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Sausage Hot dog Bites - Super Quick and Super easy...

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My kids are super fussy when it comes to eating... They love pasta but don't like any sauce on it. One loves meat and not potato products , the other loves potato but not meat. But here is a super quick super easy recipe that they both agreed (which is not often) they loved. How  long it takes:  15 mins preparation,  5 mins cooking time. Items you’ll need: 250g quick-cook spaghetti 4 hot dogs each cut into 6 pieces Use vegetarian sausages if required Step 1 Pour boiled water into a large pan. Place on the hob and bring water to the boil again. Thread 5-7 spaghetti strands through each hot dog piece. Step 2 Put the hot dog spaghetti bites in the boiling water. Cook the pasta (around 5 min for quick-cook spaghetti). Step 3 Drain and serve, then enjoy! Feel free to Visit the Blog | Follow on Pinterest | Follow on Facebook |  Follow on Twitter |Follow on Instagram    Subscribe to Pretty Shabby UK

Soldered Glass Earrings

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Learn how to make earrings that look boutique-bought with this project for soldered glass earrings from  Suzann Sladcik Wilson . Glass tiles and scrapbook paper have never looked better than with these dainty black-and-white pendants. Try all sorts of patterns and pictures - the possibilities are endless! Materials: Scrapbook paper – Me & My Big Ideas textured card stock Sharpie pen 4 – 1″ glass squares  Scissors Copper foil tape – 1/4″ wide Bone Folder Lead Free Solder Soldering Iron Paint Brush Liquid gel Flux Tweezers Leverback Earring Findings – 1 pair Third hand 4 – 5mm Sterling Silver Jump Rings Pledge Multi-Surface spray Paper towels   Instructions: Take a 1-inch glass slide and place on area of scrapbook paper you would like to have as your image. Trace around glass slide with Sharpie and cut out image.   Place image between two pieces of glass. Make sure there are no fingerprints on the inside of the glass. Trim any edges...

Stamping Journal

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Well now I have my stamps in order , I don't want to have to keep pulling them out every time a friend wants to have a look or every time that I want to create a project, so I have made a Stamping journal which I divided up into sections according to the theme. I stared with a wire bound journal which can be bought from an stationery shop, in fact the one I used was from a pound store. Carefully de-bind (not sure if that is a word but it fits) making sure that you do not stretch or bend the wire. To make sure that I did not mess the papers and lose the holes, I added little paper dowels.   I removed and covered the front of the pad with some green and white spotty wallpaper. To easily locate the binded holes I pierced holes in the front with a darning needle before I forgot where they were.  It was a feel and prick kind of exercise. Then I decorated the front cover with co-ordinating papers that were already in my stash (a...