You can start with pre-made shells and simply stuff them with fresh cheeses but they never taste as good, or have the same smooth texture, as home made manicotti shells. When I make my manicotti, I start from scratch. It does take a bit of time and on your first attempt it may be a little [...]
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Catch the Latest Posts From The Giant Squid Community Showcase- Adventures of Squid Contest November 20, 2008The Adventures of Squid Contest is well underway. Have you shown the little Orange Guy a good time yet? Here’s a bit about the contest: “We’ll be happy to shower you with the high praise and accolades (and some prizes!) at Squidoo if you show us the Squid Friendliest things to see and do in your town! Print [...]rms
- How to Build a Better Holiday Niche - Part Three November 19, 2008In Part One of How to Build a Better Holiday Niche we created our niche base, In Part Two we made several niche niche holiday gift list lenses, and now in Part Three, we get even nicheier! KimberlyDawnWells’ third tip is: Build Lenses Using Three Niches and a Holiday. The example used at the chat was: Favorite Christmas Frosted Cutout [...]rms
- How to Build a Better Holiday Niche - Part Two November 18, 2008Welcome to the second part of How to Build a Better Holiday Niche. In part one, we chose a niche topic and built a big ticket item lens for it. Today we are going to broaden our niche by making what KimberlyDawnWells calls Niche Niche Gift List lenses that go with our chosen topic. That isn’t a typo, I wrote [...]rms
- How to Build a Better Holiday Niche - Part One November 17, 2008Recently we held a Giant Chat led by KimberlyDawnWells where we took a closer look at  her  Making Great Holiday Lenses lens and explored ways we could earn more money this holiday season with Squidoo. I’m going to share her fantastic tips in a three part series designed to help you earn more money at Squidoo by building your lenses [...]rms
- This Week’s Winning Lens - Footed Pajamas for ADULTS November 14, 2008This week’s winner of the Choose Your Favorite Giant Lens Contest is Footed Pajamas for Adults by Giant lensmaster, EuroSquid. “Footed pajamas (also known as footsie pajamas, footy pajamas, onesie pajamas or blanket sleepers) are not just for kids anymore. That is right. Several companies are making footed pajamas for teens and adults. Now the entire family [...]rms
- MrLewisSmile is SquidooCool November 13, 2008Do you read Giant lensmaster MrLewisSmile’s SquidooCool Blog, the blog to be an expert lensmaster? If you do, you can skip this post. If you don’t, you missed a great article titled Why You Need to Be a Giant Squid- Without Fail.  Subcribe to  SquidooCool.com today so this never happens again! And while you’re at it, why not [...]rms
- Counting Down to Christmas November 12, 2008There’s only 42 days until Christmas! Are all of your Christmas lenses from last year updated and ready? Are your new Holiday lenses finished? Better step on it! Santa and Black Friday will be here before you know it! To get yourself motivated, take a look at this beautifully done Christmas lens by Giant Squid Greeter Christene. Countdown to Christmas is about Advent, and [...]rms
- Make More Money for the Holidays November 11, 2008It’s simple, if you want to make more money for the holidays this year, you need to make more great holiday lenses! Squidoo’s Community and Charity Organizer, KimberlyDawnWells put together Making Great Holiday Lenses which contains 5 fabulous tips to help you do just that! Let’s face it, Christmas shopping is going to be tight for a lot of [...]rms
- Christmas Crafts November 10, 2008Christmas Crafts, Decorations, Gifts, Giftwrap and More by Giant lensmaster Pastiche is a terrific lens that will help families Save Christmas this year. Pastiche has included information for handcrafting many wonderful things for Christmas including; ornaments, gifts from your kitchen, Christmas decorations, places online where you can find patterns and instructions, gift labels, holiday wrap, and so [...]rms
- Two Giant Favors November 9, 2008It was brought to my attention by awelldressedbullet that some of the charity settings may have inadvertently reverted back to 100% cash.  I checked mine and sure enough, I found that the royalties for one of my charity lenses wasn’t going to charity anymore. I don’t know why or how this happened but - please check that all of your [...]rms
- Adventures of Squid Contest November 20, 2008
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- The Latest From Birthday Parties for Kids
- Franklin The Turtle Birthday Party November 19, 2008Franklin the Turtle is very popular among preschoolers. If your child loves this television character, then this would make a fun party theme for their next birthday celebration. Even though this is an older television show, you can still purchase licensed partyware as well as other great party items. The partyware available for this theme includes dinner plates, [...]admin
- Custom Theme Birthday Shirts November 11, 2008These fun birthday shirts will be the perfect addition to your child’s birthday celebration. Your child will love showing off their cool shirt to all of their friends. Each shirt comes personalized with the child’s name and age.  They are available in all of the popular characters. Some of the themes include Dora the Explorer (pictured), Backyardigans, [...]admin
- Personalized Edible Cake Decorations November 4, 2008Are you trying to decide on the perfect birthday cake for your child’s celebration? We’ll, I have just the thing for you! How about a personalized, edible cake image? These cake decorations are terrific.  They are made with edible food coloring inks and printed on real frosting sheets. They are available in all of the popular [...]admin
- Custom Crayon Party Favors October 26, 2008As many of my loyal readers know, I am always on the lookout for unique party favors.  Something unexpected to put into the party favor bags. The favor I am spotlighting today is no exception. Custom Crayons sells awesome crayon favors in an assortment of birthday party themes. Some of the party themes include Tools for [...]admin
- Little Mermaid Ariel Birthday Party October 21, 2008If your child is a big fan of Ariel, then an under the sea adventure would be the perfect party theme for their next birthday celebration. You can begin the party planning off by purchasing a Little Mermaid Party Box. This party pack comes complete with plates, tableware, balloons, curling ribbon, streamers, invitations and more.  There are [...]admin
- Franklin The Turtle Birthday Party November 19, 2008
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- Mud Pie and a Celebration of Girls and their Favorite ThingsMud Pie I absolutely love this lens by enslavedbyfairies entitled, A Celebration of Girls and Their Favorite Things. If you have girls then you will appreciate all the pink gifts she has found for girls. Appropriate quotes are sprinkled throughout along with lots of pictures. If you scroll far enough down you [...]
- Broccoli Rice Sausage CasseroleBroccoli-Rice-Sausage Casserole How can you miss with broccoli, sausage and cheese? It all sounds good to me! OhMe has given us an easy, yummy recipe and she has step by step instructions with pictures on her well-laid-out lens. This casserole is perfect for potlucks and it is simple enough to serve your [...]
- Gumbo and GivingToday’s Hungry Squidz Award winner is Kirsti Dyer, lensmaster Comfortdoc, for her lens Everything Gumbo for Planet Gumbo. Now, there are at least two things really special about this lens. One is the gumbo recipes. There are the simple, quick gumbo recipes and there are the traditional gumbo recipes. Take it from this gumbo fan, [...]
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