Happy Valentines y’all. Today my husband and I are celebrating our Valentines. We have a tradition, he picks out flowers for me and I have to figure out the meaning of them. These flowers mean “perfect lover”. Happy Friday!
Jackilyn
No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies To Die For - thats the name of the cookies I just made. Okay so they’re not too beautiful but why does that matter they’re gonna get eaten anyway!
In the link at the top you can go to the website with the recipe, but I’ll give you my modified version of the recipe:
2/4 cup of sugar
6 packets of Splenda (equivalent to the sweetness of 1/4 a cup of sugar)
1/8 cup of butter
1/4 cup milk (I mixed the milk with a bit of water)
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups of quick oats (but you can use old fashioned oats)
Directions:
1. In a saucepan mix sugar, splenda, butter and milk and bring to a rolling boil. Get a sheet of wax paper out and ready on the counter.
2. Boil for one minute stirring constantly.
3. Remove from the heat and stir in peanut butter and vanilla. Stir til the peanut butter is completely melted then add the oats.
4. Mix everything together then drop by the spoonful onto a sheet of wax paper.
I added the Splenda so I wouldn’t feel so guilty about eating these delicious little cookies! Really you could add any sweetening substitute and I am sure they would be great. They really turned out fantastic and they are so stinkin’ good. What’s even better is they took me 10 minutes tops to make. I still have mine cooling on the counter top but feel free to put them in your fridge when you finish them.
Happy (no) baking!
JB
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—Death Cab for Cutie - You Are A Tourist
pas·sion/ˈpaSHən/
Noun:- Strong and barely controllable emotion.
- A state or outburst of such emotion.
Yesterday morning my husband asked me: What are you passionate about doing?
My response: Gosh, I don’t know. He keeps asking me the same question. It’s really made me start thinking. What am I passionate about?
What are you passionate about doing and being?
Just a thought.
Jackilyn
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Super cool!
Pendant Lamps by Allison Patrick (via thegooglymoogly)
ATX
Had a nice evening in Austin with friends.
Eating AMAZING pizza at Home Slice. I had a slice o’ Margherita and I definitely recommend it!
A sweet moment captured with my favorite. This wall can be found at Jo’s Coffee on Congress - try the Iced Turbo it is fanTASTIC.
Lovin!
JB
My vinyl record bowl. I love this thing! It was super easy to make and I use it to put my tv remotes in but it’d be great for a candle or anything! This idea is great for an unused vinyl record or a warped one. You can always go to the flea market and hit up a vinyl sale box and find a old vinyl for a buck or two.
Here’s kind of a step-by-step process of how I did it, but you can also Google a video of how to do it! The way I did mine was different than most of the videos online for it but it’s just as easy.
Supplies: Dishtowel, vinyl record, and a stovetop!
Step 1: Heat your stovetop to a medium to high heat.
Step 2: Once it’s heated up for a few minutes hold the vinyl over the heat until it starts changing shape and is ply-able.
Step 3: Grab your towel and gently start shaping the vinyl.
Step 4: Keep heating each part of the vinyl and shaping it until you get it to look the way you want it!
If you get finished with it and don’t like the way it looks - good news! You can reheat it and change the shape again!
I hope this was helpful! If you don’t fully understand how to do it, Google it for a different way to do it!
Love!
Jackilyn
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—With Arms Outstretched- Rilo Kiley
Late night of studying. Here’s a song.
Look what I found yesterday for $20 (originally $69) at Urban Outfitters!!! I was totally in luck! Haven’t used a backpack in years and I am glad I am breaking the ice again with this one!
Also, yesterday was my birthday and I had to post this pic of my mom and I after dinner at Cheddars!
My top: Bisou Bisou from JCP on sale for $20.
Necklace: From a vintage shop downtown SA.
Thanks all!
