Simply CherylFay

Soups are always good in the fall and winter time because of the cold days. It helps to warm you up. Here are four my family soup recipes that are so good for your tummy. I’d like to share them with you.     My Moms Soup Recipe’s   On cold days my Mom made would made soups to warm the soul. These two are my favorites. I’ve loved having these soup recipes added to my own recipe box to make just…

Tips For Picking Out A Hand Held Trowel

One of the most important garden planting tools you should own is a small hand held garden trowel.   Mine has a red soft grip handle with a silver trowel part. I’ve used it for countless flowers of planting. Sure you could just use your hand to dig the dirt with but why do that when you can use a handy hand held trowel. It has a nice little blunt point on it to help dig right into the dirt. You…

A favorite cake that is made for Fat Tuesday is a colorful Mardi Gras cake.   The “traditional” King Cake is made from twisted strands of cinnamon dough, covered by poured sugar and sprinkled with purple, green and gold colored sugar. A very pretty looking cake when. A tradition about these cakes is to  a tiny plastic baby that is inserted into the cake. The one who receives the baby in there…

On my Dad’s 87th birthday I made him a blueberry pie. It’s a funny little story. After I got the pie all done I was excited to put the candles in the middle. I got them lighted and he made a wish and blew them out. When I went to take the candles out I discovered the pie was a little warm yet and the wax melted into the blueberries. We got a good little chuckle; then Dad said that’s okay a little…

How to Make A Holiday Potpourri Jar

Potpourri Jar Light   A homemade Holiday jar light is a such simple and easy craft to make to add to your Christmas decor. They even make for great gifts. Anyone would be delighted to receive one.   This jar light in the photo is what my son made for me when he was in 5th grade. He is now 25. I’ve put this light out each Holiday season ever since. It is a special heirloom keepsake. I’d like to…

Spicy Autumn Nail Colors

Autumn is the time of the year when the leaves turn shades of red, orange, brown, gold and even purple. Just like nail colors change with each season. What a better way to start the Fall season but with spicy autumn colors.   As a gal who loves nail polish I love stylish colors that roll with the seasons. Staying up with the new colors is a must but one of my most favorite Fall colors is from a…

How To Plant Daisies

Daisies are such a inviting happy flowers to start Spring off with. Plant them to bring cheerfulness to your home.   Gerber daisies can planted in the ground or in pots. I prefer to plant them in pots to decorate my deck with. I like to make my deck look pretty with pots of flowers. Daisies can be started from seed indoors after the last frost or you can just buy them already started. I’ve never…

DIY Upcycled Tea Cup Bird Feeders

A creative way to make a bird feeder is with tea cups. It’s a neat upcycled project that your birds will love plus it’s a perfect way to invite your birdies over for a tea party. Fill up the tea cups with various bird seed and watch them fly in for tea. It will be a grand gathering for sure. You might just want to get your camera ready to remember the memories.   There are different ways to make…

How To Grow Hosta Plants

Grow Hosta plants around your house or deck; even near your garden. They like mostly shade but some sunlight. There are many different varieties to choose from. You’ll want to take some time deciding where to plant them, what types are good for the area you live and which kind fits your needs.   Childhood Memories   Hosta plants brings back memories of when I was younger because my Mom grew these…

Green Tea Cherry Blossom Nail Art

Arizona Tea Nails   Spring is the time of the year where trees, flowers and grass starts budding and coming back to life after Winter. Its the time of the year when we gals change our nail colors to match the season. The cherry blossom flower’s on a Arizona green tea can remind me of Spring and best of all I found a nail art design to match those flowers. The painted cherry blossom flowers on the…

  When I seen this cookbook I just had to have it. I thought it would make for fun meals for my family that love Star Wars.  The cookbook is hard cover, spiral bound and the pages are shiny. The picture on the cover alone is so inviting with Chewbacca standing there, the table of contents is filled with recipes for every meal of the day and the pictures of the food with the Star Wars characters are really fun. Anyone who is a Star Wars fan will really love this cookbook.

  Just take a look a the pictures below and see for yourself what you think.

  Star Wars Recipes

  Here are three recipes I’ve made from the cookbook that are published in the JAQUO Lifestyle Magazine. In each of the articles you will find the recipe plus a little story about making them. They were fun to make and turned out really great. Of course I can’t wait to make more from this cookbook.

  http://jaquo.com/star-wars-recipe/

  http://jaquo.com/star-wars-hot-chocolate-recipe/

  http://jaquo.com/galaxy-grilled-cheese/

// Star Wars Cookbooks & Recipes

  The first cookbook is the one I have. The second one is the second Star Wars Cookbook plus the other two seem like fun ones to have as well. 

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Party Like It’s 1999

Road Tripping with Prince   Who doesn’t like some jamming music by Prince while driving down the road? I know I do. While on a road trip I popped in Prince’s 1999 CD into my player to listen to. We’d just picked it up at the Family Dollar store in my area that was going out of business. I have some albums of Prince but didn’t have this particular one. So it was exciting to finally own this album.…

Tribute to Prince - Purple Rain