Pantry Makeover

The other day me and my friend completely did a pantry makeover at her house. It was so amazing, I love organizing....and the kitchen is my favorite.

PANTRY MAKEOVER:

1. I looked on Pinterest and brought ideas with me to see what she wanted.
2. We pulled out everything floor to ceiling from the pantry.
3. Organize items into piles on the counter so we know how much space we needed to put stuff back in. We also took this time to throw away anything that was expired or stale.
4. Cleaned all the shelves.
5. We then looked at the stuff we had and planned out on a sheet of paper what we wanted on each shelf and what we needed baskets for.
6. Went to the Dollar Tree for supplies (the Dollar Tree is a great place to look first, I bought this same shelf paper for my kitchen cabinets....it's so cute and only a $1 per roll!!! Wal-Mart is about $6 per roll.) We were so happy to find everything we were looking for, super cute shelf paper, baskets for everything.
7. Applied shelf paper to all shelves.
8. Put stuff back into pantry and added labels!

Shelf One: Big Stuff
Large cooking stuff (rice pot)
Basket of cleaning supplies

Shelf Two: Can & Jar
Basket for Pasta
Canned and jarred goods - arranged by type

Shelf Three: Breakfast
Basket for oatmeal packets & cereal bags with just a bowl left
Cereal
Boxed goods

Shelf Four: Snacks & Treats
Unopened bags of chips
Basket with opened bags of chips
Basket for snacks
Crackers, cookies, and other misc pantry items

Shelf Five: Party Supplies
Basket for napkins
Basket for party decorating (candles, streamers, balloons)
Basket for plastic sliverware
Paper plates
Cups

Floor:
For the floor we got these bigger baskets to group together other pantry items
One basket, plastic bags
One basket, swifter supplies
One basket, tea lights and candles holders

Thanks to the dollar tree we got-
6 shelf liners
9 baskets
3 larger baskets
total $18 plus tax to completely organize this pantry, so awesome....

Everyone's pantry will look different depending on how they eat, entertain, and what items they keep on hand. But taking the time to organize will make you feel so wonderful. I love organizing a pantry, I'm hoping we get to do her whole kitchen in time.

Follow me on Pinterest for more organizing ideas for the home, follow my board "crib"
Happy organizing!!
xoxojolleen

Chocolate Ice Cream, No Churn????

No churn ice cream, I know I had to try it too. Let me tell you, it was delicious! Super rich and creamy almost like a custard.

Homemade Chocolate Ice Cream

Easy Homemade Chocolate Ice Cream - 5 Stars

• 1 teaspoon instant coffee 
• 1 tablespoon hot water
• 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate chopped fine
• 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Pinch salt
• 1 1/4 cups heavy cream cold

1. Combine coffee powder and hot water in small bowl. Let stand until coffee dissolves, few minutes. Microwave chocolate, sweetened condensed milk, and coffee mixture in bowl, stirring every 10 seconds, until chocolate is melted, about 1 minute. Stir in vanilla and salt. Let cool.

2. With electric mixer on medium-high speed, whip cream to soft peaks, about 2 minutes. Whisk one-third of whipped cream into chocolate mixture. Fold remaining whipped cream into chocolate mixture until incorporated. Freeze in airtight container until firm, at least 6 hours or up to 2 weeks. Serve.

Have a great day! Hope you try this!!
xoxojolleen

Lemon Ice Cubes

Have leftover lemons? Why not make ice??

Today we had some relief from the 90+ degree days...so I decided to take advantage of 76 degree weather and bake!!!!! (that gets extra extra exclamation points, I've been going through baking withdrawals. Me and the honey have an agreement that I won't turn the oven on if it's over 80 out and I won't turn the stovetop on if it's over 90 out, which for the last two weeks has made for some interesting dinners. And lots of BBQing on his part)

Anyways with all my cooking/baking today I had a leftover half of a zested lemon...why toss it? Make lemon ice cubes!

1. Squeeze whatever is left of your lemon into each ice cube hole.
2. Cut the lemon into as many pieces as you want to make ice, I had enough for one tray.
3. Fill with water.
4. Freeze.
5. Enjoy with water, soda, any drink you would like a slight lemon flavor. As the ice melts it will flavor your beverage more. And it looks really cute too!

P.S. This would work with any fruit you have leftover or that you want for flavored drinks. Works great for parties.

Have a great week everyone.
xoxojolleen

Wrapping Paper Organized Using Toilet Paper Roll

use toilet paper rolls around wrapping paper

Saw this on Pinterest, Brilliant!

Take an old toilet paper roll, cut a slit in it, then slide around  wrapping paper rolls.

Works great! I'm in the process of organizing my craft room....stayed tuned for photos. I have a Pinterest board that I've been saving ideas on how to organize, decorate, and plan it's called "My Chick Palace" follow me if you aren't already.

Happy Saturday everyone!
xoxojolleen

P.S. I'm very excited for today, I'm going to a friends house and we are cleaning out and organizing her pantry! Can't wait! Organizing is one of my favorite things to do, she is even going to let me label things. Exciting!! Well gotta go I'm making Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies, before I go, to take to my honey's friend's house tonight to watch the fights. Days like this I realize how amazing my life is.

Salt Container

Saw this on Pinterest such a great idea. So I had to try it, works great!

Just cut the lid off of a salt container and put it in place of the mason jar lid. Seal shut with mason jar lid ring.

Fantastic! Have a wonderful weekend everyone!! xoxojolleen