DIY - Paint Sample Dry Erase Calendar

While browsing through pinterest or etsy you see so many diy paint sample projects. What's not to love about them? First its cheap {paint samples are free} and second they usually are just plain cute. I finally decided to try a paint sample project of my own: a dry erase calendar!

Supplies:

• Lots and Lots of paint samples. I honestly don't know how many I used)
• A Cute Frame
• Glue {I like rubber cement}
• Scissors or a Paper Cutter
• Large piece of paper that fits in frame. I glued my calendar to back of the paper that came with it.
• Stickers or Pen for the dates
• A Ruler
• Dry Erase Markers

Directions {Based on a 14x18in frame} 

1. Use your scissors or paper cutter to cut out 9 (1.5in x 1in) month letter square, 7 (2.25in x 1.25in) weekday block, 35 (2.25in x1.75in) day blocks and 2 (7.5in x 1.75in) note blocks.

 
2. Arrange all the pieces until you get the color pattern you like.

3. Write or add stickers to the  7 (2.25in x 1.25in) weekday block for the weekdays.

4. Start Gluing the pieces to the paper and let dry.

5. Place in Frame and admire your masterpiece!

Summer Strawberry-Basil Ice Tea!

Summer is hot, humid, and the PERFECT time for summer drinks. A lady a work got a basil plant with a recipe for Strawberry-Basil Ice Tea tied to it. The recipe looked delicious and I had to try it! I hope yall enjoyed it as much as I did!

Tell me, what do you think of the recipe?

Recipe from Martha Stewart

Ingredients

• 8 black-tea bags
• 1 pound strawberries, hulled and halved (quartered if large)
• 1 cup water, plus more for steeping
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup fresh basil, plus more for serving
• Ice, for serving

Directions

1. Bring 4 cups water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add tea bags, and let steep for 5 minutes.
2. Place strawberries in a bowl. Bring water and sugar to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat, add basil, and let steep for 10 minutes. Strain over strawberries; discard basil. Toss to coat. Let stand until cool, about 25 minutes. Combine strawberries (with syrup) and tea in a pitcher. Refrigerate until chilled. Serve over ice, and garnish with basil.

Tasty Fruit Pizza

Spring is officially in the air. Not only does that mean that its getting prettier outside with flowers and green grass but it also means that its getting hotter! So for Easter weekend we wanted a dessert that was not only tasty but it needed to be lite and fresh. 

  To make fruit pizza you only need 4 things:

• Sugar Cookie Dough
• 8oz Cream Cheese
• 8oz Tub Cool Whip
• Lots of fresh fruit

And that's it! 

 First using the palm of your hands spread the cookie dough over a pizza pan. Once it looks like rolled out pizza dough cook according to the cookie directions. Cool Completely.

Next whip the cream cheese and the cool whip together to make a creamy frosting. Spread over the cooled cookie.

Chop your fresh fruit into slices and place on frosted cookie. Be Creative!

 And that's it!!! Simple right?

Last but not least, cut yourself a slice and enjoy! I told you it would be Tasty!