Flowers You Can See Grow

Posted in Gardening, home by peppermintsandhoneybees

I’ve seen this idea before on Pinterest so I thought I’d give it a try this Spring. I used this hurricane vase I already had and bought some clear glass pieces from the dollar store. I was also able to find a pack of these rain lily bulbs at Dollar Tree also since it’s spring. I put the glass gems in the vase and filled it up to the top of the gems with water. Next I placed the bulbs in standing up and put it in a sunny spot. this is the results so far…

After two weeks I got this flower but now the other two are starting to grow.

24May2015

My Vacation photos

Posted in My Life by peppermintsandhoneybees

Hello I hope everyone is having a great weekend! I don’t have any diys today but I have been meaning to share more posts about my day to day life. It’s something that I need to get into the habit of doing. Usually I feel like no one will want to see my boring photos but I always like to see other people’s posts about their lives and homes so here goes! I went on a cruise to the Bahamas last weekend for a wedding of some friends so these are little more exciting than my usually weekend pictures. I figured this was a good start so here ya go!

6May2015

Homeade Butter and Honey Butter

Posted in Food by peppermintsandhoneybees

I had a super busy weekend and was able to get lots of work done, and still made this butter! It’s super simple and I can’t believe it has taken me this long to realize how easy butter is to make. It’s just one ingredient, heavy whipping cream and you can either shake it in a jar for a long time or use a food processor.

I used the later and it took about 5 minutes on high. I also added some salt to mine for taste. You will be able to tell when it’s done because there will be no more liquid and you can use a rubber spatula to scrape it out. I put it in a bowl and folded in some honey to make honey butter because, well honey butter! I also want to try to make some mulberry butter this summer after my mulberry trees have berries. The possibilities are endless, enjoy! Let me know how it turns out.