Creative Ideas: 2015

Homemade Toaster Strudels

Ingredients

2 sheets puff pastry, thawed
2/3 cup berry jam (blueberry, strawberry, raspberry, etc.)
2 tsp cornstarch
1 large egg
1 Tbsp water

Icing

1 1/2 Tbsp salted butter, melted
1 cup powdered sugar
1 1/2 Tbsp half and half, then more if needed
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1/8 tsp almond extract

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Mini Egg and Cheese Tortilla Cups

Ingredients:

4 eggs
¼ cup sour cream (or milk, or heavy cream)
½ cup shredded cheese (you can use any type, I used cheddar and mozzarella)
diced veggies (I used a mixture of bell peppers and onions)
1 extra large tortilla or 4 small
salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

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Pretzel Dogs

Ingredients

Sausages

Pretzel Dough

1½ cups warm water
1 tbsp sugar
2 tsp kosher salt (reduce amount if using table salt)
1 package active dry yeast
4½ cups all purpose flour
2 oz unsalted butter, melted
Vegetable oil, for pan
Baking Soda Bath
10 cups water
⅔ cups baking soda
Egg Wash
1 large egg yolk, beaten with 1 Tbsp water

Topping

Coarse kosher salt or Pretzel Salt

Instructions

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Garden And Yard Decor!

DIY Miracle Grow: 1 gallon of water, 1 tbsp epsom salt, 1 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp of Household ammonia. Mix all ingredients together and use once a month on your plants.

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Learn how to grow your own seeds indoors using eggshells in this simple, DIY tutorial video.

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Black-eyed Susan vine - you must plant one of these in your garden this year - it's the vine that keeps going strong all summer long

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Renters' Remodel: Pallet Outdoor Room

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Flower Pedals Plant Stand

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Around the World!

Angkor Wat. » Have you been? It's high on my list of places!

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Walter’s Wiggles, Zion National Park, Utah, USA - After seeing this picture, how can you not want to conquer that?

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Great Blue Hole, Belize

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Mountain Rail, Yukon, Alaska

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Luxury Huts Mexico | Glamping Beach Huts

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Cool Garden Items!

Awesome tree stump art

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Minion fire pit

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Spider web climbing. Include in playground?

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Herb Garden Mosaic

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Any old boots will do, but Red Rubber Boots Planter with Strawberries Plants really look good.

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Garden Ideas!

How to Build a Dog Potty Area

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Glowing Outdoor Orbs

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41 Groundcovers to Know & Use.

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No Weed / Grass Garden Paths

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Take an old cloth soak in cement water, drape over a stand and leave in the sun to dry. Paint and you have beautiful plant holders

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Around the World!

The Westin Resort & Villas, St. John, USVI

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Starfish Colony - West Coast New Zealand

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Hundertwasserhaus Flats in Vienna, Austria

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Crystal Cave, Iceland

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Shiragawa-Go, Japan

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Garden Ideas!

Tips on designing a container garden

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DIY Kits for fibre optic lighting on a path or a deck.

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What a fun use of a fallen log!

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Flower fence... This is so pretty!

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Fire Up the Brick Barbecue. >> Would love to do this, but a Brick Oven would be even more awesome!

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Travel the World!

Dubrovnik, Croatia

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Taupo Bay, New Zealand

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Havana, Cuba

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Huanglong, China

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Kos, Greece

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Green Zone!

Hopscotch pavers in the garden - how cute is that...

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Backyard dry streambed of river rocks.

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Pathway plants

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Awesome for camping!

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Nice fence detail

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Gardening Things!

DIY: Grow Your Own Lemon Grass

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Remember for Spring ~ Add 2 tablespoons of Epsom salt to a gallon of water and spray your lawn for a lusher, greener lawn. Epsom salt is loaded with magnesium!