THINGS THAT ARE PRETTY

Monday, October 22, 2012

Halloween Costume Ideas

DIY Edward Scissorhands
Elvira Tutorial
Creative way to be the Queen of Hearts

PSY Gangnam Style - various costumes

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

NYC Townhouse

Isn't this townhouse AMAZING?  It has everything; great view, great size, a deck, a garden, a roof deck... and it's modern and clean, just like I like it (except I would change the kitchen cabinets).  Even the front entrance is beautiful.  Too bad it's over my budget. Check it out on StreetEasy.








 

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Fall Nail Polish Colors I Want To Try

Row 1:Essie-Miss Fancy Pants, Essie-Don't Sweater It, L'Oreal-Tea &Crumpets, O.P.I-Caffine Fix,
            Sonia Kashuk-All Vamped, 
Row 2: Essie-Recessionista, Chanel-Suspicious, L'Oreal-Hyde Park, L'Oreal-Rainy Piccadilly,
             Butter LONDON-Big Smoke

 

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

The Power of Pink


Shopping is fun so have fun supporting Breast Cancer Awareness month by shopping at...






...or do something good for your body and mind at the same time by walking for a cause.



Breast Cancer Fast Facts

  • 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime.

  • The most significant risk factors for getting breast cancer are being female and getting older.

  • An estimated 226,870 new cases in women and 2,190 new cases in men of invasive breast cancer are expected to occur in the U.S. during 2012.

  • Breast cancer is second, only to lung cancer, in cancer deaths among women in the U.S.

  • About 39,510 women and 410 men in the U.S. are expected to die from breast cancer in 2012.

  • One woman is diagnosed with breast cancer every two minutes, and one woman will die of breast cancer every 13 minutes in the U.S.

  • African American women have higher rates of distant stage breast cancer than white women and are more likely, in the U.S. to be diagnosed with larger tumors than white women.

  • There are 2.9 million breast cancer survivors alive in the U.S. today - the largest group of all cancer survivors.

  • About 80-90% of breast cancers in women without symptoms in the U.S. will be detected by mammography.

  • Only 51.2% of women 40 and older in the U.S. reported having a mammogram in the last year.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Rose Cake

 
I think this Rose Cake is so pretty and I really want to try this cake decorating idea. The tutorial from i am baker makes it look easy.

Friday, August 24, 2012

Skinny Spinach Lasagna Rolls

So I'm trying to eat healthy but I have kids and you know how that can be. Well I found this Skinnytaste Spinach Lasagna recepie online and saw that it was healthy and easy to make.  I decided to make it. It was a hit. My husband liked it and the kids really liked it too.  They actually wanted seconds! I will do it again since it's easy, tasty and to top it all off the kids can eat it without realizing they're racking up on the necessary nutrients that they don't really care about.


This is the one I made. It's not so pretty but tastes really good.
 Below is the full recepie from Skinnytaste Spinach Lasagna Rolls
Ingredients:
  • 9 lasagna noodles, cooked
  • 10 oz frozen chopped spinach, thawed and completely drained (I used 6oz bag of pre-washed baby spinach and put it in a blender)
  • 15 oz fat free ricotta cheese (I used part-skim Polly-O ricotta cheese)
  • 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 egg
  • salt and fresh pepper
  • 32 oz tomato sauce (I used Ragu and a small can of Hunts tomato sauce) 
  • 9 tbsp (about 3 oz) part skim mozzarella cheese, shredded (I used shredded Polly-O mozzarella cheese to top the rolls) 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350°. Combine spinach, ricotta, Parmesan, egg, salt and pepper in a medium bowl. Ladle about 1 cup sauce on the bottom of a 9 x 12 baking dish.

Place a piece of foil on the counter and lay out lasagna noodles. Make sure noodles are dry. Take 1/3 cup of ricotta mixture and spread evenly over noodle. Roll carefully and place seam side down onto the baking dish. Repeat with remaining noodles.

Ladle sauce over the noodles in the baking dish and top each one with mozzarella cheese. Put foil over baking dish and bake for 40 minutes, or until cheese melts. Makes 9 rolls.

To serve, ladle a little sauce on the plate and top with lasagna roll

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Michael Kors Halter Snake Skin Print Maxi Dress

I'm selling this Michael Kors Maxi Dress on Visualitty's Shop.
If you're interested email me and I'll send it to you.