The Creative Princess

Congrats to comment #11......Tereasa!!!  You have won the Reindeer Food Giveaway!! Winner has been contacted.  Please come back for more giveaway's soon! Congrats!

Smore's-in-a-Jar You will need: 12 Graham Crackers 3 Cups Mini Marshmallows 4 regular size chocolate candy bars Directions for Jar: Place crackers, marshmallows and chocolate in jar. Tie with a cute ribbon and attach directions for how the recipient will make the dessert. Direction for Smore’s: In addition to contents of jar you will need: ¾ Cup butter ¾ Cup firmly packed brown sugar Directions: Heat oven to 350* Line pan with aluminum foil; spray with cooking spray.  Place crackers onto foil so sides touch. Melt butter and brown sugar in medium saucepan over MEDIUM heat, stirring constantly, until smooth and mixture starts to boil, about 5 minutes.  Pour evenly over crackers. Bake 5-6 minutes or until bubbly Remove pan from oven; sprinkle with marshmallows and broken candy bar pieces.  Place back in oven and bake until marshmallows begin to soften, about 2-3 minutes.  Allo...

Giveaway has ended.  Thank you for entering! Next week I will be doing a tutorial on "Reindeer Food".   Since some schools are being let out this week for Christmas Break I thought I would go ahead and do the giveaway for that tutorial. I am giving away a School Pack of Reindeer Food. This will be enough packages for your child to give out during their Christmas Party or the last day before break.  Or you can give them away to YOUR class. What you will get in each pack: Reindeer Food in cellophane bag, tied with ribbon of my choice and a decorative tag letting the child/parent know just how magical the Reindeer Food is and directions on how to use it. Mandatory Entry:   Share your favorite school Christmas Party memory. Additional Entries: 1) Like me on Facebook 2) Follow my blog 3) Go to MoneySavingQueen.com and let me know your favorite Frugal Gift idea HURRY!  This giveaway ends TUESDAY MORNING 12/13!!! **PLEASE be sure to include your emai...

CONGRATULATIONS to comment #12.......the one and ONLY.....HEATERHONEY!!! The winner has been contacted, this giveaway is now over. Thank you ALL so much for entering, look for more giveaway's soon!

Hooded Towel You will need: Bath Towel Hand Towel (NOT wash rag) Scissors Pins Sewing Machine Directions: 1.  Fold your hand towel in half with the two "decorative" edges together and cut on the fold. You will then fold the half in half (again, your decorated edges should be touching), find the center and mark with a pin.  Also, fold your bath towel in half (decorative edges touching) to find the center, and mark with a pin. 2. Line up both towels together with “right” sides (the side you want on the OUTISIDE once finished) together.  This is why you placed a pin in each towel in step one, so you could easily find the center.  Just line both pins up.  Pin towels together, you will want the bath towel to stick out a bit further than the hand towel.  Sew approximately 1/4" from the edge of the hand towel. 3. Turn over towel straighten the bath towel edge OVER the hand towel edge covering the raw...

Mod Podge Ornament These are SO cute and SO easy to make. They are VERY messy though. What you will need: Ornament of choice Paper or Fabric Mod Podge Sponge Paintbrush Ribbon (optional) Directions Tear/cut/rip paper/fabric "Paint" a bit of Mod Podge on Ornament* Place fabric/paper randomly on Ornament "Paint" more   Mod Podge over fabric/paper to help seal Allow to dry Decorate with ribbon *My notes: I started off using paper but did NOT like how it was turning out at all so I switched to fabric. Also, I think it would have been better if I wouldn't have painted the MP on the ornament but rather dipped the fabric in it and then placed it on.  But, in the end it still turned out how I wanted it to.

Pie-in-a-Jar This is such an easy and YUMMY gift to make!  Plus, who doesn’t like pie?  Well, except my husband of course. You will need glass jars (canning/mason), pie crust, pie filling of your choice. You will be cooking IN the jars so you will need to sanitize them first, just boil them for a bit and you are good to go. Directions: 1) Grease/butter jars and set aside.  I used butter but had a hard time getting it in the very bottom. 2) Roll out dough .  I used premade dough and rolled it just a little bit thinner. 3) Use jar lid and cut a circle out of dough.   Once cut place in bottom of jar. 4) Cut remainder of dough in strips and place in jars (see pic) 5) Add pie filling .  Only fill about 2/3-3/4 full, you will need room for crust to expand, this will make the filling rise. 6) Crimp crust around top.   Just like a regular pie you will want to roll down and crimp the edges of your “pie”.  This is also w...