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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Homemade Caramel Recipe






caramel in a can

I have made caramel in the past.Stood over the stove and stirred for what seemed like hours.
It is a long ,hot,sticky mess  that taste heavenly. But rarely made because of the expense and long process, right?
Well imagine my excitement when I came upon this simple method on Pinterest.
I thought...no way is it that simple.
Yet it was. As I have been told this is not a new method,but I wanted to share this with you so if you never heard of it(like me") you can make some as well.
First this is a soft dipping caramel not hard.If you want hard there is only one way I know of to make it.....stand over the hot stove.but if you want to dip apples or anything else then this is the recipe for you.
First some things you will need


crock pot
any size can sweet condensed milk
water




Directions
place your sweet condense milk in the crock pot,fill it with water until it covers the can.Turn it on medium and place lid on top.
Now go sit down and relax.
8 hours later take the can out (careful it is very hot) and place it in the refridare 
can right from the fridg
Leave it in there until it is completely cold or overnight .

take it out and open it to see all that soft caramel .

Sweet caramel right in the can!
Place it in a container and that's it.
simple,sweet and no mess.
Remember all crock pots cook different so try to 
remember the time when you make 
it.Record how long it took on what setting  so you can 
get it  just the way you like it.
Also I like to leave mine in the container and place back
 in the fridge for about 2 
days.To me it seems to taste better and get
 smoother.Again this is to your taste.

Who knew a treat like this could be that simple.

Now go and make your family (or yourself) happy and 

make some caramel!


Remember
Have fun doing what you love
and
Love what you are doing!

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Re-purposing all Kinds of paper

 Brian Dettmer
 Doing my usual searching  I came across some amazing art work using old books.I would never have thought that you could make something so simple as old books turn into something that was as awesome as this. His name is Brian Dettmer or the book surgeon.  I wanted to share his link with you so you can see his work.Just think of all the books that would have rotted ,filled up the land fills or been burnt( I discovered all books do not get recycled due to the large spine!Who knew?!!!)  I think he has created true masterpieces here. click the link below to go to his homepage and discover that you can do more with a book than read it
 Brian Dettmer

 Brian Dettmer


 Brian Dettmer

 All photo's belong to Brian Dettmer.

Remember
Love what you are doing
and
Do what you love!

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Twilight Inspired Apple

Here is an apple that I have been working on .It was inspired by Twilight but mostly because my youngest loves it. It's made of Sculpty clay and I used printed pages from book,tore them,then burned them to give it the feel I wanted I mod podge the pages to the apple giving it a final coat to fully seal it. If your interested it is for sell in my esty shop at http://www.etsy.com/listing/89521387/clay-apple-with-worm
Remember
have fun doing what you love
and Love what you are doing!