Baking FAIL!!

So, the other day while at Target, I saw this..

I did that thing I usually do when I can’t decided if I need something or not. In the cart, back on the shelf, in the cart and back to the shelf again.. “That’s it, I’m getting it!”

I have been wanting to make chocolate chip cookies bars for a while and so I thought this pan would be perfect. :) Keyword : thought..

I tried THIS recipe. I had everything it called for, already. It was really simple to make and EVERYONE who has ever made it, gave it outsanding reviews.

Here is what mine looked like when they were done:

Hard on the outside and SO not done on the inside. Boooo!

I think if I had made them in a regular baking pan, they would have been great. The bars were too thick in the pan I used, in turn not giving the insides enough time to cook before the outsides were burnt..

I was really looking forward to some cookies, too! :(

What about you? Had any baking or craft fails recently? Want to make me feel better by telling me about it? ;)

My new toy

Today, the girls and I went on an all day shopping trip with my Mom. We went to Target, JoAnn’s, Wal-Mart and last we went to Michael’s. Loooove shopping. :) 

There wasn’t any certain thing that I planned on buying today. That was, until I saw that Michael’s had these:

HAD to get it! :)

Ahh, I cannot wait to make my first project with it!!

And on a completely unrelated note, why is this little guy so stinking cute?

Well, that is all from me today. Tomorrow I am taking advantage of having Micheal at home with us (his only day off), but I will be back Monday with something crafty to share. :)

Have a great weekend everyone!

Google Reader and the (amazing) next button

Since I haven’t done anything crafty this week (yet!) I figured I would share this with you.. :)

I’m sure most, if not all, of you have heard (and/or) use Google Reader. I was pretty much ecstatic when I found it. It saves me from having to go to every.single.blog I read to see if they had a new post that day..

With that said, Google Reader is just plain awesome by itself.. But you know what makes it even better?? 

The next button!

Now, you’re probably wondering how a simple little button could be so cool.. I’m here to tell you!

The next button is a button that goes on your bookmark bar that allows you to go through the unread items in your reader. Instead of seeing just the plain post in Google Reader, it actually takes you to the blog itself! So you can see the pretty blog headers and layouts.. All of the fun stuff in the sidebars.. AND you can comment without having to click to a different page. :) Love, love, love!

Here’s how you do it..

First, open Google Reader. If you don’t have GR yet, go HERE to sign up.

Now, do you see that little gear looking thing on the right of the page? Click the arrow next to it and a menu will drop down. One of the options is “Reader settings”.. Click that.

 
Now that you are into the Settings, click on the tab named “Goodies”.


Scroll down until you see where it says “Put reader in a bookmark” and drag that first yellow highlighted “Next >”  button just under your address bar.
 

See? There it is! :)

Now you can click it when you want to read some of your fav blogs, but only have a few minutes to spare. :)

So there you have it.. The next button!

Hope everyone is having a great start to their weekend! I will be back soon.♥

Go back up your blog.. Now!

I don’t know about you, but I would have a panic attack if my blog and all of it’s contents were ever deleted. That very thing happened to Kristin of My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia.. Poor thing!! Kristin, if you’re reading this, I hope they get it fixed for you!

Now, there is a way to feel at ease if this should ever happen to you.. Backing up your blog!

Not sure how to do that? I wasn’t either, but Kristin from Simply Klassic Home shows you how, HERE.

It seriously takes 2 minutes to back up your blog.. So easy! Go do it, so this doesn’t happen to you!

14 days of V-Day fun : Days 11-14 (40+ Valentine’s Day ideas!)

Hello! Since I got 4 days behind on the series, I figured I would combine all four days into one post, and showcase other bloggers Valentine’s day ideas. :)

So, let’s get started, shall we?

Valentine’s Day Snicker’s “sundae”, found HERE.


Chair back Valentine’s Day envelopes, found HERE.


Burlap heart wreath, found HERE.


Valentine’s Day shirt, found HERE.


Valentine’s Day lunch ideas, found HERE.

Valentine’s Day party, found HERE.

Red velvet/cream cheese whoopie pies, found HERE.


Valentine holder, found HERE.

Valentine’s s’more bites, found HERE.


Valentine’s day gumball necklaces, found HERE.

Secret message valentine’s, found HERE.

Free printable owl Valentine’s Day tags, found HERE.

Heart pizza, found HERE.

“XOXO for you” jar, found HERE.

Valentine’s party printables, found HERE.


Felt fortune cookies for V-Day, found HERE.


Paper mailbox template, found HERE.
Printable Valentine’s Day tags, found HERE.


Valentine’s Day terra cotta gumball machine, found HERE.
 

Valentine’s Day countdown, found HERE.


Heart braid hairstyle, found HERE.


Four cheese heart shaped ravioli, found HERE.


Framed love art, found HERE.


How to make a heart shaped cake without a heart shaped pan, found HERE.


Printable “Cutie pie” tags, found HERE.


White chocolate peanut butter mini hearts, found HERE.


Valentine’s day picnic lunch, found HERE.


Make your own heart shaped marshmallows, found HERE.
 

Rated PG-13 sugar cookies, found HERE.

Valentine’s day birdhouses, found HERE.

And let’s not forget all of the fun Valentine’s day fun from right here at LLLC..

Handprint heart canvases, found HERE.


Valentine candy kabobs, found HERE.

Valentine’s day cake pop tutorial, found HERE.

Cake pop photo Valentine’s, found HERE.

Cinnamon roll hearts and pink milk, found HERE.

Valentine’s Day themed cupcake bar, found HERE.

Candy cane heart lollipops, found HERE.

Heart photo flower art, found HERE.

Easiest V-Day snack EVER, found HERE.

Heart shaped bird feeders, found HERE.

Wow.. So many great ideas in one post!! It’s kind of making me sad that Valentine’s Day is over!

That concludes the “14 days of V-Day fun” series. Thank you SOO much to everyone who has visited, commented, pinned, etc! You all are awesome. :)

Now, back to the regularly scheduled blogging. :) Hope you all have a great weekend!!