TO-DO LIST

This was once about just craft/baking tutorial to do list.
Well I changed it to a to-do list so I can remember what I'm writing and YOU can see what's coming up and request a tutorial, review, or anything else you want me to write a blog about! So many things I want to blog about, not enough time left in my day!

Coming Soon

• Cake Boss Cake Mix + Frosting Review
• Salt Dough Ornaments
• HOMEMADE Salt and Flour Paint
• HOMEMADE Egg Tempera Paint
• Decorating Wooden Ornaments With Your Toddler
• HOMEMADE Puffy Paint
• Running Low On Acrylic Paint?
• Banana Bread Recipe Recipe
• Oatie Pumpkin Cookies Recipe
• Pumpkin Crunch Recipe
• Homemade Fudge Recipe
• Popcorn Balls Recipe
• How To Make Your Own Bow
• New Years 2015 Nail Design Tutorial
• New Years 2015 Nail Design Inspiration
• Natural Acne Treatment (Facial Mask)
• Counted Cross Stitch Ornament
• Banana Bread + Cake Recipe (2 Recipes)
• Homemade Butter cream Frosting
• Homemade Cleaning Solution For Hardwood Floors (& A Steam mop)
• Hoover Twin Tanks Steam Mop Review
• Andis Styler Review
• Breakfast Casserole Recipe
• Funfetti Pancakes Recipe

Recently Added:

• Natural Dandruff Remedy
• Homemade Sugar Cookie + Frosting Recipe (Toddler Friendly)

Got something you want me to try out? Click Here To Email Me and let me know! Make sure to put the subject as Diverse Squid.

Sneak Peaks
Just some photo's that will be in my blogs, for those of you who can't wait.

Homemade Sugar Cookie + Frosting Recipe (TODDLER FRIENDLY)

I know Christmas is over but you can decorate sugar cookies for pretty much any occasion. I know my daughter and I will decorate them for New Years, Valentine's Day, Easter, Saint Patrick's Day, 4th of July, etc etc so you catch my drift? Don't you think that these are some adorable sugar cookies?

Would you believe me that these are 100% homemade, including the frosting? & would you believe me when I said that I decorated these and I can't even draw a stick figure? Yep, I really did. & guess what, my daughter and her best friend (my daughter is 3, and her best friend is 2 but only 6 months younger) decorated the same type of sugar cookies and the mess was not nearly as bad as when we decorated cookies in the past, look at how much fun they had:

I finally came up with the best frosting recipe that is toddler friendly. I made the frosting, and then I split it up into 4 bowls and made each bowl a different color (I put about 3 drops of food coloring in each bowl) and then gave them each a plate and gave them a spoonful of each color, their cookies, a paint brush, a bowl full of sprinkles, and let them go to town. & in the mean time I decorated a few cookies. What a cool idea, to paint cookies. Well here is my recipe for both. Let me know your thoughts.

Sugar Cookie Recipe
Ingredients Needed:

• One Stick of Butter
• 3/4 Cup of Sugar
• 1 Large Egg
• 2 1/2 Cups of Flour
• 2 Teaspoons of Vanilla Extract
• 1/2 Teaspoons of Baking Powder

Steps:

1. Beat the Butter on Low until light and fluffy
2. Add the sugar to your butter and beat on medium for 3 minutes
3. Beat in your egg and vanilla
4. In a separate bowl mix flour and baking powder
5. Whisk your flour mixture into your mixture slowly.
6. Chill in the fridge for an hour
7. After you've let it chill it's ready to be rolled out and cut into shapes

This is honestly the ONLY sugar cookie recipe I've ever made where I literally only lightly floured my hands and the counter and didn't get dough stuck to everything :)

Sugar Cookie Icing Recipe

Ingredients Needed:

• 2 Cups of Powdered Sugar
• 4 Teaspoons of Milk
• 4 Teaspoons of Karo Syrup
• 1/2 Teaspoons of Vanilla Extract

Steps

1. Mix Sugar and Milk together until completely combined
2. Turn on the mixer and beat in the Karo Syrup
3. Mix in the Vanilla
4. Mix for 5-10 minutes
5. Separate into bowls
6. Put about 3 drops of your desired food coloring
7. Paint on with a paint brush

Submit your pictures so I can post them :)

Natural Dandruff Remedy

I swear I have the weirdest hair and skin! I have eczema and but have always had acne problems so my skin is naturally greasy, and my hair is naturally oily but I have dandruff. It is not cool at all.

So not long ago when I was Christmas shopping I spent $10.99 on a big bottle of Head and Shoulders Shampoo and Conditioner combo. It has always worked for me and my dandruff problem definitely improved but it didn't get rid of it totally. WTF.

Well I'm no longer wearing my hair like in the picture above all the time because I finally found my cure! It's almost too hard for me to believe because um, I've been suffering from dandruff problems my whole entire life but indeed I did.

The Natural Dandruff Cure

What you will Need:

• 2 Egg Yolks
• 2 Tablespoons of Olive Oil
• 2 Tablespoons of Sugar

**NOTE: That is what I used for my hair because I have very LONG and THICK hair, if you could try doing half of this if your hair is short and thin.

Now I put all the ingredients in a little bowl and mixed them all together and it created a conditioner type thing.

Looks weird huh? Well then I put the whole mixture on my hair and was sure to scrub my scalp and get it all in there. There was some spots of my hair that it wasnt globbed on, but that was mostly the bottom of my hair. Then I put my hair up, this is what I looked like:

**NOTE: I had a homemade facial mask on at the same time. lol.

Then I left it on for about an hour.

Everything I read online said to wait and wasn't clear about what to do after rinsing it out so I'm writing my own section about this.

How to Rinse It Out

1. Take out your ponytail/bun and rinse it out just like you'd rinse anything else out
2. Use a mild shampoo and conditioner on your hair (I personally used Kids Shampoo and Conditioner Combo) 
3. Dry your hair like normal
4. Use your normal leave in conditioner (If applicable)

I Swear By This

When I say such a thing trust me, I mean it. It's taken me a long time to actually love my hair and I wouldn't do anything to mess it up. Here is some proof. I took this picture before I put my normal leave in conditioner (Garnier: Sleek and Shine)

For the first time in years I actually debated on putting my leave in conditioner in. I did add my usual leave in conditioner tho and check out how amazing my hair looked

& Besides my hair looking amazing IT FEELS AMAZING TOO. I am not seeing any dandruff and it's not itching at all. Just amazing. Try this and let me know what your thoughts are. xoxo

Easy Christmas 2014 Nail Tutorial

Second time painting my nails for the Holidays season and here is what they look like:

I actually really like these ones (sorry about me being a messy painter). Now please take note of the following things:

• I use a base coat and a top coat. It's called 3 minute miracle gel manicure. I highly recommend it :)
• I use white nail polish first because some of my nail polishes wouldn't come out NEAR AS BRIGHT without it. 

So here is your tutorial, follow the instructions from left to right, please also take note that the line says gradient steps, I did a gradient. Feel free to pick a different color tho.

Click Picture To Enlarge!

FREE Funeral Brochure Template & Tutorial

Not Too Long ago, my best friends dad passed away and i told him I would help him out by creating the brochures for his funeral. I was researching templates to try to make this task as easy and possible for myself and to my surprise there was NO plain, good, nice looking free templates. Really made me sick to my stomach honestly because why take advantage of people who are grieving? Aren't the funeral expenses enough!? I mean, if we would have copied these brochures at kinko's isntead of using my printer; it would have been a lot more money than it was. So I created this funeral brochure template and I hope it helps someone out there out a little bit. If you absolutely can't create your own funeral brochure with this template, please use the form at the bottom and I will assist you and make one for you

Click Here To Download The Free Funeral Brochure Template 

Steps To Downloading The Funeral Brochure Template

1. Click the download link
2. After it is done downloading, open it up with Microsoft Word (2010 Recommended)
3. Click On Enable Editing
4. Edit all the sections to make about your loved one
5. Click Save As > Pick Desired Folder > Click Save

And you're done! Please don't hesitate to ask me if you need any assistance! Thank you.

Christmas Nail Design Inspiration (PLEASE VOTE)

Need a little inspiration for your holiday manicure? I've got 3 different nail designs I did (Christmas theme) & I'm willing to post a tutorial! Let me know what you want me to show you how to do :)

thank you Jackie & Nicole for being a volunteers lol.

Thank you jackie!

My Manicure!

Thank you nicole!

Thank you nicole!

I'm going to make a Christmas Nail Design Tutorial. Click the Link Below To Vote For Which One You Think I Should Post!

 ⭐ CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR THE NEXT NAIL TUTORIAL ⭐ 

Posted By: Sydney via Blogaway

REVAMP!

I know, I've done a shitty job blogging this year.
But I promise, I'm adding loads of new things. Diverse squid is gonna get even more diverse ;) keep checking for changes!

Sorry About the Hiatus!

It has taken me a lot to get over all that has happened recently. So as a surprise to all my loyal blog readers...I have a bunch of stuff coming your way! :)
New Layout for Easter
Easter Nail Tutorial
Jamberry Nail Design Review
Update to Lumia Black
More App Recommendations
More Kid App Recommendations
Cite Sources and References Examples
Easter Kid Coloring Pages

Everything will be done by the end of the weekend! Thanks for all of your patience and checking in on my blog! I LOVE YOU GUYS! xoxox

Valentine's Lines Nail Design Tutorial

Tonight I have another +Valentines Day nail design tutorial! I call it Valentine's Lines. You can switch up the colors if you'd like...but you will also need some scotch tape :)

So here is your picture of every step you have to do . I'm not a perfectionist so the imperfect lines really don't bother me. Then I used different shades of purple (lightest to darkest) for my "special" nail. Let me know if you have any questions!

**NOTE: You can click the picture to enlarge it :)

Trouble Getting Nail Polish Off?

Odds are, if you have ever put on glitter nail polish...you've had trouble getting your nail polish off. I found the quickest and easiest ways to get nail polish off. I always start off by attempting to get the nail polish off and filing my nails...so this is what I started off with.

Now to successfully get the polish off...you are going to need the following items:

1. Aluminum Foil
2. Nail Polish Remover
3. 2 Cottonballs (Split into 5 pieces)

Now to get the affect I want, I pour some nail polish remover into the cap and take a piece of the cotton boll and dip it in it, I then stick it on top of my nail and wrap it with aluminum foil. This is what one of my hands looks like all done up with the following materials.

Now I personally, I wait about 2 minutes and then I start removing the foil and by then most of the nail polish comes off onto the cotton bolls and whatever didnt I EASILY rub off with the same cotton boll. This is what my nails looked like after I had done it my way.

Hopefully this tutorial can help some of you out there! I know how annoying it is when nail polish won't come off! and I personally swear by this method!

Snapchat Clients for WP8

So tonight I was on +Snapchat on my +Windows Phone and I got irritated because the client that I use kept cancelling itself out and glitching. So what did I do? I downloaded all three apps that I could find in the windows phone store that were for snapchat. What was the result? Did I find a better app for snapchat?

Here's your answer:
Nope! I did not find a better client. The other 2 clients didn't even let me login...they kept saying there was an error so I didn't even get a chance to see if they were good apps. and yes, I did try to login again hours later and I was connected to wi-fi so my service can't even be blamed for it. So the end result...if you have a window's phone and you want to be able to snapchat....go with what I recommend because quite frankly...I didn't have a very good experience with the other apps. and if you're anything like me...you can't live without your snapchat :)

**Snapchat Client I Recommend

6Snap

**Broken Snapchat Clients

Snapchat for Windows

Snapchat (Unofficial)

Silver & Blue Sparkle Nail Inspiration

So tonight I do not have a nail tutorial for you, but I do have some nail design inspiration. For this design I used silver and blue nail polish...and I used a glitter that consists of blue and purple sparkles. It's very simple, but I think it's extremely cute. What do you think?

Awards/Gifts from FD

Here are some of the gifts and awards that I was awarded when I was the owner of Forgotten Dreams. It's unfortunate that I have lost touch with these online friends. Anyways these were also added to my Forgotten Dreams page. :) THESE ARE NOT TO BE TAKEN OFF MY BLOG! thanks.

Blinkie Avatars from FD

These are all from my old website Forgotten Dreams. Enjoy, be sure to share my blog if you end up using one; please and thank you. :)