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Used a pipe support, cut in half, as a support for the lens. Added a wood nut to serve as an adapter for a smaller screw.
Ingredients
1
box (18.3 oz) Betty Crocker™ fudge brownie mix
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on brownie mix box
1
cup Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy chocolate frosting (from 16-oz container)
1/2
cup REESE'S™ Pieces™ peanut butter candy in a crunchy shell
3 1/2
cups Count Chocula™ cereal
2/3
cup creamy peanut butter
1 1/3
cups (8 oz) semisweet chocolate chips
Directions
1 Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Line 9-inch square pan with foil; spray cooking spray on bottom only of foil.
2 Make and bake brownies as directed on box for 9-inch pan. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Frost brownies with frosting. Sprinkle with peanut butter candies; refrigerate while making cereal mixture.
3 In medium bowl, measure 3 cups of the cereal; set aside. In 1-quart saucepan, melt peanut butter and chocolate chips over low heat, stirring constantly. Pour over cereal in bowl, stirring until evenly coated. Spread over frosted brownies.
4 Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup cereal, slightly pressing on top. Refrigerate about 1 hour or until set before cutting. For bars, cut into 4 rows by 4 rows.
Instead of the usual heart necklace, go for something different as a gift for the person you love.
I transformed an antique Victorian padlock (don't you love the little door for the lock?) into a pendant.
HALLOWEEN ON HALSTED Chicago
Chicago’s Northalsted neighborhood is celebrating its 19th year of Halloween on Halsted festivities. All are welcome to participate in the annual parade that floods the streets, though all must register to walk. A costume competition divides participants into five categories: pet costume, drag, scariest, most original, and best group. Fire twirlers, stilt walkers, marching bands, and Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz are staples of the homegrown parade. The .7-mile stretch of city blocks covers a predominantly LGBT-friendly area of restaurants, bars, and clubs that all pick up when the parade ends with door-busting specials.
Faux "mercury glass" candles using corrugated cardboard and silver/mirror spraypaint how to.
See my blog for more details and the tutorial.
blog.anglianhome.co.uk/anglian-products/home-improvements...
HSBC has conducted a new survey which has revealed that the potential increase in property value, as a result of home improvements, has dipped in the past year, even though it has been predicted that more than half of UK householders will be planning various DIY projects over the forthcoming Bank Holidays this year.
I gather glass bottles from the beaches and thoroughly clean them. Then I decorate them with colored jute string and glue shells from the beaches here in Utila to the front. I sell them in the local art gallery on the island. Great fun and creative outlet!
Spooky spider cakes
Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4 and line a muffin tin with 12 cases, preferably brown ones. Put the butter, sugar and flour in a mixing bowl. Break the eggs into a smaller bowl, taking care not to get any shell into it, then tip on top of the butter mixture.
Add the baking powder and vanilla to the larger bowl, then beat with an electric hand whisk until smooth and creamy. Stir in the chocolate drops or chocolate. Spoon the cake mixture evenly into the cases and bake for 20-25 mins until golden – a cocktail stick pushed into the middle of one of the cakes should come out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
To decorate the cakes, unravel the liquorice wheels and cut into lengths with scissors to make dangly legs. Stick 8 into the top of each cake, making small cuts with the tip of a sharp knife so they push in really securely.
Spoon the chocolate spread on top and spread lightly within the liquorice legs to make a round spider’s body. Now cut the Allsorts to make eyes and the red bootlaces to make mouths, then stick them onto the cakes and dot on the icing to make eyeballs. Will keep for up to 2 days in a cool place.