Showing posts with label frugal home idea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label frugal home idea. Show all posts
Thursday, July 7, 2011
I made cupcakes to save money...
11:50 AM
I don't like a lot of sweets and in fact rarely like cake or ice cream. But I have a weakness-I am a sucker for a fancy well made cupcake, and I have been known to scout out expensive, trendy, yummy cupcake spots all over the country. I have been known to pay $3-$6 for a single cupcake...it is not frugal but it is SO good.
I made a decision yesterday and chose to try to make my very first homemade, from scratch cupcakes of my life. I did not expect the high quality of the Fancy shops on the first try, but I hoped to get the flavors I wanted and maybe a recipe I could improve in the future.
I prepared by reading a LOT of recipes online for cupcakes and frosting as I could not find exactly what I wanted. So, I knew I was going to have to wing it a little-yes I said wing it for my first try at from scratch cupcakes.
I wanted to make a chocolate (fresh) raspberry cupcake with a nutella (chocolate hazelnut) cream cheese frosting. I combined recipes and researched and did all I could do. I went and got the ingredient and Guess what? I did it! I made my cupcakes. See:
They were met by mixed reviews from the kids (2 liked them, 2 did not):
But I liked them:
They were not perfect and could probably use some tweaking on the recipe, but they stopped me from going and spending $40 on a dozen. AND now in the future I feel more confident that I can make a good cupcake at home-I am sure I will get better as I practice more...who knows maybe someday you will see me on Cupcake Wars (haha).
I made a decision yesterday and chose to try to make my very first homemade, from scratch cupcakes of my life. I did not expect the high quality of the Fancy shops on the first try, but I hoped to get the flavors I wanted and maybe a recipe I could improve in the future.
I prepared by reading a LOT of recipes online for cupcakes and frosting as I could not find exactly what I wanted. So, I knew I was going to have to wing it a little-yes I said wing it for my first try at from scratch cupcakes.
I wanted to make a chocolate (fresh) raspberry cupcake with a nutella (chocolate hazelnut) cream cheese frosting. I combined recipes and researched and did all I could do. I went and got the ingredient and Guess what? I did it! I made my cupcakes. See:
They were met by mixed reviews from the kids (2 liked them, 2 did not):
But I liked them:
They were not perfect and could probably use some tweaking on the recipe, but they stopped me from going and spending $40 on a dozen. AND now in the future I feel more confident that I can make a good cupcake at home-I am sure I will get better as I practice more...who knows maybe someday you will see me on Cupcake Wars (haha).
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Friday, February 12, 2010
Raisingolives.com's rain gutter book shelves!
11:23 AM
My friend Chelsey emailed me a link to this blog post on Raisingolives.com and I just fell in love with this idea! And since it is a frugal way to make something nice (and functional) in your home, I wanted to share it with you!
It is instructions for how to make "rain gutter book shelves" in your house. Have you seen these before? They are so cute (when you go to the blog post, you will see what I mean!) I am so excited to try this out (as soon as the house gets clean!) When I get to this-I will post the pictures. In the meantime, please read about it here. Amazing!!
It is instructions for how to make "rain gutter book shelves" in your house. Have you seen these before? They are so cute (when you go to the blog post, you will see what I mean!) I am so excited to try this out (as soon as the house gets clean!) When I get to this-I will post the pictures. In the meantime, please read about it here. Amazing!!
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