Krylon Mini Mystery Box Project

I was lucky enough to get selected to receive a Krylon Mini Mystery Box a few weeks ago.  I was so excited when that box arrived!  In the box was a small wood crate from Walnut Hollow cute wooden buttons, little mini cans of brown and red spray paint, white fabric squares and a strip of burlap.  I apparently got distracted the day I was taking pictures of the crate and contents because this is all I've got...

I decided make a fall table crate.  I painted the crate red and dusted the burlap with the brown to darken it up so the buttons would stand out a bit.  I couldn't decide what to do with the fabric so I chose not to use it but replaced it with a pickle jar to hold my plactic-ware.   I'm very happy with how it turned out!  It will be getting lots of use very soon because we love to eat dinner outside when the weather is nice.  The crate is the perfect size for my younger daughter to carry and get to feel helpful!

Bakin' Bacon Fail

Sometimes, you can't beat breakfast for dinner!  My mother-in-law brought us a tub of eggs from her chickens and my kids couldn't wait to cook them so breakfast for dinner made it on the menu!  I keep seeing people baking bacon so I thought I'd give that a shot.

                         

    

I followed instructions from familyfreshcooking.com.  Her instructions are to put the bacon on a foil lined baking sheet.  I chose to put mine on a cooling rack to help with the grease.  I was afraid that my baking sheet might not hold the grease because the sides are short so I used my broiler pan bottom.  I baked my bacon 400 degress for about 15 minutes.  Just look at all that bacony goodness!

Everything was going so well....until I failed bakin' bacon.  I don't know if it's because I didn't exactly follow the instructions or if it's because I used cheap-ish bacon that I typically only buy when wrapping something in bacon or for making bacon bits but I think I need to try again.

                         

It wasn't crispy unless you count the blackened ends.  If you like burnt bacon (ewe.), my non-instruction-folliwing method is the way to go!  A few more minutes and I'm sure it would have been nice and charred.  No one was impressed with how quickly I finished cooking the bacon.  My younger daughter even turned her nose up to the bacon!  She did eventually eat it because she just couldn't resist but it was the last thing she ate.  

So, follow the instruction and buy decent bacon and your bacon will probably turn out 8000 times better than mine did...or at least it might be met with cheers rather than "what did you do to it??"

Good Luck and happy bacon eating!