http://beautifullyused.com Beauty Fully Used Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:19:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been meaning to share this fun and creative baby gift we received - a recycled gift after my own heart! So, save up those cereal boxes & recycled ribbon. Ask your friends their nursery color scheme and you can paint it to match. Just roughly cut the letter of choice ... http://beautifullyused.com/?p=1813 Growing up in the South, sweet tea was a mainstay. A cold drink on a hot day. Or a cold drink on a cold day. Didn't matter the time of year, we almost always had sweet tea around. My mother-in-law introduced me to sun tea recently - a GREAT way to ... http://beautifullyused.com/?p=1822 I received this lovely Apple computer from my family for my 30th birthday almost a year ago, but I've had very little time to spend learning how to use it. Well, I FINALLY figured out how to organize my photos with iPhoto and I'm very excited. During naptimes and evenings ... http://beautifullyused.com/?p=1705 My son has passed the 6 month mark. Hard to believe. It's time to start him on some real food and I wanted to start off right, with fresh, whole ingredients that I made for him myself. At least I wanted to give it a try. I've had many friends rave ... http://beautifullyused.com/?p=1800 I must have an obsession with cupcakes. I mean, they are the trendy treat-of-choice right now, with cupcake shops popping up everywhere. Cupcakes were my major craving while pregnant. Aren't these tea towel cupcakes from Yoonie at Home adorable? I think they would make great wedding shower favors. http://beautifullyused.com/?p=1817 I've been making some progress on my homemade wish list and have come up with a few more to add. It's really fun to make things from scratch to see what actually goes into the things that we usually buy from the grocery store. I've made yogurt several times, and hummus, one ... http://beautifullyused.com/?p=1781 I just came across this tutorial at Tried and True for handmade market totes using mesh laundry bags. Super easy and practical - use them at the farmer's market and even the regular grocery store for your produce! I've been wondering about whether I could make something similar using some of ... http://beautifullyused.com/?p=1815 I have a habit of purging items that haven't been used. Clothing is one of them, but kitchen items are another favorite. One random item my husband received as a gift a couple years ago as his cooking became more adventurous was a mandolin slicer. Very fun gift, but it sat ... http://beautifullyused.com/?p=1787 We went peach picking spontaneously last weekend. You could smell the ripe peaches as we walked through the grove. We enjoyed eating fresh peaches all week and grilled some to top dinner salads a couple of nights, based on this Paula Deen recipe. I baked a double batch of peach muffins, ... http://beautifullyused.com/?p=1806 Blog writing has gone by the wayside recently with summer travel and visitors, house showings, and my new-found love of making all things yummy... from scratch. Yogurt-making is going well and I can't see much of a difference in my electricity bill by using the stovetop for keeping the yogurt-in-process ... http://beautifullyused.com/?p=1778