Another Popcorn Recipe

Striped Chocolate Popcorn
2 bags of microwave popcorn popped
2 cups miniature pretzels
1 cup pecan halves toasted
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 pkg white candy melts
2 oz milk chocolate or colored candy melts
In a large bowl combine popcorn, pretzels and pecans. Drizzle with butter and toss. Place white candy coating in bowl. Microwave, uncovered for about 2-3 minutes until melted. Drizzle over popcorn mixture. Toss to coat. Spread on foil lined cookie sheet. Melt chocolate or colored candy melts mixture 1-2 miutes and drizzle over popcorn. Let stand until set. Break into pieces and store in an airtight container. Enjoy.

This recipe was found in Taste of Home Magazine.

Red Hot Valentine Popcorn

At our last meeting Tammi asked about the recipe for the Red Hot Valentine Popcorn. In case anyone else is interested here it is:

Red Hot Valentine Popcorn
1 cup butter
1/2 cup corn syrup
1 pkg Red Hot cinnamon candies
8 qts popcorn or 2 pkgs microwave popcorn
Pop popcorn and pour into a large greased sheet cake pan. Combine butter, corn syrup and Red Hots in a heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil and stir constantly over medium heat. Boil for 5 minutes. Pour over popcorn, lightly mix and spread out in the pan. Bake at 275 degrees for 1 hour. Stir every 15 minutes. Remove from oven and cool. Break up popcorn into bite sized pieces. Store in an airtight container.

This recipe is from Paper Crafts Magazine.

Hi Cindy,
Well, I made it here so that's good. I love the tree Cindy. I'm so happy to see it as I went shopping but really came home with nothing since I didn't know what to buy. I love how beautiful it is. It may take the whole time so I'll make sure not to be late!!!! I also loved seeing the other lady's blog to see it in a different color. I can't wait to do the project. I know what to get at the store now.

I'm so excited to do a button craft. What fun!
See you soon, Lori

Welcome Good Things Girls!

We now have a blog! Hooray!

This is where we can create our invitations, check in with what is new with each other, post photos, recipes, and all sorts of "good things." 

I know what you are thinking, and I promise it is easy, and I'll show you how.

For now, let's talk about what we are making in February-

Above is a photo of the button tree I made today. It was fun and I only poked myself once. 

I will provide the styrofoam cone and fabric to wrap the cone with. I will bring pinks, reds, or pastels (solid or semi solid is best so it is not to busy looking, and you just barely see the fabric under all the buttons). The cost for this is $2 (thank you Dollar Tree). If you have some other color scheme in mind, please call me because I'm sure I can supply the fabric in any color you desire.

You will provide:

1. buttons (a variety of sizes in a multi pack is best. I ordered mine on the internet at buttonsgalore.com) You will need lots. Sorry that is as exact as I can be. 

2. pins - I used white ones from WalMart and pearly pink ones from JoAnns. I went for as cheap as possible, and WalMart is the cheapest for white. I used white on the first layer and then used the pearly ones on the top layer. I used 1 1/2 small boxes of white and one full box of pink.

3. If you can find something for the top, great. I didn't have much luck with this and ended up with three bigger buttons on top. The blog I got this from used an earring. 

4. Something to put it in. The blog I saw used a cute little candy dish, but I think a saucer would work too. I haven't found the perfect dish yet for mine. If I find a great source, I will let you know.

Speaking of which, this idea came from this blog. Click on the word blog to see it. Scroll down to the November 17 post. 

If you have any problems finding your supplies, please let me know and I will do my best to help. Remember, you can make yours any color you desire, it doesn't have to be for Valentines.

We'll see you at Carolyn's on February 7 at 7 pm. 

Please leave a comment to this post to RSVP. Isn't technology great!