Sunflower Wine Glass

This week I decided to get crafty and make a sunflower wine glass! 

 

Supplies needed:

Acrylic Paint

Paint Brushes

Mod Podge

Wine Glass

First, paint the seeds on the glass.

Then add the first layer of petals.

Then dab brown paint over the seeds to create the middle portion of the flower. Layer the paint with lighter and darker shades to add dimension.

Next, add layers of dark and light yellows to create the petals.

Add black accents around each petal to define where they begin and end. This can also be done with a darker yellow as well.

Add green on the stem of the wine glass to create the stem of the flower

Finally, coat the outside of the glass in Mod Podge. 

Here is the link I used from Pinterest! 

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/177329304053567809/

Fancy Ramen Noodles

When I was a freshman here at Pitt State, Ramen Noodles were my go-to late night snack when the D-Hall was closed. Now, Pinterest has a wide variety of Ramen recipes to spice up this bland noodle. After looking through all the recipes I tried a more simplified version of some of the recipes I found. 

 

I started with 3 simple ingredients that could definitely be kept in a dorm fridge.

1. Ramen Noodle Soup (Chicken flavor of course)
2. Green onions (Can be bought pre-cut)
3. La Choy Teriyaki Sauce












I got my Ramen-friendly bowl, covered the block of noodles in water, and cooked for approximately 4 minutes in the microwave. Once your noodles are cooked (al dente), drain.

While your noodles are cooking, chop up your green onions into little wheels. If you do not have a knife available, then ripping them works as well.













 Add the green onions to your cooked noodles.

 Then add 3 Tablespoons of the Teriyaki sauce to the noodles.

Stir all ingredients together and ENJOY!











After eating Ramen Noodles for the first time in 3 years, I decided that the past is in the past and Ramen should be left behind forever. It was a good attempt to make an "adult" meal out of them.

Pinterest FAIL

I am sad to say that I suffered a Pinterest fail this week while attempting to make fudge. Here's the story...

 I was browsing Pinterest to find the next addition to Pinteresting Creations when I came across picture after picture of fudge. YUM.

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/177329304053445901/

I went to the grocery store, got the ingredients, turned on some Pandora Radio and started cooking!

I got my ingredients all ready to go! 

Starting cooking the butter, sugar, and evaporated milk! 

Looks promising, right? Bubbly and delicious! 

WRONG! It looks like ground beef, not fudge. 

Another terrible view of the "fudge"

Suggestions:

1. Don't cook it for 5 minutes! It says to in the recipe and I'm pretty sure that's what caused this disaster
2. If you have a candy thermometer, use it. 
3. Once it is burnt, it is done, Don't try and save it! 

Maybe I'll try again next week but for now this is a #PinterestFail