2 Planeteer Shirt

Do you remember the 90s cartoon Captain Planet and the Planeteers? I do. I grew up on that show. I love it, okay its growing closer and closer to obsession status. I have every episode scheduled to air in the foreseeable future ready to go on my DVR. Yeah. 

So I did what any obsessed fan would do.. I made a shirt =]
 Will need a shirt.. any color is fine, any type will do as well, I used a tank but T's or long sleeves, it doesn't really matter. Some fabric paint, a round object approx 6in in diameter, and some cardboard

My cardboard was a little on the small side but put it inside the shirt like this..

Place your circular object in the middle of the shirt, if you're using a T-shirt you'll want to place the circle approx 1in from the neckline. 

Trace it with your fabric paint in black.. if your paint doesn't have a point on it you can use a paint brush, it works just as well. 

Keep tracing all the way around, be careful to watch for the fabric bunching up, you want it to stay smooth. 

It's a little messy but the green will cover it. 

I used the same bowl to mix my green in, I wasn't happy with the factory-made green. You want it pretty neon-ish. 

Oh, yes =]

I didn't feel like looking for a paintbrush.. this worked out just as well though I think.

=]

You need to create an axis, the green circle is a globe.. so make a straight vertical line in the center. I used my cardboard as a straight-edge.

Not bad.

Now you need a horizontal line.. It was at this point that I noticed where my fabric had bunched during the drawing of the initial black circle.

YAY!

In order to make it spherical you'll need to make the next set of lines curved

One down..

I found it easiest to flip the entire project so that each new curved line would be on the side opposite my drawing hand. This helps make the curve. 

At this point it pretty much looks like a basketball.

The next set of lines will be curved along the width of the sphere

Three down..

Last one. 

YAAAY!

Here it is! Fuzzy and out of focus (my apologies) 

And here it is on. Again, I apologize for the horrible last couple of pictures, in my defense this very last one is from my crappy cell phone. I also apologize for my scraggly hair, it's in desperate need of attention as of late and I just haven't gotten around to it. I hope that if you're not as obsessed you still found this a good read and maybe inspires you to check out some Captain Planet re-runs on youTube. If you are in my boat, I encourage you to also make your own Planeteer shirt. I think the plan currently is to be a planeteer for Halloween. I usually go all-out, last year was an exception(it was awful.. store-bought costume and all). 


Happy Crafting!
Enjoy! =]

0 French Fries =]

I made real food! =] 

What's better than french fries for breakfast?? I don't know either. 

So here's what you need..

Easy enough right? Okay you may also want some shredded cheese but its optional.. Bacon would be good too..

Peel your potato..

We all know how this works.. I like the plastic-bag-in-the-sink method

Slice it up..

I only used one potato but it was just enough for me. You may want to use one for each person if it's going to be a side dish. 

Pour some oil in your frying pan, enough to coat the bottom

Spread out your potato pieces (this works just as well with smaller chunks)

Salt those puppies

And since you've got the salt out go ahead and salt a raw slice and have at it, it's not bad I promise but it is one of those 'aquired' tastes in life. It took me a while but I'm sold on it now.

They should start to bubble and fizz immediately if you fired up the stove before hand, if not it will take a second but is just as efficient

I like to move them around a lot but you don't really have to

A crowd has begun to form.. They like it when I throw the peelings on the floor, Hank catches them.

They'll start to get some color..

When I take them out I like to put them on a paper towel

This helps get rid of some of the excess oil and stuff

I didn't cut the second batch quite as thin

It all works out though, nothing like cheesy fries for breakfast.. except maybe cheesy fries with bacon... =]

Enjoy!

0 strawberry jello pretzel salad

This weekend was Labor day so of course we had a cookout and I took the excuse to make something dessert-y. I found the recipe in a bunch of placed but I'll site these two since I basically combined them >Paula Deen< and the other is >HERE<

Here it is.. these are my mom's hands by the way

So here is everything that went into it.. and yes that is a giant easter-egg-shaped spatula.

Bust up the pretzels, I used sticks but the regular kind would work too

You can further smoosh them this way or you can leave them chunkier, I was seconds from pretzel dust and I think that may have been bad

Theres still chunks though. You'll need about a cup and a half to two cups

Mix in 3T of sugar

Melt down 1 1/4 C butter

Pour it in and mix well

Looks kinda gross but just go with it

You'll want a 9x13 baking dish.. I figured this would do but it turned out being too small. Bake 10mins @350F

Beat up two blocks of softened cream cheese

Add 3/4 to a cup of sugar

It should get creamy

Fold in 8oz of whipped cream

Oh yes.. =]

Spread evenly over the pretzel mush

Stick it in the fridge while you do this next part

Boil 2C of water

Pour in 6oz jello mix and stir well

Add 16oz frozen strawberries

Also add the small can of crushed pineapple

Mix it in good

Pour it over the chilled cream cheese stuff

Stick it back in the fridge for an hour or so and it's ready to go =]

Mmm... Okay I actually didn't really have any of this, mom says it wasn't bad at all but shes had better.. she's pretty brutal, she also says when she had it before it was mixed all together rather than layered. BUT; The Easons(of Sliding E Stables, sorry, no website to link to) came over for a visit and I made them have some, Angie said it was really good and she really like the whole salty vs sweet thing it had going on. So I suppose this means you'll have to make and eat it for yourself to really know how good it is. My input: USE A 9x13 DISH! Mine was smaller and I had an overflow issue, my counter is now stained red from the jello. 


Happy Baking!
Enjoy! =]