Tuesday Tutorial ---- More Mother's Day Ideas

Today's tutorials are some more ideas for Mother's Day gifts to make.

Find the tutorial for this toiletries bag on Momtastic.

Here is a quick but very pretty flower hair clip tutorial on Feathered Nest.

 I love this idea because I wash my hands a lot and they get very dry.  Handmade Hand Scrub tutorial found on Craft.

And finally,  a card and bookmark to print out at A Touch Of Class.

Anniversary Celebration Surprise Giveaway #2

We have another surprise giveaway today to celebrate our one year blogging anniversary.    Today's winner was chosen from our followers by random.org.   And the winner of this handmade Bunny is Heartfelt 4 Kids.

Congratulations Heartfelt 4 Kids and thanks for being one of our followers..   Please email us with your shipping address and this bunny will be on it's way to you.

And we want to say a big Thank You to all our followers.   We appreciate every one of you.

Bette and Deena

Without Easter

Without Easter,there would be no hope of heaven.
Without the hope of heaven,
there would be no repentance,
no personal transformation,
no attempt to follow biblical principles.
Without Easter,
the world would be in chaos
and darkness.
Jesus’ death and resurrection
means we can be reborn,
to live better, to do better,
to shine light into the shadows.
Hallelujah!
Happy, Happy Easter.

Poem By Joanna Fuchs

Time Saver Recipes - How to Make Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs

Making hard boiled eggs may be a no-brainer for some folks but up until a couple months ago I found out that I wasn't doing it right. Yes, my hard boiled eggs would be done after I cooked them but they always had a dark-greenish edge on the yolk and the whites were just a tad rubbery.

My mom wrote down some instruction she found in a magazine and said, "you've got to try this". I did and was really amazed at how bight and yellow the yolks were when done.

Here's how...

1- Place eggs in a pan and cover with cold water.

2- Cover pan and bring to a simmer for 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand for 10-15 mins.

3- Drain hot water, then cover with ICE WATER. Let stand until cooled.


The next obstacle with boiled eggs is peeling them. Don't you just hate it when half the white peels off with the shell?

An easy remedy for this is to add 1-2 Tablespoons of salt to the water you cook them in. That sounds like a lot, but the eggs do not taste salty when they are done and do peel easier when cooled.

Another easy thing to do, if you have time to wait, is to crack the shells of the cooked eggs and let them sit in cool water for about an hour.

Hope this helps with your Easter eggs this year.

Thank you for stopping by.
Deena Davis
www.byyourhands.blogspot.com

Free Printable Hang Tags

To help celebrate the season, we're offering these FREE printable hang tags to download and print.

The tags were made by Deena of www.ewenmeprintables.com

CLICK THIS LINK to download these printable hang tags, they saved as a  pdf file which makes printing easy. You will need Adobe Reader 7.0 or higher to view/print these tags.

Thanks for joining us today!
Bette & Deena
www.byyourhands.blogspot.com