IPSY Review!

If you haven't heard me talking about IPSY yet...guess you've been ignoring my facebook! I'm obsessed! IPSy is a monthly subscription service that comes right to your mail box full of beauty products!

Here's what you have to do! you make a account then take a style quiz it asks you basic questions to match you with some beauty products! From there you can either be on the wait list or do some liking/sharing on social media and be eligible right on the spot for you're own glam bag!

I have received 2 glam bags  so far and love them both! They have good name brand products and are also good at matching me with products and colors i would actually purchase myself! you get 4 or so products all in a cute make up bag and packaged in a pretty pink envelope every month right in your mail box its such a fun treat! And for $10 shipped you cant beat it!

I'm going to leave my link below if you sign up using my referral i get points towards free products! And if you have any questions or want reviews on products from the bags let me know i'd be happy to throw make up and beauty product reviews in the mix on my blog!!

 Join me on ipsy and subscribe to the Glam Bag! You get 4-5 beauty products every month delivered to your door, for just $10. Michelle Phan curates the bags! Check it out here: http://www.ipsy.com/r/77i1

 http://www.ipsy.com/r/77i1

Have a wonderful day---


Clarissa

Healthier Cheese Sticks

the pin with the healthy mozzarella cheese sticks has been going around for a while now, i tried it a few weeks back and it was pretty darn good and easy!

All you need is---
Mozzarella cheese sticks
wonton wrappers
oil
pizza sauce

you can do full cheese sticks in the larger egg roll wrappers or cut in half and do smaller sticks in the smaller wonton wrappers. roll up the cheese and then you have some options pop them in your deep fryer, put a little oil in a pan and let them crisp up or you could bake them! serve them up with some pizza sauce for dipping! pretty tasty!

Enjoy--

Clarissa

Influenster.com

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Go check out their website for all the info but already ive had fun playing around and writing some reviews on products!

Pinterest Wins!

We all pin tons of recipes and usually never even look at them again! So i'm going to continue doing Pinterest wins or Flops! I have 2 wonderful recipes that i have found and tried so i will share them with you along with the original blog post or pin to give everyone credit!

first off the homemade brownie mix- its a very simple and tasty recipe, ive made them a number of times and have even made ahead and stored them in my pantry! Everyone always loves them plus its inexpensive and i always have the items on hand! Super quick and simple for company =) I suggest doubling the recipe because it does make a small batch.
Recipe-
Dry ingredients if you want to make mix ahead of time---
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking powder

wet ingredients to add before baking--
 2 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla

Bake at 350 in a greased 8x8 or 9x9
12-15 mins or however you like them mushy, cripsy... etc.. enjoy!

Link to brownie recipe i used-

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/378372806164370489/


Cake box cookies---

I saw youtuber i watch make these and  i have also pinned this in the past so i decided to go for it!

You can use any cake mix you prefer i did lemon ...they were pretty tasty- the batter was extremely sticky though so warning.

Recipe-

1 box of cake mix
2 cups of cool whip (which is 1 -8 oz container)
1 slightly beaten egg
1 cup or so of powdered sugar

Mix ingredients together roll into balls then roll into powdered sugar then place onto greased cookie sheet, i then smooshed them with the bottom of a drinking glass and baked at 350 for 7 to 9 mins..basically till they get a little golden around the edges or however you like your cookies softer or crisper!

They were yummy and you could do many flavors! I whipped up both of these sweets for when my aunts, mom and grandmother were going to come over to have with coffee! They were both a hit!

Enjoy--Happy Baking---
and comment or message me and let me know if there is a recipe or project you'd like to me to try to tackle!

-clarissa

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Beer Dip!

Having a get together? like beer? My husband is obsessed with craft beer! So i make this dip anytime the guys are coming over for a brew day or beer tasting evening!

2- pkgs cream cheese softened

1- 8 oz pkg sour cream

1- packet dry ranch *i make my own that will be a whole differnt post*

1/2-3/4 of a beer we love to use different beer every time! Gives it a whole different taste!

2- cups shredded cheese

bacon bits & Green onion


Mix up the cream cheese, sour cream, ranch mix, until you get it to the desired texture i use my stand mixer! add the beer and cheese and mix up some more i also add some bacon bits in because ...who doesnt love bacon!

Now pop it in the fridge over night or for a few hours and let the flavors hang out! Serve with bacon bits and green onion on top and with some tasty pretzel crisps you can get at most grocery stores!

Enjoy!!! IT's good even if you're not a fan of beer!

-Clarissa

Long time no post....

Hello everyone!

Long time no post im so sorry! Im going to try to get this going again fingers crossed i can come up with lots of fun topics to write and photograph for you! my life has been same old same old...still trying to get my photography business going, still a stay at home wife and dog momma, and still loving diy,crafts, cooking and baking! Let me know what you would like to see me post!



-Clarissa

Geocaching

 Geocaching- is a wonderful hobby my husband and i picked up when we moved to a smaller town! I couldn't even tell you how we heard about it but we sure do love it! Geocaching is a online/ gps scavenger hunt you use a gps device and go to the website geocaching.com get some coordinates for a cache and follow your gps to the location! You then have to use your skills to be stealthy and find the treasure! The sizes vary from very small to as big a 5 gallon bucket. There is always a log inside that you sign to show that you found the cache, and the larger ones have what us geocachers call swag- which consists of different trinkets and small toys, there are even trackable coins you can purchase from the geocaching website that you can place in one, then others will log the coin so you can see where all it goes. Geocaching has been a fun activity for us- it gets us out of the house, gets us exercising, and takes us places in not only our community but others that we didnt even know were there! Geocaching is a worldwide thing! So go check it out! This blog will now include our geocaching kit that we take on our adventures!

 This is the bag we use- its just an old backpack i had but you could find something similar at an army surplus store. this bag is a side shoulder bag and has tons of pockets

 here is our swag- we have plastic pirates, plastic dinos, plastic coins, keychains, and some McDonald type toys.

 A small flashlight- to help look in dark hiding places for the cache!

 Sunscreen- very necessary during the summer!

 Pens&Pencils- to sign the logbooks, i always have a few in case one decides it doesnt wanna work.

 dog waste bags- we sometimes bring casper along with us so we have these just in case she needs to do her business.

 tweezers- many uses but mainly to get logs out of the tiny geocaches! *that's how tiny some are* But you could also use it to remove a splinter, tick or whatever else you may get into!

 tissues & mints- tissues for allergies, or injuries and mints just in case you need fresh breath or have a tummy ache!

This keychain is something we found in a geocache- i love it because it matches our bag perfectly! So it hangs on our bag

 

Gps or phone- WE dont have a fancy GPs or anything- we may invest someday, but for now we use my smart phone i have a samsung galaxy *s3?* I downloaded the geocaching ap it was around $10 but was a great investment! There is a free version but i dont like it as well, the $10 app lets you find caches nearby, view the hints, description, and even lets you log your finds.

 

Bug spray a must for sure- geocaching often takes you into wooded areas and during the summer/spring months bugs are terrible!

 

lotion, Hand sanitizer and some first aid supplies. You never know when you will need anti itch cream, a bandaid or tyenol! And lotion and hand sanitizer just in case!

Optional items-

We often wear jeans, old shirts,and old shoes preferably tennis shoes or hiking boots. 

Beware of ticks, poision ivy and muggles! Muggles are people who do not know what geocaching is when geocaching be sure to be kinda sneaky and not to draw attention to yourself, which can sometimes be hard! We're thinking about creating a sort of business card that explains so we can give them to people who question what were doing!

We recently we hid our first geocahe- our 2 nieces and 1 nephew from california helped hide it! They were here visiting and we introduced them to geocaching while they were here! Were excited to have people enjoy a cache we created!

Happy Geocaching!