzzzzing double chocolate marshmallow crispy bars from A Farm Girl's Dabbles that were seriously calling my name! I think I actually started drooling when I saw the picture. I immediately saved the recipe to my Tasty Kitchen recipe box and then somehow I totally forgot about them until last week! I made the original totally awesome chocolate version and then I decided to mix up the recipe a bit. Since I'm a huge white chocolate lover and the topping on these is very similar to my white chocolate avalanche bars I combined the two and I made a batch .... or two .... OK I actually made three of these! I know, seriously? What is wrong with me!? These are super yummy. Not too sweet. Great consistency. Easy recipe.

May

2013

How to go Glamping

We went glamping! Anyone ever been glamping before? Glamping is the complete opposite of traditional camping. If you want to go camping just to have the great outdoors right outside your door, but hate the idea of feeling like you're in the woods while in your tent,glamping is perfect for you! It's glamorous, comfy, and feels you're inside! Keep in mind glamping is not for everyone as it tends to cost a pretty penny but it's supposed to be silly and fun and no to mention super comfortable.

Imagine your hotel suite when you're on vacation. Nice big bed, furniture, lounge area. bathrooms ..... This is what you get when you go glamping, only you're in a tent, in the woods! You can find places across the United States where they offer these kind of glamping tents and they are available to rent on a weekly basis or you can get super crazy and build your own glamping tent in your backyard like we did on Home and Family! It's perfect for a special girls night out or celebration. Here are some photos from the Hallmark Channel. I set up a gorgeous tent with old vintage sheets and used all the Home and Family house furniture with a lot of my accessories, blankets and pillows.

May

2013

Tune into Home and Family Tomorrow!

Tune into Home and Family on the Hallmark Channel tomorrow 5/8/13 at 10am/9c!
We've got Glamping, DIY teacup candles and a little Flashdance all in one!

May

2013

How to make Bingo Push Pins

Bingo!

I will have you know that I play Bingo every Christmas. It's a big freaking deal in our house. Everyone has to bring a $20 Bingo gift and I have the old fashion Bingo cage spinner ma jiggy, passed down from my grandma (Mama). Mama use to call out the the Bingo numbers super loud and if you won she would say, "That's onnneee gooood Bingo!" Bingo has since been passed down to me since I have the littlest babies and host Christmas at my house every year. In fact, I won a Chia pet and a blue cake stand this past Christmas! OK, so back to our little DIY project ... I saw these Bingo chips in Paper Source and I just had to buy them. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with them until I hung my pinboard this past weekend and realized I needed pins! Sooooo I glued these bad boys to ugly old silver push pins. Yup, it's that easy. Scroll down for the tutorial.