Homemade York Peppermint Patties

This gives you a recipe for making your own peppermint patties.  These turned out really yummy and tasted a lot like peppermint patties.  They were easy to put together and had a very small list of ingredients, which in turn, makes it cheap to make.  These would be fun to put on a holiday plate or for a party.

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Original pin can be found here: http://shewearsmanyhats.com/2011/12/chocolate-peppermints/

LARGE BUBBLES

This pin worked to a certain degree.  That is it made bubbles but nothing as large and bouncy as these bubbles.  They say that they can bounce and not pop and I did not have that happen with mine either.  It was a bubble solution that made medium size bubbles but it did not make large bubbles.

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Crock Pot Chicken and Gravy

YUM!!! This is a homey, warm, winter or anytime meal.  This was so good and great for when you just want a good, filling, home cooked meal.  It was easy to make and was cheap and did not take that much time.  You use your crock pot which is always a plus for me.  The thing that takes the longest is the mashed potatoes.  You can use noodles or rice but I am not sure how that would taste with the chicken and gravy. Overall, a really yummy meal to add to your list.

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Original pin can be found here: http://www.ziplist.com/recipes/69992-Simple_Crock_Pot_Chicken

Chocolate covered strawberries

This pin did not work out either.  I ended up with a strawberry and a cube of chocolate.  They were easy enough to put together but such a waste of time and chocolate since they did not turn out at all. Overall, this was a pin that did not work at all and I would not try again.

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Cleaning your Dryer Lint Trap

This pin gives you a way to clean out your dryer lint trap.  I have to say that while this did not take that much time and was easy to do, I did not notice any difference in how well or fast my clothes dried and really, unless, your dryer lint trap is really, really, unusually dirty, I am not sure I see the point in this chore.  To me it just adds one more unnecessary chore to your list.

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Crepes and Cream

These were so YUMMY!!! My husband lived in Paris, France for two years so we LOVE crepes. These were really good and the whole family loved them.  They were easy to make and the cream that goes inside is really good.

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Original pin can be found here: http://littleyellowbarn.blogspot.com/2012/06/darn-good-crepe.html

French Manicure

This pin gives you a different way of painting your nails with french tips.  Basically you paint your nails and then take a paint brush with nail polish remover on it and take away any excess, leaving just the tip.  This actually worked pretty well, was cheap and easy and barley takes any time at all.

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Original pin can be found here: http://artsyaut.blogspot.com/2011/09/diy-french-nails.html

M&M Cookies

 These m&m sugar cookies turned out and were easy to make but they were not my favorite, by far.  I actually probably will not make them again but they were good, they were just not my cup of tea.  This is a fast and easy recipe and for any m&m lover they would love these cookies.  I think I may have liked them better if I had skipped the step of rolling them in sugar, that kind of put them over the top.

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Original pin can be found here: http://joyful-mommas-kitchen.blogspot.com/2012/07/m-sugar-cookies.html

Using band aids for polka dots on your nails

This pin states that you can put a bandaid onto your nail and then paint over it and it will put little polka dots onto your nail.  This did not work, the few dots that came through were so tiny that you could hardly see them.  Overall, this was a fast, cheap and easy way but in the end it did not work at all.

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Sugar Hearts

These were so, so easy to make and the whole time I could not help and think of all of the options you would have with these.

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Original pin can be found here: http://www.weddingchicks.com/2012/01/27/diy-ombre-sugar-hearts/

Rocky Road Cookies

I loveeee Rocky Road Brownies so I was excited to try this recipe out.  These did not turn out at all, they were one big, gooey clump of chocolate. They were easy to put together and tasted good but they ran all over the place and just turned into gooey clumps.  I was so bummed, I guess I will be sticking to Rocky Road Brownies.

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Keeping your ice cream soft

This TOTALLY WORKS!!! I am so happy, I hate having rock, hard ice cream and not being able to scoop it out.  This is so perfect that you can just take it out and scoop it right out!!!  How easy to just throw your ice cream in a ziploc when you bring it home. This is also cheap and takes no time at all. Thank you for the tip!!

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Original pin can be found here: http://www.fullpunch.com/random/making-life-easier-13-tips.html/

Fixing your Iphone charger

I ended up buying liquid tape for this fix, from my understanding you can buy colors but all I could find was black.  After a few layers the split in the wire was gone and my charger was fixed.  The rubber is not as thick as the original rubber but it works really well and fixed the split.  The liquid tape was not too expensive and this took hardly any time at all. 

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Original pin can be found here: http://www.instructables.com/id/Fix-iPhone-iPad-iPod-Frayed-Cords-w-PlastiDip/

Ric Rac Flower Hair Clips

I thought these were so cute and they were not hard at all to make.  The only thing that took a little bit of time was having to sew the two pieces of ric rac together.  Other than that this took hardly anytime and these turned out so cute.  I really love the look of them. 

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Original pin can be found here: http://www.duitang.com/people/mblog/46568845/detail/

Cream Cheese Mints

This recipe was so easy to make and these were so good. The ingredients are simple and super easy to follow.  These turned out great and would make a great addition to any treat plate.

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Original pin can be found here: http://kelleyhighway.blogspot.com/2012/03/homemade-cream-cheese-mints.html

Monster Marshmallows

 How cute are these?? Ours did not turn out quite as cute but with a little practice I think you could get yours to turn out just as cute.  The kids liked the taste of them, they were cheap and did not take too long to make.  We added these to our halloween treat plates and everyone loved them.

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Original pin can be found here: http://www.tonyastaab.com/2012/09/multiples-and-more-monster-marshmallow-pops.html

Using Pam to dry your nails

This pin says that if you spray Pam onto your nails after you paint them, you wipe off the Pam and your nails are dry.  As you can see this did not work at all.  I sprayed it on and wiped it off and off came the nail polish I had just painted my nails with. 

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Rice Krispie Ghosts

These were a lot of fun to make and so cute.  We gave them out for halloween treats and everyone loved them.  They tasted good and were really easy to make.  They do not cost a lot and do not take a lot of time, either.

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Original pin can be found here: http://www.theidearoom.net/2011/10/rice-krispie-barhalloween-ghosts.html
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Rice Krispie Suishi

These were so easy to make and so much fun, my kids and their friends gobbled them up in seconds.  Love the person or people who thought of this great idea. 

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Original pin can be found here: http://jordananddillan.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/candy-sushi/

Homemade Caramel for Dipping Apples

As you can see my test on this recipe did not turn out nearly as pretty or nice as the one shown in the picture.  I want to try this again because I think this would be such a perfect replacement for all of those wrapped caramels and melting them but for my first try this did not work at all.  It did taste good but mine never thickened and burned on the bottom really fast.  This is a very delicate mix so you have to be careful with the heat.  It also covered the apples but not in the beautiful way in the picture. Overall, I give it a pins down.

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Original pin can be found here: http://tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/grandma-bettye28099s-caramel-apples/

Velcro Drawer Dividers

I was so happy to find this. We have pretty big drawers in this hours and every time I open the drawers, everything slides back and forth.  It drives me nuts!!! I used small command strips instead of velcro dots just so that they are easier to remove but this works awesome.  Now everything stays in place, YAY!!

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