DIY fruit and veggie wash

I love fruit, I hate how it goes bad so quickly though.

Trolling Pinterest I came across a way to wash fruit that would increase shelf life. Once I saw it and knew I had to give it a try. At first I was worried that it would change the taste of the fruit, but it didn't. It actually worked and made the fruit last longer by about an extra week.


I didn't leave the soft fruit like the strawberries in as long as I did the apples.

Make sure your sink is very clean. 

(UPDATE:  I have been getting a lot of comments about sinks being so dirty.  Sure they can be.  I wash my dishes and clean my kitchen from my sink, so I’m careful to make sure my sink is clean.  Obviously.)

Fill a sink halfway with lukewarm water.

Add 1 cup of white vinegar.

Mix.

Add your fruit. Don’t over fill your sink with fruit.

Soak for about 10 minutes (shorter for berries – about 2 – 5 minutes).

Rinse well.

The original website that the idea came from. 

The link to the Pin on Pinterest.

VW cake and cupcakes

This was another fun cake to make. I was contact a client to see if we could make a VW cake and cake pops but, we do not make cake pops so I offered to make cupcakes with fondant Beetles on top of each one. They agreed.

This cake a lot of detail to it.

The cake was vanilla with vanilla butter cream.

The cupcakes were red velvet with cream cheese butter cream.

Both the client and her son were very happy with the finished product even if it was cupcakes instead of cake pops.

DIY frozen yogurt dots

Both the kids and myself love these. They are a quick, easy and healthy snack.


So simple to make.

What you need:

A piping bag
Yogurt
Parchment paper
Cookie sheet
Ziplock bags


Instructions:

Fill your piping bag with your favourite yogurt.

Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

Start putting yogurt dots onto the parchment.

Put cookie sheet into the freezer when the dots are frozen. About an hour.

Transfer dots to snack bags and put back into the freezer until ready to eat

Website.

Pinterest Link

Vote for_________cupcakes

What better way to get votes in a school election than by giving out free cupcakes!!!

Each cupcake was the words Vote 4 Levi on them there were 50 chocolate and 50 vanilla, boy was my hand tired after piping all of them lol

DIY: Photo transfer to wood

This is such a cool idea, I want to more of these just haven't had the time.

At first I didn't believe that it would turn out but mine turned out nicely.


 What you need:
-A piece of wood (I got mine at Wal-Mart)
-A laser printed copy of your photo, the copy should be the mirror image of how you would like it to appear on the wood. This ONLY works with laser copies. It won’t work with ink jet.
-Modge Podge
-Gel Medium (I used Mod Podge from Michel's)
-A sponge brush
-Scissors to cut out your photo
-A rag to soak your photo
-A cup or plate to pour your gel medium and modge podge into
-A boning tool or plastic card to get the air bubbles out with

Full instructions here

I used did this Pinterest one, but I liked how this one turned out better.

Bear cake

I love cakes that I have fun making and this cake happened to be one of those cakes!!!

The top cake is a removable bear smash cake for baby!

I had fun making the fondant for this cake and its super cute!

DIY: Laundry Scent Crystals

ohhhh how I LOVE the smell of clean laundry! What I love even more are those scent crystals you buy at Wal-Mart and put into the washer when you wash your clothes but they tend to very hard on the pocket book.

Trolling Pinterest (My new favourite hobby) I came across a way to make your own and decided to give it a shot.

Turns out they are awesome and smell just as nice, even better that I can choose from all the fun scents at the Water Bug here in Sarnia.

What a escapade it was trying to find ice cream salt, turns out I couldn't so I used something else. I went to Lablaws (The real Canadian Super Store), looked everywhere couldn't find any so I found an employee to help me out. He looked at me like I had three heads when I asked him what I was looking for and took me to the road salt. So after three employees, who all took me to the road salt, and no one could find what I was looking for I opted for course canning salt. It works well, but I have found the salt at the bulk barn so I am going to use that from now on. I used a whole bottle of scent because well I love things to smell good.

Instructions:

Pour 2lbs of course sea salt into a bowl mix in 20-30 drops of essential oil, like I said I used the whole bottle lol


Pinterest Link

I love these don't use anything but them now!!!