Make your own Wreath

 So check it out /\ My granny saved me all of her muscadine vines last year when she was cutting them back. They rested on the back deck for sometime. Thankfully my lovely roommates loved me enough not to throw them over.

 To make a wreath, you'll wrap the vines around themselves. I'm not sure how to explain it but it WILL result in scratches and whips as you pull the vines through. Continue this process for a few hours or episodes of The Real Housewives.  0:)

It will grow and grow. I put my foot in the pic to show you scale. 

Huge right?!

Please excuse the forced smile and don't be jealous of my phone. I'm due for an upgrade so you can have it when I'm done. Lets focus on how cool this huge FREE wreath is!

Can I DIY? Rope shade

I saw several of these guys on Pinterest. Here is the first one I came across.

Then I saw this one.
I desperately need more light in my bedroom so I did exactly what they said.
This project was way too messy to try to take pictures during the process. I made a mixture of glue, corn starch and water(let's just say equal parts) and then wrapped it around a big balloon I had. The rope was thick and slippery and made a mess(biting my tongue). But after much time and swearing, I felt like the balloon was sufficiently covered. I jimmy-rigged a hanger to hold it up in the bath tub til it dried.
Once it was dry, I popped the balloon.
The light inside is one that I got from IKEA as part of one of those paper lantern lights. I was able to pull the rope at the top enough to squeeze the base of the light in. I'm not positive how fire-safe this is...so I always turn it off before I leave the house. I LOVE the shadows on the wall. So can I DIY a rope/string shade? YES! but it's gonna make a mess fo sho.

Fruity Pebbles Bunt Cake

Who I stole the idea from: I adapted if from rice krispies treats
# of ingreditents: 3

prep time: 20 min

nutritional info: Dessert

Fruity pebbles(way better than regular rice krispies) TBSP Butter Marshmallows *How much cereal and mallows you use is up to you. I usually do about a 1mallow to 3 cereal ratio.

Melt the butter so your mallows don't burn. Mini Mallows work better for melting than the big ones. Watch your heat cause these can burn fast. Then you'll have crunchie krispies. Pour the melted mallows into the biggest bowl you got. Add the cereal a cup or two at the time as you mix them in. If you put too much cereal, it's hard to go back and add melted mallows. This was just an on the fly idea...to put it in a bunt pan. Use a plastic bag or wax paper to press down the krispies. Otherwise, they'll stick to your skin when you try to compress them. How fun did it turn out?! I just love all the colors. Kind-of a pain to cut though. Oh well!

Funfetti "Ice Cream"

Who I stole the idea from: Pinterest
# of ingredients: 4 (veg oil in cake batter)
Overall time: 45 min

nutritional info: Dessert

Prep work is super easy for this. Pre heat oven to 350. Now need to grease anything.

See how much I filled them up? Just below the inside lip of the cone.
Keep an eye on them because you won't need to cook them long.
I was a little bummed they didn't dOMe up more BUT it really didn't matter once you put the icing on them.

Perfect for a little kid's b-day party...or a bachelorette party in Chattanooga for one your fabulous college roommates. 0:)

Kiss Smush

Who I stole the idea from: Pinterest
# of ingredients: 3
prep time: 10 min
nutritional info: Dessert

Make all your kisses naked.
Place them in the middle of the pretzels. I put foil down, on the off chance you leave them in there too long and they melt everywhere, clean up won't be as bad.
Here's you're warning. They say "a watched pot won't boil" Well, I want you to watch this one. You only need to cook it 5 min on 350. See how they're shiny. They should still have their shape before you smush the M&Ms on them. If you wait until they loose their shape, you've waited too long.
Smush the M&Ms down on the kiss and let it cool. I get Peanut M&Ms cause they're bigger and I think it looks better but I guess you can use whatever.
Easy Peasy.

Chocolate Chip Raisin Banana Bread

Who I stole the idea from: Sherrill (my babysitting pimp)
# of ingreditents: too many
prep time: 30 min prep and an hour in the oven
nutritional info: not good but I did squeeze flax in there 0:)

Ingreditents:
1 tsp Vanilla extract
1 egg
1 tbsp baking soda
1 cup sugar
1.5 cup flour
pinch salt
handful of raisins
handful of choc. chips
2 tbsp flax seed
2/3 cup melted butter
*did I foget anything?*

oh yea the bananas DUH
3 RIPE bananas. I had started putting them in the freezer, then when they thaw, they're really easy to smush. They look really sick so be warned (and you'll need to drain them)
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Throw it all in together.
grease that bread pan thing and bake at 350 for an hour.
Nom nom nom

Enjoy!

Homemade Protein Granola Bar

Who I stole the idea from: Well Tupperware got me thinking about it cause I bought their mold, then I just adapted their recipe.
# of ingredients: 6
prep time: 15 minutes max
Nutritional info: Good. I eat them for breakfast. There's a lot of almond butter but that fills you up.

Ingredients:
1.5 cups whole grain oats
1/2 cup almond butter
1/3 cup Agave
1/4 cup raisins
2 TBSP ground flax seed (this isn't necessary but it's good for you) (and you can sneek it in and no one will be able to taste it) 0:)
As many sunflower seeds as you want cause MmmMmMm

Throw it all together and mix it up. /\

\/ I'm not a Tupperware salesman but I have to plug this product. It's a granola mold that they sale and I love it. I wanna say it was like 12bucks. It's not as big as it looks in this pic.

Divide it all up. Let it overflow and then eat the extra. Smush down the oats with this yellow smushing thing that comes with the tray. Then put the top on the tray (not pictured) and stick it in the fridge till you want to eat it. It's super yummy but since they're not baked they do get a little crumbly but no biggie. Enjoy!