Surprise Baby Announcement

                            Surprise Baby Announcement

Oh baby, Carly has some exciting news! I'm expecting a baby in December. I wanted to share the news to my mother and mother in-law in an exciting way, so Kim and I put our heads together. After looking all over the internet we came up with a brilliant plan, a onesie with a cute message on it. I put them in a box and had them open it on Mother's Day. They were both brought to tears and couldn't be happier.

Material

• One or two white 0-3 month onesie
• Two colors of embroidery floss
• One needle
• A 1/4 of a yard of fusible interfacing  
• Iron
• One pencil or washable marking pen

 

Steps

1. Measure out the area you plan on embroidering
2. Cut out the fusible interfacing  to fit in that space.
3. Then flip your onesie inside out and iron the fusible interfacing by following the directions. that come with the fusible
4. Then in your best handwriting use the pencil or marking pen to write your cute message on the front of the onesie.
5. If you are happy with the front and print, you may beginning the time consuming process of embroidering :)
6. The knot was something I could never get down, so Kim had to help me. Take the tail of the floss and wrap it tightly around the needle 3 times. Hold the knot between you thumb and pointer finger and pull straight down.
7. Start on the inside of the onesie and make your stitches small.

Tips and Suggestions

Cute messages- Guess What? or Surprise!
Alternate the colors for even more fun.
Use a French Knot for the dots
Great gift for baby showers
Even though a onesie is small, this project easily takes 1 hour. However you can do this while watching Doctor Who :)

The Girls of Gallifrey Photo Challenge

I know that I am a day late with this post, but May came up way too fast! Back in November, Carly and I had a lot of fun doing a photo challege on Instagram so we decided to create our own! We can't wait to start this challenge and we hope to see all of your great photos! 

Be sure to leave us a comment if you are participating and you can use the hashtag #girlsofgallifreyphoto when you post your photos! 

Day 1: Favorite Color

Day 2: Nature

Day 3: Something you made

Day 4: Childhood Memory

Day 5: Something you can't live without

Day 6: Breakfast

Day 7: Reflection

Day 8: Morning Hair or Bed Head

Day 9: Something on TV

Day 10: Selfie

Day 11: Something Random

Day 12: Music

Day 13: Favorite Snack

Day 14: View out your window

Day 15: Something you want

Day 16: Your favorite spot

Day 17: Routine

Day 18: Black and White

Day 19: Something that makes you happy

Day 20: Good Habit

Day 21: Bad Habit

Day 22: Back in the day photo

Day 23: A Friend

Day 24: Something you fear

Day 25: In my bag

Day 26: Something pretty

Day 27: Something ugly

Day 28: Favorite scent

Day 30: Eyes

Day 31: Changes to come

Bonus: Favorite moment of the month

We can't wait to see everyone's photos! Be sure to follow us on Instagram kimothyire and wisecarly!

Allonsy!

The Girls of Gallifrey

Delicious Cacao Coconut Crispy

                   Delicious Cacao Coconut Crispy 

One day my husband and I were shopping at Vitamin Cottage when we discovered a $6.00 bag of  coconut pieces covered in cacao powder, a big splurge, but something I had been eyeing for weeks. When we got home we opened the bag and almost finished them in one sitting. They were so good but we needed to find a more affordable way to enjoy these little drops of heaven!

My husband decided we should try to make our own. As we began to experiment, some batches had too much cacao, so we tried salt on a few batches to balance out the cacao and that seemed to work. Next, we had to figure out the cooking time. Some batches got over cooked, but six batches later he found the recipe! I knew he needed to guest blog this, because it is my new favorite snack! I use it as a topping for yogurt and frozen yogurt, and well I 'sometimes' just eat it plain. ('sometimes' = everyday after work.) I hope you enjoy it as much as we do! 

Ingredients 

• 3-4 cups Organic Coconut flakes
• 2 Tb. Organic Cane Sugar unrefined
• 3-4 Tb. Cacao Powder
• 1/4 tbsp. Celtic Sea Salt
• Dash or two of  Organic Cinnamon  
• 2 big scoops of Virgin Coconut Oil

 Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Put foil on a cookie sheet with two scoops of coconut oil.
3. In a large bowl, mix the sugar, cacao, salt, and cinnamon.
4. When the oven is heated put the cookie sheet with the oil in the oven for 1-2 min letting the oil melt.
5. When oil is melted, place the coconut flakes on the melted oil and mix by hand or spoon to coat the flakes with the oil.
6. Sprinkle a few spoonfuls of your cacao mix onto the coconut flakes.
7. Mix, then sprinkle more on the coconut until the coconut is covered evenly.
8. Spread coconut out evenly on the cookie sheet.
9. Bake for 5-6 minutes.
10. Let cool and enjoy.

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A Healthier Super Bowl Snack

 Trail Mix

Tomorrow is the big day... the Super Bowl!

If you are looking for a healthy, super easy, not the mention cost effective snack to munch on during the game, try this...


Ingredients

• Dried bananas
• Chocolate covered espresso beans
• Toasted coconut (see instructions below)
• Almonds
• Pumpkin seeds
• Dried apple rings
• Dried pineapple rings (broken into smaller pieces)
• Chocolate covered goji berries

You can find these ingredients in the bulk section of your local grocery store. Feel free to add or remove ingredients as you feel fit. Personally, I would add more chocolate and I am sure Carly would agree!


To make the toasted coconut preheat over to 325 degrees. Spread out coconut in a thin layer on a baking sheet. Bake for 5-10 minutes stirring occasionally. Be sure to keep a close eye on things as it will toast quickly.  Allow to cool for a few minutes before adding to the trail mix.

Combine ingredients in a large bowl. With clean hands mix until combined.  Store in an airtight container. Enjoy!

That's it, simple! Hope you try it soon!

Allon-sy!
The Girls of Gallifrey

Valentine Fortune Cookies DIY

Valentine Fortune Cookies DIY 

Kim and I saw something like this on Pinterest but they were very complicated so we decided we needed to find an easier and better way. Kim with her smarts came up with a very clever and easy plan. We made nine of them in less than 20 minutes and had a lot of fun coming up with the fortunes! The hardest part of it was coming up with the fun fortunes but lucky for you we created a list for the different people in your life. Enjoy!

Items Needed:

* most of these items can be found at your local craft store

• An assortment of foam circles- you can buy pre-cut circles or cut your own from a sheet of foam
• Small glue dots
• Candy (kisses or hugs work great) or money to put inside
• Paper cut into strips

Simple Directions  

1. Fold the circle in half.   (It will look like a taco shell) 
2. Then you push the closed side of the circle in the middle. (It will instantly take the shape of a fortune cookie.)
3. Place a small glue dot where the two sides meet. Make sure it's not to far back or you will make the cookie stay open.
4. Stuff some yummy candy in the cookie. Go with chocolate...yummmm!
5.  Write or type out some fortunes. (see the list below)
6. Fold the paper in half and shove it in the cookie.  
7. Hand to your favorite person.

Push center

Putting on the glue dot

Fortunes for your Partner

• In control of the remote one night
• A sexy back massage
• Romantic dinner for two
• Fondue night
• Lunch at your favorite restaurant
• Dishes done without complaining for a week
• Snuggle up with me
• 30 kisses given in 30 different places  

Fortune for your Child

•  A play date of your choice
• Three books at bed time
• Cuddles with mom and dad
• Dessert for dinner  
• Chuck-E-Cheese dinner date
• Popcorn and a movie

Fortune for your Friend

• Girls/Boys Night
• Free beer/wine/drink
• Day of golfing
• You pick the movie
• Get out of jail free card

Mad Libs Valentine Cards

Mad Libs Valentine Cards

Kim and I were talking about making our students Valentines cards this year and Kim remembered an easy creative idea she had seen in last years Family Fun magazine. We took a look at it and decided that we could improve on it a little. Kim suggested adding a pencil because her students ALWAYS need one. So we went to the local craft store and bought enough stuff for 60 students and it was all under $20,  a perfect price for two teachers!

Materials

• Special dollar bin pencils
• Mad Libs
• Heart punch outs
• Cute String
• Red, pink, and white doilies

Steps

• Cut apart the Mad Libs.
• Fold the Mad Lib so you only have 1 inch not doubled up. 
• Place the pencil at the bottom and roll tightly.
• Place the doily on the outside of the Mad Libs and roll up.
• Put a very small piece of tape to hold it all together.

• Next write a message on the heart. Examples: MAD about you! You have MAD skills!
•  Punch a hole in the corner of your heart and tie a string around the pencil.  

 And, Voila! You have easy and practical Valentines to hand out to your students!

Allon-sy!
The Girls of Gallifrey