tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58766947343365015522024-03-14T02:13:56.292-04:00Hello, Good Gravy!Lelan @ Good Gravy!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01955418365598681973noreply@blogger.comBlogger436125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876694734336501552.post-77800393830273830402012-02-14T06:00:00.000-05:002012-02-14T06:00:01.156-05:00If this continues, we're doomed.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, speaking of genetics, my children did not understand you have to unwrap a chocolate coin first <i>before</i> eating it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZgEFpquMFbQ8lcnrj2BcgYU34tE2Z_PUhFDqtG1XYd8GcgJFtQiGiiq_rfu_CYyiMogysIobi1UNUtgoMQUu06GDuPnGBAopJcHy0DtbkQ1krfeb9-bOBoEvFrcD2v4SvaU6cfiEV1jw/s1600/chocoqtr.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZgEFpquMFbQ8lcnrj2BcgYU34tE2Z_PUhFDqtG1XYd8GcgJFtQiGiiq_rfu_CYyiMogysIobi1UNUtgoMQUu06GDuPnGBAopJcHy0DtbkQ1krfeb9-bOBoEvFrcD2v4SvaU6cfiEV1jw/s1600/chocoqtr.gif" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Childhood mishap or natural selection?</span><br />
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<a href="http://s35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/bobsey95/?action=view&current=sig.gif" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/bobsey95/sig.gif" /></a>Lelan @ Good Gravy!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01955418365598681973noreply@blogger.com53tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876694734336501552.post-70033834464895277632012-02-13T06:00:00.001-05:002012-02-13T06:00:16.533-05:00She's liking them apples<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You know the saying, "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree?" Living proof that Wavey's silliness is from her father's side...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...while her sense of fashion is from mine, as she refused to leave the house for the Daddy-Daughter Sweetheart Dance without her shiny red boots. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I argued, "They're not exactly fancy like your dress," and she retorted, "Oh, they're <i>fancy </i>alright." </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Super delicious, minimal effort: Oreos cookies, melted white chocolate chips and sprinkles. </span><br />
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<a href="http://s35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/bobsey95/?action=view&current=sig.gif" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/bobsey95/sig.gif" /></a>Lelan @ Good Gravy!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01955418365598681973noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876694734336501552.post-62782852302643542152012-02-08T09:26:00.001-05:002012-02-08T09:26:55.020-05:00"Love is for the birds" DIY Valentine's Day Gift Tag<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvHbKCVMPKZNd3iaf4gfRyLg02vgMJ4977vCwudPuk9Li59KJ_hmhNhozIJiWSoj7iWJCnLZL55XPeiF3FZ60xM7O-wTnae4bT8AIrk4ZVCgqic-cB7-sb0LYE6aFiLpFxkalENvauETpl/s1600/diy_lovebirds.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvHbKCVMPKZNd3iaf4gfRyLg02vgMJ4977vCwudPuk9Li59KJ_hmhNhozIJiWSoj7iWJCnLZL55XPeiF3FZ60xM7O-wTnae4bT8AIrk4ZVCgqic-cB7-sb0LYE6aFiLpFxkalENvauETpl/s1600/diy_lovebirds.gif" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By popular demand (and thanks for all your kind requests!), I've made the "Love is for the birds" Valentine's Day gift tags a free printable. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">And don't forget the recipe to </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="http://www.goodgravydesigns.blogspot.com/2012/01/get-your-craft-on-diy-birdseed-ornament.html" target="_blank">create your own birdseed ornament</a>.</span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I've modified the post a bit to ensure you're aware that the cakes MUST DRY COMPLETELY before packaging. Otherwise, you'll get a moldy mess. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Trust me, I speak from experience.</span><br />
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<a href="http://s35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/bobsey95/?action=view&current=sig.gif" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/bobsey95/sig.gif" /></a>Lelan @ Good Gravy!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01955418365598681973noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876694734336501552.post-18873144234267127012012-02-01T06:00:00.000-05:002012-02-01T06:00:02.710-05:00Hiiii-YAHH!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is what happens when you buy an assemble-yourself-bookshelf that comes with styrofoam packaging, and your children have watched way too much <i>Kung Fu Panda</i>:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The best part? You're only seeing about a quarter of the absolute mess. </span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For Valentine's Day teacher gifts, we're doing heart-shaped birdseed ornaments. Popular for bird-themed wedding favors, too, this was an easy DIY project that the Gravy Kids enjoyed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the heart shapes, I used a donut baking tin I found at Target. You can use cookie cutters, too, but shelling out the $9.99 was worth it over digging through my basement looking for the box of cookie cutters. The payment of convenience.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's the recipe:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4 cups birdseed</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Scoop into greased molds and let dry for several hours before removing from mold. </span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Let ornaments dry overnight on wax paper. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The result should be a distinctly hard ornament the next day. Any squishiness means that the ornament is not completely dry and may mold if packaged up too soon.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alternatively, you could use cookie cutters by putting wax paper on top of a cookie sheet and filling the greased cookie cutters with seeds. Just be sure to insert pieces of straw to leave a hole to tie the string through after the ornament dries. A mini-bundt pan would probably work well, too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">We wrapped the heart birdseed ornaments into a plastic bag, topped it off with a </span><a href="http://www.goodgravydesigns.com/GoodGravyDesigns_DIY_ForTheBirdsTags.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">"love is for the birds" gift tag</span></a><span style="color: #666666;"> and voila! Instant gift.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can you believe it's going to be February this week? I've already started in on my Valentine's Day teacher gifts which I'll share very shortly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">Until then, enjoy these FREE Good Gravy! printable Valentine's Day gift tags. </span><a href="http://www.goodgravydesigns.com/GoodGravyDesigns_DIY_ValentinesDayTags.pdf"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Click here to download.</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course, I couldn't resist throwing in a lovey, but somewhat non-in-your-face Valentine's Day tag with "Your Are My Sunshine." I love that phrase.</span><br />
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<a href="http://s35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/bobsey95/?action=view&current=sig.gif" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/bobsey95/sig.gif" /></a>Lelan @ Good Gravy!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01955418365598681973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876694734336501552.post-1356215052091548822012-01-20T11:19:00.001-05:002012-01-20T11:19:45.728-05:00The naughty list: dog christmas card<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My friend Elise's dog, Myko, is quite the character. So much so that he deserved his own dog Christmas card last month which I designed. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All items represented in Myko's "file" are hilariously true (okay, well maybe one is a stretch, but we wouldn't put it past him).</span><br />
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<a href="http://s35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/bobsey95/?action=view&current=sig.gif" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/bobsey95/sig.gif" /></a>Lelan @ Good Gravy!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01955418365598681973noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876694734336501552.post-79982461512373369082011-12-09T09:12:00.001-05:002011-12-09T09:17:14.306-05:00Break-in or renovation? You decide.<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I may or may not have been been responsible for this:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I admit to nothing. Ignore the crumbs on my face.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, beer + bacon + maple donut = hello, my darlings:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXF-buR0g4iWWBF7f0ieEqenKhbHlj8yu1om9ISU0dKHR1vS5ba5hM2gxmBwahJUzVLfqKUcjQPYsNFSSn1RHJbzfFS2UE7Lhh-yCZusy_ALyZ2H106aUdwAKkU5IP-uARKZ51q49lu44z/s1600/baconstuff_5.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXF-buR0g4iWWBF7f0ieEqenKhbHlj8yu1om9ISU0dKHR1vS5ba5hM2gxmBwahJUzVLfqKUcjQPYsNFSSn1RHJbzfFS2UE7Lhh-yCZusy_ALyZ2H106aUdwAKkU5IP-uARKZ51q49lu44z/s1600/baconstuff_5.gif" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.rogue.com/store/products/Rogue-Voodoo-Doughnut-Bacon-Maple-Ale-750ml-Bottle.html">{via Rouge}</a></span></div><a href="http://s35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/bobsey95/?action=view&current=sig.gif" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/bobsey95/sig.gif" /></a>Lelan @ Good Gravy!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01955418365598681973noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876694734336501552.post-9945727576778906242011-11-29T06:00:00.001-05:002011-11-29T06:00:00.814-05:00Get your craft on: DIY crayons<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've read many articles about making your own crayons from broken ones using cookie molds, so I</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> thought Wavey would find it a fun holiday project for kid-gifts. </span><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGRh3vEj-u5vU2qbid5mh7AzNAYa7YDbjznygTepaRRAdLPzxsPkBRzaGVazUiQSOQt1t2z1FBYoghDRELal6yhXBIfYeo8NsUSAVVQml7Cz1mmqrYF8nOqxEWsVZhlH6yVJBYRCSxO36/s1600/crayons0.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGRh3vEj-u5vU2qbid5mh7AzNAYa7YDbjznygTepaRRAdLPzxsPkBRzaGVazUiQSOQt1t2z1FBYoghDRELal6yhXBIfYeo8NsUSAVVQml7Cz1mmqrYF8nOqxEWsVZhlH6yVJBYRCSxO36/s1600/crayons0.gif" /></a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana;"></span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So here's the rub: We didn't have enough organically-derived broken crayons, so we broke a apart a box of new ones...and what an UNHOLY MESS it was to peel the wrappers off of them. </span><br />
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</div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Did you know generic crayons affix their wrappers with the same glue probably used to hold rocket ships together in space? Yep, now you know, and I have the wax under my nails to prove it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We melted the crayons in the oven at 275-degrees for about 15 minutes and let them cool completely before popping them out of the mold. Success!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And yes, I ordered it, too.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I designed this holiday cocktail party invitation using icicle blue, silver bell and cranberry inks on textured cardstock and matted it to a shimmering silver cardstock. Very holiday glam.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">(Personal information has been modified to protect privacy)</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The bakery is going to fuse marshmallows and airbrush yellow frosting for the buttered popcorn effect for an upcoming movie-themed birthday party and will use the wrappers I designed above to tuck the "popcorn" cupcakes inside. Clever! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While the party for this bakery hasn't yet occurred, here's a photo I found via <a href="http://projectnursery.com/2011/03/gallery-round-up-popcorn-the-party-food/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Project Nursery</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span>to show you the full effect:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Got an idea for a custom cupcake wrapper you'd be interested in having for an upcoming event? Email me! :)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It definitely wouldn't match my desire to make my home look more like grown-ups live here. But then again, all hopes for that flew out of the window once the <a href="http://goodgravydesigns.blogspot.com/2011/08/doughboy-has-landed.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">giant styrofoam doughboy</span></a> joined the decor.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Though, this sadly is quite the realistic snapshot of our day-to-day.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And now, Halloween with the same group of goofy kids through the years:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meet my little friend, Bridget, whose parents graciously asked me to snap a little photo session to use for a custom Christmas card design. So, I brought over a few props, like my red chair and a open white-washed frame.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And Bridget was having none of it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana;">So keep this in mind when doing your own photo shoots for the holidays: Kids, especially little ones, will not hold still for anyone. Or, get creative and crop out dad's arm:</span><br />
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<a href="http://s35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/bobsey95/?action=view&current=sig.gif" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/bobsey95/sig.gif" /></a>Lelan @ Good Gravy!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01955418365598681973noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876694734336501552.post-1606821959932108942011-08-22T06:00:00.004-04:002011-08-22T09:14:18.762-04:00Free DIY printable: You make me happy<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wouldn't it be sweet to give this free <em>Good Gravy!</em> DIY printable to someone today who makes you happy when skies are gray?</span><br />
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</div><a href="http://www.goodgravydesigns.com/skiesaregray.pdf"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">{Click here to download a 4.75" x 6.75 size card}</span></a><br />
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</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You are my sunshine, my only sunshine...</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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