Magazine Monday's!

I've had a love for reading magazine's since I was a teenager! Then I read magazine's like Seventeen Magazine and Glamour now I read Women's Day, Real Simple, Martha Stewert Living, and an assortment of Scrapbooking/paper crafting magazines. Those are just to name a few! I've starting reading parenting magazines as well! This blog on Monday's will be a time to share things I read in those magazines as well as projects and ideas I've found useful.  For a little over 5 years now I've been saving a collection of pages from my magazines instead of the entire magazine...the saved pages include recipes, craft projects and tips on cleaning for example. Some of these pages I've put into a scrapbook others just a small box...this blog will be a way for me to put together all those favorites I've saved and share them as well.
To participate it's easy, just post something that interested you from a magazine on Mondays and mention the magazine you got it from of course. Also comment on Homemaker's Heaven Magazine Mondays entry each week that you blog and that way I can comment on your blog as well as other participants. Please share links to the magazines if you would like or pictures as well! Feel free to use the image above for purposes of Magazine Mondays in conjuction with this blog. Also please make sure to make a link back to this blog on your Magazine Monday blog! Thanks! Have a Happy MONDAY!

For this weeks Magazine's Monday:

Magazine = Family Circle
Article Subject: Food
Title: The best BAKING PANS

This article is nice because it informs you of what basic stuff you need for baking. This is good for newbies and also people who are down sizing the house from having too much clutter (what do I really need to keep?).

The Basics:

two 9-inch round cake pans

one 10-inch tube pan

one 8- or 9-inch square cake pan, preferably 2 inches deep

one 9-inch pie dish

one bundy pan

two jelly roll pans (1-inch lip all around) or cookie sheets (small lip at one end)

one 9x5x3-inch loaf pan

two 12-cup muffin tins

if you have room:

one mini-muffin tin (24 cups)

one 9-inch spring form pan

one 1.5-quart souffle dish

one quiche pan

assorted tart pans, gratin dishes and ramekins

one madeline pan

pastry, biscuit and assorted cookie cutters; flour sifter

Must-Have Accesories:

rolling pin

two cooling racks

liquid and dry measuring cups

two sets of measuring spoons

three mixing bowls that nest

a silicone baking mat

 mixing utensils: wooden spoon, rubber and slotted spatuals, icing spreaders (offset and straight)

This article was written by: Tery Trucco

Turns out I have most of the these items but on the "if you have room" list I am missing a few items but I have things not listed as well. I wish I had this list when I was stocking up my kitchen with bake ware, it would of made the venture a bit easier!

What are your most used baking items in your kitchen? Mine would be a cookie sheet... 

Aloha Friday!

Aloha Friday!

We are about to take my 8 Month daughter on a vacation this fall and it will be her first time flying. I am trying to think ahead for all that I need to plan to get her ready for this. We need to pack different types of outfits for her (since we'll be in a colder location that we are use to) and we will need to bring her pack n play, toys, car seat, stroller and much more! WOW! This is going to be one vacation to remember!

Do you remember a vacation that was especially difficult for you? (Like you got sick during it, you took your baby for the first time on vacation, your first time flying etc.)
What was your situation?

Birthday Decisions....

Well my little one will be turning 1 in November so I'm planning her party and the theme is giving me the most trouble! I can't decide! I have a list a mile long of the themes I like! Here are a few: Rainbow Party (seen this on another moms blog and it was adorable!), Hawaiian Party ( live in Hawaii -decorations will be easy to find! perfect), Hello Kitty (alot of this stuff on the island too), Ballerina ( I took ballet for many many years so I love this), Princess (she's my princess!), Minnie Mouse, and Lady Bug (a little over done but cute!).  Any suggestions or vote for one of these???

Magazine Monday's!

Homemaker's Heaven

I've had a love for reading magazine's since I was a teenager! Then I read magazine's like Seventeen Magazine and Glamour now I read Women's Day, Real Simple, Martha Stewert Living, and an assortment of Scrapbooking/paper crafting magazines. Those are just to name a few! I've starting reading parenting magazines as well! This blog on Monday's will be a time to share things I read in those magazines as well as projects and ideas I've found useful.  For a little over 5 years now I've been saving a collection of pages from my magazines instead of the entire magazine...the saved pages include recipes, craft projects and tips on cleaning for example. Some of these pages I've put into a scrapbook others just a small box...this blog will be a way for me to put together all those favorites I've saved and share them as well.
To participate it's easy, just post something that interested you from a magazine on Mondays and mention the magazine you got it from of course. Also comment on Homemaker's Heaven Magazine Mondays entry each week that you blog and that way I can comment on your blog as well as other participants. Please share links to the magazines if you would like or pictures as well! Feel free to use the image above for purposes of Magazine Mondays in conjuction with this blog. Also please make sure to make a link back to this blog on your Magazine Monday blog! Thanks! Have a Happy MONDAY!

Thrifty Thursday's!

Thrifty Thursday is something I wanted to start on this blog from the beginning but it took me a while to get everything ready! So here are the rules:

1.) Got to love being thrifty!

2.) Share something you did that was thrifty for that week or during the month.

3.) To let others see your post comment on my thrifty thursday blog and invite others to look at your post for the week.

4.) You also must comment on at least one other blogger's Thrifty Thursday post whether it be mine or someone elses. As Thrifty Thursday grows we will ask you to comment on a few more per week so everyone can join in on sharing!

Okay that's it! That was easy! Now I will share my Thrifty Thursday a day late to get things started!

Thrifty Thursday

I decided to go to my usual thrift store this week but not to look for my usual buys...I wanted to explore other things that I could find to be thrifty! I love to do crafts so I looked around and sure enough I found some things to help me with my crafting! Crafting can get expensive so this really helps! Here is a list of my finds:

1.) Photo Prop for Baby Photo's- Red Silk Mini Purse

2.) Something to add to my Fall wreath this year...

3.) A picture frame, not sure what I'm going to use it for yet but I found it particular special since my family has a love for board games and it was so unique! (cost was $1)

4.) A Toddler Dress in Size 4 (to be used to make a apron for my daughter) This seemed to be perfect sense it had cherries on it and something about the red and white just appealed to me. (cost was $1)

The Before...

The After...

5.) A picnic Basket (it looks brand new, it has a removable liner you can wash too) I loved this because I've always wanted a picnic basket but never find one that I really like. I love this one with the exception of the flowers on it. I am thinking of changing the flowers but we'll see. I'm planning on using it the first time this weekend on a family picnic...me the hubby and baby MacKenzie! We love going on picnics!

6.) I know, I know...the list is still going! I really did great this week! The next wonderful find was a suprise for sure! I found a Teddy Ruxpin ( I had one when I was a child and loved it!) this Teddy looked untouched! I can't beleive the good condition it is in! My daughter already loves it and I've not even got batteries in it yet! I of course only let her play with it while I'm sitting with her since it's for ages 3 and up but it's really a great toy for story time anyways!

7.) Okay so my daughter loves Teddy Bears, I figured this out because I had one in my room since she was born she's always adored looking at it then she began to love to play with it so just about any time we are out and she sees a teddy she seems to love it! So where am I going with this, you ask? well I found another amazing Teddy Bear! This one is much like Teddy Ruxpin but it is much much much more expensive and for good reason! It's face, ears, and arms all move! It talks to you, sings and tells stories! You can even buy items for it to place in his hands that he will wave around and these items come with special stories too! So what is this wonderful bears name? T.J. Beary Tales! We only have the story and songs that come with him but MacKenzie loves him! I do however want to order some from ebay to add to the one she has! Okay the best part I saved for last! This bear retails for around...okay gasp here....$190.00! I paid $1 that right $1! Now thats a deal!

8.) Last but not least...a Fisher Price Drum for my daughter...okay okay I know...I said I was getting crafty stuff only but I found these things and well couldn't pass them up they were awesome and to think for the toys I paid a grand total of $3! My daughter has a collection adding up of musical toys because we do music time everyday! She really enjoys it, we sit together and I get out instruments for her, I sing to her, I play music for her, and I encourage her to move to the beat of the music! So much fun! These drums were in my preschool classroom when I taught toddlers and I remembered the children loving them! I had to get them for MacKenzie, I just know she is going to enjoy them!

Okay that was it! I know it was alot but not every week is this good! Who am I kidding, I'm pretty good at this! I have a eye for these deals...or so I've been told!

Beach in a glass!

Okay I have a beach theme in my guest bathroom and I found this wondeful idea on someone else's crafty blog and I LOVE IT! I want to do something similiar for my guest bathroom shelf! When I get around to making it I will post my version of this marvelous idea!

Photo and Idea from: click here

Aloha Friday

To participate in ALOHA FRIDAY click here.

For Aloha Friday you simply ask a question to your readers.

My question is: What items from your childhood did you keep and why?

My Answear: small purse (because it was my first one), ballet shoes (because it was special to me, I took ballet for 19 years), a toy hair brush that came with a purse (not sure why), cabbage patch doll (it's cute!), and a few other random things...