Cereal Cupboard

How do you organize your Cereal Cupboard? Do you have a Cereal Cupboard? You know, that cupboard your kids are in and out of all day long where you stash the cereal, crackers, chips and other go-to snacks. Well... this is how my Cereal Cupboard was looking:

BEFORE:

With about 10 minutes of my time and these lovely, inexpensive cereal organizers purchased from Wal-Mart, this is what my Cereal Cupboard looks like now:

AFTER:

Much more functional! I was tempted to whip out my label maker to label the cereal containers for Cheerio's, Quaker Oat Squares (my all-time favorite) and Granola, but I decided I may switch it up every now and again and didn't want to have to rip off labels and such. But, if you want to label the cereal containers, that would definitely add an "I'm super organized" touch! Happy organizing!!

Love Notes

I saw the idea to make these cards here and thought they looked easy enough. What a great idea to add a special little touch to a "love note."

You will Need:
sewing machine and thread
card stock paper for cards
(I made 4 cards from each 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper)

large heart shaped paper punch
patterned paper

Start by cutting each card stock paper in fourths. Fold each of the "fourths" in half to make four small cards. Use the paper punch to punch several hearts from the patterned papers. Stack three or four hearts and place them centered on the front of the card. Start sewing from the top of the card all the way to the bottom (it is not necessary to sew all the way to the bottom, but it is faster to clip the ends of the thread if you sew to the bottom of the card).

Fan out each side of the heart and write a little love note to someone you love!

Red, White & Blue Strawberries

Many of you have likely already discovered these little beauties. But, just in case you haven't, you've got to try them! They are incredibly simple to make, look very patriotic and taste delicious. I found the idea here.

Just wash and dry the strawberries and coat them with melted white chocolate and blue sprinkles. I just melted white chocolate chips (be sure to melt 10 seconds at a time in the microwave, stirring between each 10 seconds, or use a double broiler. When white chocolate is heated too much it starts to clump and doesn't coat well). That's it!

I made these for a family BBQ last night. Definitely a hit! Beware of the blue sprinkles, they will turn your mouth blue! Oh, and you may want to let the white chocolate and sprinkles coated strawberries cool first before placing them on a serving plate. I put mine right on the plate after I dipped them and we all just had to carefully pry them off the plate. It was worth it, though!