Surviving the 100 degree heat!

Hay all! Well summer finally showed up here in South Eastern Washington State! And full force, no gradually easing into the summer, just jump right in!  It's been about 104 to 107 degrees here.  We are dry heat, so not as bad as those that are getting the same temp's but with humidity!

We are staying cool in the pool, however......watering twice a day my flowers seems to be doing just fine!

 Great color and no burnt edges....well maybe a few burnt edges from

the water hitting them, but overall stayin' alive!  ****Candie****

Spring?

While the skies may be blue and the sun shining brightly, it still remains flippin' cold in the great Southeastern part of WA.  Down to the 20's at night at 50's during the day, but the wind that goes along with it is bone chilling!!  And while I appreciate the early signs of spring:

What I really want is some nice warm weather where my yard is flourishing!!

And my dogs spend more time outside!!

But in the meantime you can find me painstakingly painting trim......lookin like a million bucks!!

Happy spring my friends, take care. : )  ***Renee***

Valentine Treats

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Hello.....I'm back...told ya I'd be back.  Anyway to celebrate Valentine's Day I thought I'd write this post in red......maybe throw some pink in the mix...who knows.


So what's your plans for today?  Mine....well my dear friend is watching 2 of my boys so my husband and I can go on a mini date.  We are going to see an early movie today before the other gets out of school.  That's about as romantic as is gets in our house.  I wanted to see The Vow, but instead I caved and we are going to see Safe House.  That's ok, cause it's got some eye candy in it......Ryan Reynolds....need I say more!


Anywho, back to the task at hand....VALENTINE'S DAY! Awwweeee......Musssshhhh...Kisssss Kisss.


My middle son is still in preschool so I thought I'd make him some V-Day treats. YUM!


I found the cutiest idea on how to keep your cupcakes from getting smashed here and found super cute V-Day tags here.  All of course I pinned on pinterest so you can follow me too and check them out!

Red Velvet Cake and Cream Cheese frosting

Ahhh Picture is much better!

Added some valentine sprinkles, sorry this picture is so dark

Was gonna use these bags but then realized the cup wouldn't fit.......think, think....what can I do....I made super cute tags how can I stick them on!

Paper hole punch the cup and add some ribbon and your tag....and voila!

I love it! Don't you! I had one left over and man it was tasty!  Hope all the little preschoolers enjoy!
****Candie****

M. I. A.

Hello....we are still here.....I promise!  It's been super busy with "real life" that we have done absolutely nothing as far as crafting or DIY is concerned.

For me hockey is in full swing, and if I'm not at the rink for practice during the week, I'm there over the weekend for games or traveling out of town for them.  My list of projects is so loooooonnnngg! Paint and redecorate my youngest sons room.  Organize and add shelving to my pantries. Redo not 1 but 2 dining room tables. Find a sitting chair that needs love and redo it. Paint the stairwell and add a gallery wall. Redo the ugly oak shelving unit in my bonus room.  Paint the bonus room and add drapery maybe a craft station, computer table, and built-ins........OMG...I told you the list is so long!

Lindsay.....well she's selling her house so pretty much everything is packed and ready to be moved.  However, they are building their own home so I'm sure you will be seeing some posts from her this year on how the process is going.

Renee......well she is just busy with life in general.....I'm sure she has crafted something wonderful and is too shy to show us.  In fact, I could go thru her entire home and nearly half of her treasures she has crafted herself.....I could have a post nearly everyday for about 4 months with all her DIY crafts.

So please don't give up on us yet! I promise we will be back in the full swing of things shortly!

Thanks for being so loyal and keeping us near!

3krazychics

DIY Play Kitchen from Old Entertainment Center

Well this is gonna be a different post for us.  I'm going to talk about someone else's DIY project.  It really is simply amazing! A friend of mine wanted her daughter to have a play kitchen.  But as some may know play kitchens really are not that cheap!  So my friend pulled all her crafty-ness together and made her own.

She started with a entertainment center she found on craigslist.....wait for it, wait for it......$15! Yes, I said $15! A. MAZE. ING.

Before:

Then she gutted it out, cut out some holes........

Then got to work, so her daughter would have a play kitchen by Christmas!

The blue wall are contact paper, backsplash is craft paper mod podged on. You see what appears to be a glass top stove, is actually plexy glass spray painted black with paint side glued down. And black CD's used for the burners.  Painted cabinet doors with some hardware. A mixing bowl for the sink and some super sweet hand sewn curtains....not to mention all the little extra finishing touches! Ok, you can't tell this from the picture but the counter top is sprayed with wall texture and painted white! Genius!  

Anyway, don't you just love this! Super sweet and fun! I'm her little girl will have many happy years playing with this one of a kind gem!  Thanks Patricia for sharing all your hard work with us!

**** Candie *****

Baked Christmas Goodies and We Wish You a Very Merry Christmas!

Hey ya'll......I'm back with all the baked goods!  If you read the last post you know I had a mountain of ingrediants and only a few days to bake.  Well I finally finished all the goodies, and from my text messages from the neighbors, they too like their goodies!  YAY! ****Candie****
Here is the list of yummi-ness that I baked up!

1. Rolo Cookies (courtesy of Six Sister Stuff)
2. Peppermint Bark
3. Chocolate Peppermint Cake Pops
4. Peanut Butter Fudge
5. Hershey's Pretzel Bites
6. White and Dark Chocolate Dipped Pretzel Sticks

Look at all that goodi-ness!!!!

Rolo Cookies and Peanut Butter Fudge

Hershey's Pretzel Bites and Drk Choco. Dipped Pretzel Sticks

White Chocolate Dipped Pretzel Sticks and Peppermint Bark

Peppermint Chocolate Cake Pops (these were kinda hard)

Thanks for keeping us going......... We all hope you have a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

******3KRAZYCHICS*****

Sneak Peak Christmas Baking

Hello all! Christmas time brings lots of merry cheer and lots and lots of baking!

Well here is a sneak peak of what I will be baking up in the next couple days! I deliver these wonderful goodies to my neighbors.....you know who you are....lucky duckies!

Can you guess what I'm making? Stay tuned at the end of the week and I will reveal all the goodies!
****Candie****

Mini Apple Pies

I made these little ity bity apple pies the other night.  They turned out yummy, however the picture did not do it justice at all!

Used just the basic ingredients for the making of an apple pie.  Depending how much apples you cut up, will depend on how much ingredients you use.  I basically had to eyeball it.  I did cheat and use store bought dough.  Cut little rounds using the pampered chef sandwich sealer that I have. Put them down inside the cupcake pan, cut up little pieces for the top......and bake!

Enjoy! ****Candie****

Blogiversary Winner!

Hello Everyone! We have a winner in our Blogiversary giveaway! Thank you to all that participated, we really appreciate it!


The winner can choose between these two pillows:

And the winner is:

Anonymous said...

I Follow via GFC
Connie Haack
letsgosew(at)yahoo(dot)com

DECEMBER 5, 2011 2:06 AM

Congrats to CONNIE HAACK!
We will contact you via email, and you have 48 hours to respond, otherwise, we will have to choose a new winner.

Blogiversary Giveaway!!!!

OOOOOEMMMMGEEEEEE we are 1!


our blog is 1 year old, that is..........


Holy smokes......can you believe it.......our blog hit one year this November!  We are so excited to have made it this far.  We sure couldn't have done it without all our wonderful followers!  We love you soooooo much! And because we love you so much, we are going to have another giveaway.  Wow, 3 giveaways this month......we must be crazy!  OH ya........that's why we are called 3krazychics.....LOL.....sorry, ok back to the important stuff....the giveaway.


We are giving away one of our very own pieces from our very own esty shop.  You can choose either one of these handmade christmas pillows by Lindsay.

Ok, so now for the RULES:


1. You must follow us thru GFC, and leave us a comment that you do


That's it! Now for extra entries:


2. Like us facebook and come back here and leave a comment that you did
3. Share this giveaway on facebook or your own blog and come back and leave a comment that you did


This giveaway runs Thursday November 30th thru Monday December 5th at midnight.  Winner will be announced and contacted via email.  Don't forget to leave your email address with your comment. You will have 48 hours to respond or we will have to pick a new winner.


Happy playing and THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOLLOWING US AND MAKING US SUCH A SUCCESS!

Iron Man Birthday Party

Hello, Hello!
My son turned 5 this month and he wanted to do an Iron Man themed party.  I found invites, cupcake toppers and party supplies all online.  We decided to do a Candy Bar Spread because we didn't have anything to hang a pinata on.  Well as it turns out the Candy Bar Spread was a big hit!  Now for the good stuff......the pictures. ****Candie****

Lemon Cupcakes with Homemade buttercream frosting

Isn't this the cutiest!  A friend of mine made this for me.

Candy Bar Spread of Red and Yellow

The Candy with the friend bags

Strawberry cupcakes with buttercream frosting

Birthday Boy in front of his spread

Winner of the Nicobella Munch

First of all I would like to say thank you to Nichole from Nicobella Vegan Organic Dark Chocolates for being our very 1st sponsor.  Secondly I would like to thank all that participated in this awesome giveaway!

Now for the winner!

Congrats to Debra! She said:

Debra said...

I liked Nicobella's Facebook Page!

NOVEMBER 17, 2011 5:56 PM 

I will contact you via email and you'll need to send me your mailing info back within 48 hours. Otherwise I will have to pick a new winner. Thanks all for playing!

Check out our very first Sponsor and another giveaway! .......Nicobella Vegan Organic Dark Chocolates

Nichole over at Nicobella Vegan Organic Dark Chocolates has graciously agreed to be our very first sponsor! Yay, for Nichole!  And she is also going to let us give away something from her shop! Another Yay for Nichole! I know many of you are thinking...."vegan"......well yes vegan's eat chocolate! You don't have to be a vegan to enjoy this yummy-ness.  If you like chocolate then you'll like Nicobella Vegan Organic Chocolates.

So up for grabs is a 3 pack of Nicobella Munch! You get 3 different munches: Mama munch, Coco-Nut Munch and Maple Nut Munch.  Please go over and check out the other Dark Chocolates that Nicobella has to offer! Once you have "liked" Nicobella on facebook, you will get all her updates, and she is always doing something cool, like giveaways, discounted or free shipping....so check it out!

Ok, Now for the rules! Mandatory for you to be entered in the contest:

1. Follow 3krazychics thru GFC, and leave us a comment that you follow.
2. Go over to Nicobella's Facebook page and click "like", then come back and leave a comment.

Extra Entries

3. "Like" us on Facebook, then come back and leave a comment.
4. Follow Nicobella via Twitter, then come back and leave a comment.

Contest will run from Monday November 14th thru MIDNIGHT Sunday November 20th.
Winner will be drawn by random.org and will be contacted via email, so don't forget to leave your email with your comment.

$50 Home Depot Gift Card Winner

WINNER, WINNER CHICKEN DINNER!

Yay we have a winner for the $50 Home Depot Gift Card! Drum roll please.........

Steph said...

I liked you on FB.
Slynh999@gmail.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2011 7:32 PM 

Congrats to Step! And thank you all for participating! Stay tuned cause by the end of the day I'm getting ready to launch our new Sponsor and another giveaway!

I will be contacting you via email, you have 48 hours to respond with your info or I'll have to pick a new winner.

100 Follower Giveaway....YAY!!!

O.MY.GOSH! We hit 100 followers! We are so very excited at this amazing feat! Thank you all that are our followers and to all the soon to be new followers!  To give honor to this straight awesome-ness, we are going to giveaway a $50 gift card from Home Depot! Yes, that's correct $50.  Imagine what you could do with $50 from Home Depot?  I can think of a thousand things I could buy!  Anyway, let's get this giveaway started!

Rules for this giveaway are as follows:

1. You must be a follower of 3krazychics, and leave us a comment that you are

extra entries:

2. "Like" us on Facebook, come back and leave us a comment
3. Share our giveaway on your blog or facebook, come back and leave a comment

Giveaway will run from Thursday November 3rd thru MIDNIGHT November 13th pacific standard time.  I will select a winner Monday November 14th and contact you via email.  So be sure to include your email address when you leave a comment.

Disclosure: We are in no way getting any compensation from Home Depot for this giveaway.

Halloween Cupcakes

So I mentioned in my previous post that it was my in-laws birthday over the Halloween weekend and I made a cupcake stand to display all 4 dozen cupcakes.  Well here are the fabulous Halloween inspired cupcakes that I made.  I found the witch hat tutorial here and the candy corn cupcakes here. I used chocolate and yellow cake mix for the candy corn cupcakes and butter cream for the frosting.  For the witch hats I used red velvet cake mix, cream cheese frosting and a little cool whip filling in the middle of the cupcake. They all turned out wonderful and were completely delicious!

Candy Corn Cupcakes

Witch Hat Cupcakes

My homemade Cupcake Stand

Homemade Cupcake Stand

Ok, sorry people we have been kinda MIA for awhile.  I myself have been slow on the projects, and Lindsay and Renee have been pretty busy in their "normal" day to day lives.  Anyway, I got a couple things done, and more stuff in the works.......ie....my youngest sons room....

Anywho, my husbands mom and dad celebrated there birthday over this last weekend and I knew there was gonna be a ton of peeps.  Not real excited about the cupcake holders in the store and pretty much all of them don't fit 4 dozen cupcakes!  So I made my own......my appologies, I didn't take pictures "of in the process" of my work.  So with some scrap wood that I had and my always on hand gloss white and black paint I made this fantastic cupcake stand! All for a whopping $3.00! Only had to purchase the ribbon and the stencil......by the way for those that have never stenciled (that would be me) pick up the dab brush in the stencil isle......I used a sponge and I'm pretty sure my stencil work could have come out better.  I'll be posting pictures of the cupcakes on the stand in a few days.  ****Candie****