Take 5 Thursday #6

I make my own frosting for all of my baked goods.  Honestly, its because my mom did, and I can't stand the taste of caned frosting. 

So when you finish making your cake you always have that little bit of frosting left over, and you hate to waste it, so here is the best way to make your bowl look empty.

 Meet my favorite sweet treat, Frosting Graham crackers.  That's right, you make a frosting sandwich out of graham crackers, put them in the fridge, and you have an amazing sugary snack that is soooooo good!

Its a quick 5 min fix to use up all of your frosting, and maybe a way to make someone an extra sweet treat!

Cheers!
Ashley

Take 5 Thursday #4

Take 5 Thursday #4

My husband is a beef/bacon man.  He loves his beef.  I have switched him over to ground turkey for most of our meals, which is the healthier choice.  However, all these meats have something in common when you cook with them.  They leave grease.  Our original solution was to use plastic cups.  Which isn't a horrible idea, until they melt with the hot grease and it creates a horrid mess.  Not to mention it is wasteful.  I decided that there had to be an easier solution.  I took an old coffee can, and commandeered it to use as a grease container.  The best part?  It can sit in plain sight on my counter for easy access, or under my sink and no one is the wiser.   Take a quick look:

It takes less than 5 minutes to make this simple change and saves you time and waste in the long run.

Hope you enjoyed today's Take 5 Thursday, where we are becoming less homemaking challenged 5 minutes at a time.

Cheers!

Ashley

Take 5 Thursday #3

Take 5 Thursday #3

I made a trip to Ikea recently to try and find a few decorative touches to place around my home.  I love Ikea, it has amazing items for your home that are cheap.  While I will never achieve the perfection they have in their store, I love wandering and getting ideas for things I can place in my own home.  This was one of them.

I purchased a plate, rocks and a circular candle, and turned it into a fun piece.

Before:

After:

A quick and easy thing to add to your home.  You can do this type of thing with any of your own objects that you may already have around your home.  Perhaps you have some seashells, an old platter and a candle to do something similar with?  The options are endless.

Take 5 Thursday #2

Take 5 Thursday's are all about quick things you can do to change your home for the better in 5 minutes or less.

Take 5 #2

When I was in college and moved into my 1st one bedroom apartment with two other gals, I had to make some purchases which at that point I figured would be fun for the girls.  Those who know me, know that I have a weakness for hot pink.  So, when shopping at target to pick up some of those simple essentials I spotted a very fun bright pink trashcan.  This trashcan followed me through 3 apartments of girls, and into my first two apartments with my hubby.  One day it hit me, we should not have a hot pink trashcan, as it in no way matches our kitchen decor, or any decor in our home really.  Also, with a curious baby around, it is only a matter of time before he creates some disaster with it.  We needed a grown-up trashcan, one with a lid.

Before:

After:

See?  Such a simple change and it made such a huge difference.  We really are grown-ups, I promise, we only used the hot pink one for two years.  I am so glad that we now have a nice looking place to conceal our trash.  Such a quick and easy thing to do.

Take 5 Thursday #1

This is a new series feature each Thursday to help me kick start bloging again on a semi-regular basis.  Thanks for sticking around!  Take five is something you can do in 5 minutes to help make your home a better, more relaxed place.  This could be anything from adding a decoration to a quick cleaning touch up.

Take 5 #1

Throw pillows can make a blah couch much better.  This is the hand-me-down couch we got from my grandma.  It is a sleeper, (which is awesome for company) as well as looks 1,000,000 times better than our old couch, which I swear was from the 70's and we got for free from another couple who had gotten it for free from someone else.  Anyways, this couch is a vast improvement!  The pillows left something to be desired however.

Enter two pillow cases from Ikea that were very cheap, and put the sad pillows into the happy red pillow cases.

And the couch becomes a happy comfy couch, in just a short 5 minutes.

New pillows or covers for your old pillows can completely change the feel of a room, and make it fresh with just a few minutes of your time.