Etsy Treasury: Shades of Green

I am really excited about this treasury because it includes my organic cup sleeves!

Shades of Green by SSW from Wedding Lab

Custom handmade Vintage... dittographic $48	British Union Jack Burl... BeInspire $22	Lampwork Bead Set FHFte... AlchemyLampwor... $21.5	Handspun yarn, pure Bri... Snowberrylime $30
Green Chrome Diopside R... blossomingsilv... $40	Earth -Fresh green - Gl... JasminBlancBou... $69	Uk and Eire Clock (Gree... castlehomeware $39.99	Go For It rustic neckla... FeelingWild $24
Size UK 6 (US 2) - Gree... digforvictory $130	Colourwheel Murrini &qu... DolmairicDesig... $5	Organic Crochet Cup Sle... SunshineMaking... $14	Treehugger Series 8&quo... SashaJacksonPh... $14
RESERVED... Hand Made L... Fairysteps $209	Exquisite Grecian style... gayretro $65	Vintage Ink Bottle Wate... Inklinks $14	Green Upcycled Capelet ... BabaYagaFashio... $82

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Happy Easter Sock Bunnies

Wishing you all a Happy Easter...He is Risen!

Bunnies don't have much to do with why we celebrate, but it's fun to have them around and add to the joy of Easter. My kids love their squishy sock bunnies that I made from Poundland over-the-knee socks and LiL Blue Boo's tutorial.

Something special to add to such a special day! Happy Easter!

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I'm linking up to some of these fabulous parties.

DIY Chocolate Eggs

If you've been following along for a while, you probably know that my son is allergic to dairy. This makes it pretty difficult to find Easter candy in the UK that he can enjoy. I have not been able to find any eggs, bunnies, chicks or any other Easter-themed candy that is anything other than milk chocolate. Oh, wait. I did see some white chocolate eggs, but those are also full of dairy. 

So, I have solved the problem by making my own dairy free chocolate candies for us to enjoy this Easter. They are made from dark chocolate, which is totally dairy free...and delicious!

Materials:

Green & Blacks Organic Dark Chocolate Bars 70% (or equivalent)

Silicon Molds

Microwave Safe Dish for melting chocolate

Chocolate Bar Foil Wrapper (or foil)

Method:

1. Very carefully open the foil wrapper so that you can reuse it to wrap the chocolate candies.

2. Break chocolate bar into pieces and place in your microwave safe dish.

3. Melt chocolate in microwave, stirring at 20-second intervals to prevent burning.

4. Carefully spoon melted chocolate into silicone mold.

5. Place in freezer for 15 to 20 minutes.

6. Turn silicone mold upside-down and pop out chocolate candies. If the candies don't pop out easily, return to freezer for a few more minutes.

While your chocolates are freezing, cut foil wrapper into pieces that are large enough to completely cover all sides of the chocolate candies. If the wrapper isn't large enough to make pieces for all the chocolates, you can use kitchen foil. We always wash and save our foil because it is such an easy thing to reuse. So, I took some smaller pieces our and flattened them when I realized I didn't have enough G&B foil. 

After the chocolate has hardened and you've popped it out, place it upside-down on a small piece of foil. Then bring all the corners and sides up and over and press them down.

If you press gently on the top of your chocolate egg, the design will show through the foil. You've now got a foil-wrapped chocolate candy!

We're stuffing ours into plastic eggs for an egg hunt we'll host on Friday.

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I'm linking up to some of these fabulous parties.

End of Google Reader

So, you may or may not have heard it, but Google Reader is not going to be with us much longer. While I'm sad to see it go because I'm in such a habit of using it, I'm happy that there are other great options for keeping up with my favorite blogs.

I've transfered my bloglist to Bloglovin' and I'm lovin' it so far! Some other options are Feedly and Networked Blogs. If you want to know more about them, take a look at Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy's review. Stacey's reviewed each of the mentioned options and has screenshots as well.

If you currently use Google Reader to follow me, I'd love for you to switch over and continue following my blog with one of these other options. Here are my links to Bloglovin' and Networked Blogs. Or you can click on any other sidebar links to follow me on facebook, twitter, pinterest, hello cotton, etc. Thanks!!

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