Darlene Michaud

My Top 10 Highest Earning Videos for Last Week (6/29/20 – 7/5/20)

Posted by Darlene on July 6, 2020 at 9:27 am

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Below is a list of my Top 10 highest earning videos for the week of 6/29/20 – 7/5/20. If you have not seen these videos, now is a great time to binge watch!

See previous Top 10 posts here (then scroll down)

Top 10 highest earners. Remember, the earnings are for just the one week, not for the life of the video.

Disappearing 9 Patch Black & White Quilt Tutorial – $64.30
How I Turn Narrow Fabric Scraps Into New Fabric – $56.57
How to Quilt As You Go (QAYG) with Sashing and Self Binding – Sewing Tutorial – $24.46
Do I Pay Income Taxes for Youtube, Ebay, Patreon, My Blog? – 24.00
Little Wonky Quilt Blocks Tutorial – $21.30
Crumb Quilting Adventure – How to Start Piecing the Blocks | Ep. 1 – $20.60
How to Make Chunky Barrel Paper Beads Tutorial – $20.02
Easy Crocheted Tote Bag – How to Crochet Tutorial for Beginners – $18.95
Watch Me Deconstruct This Christmas Fabric Panel – $17.15
How to Quilt As You Go by Row (QAYG) – Rag Quilt with Lace Binding – $15.54

Total earned from these 10 videos in one week is $282.89. That drop is so horrid that I triple checked to see if I had pulled the correct stats. The stat dates are correct. My week sucked. July started out on such a low. Nothing I upload lately performs well. The good news is that I get to keep trying to dig myself out of this hole! Subscribe to this blog so you can follow this series and see how I do!

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Easy S’mores Cookies – 3 Ingredient Cookie Dough Hack

Posted by Darlene on July 6, 2020 at 9:01 am

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Please remember that I don’t eat this stuff so I did not make this recipe. I’m just posting so you can try it!

INGREDIENTS:
1 roll (16.5 oz)
1 cup (see my tips below)
6 large , cut in half

DIRECTIONS:

1: Heat oven to 350°F. Let cookie dough stand at room temperature 10 minutes to soften. Line 2 large with .

2: In large bowl, break up cookie dough. Stir or knead in 3/4 cup of the graham cracker crumbs until well blended (reserve remaining crumbs).

3: Shape dough into 12 (2-inch) balls. Shape 1 ball around 1 marshmallow half, covering completely. Repeat with remaining dough and marshmallows.

4: Roll each ball in remaining 1/4 cup graham cracker crumbs. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets.

5: Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until surface of cookie appears cracked and marshmallow shows through. Cool 5 minutes then remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Serve warm or cool.

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Darlene’s Tips: To make your own crumbs, you can crush in a plastic bag with a rolling pin or use a food processor. Want nutty s’mores? Add about 1/2 cup of chopped nuts of your choice to the mix! You could also drizzle some melted chocolate morsels on top of the cooled cookies. Or for peanut buttery s’mores use melted peanut butter morsels (you could also add some to the mix).

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Watch Me Deconstruct This Christmas Fabric Panel

Posted by Darlene on July 4, 2020 at 7:51 pm

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Watch Me Deconstruct This Christmas Fabric Panel

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Disappearing 9 Patch Black & White Quilt Tutorial

Posted by Darlene on July 3, 2020 at 4:01 pm

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Disappearing 9 Patch Black & White Quilt Tutorial

Quilt Top Penny Auction

Black & White Precuts to Make Your Own Quilt

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Creamy Strawberry Pie Recipe – Made with Gelatin

Posted by Darlene on July 3, 2020 at 9:56 am

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Please remember that I don’t eat this stuff so I did not make this recipe. I’m just posting so you can try it!

INGREDIENTS:
1 refrigerated pie crust, softened as directed on box (see my tips below)
1 box (4-serving size) strawberry-flavored gelatin
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup boiling water
1 container (8 oz) , thawed
2 cups sliced
optional: a few more fresh strawberries for garnish

DIRECTIONS:

1: Heat oven to 450°F. Make pie crust as directed on box for One-Crust Baked Shell using . Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.

2: Meanwhile, in , mix gelatin, sugar and 1/2 cup boiling water until gelatin is dissolved. Refrigerate until mixture just begins to thicken and gets syrupy, about 10 to 15 minutes.

3: Stir whipped topping into gelatin mixture until well blended. Fold in 2 cups sliced strawberries. Spoon into cooled baked shell. Garnish with additional strawberries if desired.

4: Refrigerate at least 2 hours or until serving time. Store in refrigerator.

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Darlene’s Tips: You can make this super easy by using a . You can skip the crust and just scoop this creamy gelatin mix into individual bowls. You can also skip the fruit and just make the creamy gelatin.Try this with different flavors of gelatin and various berries or fruit. You can also try this if available in your area. You probably don’t even need that extra sugar. Gelatin is sweet enough.

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Skylar’s Ebay Business Spreadsheet

Posted by Darlene on July 2, 2020 at 11:47 am

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PDF if you want to print it.
Change to Landscape. It should print a full page.

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I thought I’d share the spreadsheet I set up for Skylar’s ebay business. She absolutely loves filling this in!

I put it in pdf form so Derrick (my son, her daddy) can print whenever she needs a new page (I’m in Maine, they are in Mississippi so we are doing this remotely).

I’m sharing the pdf with you in case you might sell on ebay and maybe you have a child who would also love their own ebay business.

When someone pays for an auction, I call Skylar and give her the numbers. She fills in her spreadsheet and does the math. I also have one that I’m filling out so we can compare to make sure she added or subtracted correctly. Or maybe I made a mistake!

Sale Date: I give her the date that the item was paid for.

Item Number: She’s just using item number 1, 2, 3… not that long ebay item number.

Selling Price: The price it sold for not including any sales tax (the winning bid amount).

Ebay Fee: Currently 10% of the sale price including any shipping charges. Example: if the winning bid is $5.00 and the shipping charge is $1.00 then it’s 6 x .10 = 60¢ fee.

Paypal Fee: Currently 2.9% of the sale price including any shipping charges plus a 30¢ flat rate fee. Example: if the winning bid is $5.00 and the shipping charge is $1.00 then it’s 6 x .029 = .17 + .30 = 47¢ fee.

Postage Fee: Whatever it cost to send it.

Profit: Selling Price – Ebay Fee – Paypal Fee – Postage Fee = Profit.

Total Profit: Profit + Total Profit for line above (for the first entry, total profit is the same as profit). Example: if Profit is $4.50 for line 2 and Total Profit is $2.50 for line 1, then Total Profit for line 2 is $4.50 + 2.50 = $7.00.

Paid: She can check off which items she has been paid for.

I’m actually going to change the Paid column because she will get paid with a $20 bill each time she hits $20 (I paypal Derrick and since he gets twenty dollar bills from the ATM, paying in $20 increments is the easiest way). I want a column to represent the balance coming to her. So if she’s at $24.00 and gets paid $20, she’ll have $4 left to get added to the new income. I might do this on a new spreadsheet.

It’s a work in progress. I’m just happy that she’s so involved in this. Derrick said she’s always anxious to show him her spreadsheet after she fills in any new lines.

So far Skylar has 5 auctions filled in and her total profit is $18.01… not too shabby!!! She said she had no idea that paper was so popular, lol.

She’ll have another auction to fill in today so I’m quite sure she will hit her first $20 payout. So excited for her!

Thank you to all who bid on her auctions. She has a new auction that needs some love! Please check it out. You can see her other auctions here. Thanks!

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Frozen Margarita Mocktail Recipe – Alcohol Free

Posted by Darlene on July 2, 2020 at 9:43 am

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Please remember that I don’t eat this stuff so I did not make this recipe. I’m just posting so you can try it!

INGREDIENTS:
1 can , thawed
1/4 cup powdered sugar
3 cups crushed ice
2 cups or seltzer, chilled
coarse salt and/or lime wedges, if desired

DIRECTIONS:

1: Place lemonade and limeade concentrates, powdered sugar and ice in a blender. Cover and blend until slushy.

2: Add club soda to mixture and stir gently.

3: Pour into glasses or serve in a pitcher.

Optional: if you want salt on your , dip the edge of the glass into the margarita mixture or rub lime on the rim. Then dip the glass into the salt then carefully pour the margarita mixture into the glass. Garnish with lime wedges if desired.

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Darlene’s Tips: You can buy margarita salt for easy dipping. Not sure why the recipe calls for powdered sugar. I’m sure granulated sugar will work just fine. If your mixture is too watery, add more ice. If it’s too thick, add more limeade (or lime juice) if you have some. If not, just add a little bit of water.

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New Penny Auction – Precut Paper for Chunky Barrel Beads – Skylar’s Crafty World

Posted by Darlene on July 1, 2020 at 4:43 pm

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How to Make Chunky Barrel Paper Beads Tutorial

Posted by Darlene on July 1, 2020 at 4:25 pm

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How to Make Chunky Barrel Paper Beads Tutorial

Precut Paper Penny Auction

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