tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57136889925847915702024-03-12T21:32:10.789-07:00...A place for all things "bizzy"Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818093799424995017noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713688992584791570.post-90559644541342901522013-08-13T10:55:00.000-07:002013-08-13T10:55:24.797-07:00Simple Pineapple Cookies<br />
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Hey, you guys are gonna love me for this. I actually took pictures. Yeah! Of how to make these cookies. They are super tropical and super popular. These probably went the fastest at the party. However, my cookie cutter was so giant that I didn’t make much.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTg99B6pn3m8FiN2OwBISECvleBewX5Wo51_2wC_e0r_CNHwOZVOb0UD7842bbgEVWK0b7XVHQ03Hd8_Yuah_2yTPIlSV7Jed_WtV5w-w-_VbgXlpRz1yNCSZouLv27YTMR0JBTuoES7I/s1600/IMG_9712.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTg99B6pn3m8FiN2OwBISECvleBewX5Wo51_2wC_e0r_CNHwOZVOb0UD7842bbgEVWK0b7XVHQ03Hd8_Yuah_2yTPIlSV7Jed_WtV5w-w-_VbgXlpRz1yNCSZouLv27YTMR0JBTuoES7I/s400/IMG_9712.jpg" width="266" /></a></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODiZCdtebgg4QVBH7V7IIcQj3THz9QyM0RLZ6Y1pcGl8_MB8aaWmXHRyiP6M1sOQao1Ui6oM25_HCg157p_axOkInyO6J33epfM5rUjFdAo8bupKfrKCSeQ2huijEDxFvtp2K3w30img/s1600/IMG_0582.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODiZCdtebgg4QVBH7V7IIcQj3THz9QyM0RLZ6Y1pcGl8_MB8aaWmXHRyiP6M1sOQao1Ui6oM25_HCg157p_axOkInyO6J33epfM5rUjFdAo8bupKfrKCSeQ2huijEDxFvtp2K3w30img/s400/IMG_0582.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
</div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">For these cookies you will need:</span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-orange in piping consistency</span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-yellow in flood consistency</span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-green in loose consistency</span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-tips #4, #2?, and a leaf tip (or you can make your own!)</span><br />
<div style="min-height: 14px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDfWkI-iuBWjUFdg9etluwN4_gdw0OH7eiyj1ww6m5Wwpa3yaRwWWnaIy0ZFtcRgiSaIPCiloUDhelBUxnGa2hBtd5CLcx4PdHrlCF30fN3fnUaNv5oNcs1KaTip-9nJa4K19fe_kqJ8/s1600/IMG_0575.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDfWkI-iuBWjUFdg9etluwN4_gdw0OH7eiyj1ww6m5Wwpa3yaRwWWnaIy0ZFtcRgiSaIPCiloUDhelBUxnGa2hBtd5CLcx4PdHrlCF30fN3fnUaNv5oNcs1KaTip-9nJa4K19fe_kqJ8/s400/IMG_0575.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div style="min-height: 14px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="min-height: 14px;">
</div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">First, bake your cookies {but you knew that already}</span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWtlrMFGc3OJQW1D32ofG0nWvSQprXCXkQ2nW5n8lZ5Jtv_hp2-ggYV4_DHaabdFP-Y8Ud6ma66vMSuHuQ54Yw0dNgORQkMjFa8xCSLUxY93ntA0Bxo4UjYUs5snXkykMKzCt83OoQv0Y/s1600/IMG_0579.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWtlrMFGc3OJQW1D32ofG0nWvSQprXCXkQ2nW5n8lZ5Jtv_hp2-ggYV4_DHaabdFP-Y8Ud6ma66vMSuHuQ54Yw0dNgORQkMjFa8xCSLUxY93ntA0Bxo4UjYUs5snXkykMKzCt83OoQv0Y/s400/IMG_0579.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span>
<br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Outline in orange with a #4 tip (I like #4, the others seem too small)</span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXG5H80xwA-qsqQQW0onNj2R09X2X23c_ZW8zFUQfteBal2NEs8UkDHfBHhrsRrRfNxEodVgVBQkONTpUVXNf0lb6U6xuD51rMw43Ps3QrFZVHG4hQ-jf0x8uUIyJoIjluBuxSuKejsc/s1600/IMG_0583.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXG5H80xwA-qsqQQW0onNj2R09X2X23c_ZW8zFUQfteBal2NEs8UkDHfBHhrsRrRfNxEodVgVBQkONTpUVXNf0lb6U6xuD51rMw43Ps3QrFZVHG4hQ-jf0x8uUIyJoIjluBuxSuKejsc/s400/IMG_0583.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjizocI3wXGohk3vuUbZ4K5MCFseSWw3yAJM9Gl2CapEKyRIb3-D9JL7OwkL257coLiNddDs0C7KPrzcd78MCARk_EuV_-2TmN-pNlkJP6XomwsFNuBdpFVi4CF-cPvd_n5N9YmNBy6GU8/s1600/IMG_0580.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjizocI3wXGohk3vuUbZ4K5MCFseSWw3yAJM9Gl2CapEKyRIb3-D9JL7OwkL257coLiNddDs0C7KPrzcd78MCARk_EuV_-2TmN-pNlkJP6XomwsFNuBdpFVi4CF-cPvd_n5N9YmNBy6GU8/s400/IMG_0580.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span>
<br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Flood the cookies with your yellow. Let dry for an hour or so.</span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyEmbWZpm3wm7oW1pUmOyzHSSKHVYqg58nZq7KsJohQDvkH6ur5JXUKi-b46JOEsGVyUKrCzHzNzW1EdMXdh0Tzuqd_beH0txJ-1uL7GehT9b6w2hkVyb_4vFCuGwapcg04-mMIRWS-Y4/s1600/IMG_0599.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyEmbWZpm3wm7oW1pUmOyzHSSKHVYqg58nZq7KsJohQDvkH6ur5JXUKi-b46JOEsGVyUKrCzHzNzW1EdMXdh0Tzuqd_beH0txJ-1uL7GehT9b6w2hkVyb_4vFCuGwapcg04-mMIRWS-Y4/s400/IMG_0599.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span>
<br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Drawing a picture helps organize everything. Here’s mine.</span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3S82YTR-Mqi-SZZJSUa_EB19L_jUlOPcjuAt5bHtWHXjbG2X9J8Kv7byc37mHRBN0VMfybrlkz_RgPMz68EQsAyA3-WutLK6taP9woCL-y_q70Mmm9BTssXckKM-jaiqzMHgmjNZIq8/s1600/IMG_0592.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3S82YTR-Mqi-SZZJSUa_EB19L_jUlOPcjuAt5bHtWHXjbG2X9J8Kv7byc37mHRBN0VMfybrlkz_RgPMz68EQsAyA3-WutLK6taP9woCL-y_q70Mmm9BTssXckKM-jaiqzMHgmjNZIq8/s400/IMG_0592.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Now we’re going to do the crisscrosses. Piping straight lines is a lot easier for me then piping shapes. Pipe the lines on one side, then pipe over, going the other way.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimvFlolv3R1JGC2PA_1z7Uoy8hA78-6Cb-N5zfc6gxE6nenWiyKGj502AjBt98zmBZGbcJO2c8EADiT3-PEC9zJQFZI2vdvaf7scaxIohZEtkfHnsxX5tq_B32ymobsLp9W4JOMX1j9gg/s1600/IMG_0594.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimvFlolv3R1JGC2PA_1z7Uoy8hA78-6Cb-N5zfc6gxE6nenWiyKGj502AjBt98zmBZGbcJO2c8EADiT3-PEC9zJQFZI2vdvaf7scaxIohZEtkfHnsxX5tq_B32ymobsLp9W4JOMX1j9gg/s400/IMG_0594.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span>
Let dry for a bit.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJH3NJi4Ett8sk7GA0OumMFItOu_nqQc9Av86ReWjM6qMG4CGLjFZy4_8prDdZdeHJhk9NdU0yp-3LN891Ia4q54eTTRMYPymBqZJADEsrpekPcm9JhdkRS_3J2Zcwq1hBvmDyx6L4Hec/s1600/IMG_0596.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJH3NJi4Ett8sk7GA0OumMFItOu_nqQc9Av86ReWjM6qMG4CGLjFZy4_8prDdZdeHJhk9NdU0yp-3LN891Ia4q54eTTRMYPymBqZJADEsrpekPcm9JhdkRS_3J2Zcwq1hBvmDyx6L4Hec/s400/IMG_0596.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Pipe little dots in between each diamond. These are going to be your thorns. Finish by piping your leaves with a leaf tip. Or cut a little v-shape from your piping bag. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E00JFSxys0w">This</a> video helps explain how. Also, practice making little leaves on parchment first. You’ll be golden!</span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnsr0uyMGhnKbaV9Hf_H67sePeq8R6e0bsnBDPBnekR0D0uays0sSFsTVWUHS2xV0aBOCfu1igPCu483y7EQuC19Qmcf7xRsV6dcn-X5KpYsywzH-ZGDtvLHJnvNCUn466Jnx_TXeCWM/s1600/IMG_0597.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnsr0uyMGhnKbaV9Hf_H67sePeq8R6e0bsnBDPBnekR0D0uays0sSFsTVWUHS2xV0aBOCfu1igPCu483y7EQuC19Qmcf7xRsV6dcn-X5KpYsywzH-ZGDtvLHJnvNCUn466Jnx_TXeCWM/s320/IMG_0597.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Now you’re done! You have perfect easy pineapples!</span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdYNtl3wSA9FquMls3EWVE5ygsYviAVXmzVBfU5rB4AqQfCo-G6zOclu3OYNPr4_6ukY5Z1q378yZ_3RjWfj9DmwBTaH2EQ93CCcSJNzevuNe-tF1hNoGapu5cDZWBhkpIlVOKueOCXBc/s1600/IMG_0607.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdYNtl3wSA9FquMls3EWVE5ygsYviAVXmzVBfU5rB4AqQfCo-G6zOclu3OYNPr4_6ukY5Z1q378yZ_3RjWfj9DmwBTaH2EQ93CCcSJNzevuNe-tF1hNoGapu5cDZWBhkpIlVOKueOCXBc/s320/IMG_0607.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818093799424995017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713688992584791570.post-24890774630111704822013-08-12T20:23:00.001-07:002013-08-12T20:23:48.633-07:00Decorated Cookies: Dinosaurs, Pineapples, and Seahorses, oh my!<br />
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">So I have been wanting to make decorated cookies for forever. Literally. They looked so adorable and fun I just had to make them. Now I made them once, but even though they were cute, they could have been so much better. So I stalked University of Cookie videos so I would be completely prepared. The result? Some professional looking cookies. Here’s a glimpse of them:</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1fJJ6Ok8kI8h7FRrxQrdAOLyLHilPAou5p7ml21D3I3Px-PmG7WHEkz3PUPJh29doWmYXOKUROsfpSBE5oJTW2-YXlm7JMonfZTJQ-1X66eOjxUGddxkRR9BeNxY2UI6YOiSKDpf1wPE/s1600/IMG_9714.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1fJJ6Ok8kI8h7FRrxQrdAOLyLHilPAou5p7ml21D3I3Px-PmG7WHEkz3PUPJh29doWmYXOKUROsfpSBE5oJTW2-YXlm7JMonfZTJQ-1X66eOjxUGddxkRR9BeNxY2UI6YOiSKDpf1wPE/s400/IMG_9714.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
</div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">You’ll need:</span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-Electric blue in piping and flood consistency</span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-Leaf green in piping and flood consistency</span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-Orange in piping and flood consistency</span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-lemon yellow in flood consistency</span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-white loose (thicker flood) icing</span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-black loose (thicker flood) icing</span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-tips #2, #4, #10</span><br />
<div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5By_fF320qLZjMxdhq0nC8-X17_Qd7-3HZUoiPY5d_3roA5m9eOMI3KtumLQWKrNV8rgNVIENjiZb_LQHFV6dboEt8El3N9PqTp8Lt4-XDw5cDJpW7K1AXNLbWwMZdGVd3TlxBgYaQDI/s1600/IMG_0582.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5By_fF320qLZjMxdhq0nC8-X17_Qd7-3HZUoiPY5d_3roA5m9eOMI3KtumLQWKrNV8rgNVIENjiZb_LQHFV6dboEt8El3N9PqTp8Lt4-XDw5cDJpW7K1AXNLbWwMZdGVd3TlxBgYaQDI/s320/IMG_0582.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiygolpxi7KB8rwaAGL_PIdOkpSQAkQM-y4L07qIV5ZsYBRx7CUnt9NI8GCAxcfuITR3p1FzSKYH1oBw0oGPbL_zSkpXZXYm3IAAVXBh9m62P556DRFxX4D9olaGsmDXQz3qe36wiC2bK0/s1600/IMG_0581.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiygolpxi7KB8rwaAGL_PIdOkpSQAkQM-y4L07qIV5ZsYBRx7CUnt9NI8GCAxcfuITR3p1FzSKYH1oBw0oGPbL_zSkpXZXYm3IAAVXBh9m62P556DRFxX4D9olaGsmDXQz3qe36wiC2bK0/s320/IMG_0581.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I had two shapes for my dinosaur cookies. A T-rex looking cutter and a Stegosaurus one. These both came from a giant container of Wilton cutters I have. I used the brightest colors I could make from Americolor food colorings just because they were the colors for my brother’s grad party. First I piped the 3 colors, alternating between the 2 shapes of cutters. Then I thinned the icings and used the wet-on-wet technique, working 2 cookies at a time. Wet-on-wet is basically thinning both icings to the same consistency and then after you flood, dropping dots onto the wet icing.</span><br />
<div style="min-height: 14px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">After you flood your cookies and drop dots on, let them dry for an hour or so. For the eyeballs, drop dots on with a larger tip. I used Wilton #10. I then used a #4 to drop pupils onto the wet white icing. Also, I used Ziploc baggies for this, not wanting to waste a piping bag. It turned out fine, since I didn’t have a lot of icing in the bag.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Here’s a pic of all the colors:</span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA20Fq2d6aJDtNJbFhhOd38xbVq1BG0EzadfKq12f-F0G7QZMAXOGR-cb92RgOrvc0nherOq4nNKzkZ8mgEmZ0OjPWj71YF4YnFR3Z5RnW99iE1IWP3WCE_PZT1VkjYNa8mRyEyCQFHao/s1600/IMG_0565.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA20Fq2d6aJDtNJbFhhOd38xbVq1BG0EzadfKq12f-F0G7QZMAXOGR-cb92RgOrvc0nherOq4nNKzkZ8mgEmZ0OjPWj71YF4YnFR3Z5RnW99iE1IWP3WCE_PZT1VkjYNa8mRyEyCQFHao/s400/IMG_0565.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89_lTUFmGasZCylWGKUXkbjbqXLi-B9l-t49C070rdQxBnNSw6GNhUx_K47WBP5B1GB5XQQT3NNkvfzjA0JKUmtWSTSSRWB7MDXdwP4kATMLygIwKMpVIBzAJrd27Rfv4fqA5NEFIuvc/s1600/IMG_0567.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89_lTUFmGasZCylWGKUXkbjbqXLi-B9l-t49C070rdQxBnNSw6GNhUx_K47WBP5B1GB5XQQT3NNkvfzjA0JKUmtWSTSSRWB7MDXdwP4kATMLygIwKMpVIBzAJrd27Rfv4fqA5NEFIuvc/s320/IMG_0567.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
This is an example of when the dots can bleed. Don't drop them too quickly, let the icing dry a bit.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3kBz0n1RMm3utxzB37oNFO8LdTYse24Xrlb9liwI8qSXcFoGbbEjnGgqwJwqlIrUNQSKj7TnkbirJqqiFrgDHqwmgBbeHP7SPxyBNXcKZVGW9iOTWCKUgdFSD3cUth5TusQkSDDAqZKM/s1600/IMG_0569.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3kBz0n1RMm3utxzB37oNFO8LdTYse24Xrlb9liwI8qSXcFoGbbEjnGgqwJwqlIrUNQSKj7TnkbirJqqiFrgDHqwmgBbeHP7SPxyBNXcKZVGW9iOTWCKUgdFSD3cUth5TusQkSDDAqZKM/s320/IMG_0569.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
These are my squeeze bottles filled with flood icing. I worked at the counter, so I had some height.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiR0bsK_opwSE76mBw6C2fXQaQZQ_2_5KgRrdEFyNpfIqC125Hz549QTVu7aVkYx4zxkhxRHKy-ZUPlxMwtcdDbvV80sWwmrKQhAg27obg4lGHruXbUs68rmsn684ceFCFGb8z690KI-M/s1600/IMG_0570.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiR0bsK_opwSE76mBw6C2fXQaQZQ_2_5KgRrdEFyNpfIqC125Hz549QTVu7aVkYx4zxkhxRHKy-ZUPlxMwtcdDbvV80sWwmrKQhAg27obg4lGHruXbUs68rmsn684ceFCFGb8z690KI-M/s400/IMG_0570.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I made a giant mess but it was worth it. These cookies are gorgeous. Go make some! These dinos would be great for a little kid’s birthday party. And I will be posting more decorated cookies in the next days, so make sure to keep visiting! Bye, bye!</span><br />
<div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<br />
</div>
<br />
Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818093799424995017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713688992584791570.post-25028883968369122122013-07-30T09:04:00.000-07:002013-07-30T09:04:21.421-07:00The Easiest Semi-Homemade Donuts Ever!! {no, seriously!} <br />
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Ok, so you all know I’m big into confessions. Especially confessions about food. Dessert to be exact. I love to bake dessert. I love to eat dessert. However, I do not like to eat the desserts I bake {does that sound strange?}. Yeah, I’m one of those girls that looks at the dessert menu before the main menu at a restaurant. What can I say? I have a sweet-tooth. Maybe all I think about is sugar and butter and the heavenly connection that happens when the two come together. I promise you, I’m not <i>that</i> weird :)</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">So yeah, I’m obsessed with desserts. To be particular, I’m obsessed with donuts. I wish I could eat them everyday. For reals. And no, I’m not talking about the donuts that come in a box at the grocery store. I do not obsess over <i>those</i> donuts. No, I’m talking about the airy, fluffy donuts that are freshly made at a bakery. Or at Krispy Kreme. God, I love that place. If you don’t know about Krispy Kreme, get your butt to one right now and try their donuts. If you’ve had Krispy Kremes and you don’t like them, get out of my face. Kiiddddding. Only sort of. Because who doesn’t like Krispy Kremes? Duudes, they give you a free donut when you’re waiting in line. No, I’m not kidding.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">But anywho, I don’t have time to go to Krispy Kreme, because there’s not one that’s super close to where I live. So you know what? I deal. And I make my own donuts. Ok, semi-homemade donuts, because like I said, my cravings can not wait for dough to rise. Darn homemade dough.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">As long as you have pillsbury biscuits for this recipe, you’re golden. Oh, and you might need vegetable oil. And some powdered sugar and milk for a glaze. Why don’t I just give you the recipe?</span></div>
<div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZd7xYD2tnl1xr5ZF05YEirIng0KD3QdcWXuZV6y_EbfQ5OfAOvgm7gFIXvT2YbgNvJToOx2Le7-y0MqSBxPiUTCKgnzLY8FoYAQ0vUCIvGFeqocf3aTcUR2AARDvZraYw_Dpw4Qj7mE/s1600/IMG_0416.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZd7xYD2tnl1xr5ZF05YEirIng0KD3QdcWXuZV6y_EbfQ5OfAOvgm7gFIXvT2YbgNvJToOx2Le7-y0MqSBxPiUTCKgnzLY8FoYAQ0vUCIvGFeqocf3aTcUR2AARDvZraYw_Dpw4Qj7mE/s320/IMG_0416.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">These donuts taste very fluffy and light and tasty. Not at all like they were made with biscuit dough.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Here are the ingredients:</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-1 can of Pillsbury biscuits</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-some vegetable oil for frying</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Yeah, so basically 1 ingredient, because everyone already has vegetable oil in their house. At least they should :)</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Soo, this is awkward, but I didn’t take pictures of the frying process, just because snapping pictures while baking is already hard, and then when you add the difficulty of trying not to burn yourself on hot oil makes it 10 times worse. </span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">But I’m going to explain this step-by-step. No worries.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">First, cut little holes into each donut, I don’t no what I used, just some circle kitchen utensil. A cap from a pop bottle could also work. Now don’t throw away those little balls. They are going to be donut holes :)</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Pour your oil into a skillet or a pot or a wok if you have one. I used a wok. Pour in just enough oil to cover a donut. If you are using a skillet, heat the oil on medium to medium high for a few minutes. You can test your oil by dropping a donut hole in. It should sizzle and kind of float at the top.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">It doesn’t take much time for these donuts to cook. You’ll probably want to try doing two at a time, cause you don’t want to risk burning any of these donuts. Believe me, you’ll want to eat all of them. Let them cook for a little on one side and then the other. Use tongs to pick up the donuts and place them on a plate covered with paper towels. Blot these babies so all the oil is removed.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaus-og18c9vqCZWMmJKgigVUx_nWY7kVta4ZWDNCOJguyikvM5T2UA0qYNLqSqkoKfA6TnEOMyEjt6uk5RlOZKxnf3uf6TrOwffPD3hfwF1O1zq7qKhCOy0eskxL_gfrRTuSiGVwtF24/s1600/IMG_0415.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaus-og18c9vqCZWMmJKgigVUx_nWY7kVta4ZWDNCOJguyikvM5T2UA0qYNLqSqkoKfA6TnEOMyEjt6uk5RlOZKxnf3uf6TrOwffPD3hfwF1O1zq7qKhCOy0eskxL_gfrRTuSiGVwtF24/s320/IMG_0415.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
</div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Now make the glaze while the donuts and donut holes are still warm. You’ll need:</span><br />
<div style="min-height: 14px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-1/4 cup milk</span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-1 1/2 to 2 cups of powdered sugar (depending on how you like your consistency)</span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-1 tsp vanilla</span><br />
<div style="min-height: 14px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Mix all of the ingredients until your glaze is completely smooth. Drop the donuts in the glaze and coat both sides. You may want to do this twice. I did :)</span><br />
<div style="min-height: 14px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Eat the donuts while they are warm. Enjoy!</span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivUVnH3RfkChwky6gDDheQr599c3W8xy7hFf5zYSfnwYxltVyYC4_6D_aQYaSM63yOVwyPt4cjPTLRTuFWmVT3-7MKRPA108gTNkg4s3yPlnkQUdAAZSw6hcTIN77Vl8sSfdcrR3H3-jc/s1600/IMG_0418.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivUVnH3RfkChwky6gDDheQr599c3W8xy7hFf5zYSfnwYxltVyYC4_6D_aQYaSM63yOVwyPt4cjPTLRTuFWmVT3-7MKRPA108gTNkg4s3yPlnkQUdAAZSw6hcTIN77Vl8sSfdcrR3H3-jc/s320/IMG_0418.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div>
Seriously, that's one tasty looking donut :)</div>
</div>
Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818093799424995017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713688992584791570.post-58000810231988778702013-07-27T20:57:00.000-07:002013-07-27T20:57:18.099-07:00DIY: Fabric Button Earrings<br />
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">So, I’ve been seeing these darling earrings on Pinterest {FYI, everybody, Pinterest is my life and my love <3}. And I really wanted to make them. Like really badly. But normally when I try DIY projects, they don’t turn out as planned. I won’t give you any scenarios, just because I’m too ashamed. But these earrings looked foolproof and I was determined to make them.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7zCWQ5NoU4WE4A9sf1WUfVFI6My02sxA-Pp0kTR1qKDxjo8HH_3ZjMGM9cT6nEQPfuJykA4qeFBNNIghXDwWpzoKuP3tXQhsQJoxtA8NALZcwes8UFgApSkWXKd1Ycp6dBEj8L_ns-2o/s1600/IMG_0557.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7zCWQ5NoU4WE4A9sf1WUfVFI6My02sxA-Pp0kTR1qKDxjo8HH_3ZjMGM9cT6nEQPfuJykA4qeFBNNIghXDwWpzoKuP3tXQhsQJoxtA8NALZcwes8UFgApSkWXKd1Ycp6dBEj8L_ns-2o/s320/IMG_0557.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;">
</div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>DIY Fabric Button Earrings</b></span><br />
<br />
<div style="font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Supplies:</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-a cover button kit (you can find this at craft stores, I used Dritz)</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-fabric squares</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-earring posts</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-jewelry glue or any kind of strong glue (I used E-6000)</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-scissors and marker/pen</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-pliers (or something to pry the hook off the back of the button)</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Let’s get started!</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The instructions are pretty basic and explained on the back of the cover button kit, but I’ll lead you through them anyways :)</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuu2iOmdV0efvEyvJlfX3zv9_e7wTw6Wnlewd6vGxJpBqROQL4eOCh80C70ePt_sRgrxv0NAJcPe6Ih6hIXzC8C_H_wrr7_UhwVOZ4Iu4CLlMpSOdH444uZzujpFkt34Dxh-PASWkhk8Q/s1600/IMG_0547.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuu2iOmdV0efvEyvJlfX3zv9_e7wTw6Wnlewd6vGxJpBqROQL4eOCh80C70ePt_sRgrxv0NAJcPe6Ih6hIXzC8C_H_wrr7_UhwVOZ4Iu4CLlMpSOdH444uZzujpFkt34Dxh-PASWkhk8Q/s320/IMG_0547.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzTGlRbgy-JOf8oSi2yOwUcAnGutQXitnIXV7qJ_PCdue6DPMe4yEYrWhx1oDnHx5EGjlxGCh_lZoZHmeRwQjPCPZNrabgd_tScR3Sd0fSCiPDuhNjNZvMmSANmuAjGlmdcf5smkCIQ0U/s1600/IMG_0549.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzTGlRbgy-JOf8oSi2yOwUcAnGutQXitnIXV7qJ_PCdue6DPMe4yEYrWhx1oDnHx5EGjlxGCh_lZoZHmeRwQjPCPZNrabgd_tScR3Sd0fSCiPDuhNjNZvMmSANmuAjGlmdcf5smkCIQ0U/s320/IMG_0549.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">So, begin with cutting a circle from your fabric swatch. There should be a circle template on the back of the button kit. You can buy some from the fabric store or use up some old swatches. I used some gorgeous, vintage-y {is that a word?} squares my Grandma gave me. I love floral patterns!</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6SmI5OZArnRQw1I3M1PusYS5K3gDiarvu6byRdM8OMF6T-_EK72xD4-D1yGaNydx7GVN7uSjUPd4bYt0mgAPh96O3NTrkwXeuXuZj8_4eqSYjGNJdGnrVFoTnzG4VTwQVOm1dvSnScT0/s1600/IMG_0546.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6SmI5OZArnRQw1I3M1PusYS5K3gDiarvu6byRdM8OMF6T-_EK72xD4-D1yGaNydx7GVN7uSjUPd4bYt0mgAPh96O3NTrkwXeuXuZj8_4eqSYjGNJdGnrVFoTnzG4VTwQVOm1dvSnScT0/s320/IMG_0546.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px;">
</div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Pull all the hooks off your button backs with pliers. I had a lot of trouble with this and ended up getting help from the parentals.</span><br />
<div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_2g6Yeuzh4WLSlnWSEWNS2F_z5XfaOqtUOtYwTDehw_g7g0LQbXpm4ynMMXCk8HRsv4yvYjyk2mhJ0ljPpll0AH3hFGunx2rfjZFNtrkxAt0VOhFXnkOICo0Qrz4aNUo2pyPUacC7YY/s1600/IMG_0550.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_2g6Yeuzh4WLSlnWSEWNS2F_z5XfaOqtUOtYwTDehw_g7g0LQbXpm4ynMMXCk8HRsv4yvYjyk2mhJ0ljPpll0AH3hFGunx2rfjZFNtrkxAt0VOhFXnkOICo0Qrz4aNUo2pyPUacC7YY/s320/IMG_0550.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div>
<div style="font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Center the fabric over the mold and place the button shell over it. Gather all the fabric into the mold.</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwDHm_AaEwbowaxwhIfmOBN7WxWOb1ZyKtO6ZnOBrTpIvQSiLRUh9ZXiavHDZNgPH1qZWD8_joDnJVkAX8tTdO06D8bXPVIP-2x78GnjYGwIT0xGEbOko4JIC1wiSNe2mTaN4hjyQz1U/s1600/IMG_0551.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwDHm_AaEwbowaxwhIfmOBN7WxWOb1ZyKtO6ZnOBrTpIvQSiLRUh9ZXiavHDZNgPH1qZWD8_joDnJVkAX8tTdO06D8bXPVIP-2x78GnjYGwIT0xGEbOko4JIC1wiSNe2mTaN4hjyQz1U/s320/IMG_0551.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-size: 12px;">
</div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Push the button back on top and use the pusher to help you put it into place. <i>I’M A PUSHER CADY, I PUSH PEOPLE!</i> {sorry, Mean Girls spasm) Pop your button out of the mold. You’ve got a fabric covered button!</span><br />
<div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_K5KIKgmdkTUU_h4omsA0dqjr0jH_SGYil8NDuL4GnlqQKgNV70QTEJOZw9mSJCNXsztD-YQm54FB1iGrlQgm071pw8JQmugjNdql__T1Wq8O_uq6u0r0gqemobe2TTOJH02AlhIO2I/s1600/IMG_0552.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_K5KIKgmdkTUU_h4omsA0dqjr0jH_SGYil8NDuL4GnlqQKgNV70QTEJOZw9mSJCNXsztD-YQm54FB1iGrlQgm071pw8JQmugjNdql__T1Wq8O_uq6u0r0gqemobe2TTOJH02AlhIO2I/s320/IMG_0552.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbqH1qZqa5FIAe5M_xtzzxWUe03vqIABd7a5YzCQVxR66nsyNQJhb635UDOR1mQGJSEZJCMtPPx-vZB-cfkqG000XLu907QvFadgOqdRaAVdSx_5UVVQzXFB0wrAF9S28IvWeQ1sBSN2w/s1600/IMG_0554.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbqH1qZqa5FIAe5M_xtzzxWUe03vqIABd7a5YzCQVxR66nsyNQJhb635UDOR1mQGJSEZJCMtPPx-vZB-cfkqG000XLu907QvFadgOqdRaAVdSx_5UVVQzXFB0wrAF9S28IvWeQ1sBSN2w/s320/IMG_0554.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Now glue your earring posts onto the button backs and let dry for like 8 hours or so, or whatever your glue directions say. I used this little craft pack of glues and picked the E-6000. You don’t have to use it, some other strong glue/jewelry glue should work :)</span><br />
<br /><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Si0TyZmmecC8-El9I8JnVEmEcub_JgM5FFptVLK1ZIpEjx9oc4ECXDTs0Qhj9eLxY3vs0OnL0totL92X8gXPm9RKJSeN26rniq7IwF8C77t2rxLx5_sQTpd59ZdnQJsakksNtFfMd8o/s1600/IMG_0555.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Si0TyZmmecC8-El9I8JnVEmEcub_JgM5FFptVLK1ZIpEjx9oc4ECXDTs0Qhj9eLxY3vs0OnL0totL92X8gXPm9RKJSeN26rniq7IwF8C77t2rxLx5_sQTpd59ZdnQJsakksNtFfMd8o/s320/IMG_0555.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ZuLgBnXTh1a8qF0dN66hUQr_E0GPAYr9ilkT3r3ijnDDYOqxha810KYsTuqitCS_ZS0SMv-1DSqwgtDngVum9f_ZUf8pNALnFuvwaegecvRaPCkxRGuarB_K04Dz0_tB9Uw5VOVtErs/s1600/IMG_0553.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ZuLgBnXTh1a8qF0dN66hUQr_E0GPAYr9ilkT3r3ijnDDYOqxha810KYsTuqitCS_ZS0SMv-1DSqwgtDngVum9f_ZUf8pNALnFuvwaegecvRaPCkxRGuarB_K04Dz0_tB9Uw5VOVtErs/s320/IMG_0553.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">You did it! You’ve got a fabric covered button earring!</span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFeOC_t9QAuYP1Ji0vm0rtMHAFWgy0urZG1zfyedQJk-gbaVV2HuRDKbVCaTwQUWDcamfMVgvF7Oo3pPYb3crOn1eWwTpmLFOgbVkK3bV54ZwUjVw5kBbFl-I5-jOXNzDQ39lT0cKTdVo/s1600/IMG_0559.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFeOC_t9QAuYP1Ji0vm0rtMHAFWgy0urZG1zfyedQJk-gbaVV2HuRDKbVCaTwQUWDcamfMVgvF7Oo3pPYb3crOn1eWwTpmLFOgbVkK3bV54ZwUjVw5kBbFl-I5-jOXNzDQ39lT0cKTdVo/s320/IMG_0559.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span>
<br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I got a little carried away with this project and made 3 pairs of earrings. You should too. Enjoy!</span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiliNP8Jly4_roPp6fsKpPDbu35LJZSWxr1uVi7vkfgxtGTPXKWKc8X10i2sXEOwhHcxu-F0JCIk4H2P7KFZHpRriA0OmScPinrfT2lBPp0Nb7j4egrsg3_9DnkzantdR_bVdbuATE1SkQ/s1600/IMG_0556.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiliNP8Jly4_roPp6fsKpPDbu35LJZSWxr1uVi7vkfgxtGTPXKWKc8X10i2sXEOwhHcxu-F0JCIk4H2P7KFZHpRriA0OmScPinrfT2lBPp0Nb7j4egrsg3_9DnkzantdR_bVdbuATE1SkQ/s320/IMG_0556.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span>
<br />
<br />
</div>
</div>
<br />
<br />
Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818093799424995017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713688992584791570.post-24652980892122427512013-07-20T22:00:00.000-07:002013-07-27T20:59:52.712-07:00Momofuku Milk Bar’s Crack Pie <br />
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Duudddes... I did it. I made the famed crack pie. I waited to make this for the longest time. But I was afraid that it would be really hard and not turn out good. Well, good news... the opposite happened. It turned out fabulous and was actually simple to make. Do not fear the crack pie. The whole zillion calories of it. Wow, that’s one robust pie.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh322cG-OROoG64IGiRgnWTkrsx4dndOCgIINQH14AHOHGCEeloX_lZ8aVmc3Fc6lGmTzsu95TLH3I4Nwct5AN7vYuH5m7hHbbISkdg0JCPLaFYFjQ-kkVT97TqvVcLKJA4nP4fs0UztvE/s1600/IMG_0560.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh322cG-OROoG64IGiRgnWTkrsx4dndOCgIINQH14AHOHGCEeloX_lZ8aVmc3Fc6lGmTzsu95TLH3I4Nwct5AN7vYuH5m7hHbbISkdg0JCPLaFYFjQ-kkVT97TqvVcLKJA4nP4fs0UztvE/s320/IMG_0560.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Clearly there is a burglar in my house. One that loves sugary, sweet, fattening, melt-in-your-mouth desserts. Maybe it was me. Gasp.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">And it’s not like I had two more slices that day {Please refrain from rude comments}. I'm training for a triathlon here.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr0pI01T7WCHH129dWUQJaH6iJR21nNOlqZDw2bG0A6uQWlZ4ONyedDs-LhkRXWZ9aGSyIDHPXV19OMjUMhxtdH0NWqJsLWR0MaDb6Gx4sjM1sXxIN2cdSWAVRKZigDNBxCx3LHsc2tAA/s1600/IMG_0564.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr0pI01T7WCHH129dWUQJaH6iJR21nNOlqZDw2bG0A6uQWlZ4ONyedDs-LhkRXWZ9aGSyIDHPXV19OMjUMhxtdH0NWqJsLWR0MaDb6Gx4sjM1sXxIN2cdSWAVRKZigDNBxCx3LHsc2tAA/s320/IMG_0564.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: center;">Don’t worry. If you’ve never heard of Momofuku Milk Bar, or Crack Pie, stay calm. There are no real drugs in this pie. Unless you want some. JK. For real.</span><br />
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">But I would consider sugar and butter drugs. Because they seem to solve all problems :)</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I found my recipe <a href="http://www.averiecooks.com/2012/04/milk-bar-mondays-crack-pie.html">here</a>, but I halved the recipe and changed it up a little to my needs. If you want to make 2 of these diet-crushing pies, go ahead. I don’t mind. The link is right above. </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Crack Pie Recipe</b></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Adapted from AverieCooks/Momofuku Milk Bar Cookbook</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i>Makes: One 9-inch pie</i></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">{Ok, I’m just gonna post the ingredients here. For the directions, head on over to Averie Cooks. The link is right up there}</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">For the pie:</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-2 tbsp. butter, melted</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-1 1/2 tsp. brown sugar, packed</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-1 recipe Oat Cookie</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-1/8 tsp. salt</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-1 recipe Crack Pie</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-powdered sugar for dusting</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">For the Oat Cookie:</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-1/4 cup butter, softened</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-2 tbsp. + 2 tsp. brown sugar</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-1 tbsp. + 1 1/2 tsp. sugar</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-1/2 an egg yolk (just beat 1 egg yolk and pour in half of it)</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-1/4 cup AP flour</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-1/2 cup old-fashioned oats</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-pinch baking powder</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-1/2 a pinch baking soda</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-1/4 tsp. salt</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">For the Pie Filling:</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-1/2 cup butter, melted</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-3/4 cup sugar</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-1/4 cup + 2 tbsp. brown sugar</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-3/4 tsp. salt</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-2 tbsp. AP flour</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-2 tbsp. milk powder</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-1/4 cup + 2 tbsp. heavy cream</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-1/4 tsp. vanilla</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-4 large egg yolks</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Notes:</span></div>
</div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
</div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">*I’ve never been to Momofuku Milk Bar, or New York for that matter. So I’m not sure how close this pie tastes to the real thing. All I know is that it’s good. Real good.</span></div>
</div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
</div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">**This pie tastes super similar to these No Name Bars. So if you want to skip the pie but get all the good gooey flavor, you can find the tasty recipe <a href="http://sinfulsouthernsweets.blogspot.com/2011/07/no-name-bars-cookbook-giveaway.html">here</a>.</span></div>
</div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
</div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">***I swear I ate three slices of this pie the day I made it. I only gained 5 pounds, but my weight shifts a lot, and I lost the 5 pounds the next week while I was working out. Splurge a little and make this pie. I promise you... it’s worth it :)</span></div>
</div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
</div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Happy Saturday!</span></div>
</div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEqChBJGzBckl5zOfQafvbiSCm-fsuG4LbV_SYGpIHP9tQUxiJKBIUrCoGau8U1y8hybsYIBqwpdL_CE58RRumxD7WUezKwPydlDvvsQETKszFk5gc5zvFsZHgMecJhvT7qKxJAzlMwfo/s1600/IMG_0562.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEqChBJGzBckl5zOfQafvbiSCm-fsuG4LbV_SYGpIHP9tQUxiJKBIUrCoGau8U1y8hybsYIBqwpdL_CE58RRumxD7WUezKwPydlDvvsQETKszFk5gc5zvFsZHgMecJhvT7qKxJAzlMwfo/s320/IMG_0562.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></div>
Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818093799424995017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713688992584791570.post-20166327395329652002013-07-13T19:53:00.002-07:002013-07-20T21:21:07.730-07:00DIY: College Survival Kit<br />
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Wow, it’s been a long time since I last blogged. What was it, like six months? Sorry for the delay, if there are still any stragglers left. I sure hope there are, because I would certainly love it if people actually read my blog and enjoyed it. I really really truly hope that someone does. So if you do, you are awesome, and making my day a little better :)</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Well, today I saw a robin’s egg on the driveway. You guys know what robin’s eggs look like, right? They are those tiny, Tiffany blue eggs that light up the sky. Yeah those. And when I saw it, I knew that it was going to be a good day. I mean come on. How perfect are those little eggs. They are so cute. And I don’t see them that often. I mean, you’d think I would, considering robins are Michigan’s state bird. How do they even determine state birds and flowers anyways? SO confused about that.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Sorry for the rambling, I do that a lot. Let’s get on to the tutorial.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">DIY: College Survival Kit</span></b></span></div>
<br />
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVvoDDsb2NsXRHSuHL-cX4M_frHYTovC32F3M9y1nUzsYKA93v0wIwoscggwCU2KBFPc52g9MzyvKdZIyx2Ea-L5z9lrBXbePXByMVVddmSdhvZ3f3ZsbPzpE1K-LgOMt6HO-7Be8Py-8/s1600/IMG_0534.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVvoDDsb2NsXRHSuHL-cX4M_frHYTovC32F3M9y1nUzsYKA93v0wIwoscggwCU2KBFPc52g9MzyvKdZIyx2Ea-L5z9lrBXbePXByMVVddmSdhvZ3f3ZsbPzpE1K-LgOMt6HO-7Be8Py-8/s320/IMG_0534.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFCdljQ43OZ7C2qwo_6zNNOWsBbL7Ot6gQm1WOSGexrlyemN1_AhqG50XLkqQqSioORECRq-2CdxvEthVY8KAvasoDdwR-BVcGpzCHjaLvNHdQN8nCqwFeOIufuSTUS8zMb6aIGxUfN9E/s1600/IMG_0536.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFCdljQ43OZ7C2qwo_6zNNOWsBbL7Ot6gQm1WOSGexrlyemN1_AhqG50XLkqQqSioORECRq-2CdxvEthVY8KAvasoDdwR-BVcGpzCHjaLvNHdQN8nCqwFeOIufuSTUS8zMb6aIGxUfN9E/s320/IMG_0536.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I made a College Survival Kit. That’s right, the perfect gift for a graduate going off to school. And I see these $100 kits all around. Let’s be honest. Whatever people are putting in those kits... it does not cost $100 dollars. I mean, seriously?! Hands up if you agree. So I decided to make my own. Because for years I have wanted to give one of these things but have never had the time or motivation. This kit was for my brother’s girlfriend, who is also a crafter. Sometimes I don’t like making homemade gifts for people cause I know they won’t get it or appreciate it. You crafters out there catch my drift?</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">But I knew she would like it. So I researched a bunch and tried to figure out... what do college kids really need but won’t spend the money on?</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I got some normal things people suggested, but also added my own twist, keeping the graduate’s interests in mind. Here is a list. It might not have everything because my picture doesn’t include everything and I already gave out the gift and can’t remember what I exactly put in it.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNmJTgag5m8yLSY0FMw2O6526nKlJTZJi1pUP02JAI-xwFDhV1X3KPkK8hcgBpWofI0sb1amOmsrihfzXUD7Aovu3E1L-R7E1CyaCH_reKnntuGQohxFfYivyyGSibMTvO-WB2zGBK_Q/s1600/IMG_0543.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNmJTgag5m8yLSY0FMw2O6526nKlJTZJi1pUP02JAI-xwFDhV1X3KPkK8hcgBpWofI0sb1amOmsrihfzXUD7Aovu3E1L-R7E1CyaCH_reKnntuGQohxFfYivyyGSibMTvO-WB2zGBK_Q/s320/IMG_0543.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">If you’d like a copy of my label and gift explanations, you can find a downloadable pdf <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/view/1nssv9hh5xosqlh/College_Survival_Kit_copy.pdf">here</a></span></div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<b> <span style="font-family: Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: center;">College Survival List:</span></b><br />
<div style="font-family: Helvetica;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-bandaids and ointment</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-loose change (quarters for laundry)</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-headbands</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-nail polish</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-kleenex</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-hand sanitizer</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-Q-tips, cotton pads</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-lip balm</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-a good-quality or cute pen</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-sticky notes</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Pretty sure I had more, but I don’t remember. Keep in mind that I made this 4 weeks ago. Cut me some slack guys!</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Now, I went shopping at a few places to get these things. For example, you can go to a cheap place, like a dollar store or Christmas Tree Shops, and still get good items.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZU7oyN5MX-i4dltUnH2Z0AZ0UZWPVH_y49JLZcJ8kCHXK5bJyEk2QC_ADp-DBqE7dorr5CmO1KxGS6UWeG_TwT1qn8FE9Zh4a1THHxuOVJZxu-SQcrwEDKd0DYp_WW8mIIfZRlM8pHs/s1600/IMG_0542.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZU7oyN5MX-i4dltUnH2Z0AZ0UZWPVH_y49JLZcJ8kCHXK5bJyEk2QC_ADp-DBqE7dorr5CmO1KxGS6UWeG_TwT1qn8FE9Zh4a1THHxuOVJZxu-SQcrwEDKd0DYp_WW8mIIfZRlM8pHs/s320/IMG_0542.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1f8wQTge9Af6ymzScWrh_M7_vlVKbTeOew9oxFrFR8PjSy-yS6bFCyEKUFK7pw8tA2LNMi1-JLGXcf5ebP5fktJBfQ8yd-70qSKuSA_RHKabLmVkMNz9QsWI_AOuZyvqLI_6bwvnQ24/s1600/IMG_0540.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1f8wQTge9Af6ymzScWrh_M7_vlVKbTeOew9oxFrFR8PjSy-yS6bFCyEKUFK7pw8tA2LNMi1-JLGXcf5ebP5fktJBfQ8yd-70qSKuSA_RHKabLmVkMNz9QsWI_AOuZyvqLI_6bwvnQ24/s320/IMG_0540.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">After I found my things, I had to look for the perfect bag. Something super cute, not super expensive, and thoughtful. Originally I was going to put the gifts in a sand bucket with a shovel attached given it’s summer... and how cute is that idea?! Until I found this adorable little bag at Christmas Tree Shops. It was super cheap (around $5) and looked very bookish {is that a word?}. With the leather looking straps, canvas lining, and plaid initial, to me, it indeed looked bookish. Aannnnd, I got the initial of the graduate’s last name, so bonus points for me :) If you find a mini suitcase or something similar, that would totally be adorable for this kit as well!</span></div>
<div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFP_N4adMwleAkTI8t8fJqPNW-tokrOYXD36nikVUVaCOah6QqLac9y2_l-erJFMsznfdvKWl8sTywAmiqEPzK0I9Hgy4Sbgq5eYSd_jDamYTcCyMsb6r1TERqkiH4K0VpoWile9ms14/s1600/IMG_0539.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFP_N4adMwleAkTI8t8fJqPNW-tokrOYXD36nikVUVaCOah6QqLac9y2_l-erJFMsznfdvKWl8sTywAmiqEPzK0I9Hgy4Sbgq5eYSd_jDamYTcCyMsb6r1TERqkiH4K0VpoWile9ms14/s320/IMG_0539.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUgm8OvCVUXbF8Wx0D0v_ukxPdeidW0gpIkJo81ilaoR7zyaELt_NPrpvIragEOn86uT8fKjVQiNFfKkC-iKU9NO7k5pGa-GgTbSp8VLLrod0wdf5AlUd2iHS7iYbAOQD4zR206e5B1NU/s1600/IMG_0537.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUgm8OvCVUXbF8Wx0D0v_ukxPdeidW0gpIkJo81ilaoR7zyaELt_NPrpvIragEOn86uT8fKjVQiNFfKkC-iKU9NO7k5pGa-GgTbSp8VLLrod0wdf5AlUd2iHS7iYbAOQD4zR206e5B1NU/s320/IMG_0537.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br />
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">After I placed all the items in the bag, I created a little key that listed all the gifts and explained the reasons for them. If I do say so myself, I love the little emergency crosses that I included beside the title and in place of bulletpoints. </span></span></div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">
</span>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></span></div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I finished off my kit with an adorable label which I created on the computer, printed out on white cardstock, cut out, and attached with twine. Yesiree, that’s how it’s done in this house.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dang, I am a master of labels. No, seriously, look for yourself.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">After this, send the kit off to your favorite graduate.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">
</div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i>Notes:</i></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">**Now that I think about it, I could have gone overboard and gotten some wicked things to put in there. It was just supposed to be little, but if you want to spend some more money, you could give a mini fan, a shower caddy, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/listing/2689573437512?r=1&cm_mmca2=pla&cm_mmc=GooglePLA-_-Book_5To14-_-Q000000633-_-2689573437512">a ramen noodle book</a>, or some fun chick flicks that every college girl needs (that means Mean Girls and John Tucker Must Die, BTW :)</span><br />
<div style="min-height: 14px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">**Some things I included were specific to the graduate’s needs. For example, she’s a runner, which is why I included headbands. Chiclets are her favorite gum. And nail polish... well everyone should have a fun color of nail polish!</span><br />
<div style="min-height: 14px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Adapt this kit to your own likes and needs. I hope you enjoyed! Bye, bye!</span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span>
<div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
</span></div>
Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818093799424995017noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713688992584791570.post-20295595472926489572012-09-02T15:58:00.003-07:002012-09-02T16:00:51.141-07:00Favorite Beauty Products As Of Right Now (Summer/Fall 2012) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">So this is highly awkward. Who knows if anyone is listening right now on account of I haven’t blogged in forever, but this summer was another chlorine-filled one like the last. However I did not bake as much as I did last summer. I did make some yum treats though. Fresh strawberry cupcakes, strawberry muffins, salted caramel cupcakes, cake batter muddy buddies. Probably a few more. Te he. Today I’d like to show you some of my favorite beauty/hair supplies.</span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">*One note before we begin:</span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">In my profile picture I’m donning pigtail braids, so it’s not obvious what texture my hair is. I have naturally curly/wavy/frizzy/thick/huge hair. From December/June I tend to straighten it with a flat iron very often. Now I swim during the fall so there’s normally no time/reason to go at my hair with heat. In the summer I normally don’t use heat on my hair except on special occasions. Lately I’ve been trying to blow-dry my hair straight although sometimes it turns out extremely puffy. My hair is also really long (I don’t know if this matters), but I do have split ends so I guess that might contribute to the type of conditioner I use? I don’t know. Anyways it’s like 5 inches away from my butt when it’s curly. It’s obviously a lot longer when it’s straightened out.</span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Oh and another note:</span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">My hair does not have the normal outside forces ruining it everyday. I swim everyday in chlorine which dries out my hair and changes the texture.</span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Ok, now that we’ve gotten that aside, let’s begin!</span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrwTXEkzMGr6yReBdUxuZCrFojoAr7OKgbEJIuUbzYZUau94f86B328ucsZrHJpACPw5g-7GECtLqyNABVet148bTkcbgDUfRlmvG-RFrm6muF7uqw9NrdF_Hz8w3PqteLCmNw62ukQM/s1600/australia-beach-beach-hair-beautiful-Favim.com-492439.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrwTXEkzMGr6yReBdUxuZCrFojoAr7OKgbEJIuUbzYZUau94f86B328ucsZrHJpACPw5g-7GECtLqyNABVet148bTkcbgDUfRlmvG-RFrm6muF7uqw9NrdF_Hz8w3PqteLCmNw62ukQM/s400/australia-beach-beach-hair-beautiful-Favim.com-492439.jpg" width="266" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLHw7Vp_-D_dcouhO69P8K_qw_3ZctLKp9OcjqIIteQC83dAdNFo-uIwMC1P_Y8VoCP0G6MlwQ4uiFv57Dp9595qIOMQ4Uz716VAMyhkYbv0j4zEuJw2HILxjToZh8toGwSB5sEN3Y62c/s1600/awesome-blonde-bow-tie-braid-Favim.com-492614.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLHw7Vp_-D_dcouhO69P8K_qw_3ZctLKp9OcjqIIteQC83dAdNFo-uIwMC1P_Y8VoCP0G6MlwQ4uiFv57Dp9595qIOMQ4Uz716VAMyhkYbv0j4zEuJw2HILxjToZh8toGwSB5sEN3Y62c/s400/awesome-blonde-bow-tie-braid-Favim.com-492614.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photos: Courtesy of http://favim.com/image/492614/</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"></span><br /></span>
<br />
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0px;">So, let’s begin with my shower products. I use a face wash. I have tried plenty of face washes. Plenty! Again with the swim thing, my face gets extremely dry and I can’t use any ol’ face wash. Before I swam I would use <a href="http://www.biore.com/en-US/complexion-clearing-products/warming-anti-blackhead-cleanser">Biore Warming Anti-Blackhead Cream Cleanser</a>. This stuff works beautifully and it makes your skin feel so clean and refreshed. It not only minimizes pores and blackheads but it also treats acne. I also used to use some alcohol-smelling cleansing pads from the dermatologist and some cleanser that works really fast but it does bleach the face and dries it out. I also used to use <a href="http://www.cleanandclear.com/product/cleansers/morning-burst-shine-control-cleanser">Clean & Clear Morning Burst Shine Control Facial Cleanser</a> and I occasionally use it still. I also shower every other day and sometimes longer because of my hair texture. So I used to wash my face every other day and then use the alcohol pads on the days I didn’t wash my face. Now, I use <a href="http://www.albabotanica.com/face/cleansers/deep-cleansing-coconut-milk.html">Alba Coconut Milk Facial Wash</a>. I can use that normally every day without my face peeling from dryness. P.S. I have provided links for each wash so you can go to the site and see what it looks like :)</span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Kay, now... drumroll please...</span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">
</span></div>
<div style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Hair Care!</span></div>
<div style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Last summer I had an epiphany with Tresemme weather control shampoo and conditioner or whatever it’s called. This summer I’ve been using <a href="http://www.organixhair.com/product/shampoo-3">Organix Coconut Milk Shampoo</a> and then <a href="http://www.aussie.com/en_US/moist-conditioner-base-size?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=D_SN_B_Collections_Moist_Exact_12.13&utm_term=aussie%20moist%20conditioner&utm_content=sroIF524k_aussie%20moist%20conditioner_e_12327785912">Aussie Moist Conditioner</a>. I wash my hair first with my shampoo and after I put the conditioner in I brush it out with a wide-tooth comb. Then I wash it out in coolish water. Brushing it out while it still has conditioner in it makes the hair really smooth and detangled and when you wash your hair with cold water it seals it in. Both my shampoo and my conditioner smell heavenly so that’s always a plus :)</span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Now, let’s see. When I get out of the shower I always moisturize my face. I swear, I have to slap that moisturizer on as soon as I get out or my face will start peeling. Oh, and my go to moisturizer is <a href="http://www.neutrogena.com/product/oil-free+moisture+-+combination+skin.do">Neutrogena Oil-Free Moisture for Combination Skin</a>. The amazing thing is that they have 3 kinds: for oily, sensitive, or combination skin. I probably should be using sensitive skin right now but I used to have oily/combination skin and it still works excellent.</span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />Makeup</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">
</span><br />
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
</div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">
<div style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Now after I moisturize I brush out my hair with a wide-tooth comb (never use an actual brush on wet hair, it’s too harsh) and detangle it with <a href="http://aussie.com/en_US/hair-insurance-leave-in-conditioner-spray?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=D_SN_B_Collections_Hair+Insurance_Exact_11.12&utm_term=aussie%20hair%20insurance%20leave%20in%20conditioner&utm_content=syWXqIFSQ_aussie%20hair%20insurance%20leave%20in%20conditioner_e_9274096832">Aussie Hair Insurance Leave-in Conditioner Spray</a>. This stuff also smells amazing and detangles great. I’ve been using this stuff for about a year and I think I’ll stick with it. But this summer I’ve been also using <a href="http://www.garnierusa.com/_en/_us/our_products/product-struct.aspx?tpcode=our_products%5Eprd_styling%5Efructis_style%5Estyle_discover%5Estyle_pure_clean">Garnier Fructis Style Pure Clean Smoothing Cream</a>. Now I don’t think it tames my frizzies very well but it does work well as an extra detangler. Then I use <a href="http://www.herbalessences.com/en-US/hair-products/curly-hair-products/hold-creme">Herbal Essences Totally Twisted Curl Define & Hold Creme</a>. It works pretty good on keeping my waves/curls smooth and defined but I think I could do better. Although it also smells really good :) </span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Today I just bought some Shea Moisture Curl & Style Milk and I’m trying it out to see if it’s any good. Wish me luck!</span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: center;">
<br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div>
</span><br />
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Honestly, I don’t wear makeup, but I still have some that I use on special occasions that I really do like. Maybelline’s the Falsies Mascara seemed to really enhance my eyelashes the one time I used it for pictures. For foundation I like <a href="http://www.covergirl.com/natureluxesilkfoundation">Covergirl NatureLuxe Liquid Silk Foundation with sunscreen</a> in Aspen. I’m not much of a gloss or lipstick girl so I really enjoy <a href="http://www.maybelline.com/Products/Lip-Makeup/Lip-Balm/Baby-Lips.aspx">Maybelline’s Baby Lips</a>. It slides on easily and it’s not cakey like lipstick. Also the cherry color smells really good, like cherries! For lip balm I religiously love <a href="http://www.burtsbees.com/natural-products/lips-lip-balms/">Burt’s Bees</a>. I have the Ultra Conditioning kind right now but I have gotten the Honey balm before too. Oh and back to lipstick, during the school year, on busy mornings, it was so simple to just put on the Baby Lips just like chapstick! I also use <a href="http://www.covergirl.com/natureluxeglossbalm">Covergirl NatureLuxe Gloss Balm</a> in Grenache which looks beautiful!</span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0px;">Pretty much that’s it when it comes to beauty products! Bye bye!</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818093799424995017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713688992584791570.post-55367515093407710442012-06-10T17:23:00.000-07:002012-06-10T17:25:08.441-07:00Healthy Nutella Fruit Smoothie<br />
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Hey, so omg! I just tasted a genius thing today. My family threw everything healthy they could find in the blender today and the result was delicious! This is going to become my new post-workout drink, and it is amazing! You must make this!</span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY13cin7H0PPL7CGjvR2pWSNpUhdUNDYn5byUj8z6O87sfG6AeSNElYzRfD6RfGGBpiTczmYJnBImtori11-ttI0ZSuHzw2PmdrQiCKZp7OmWIKv5nd_7VN31C4tuJwIOIVqJ5nq2yuMg/s1600/228417012321019172_qyRWClKm_f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY13cin7H0PPL7CGjvR2pWSNpUhdUNDYn5byUj8z6O87sfG6AeSNElYzRfD6RfGGBpiTczmYJnBImtori11-ttI0ZSuHzw2PmdrQiCKZp7OmWIKv5nd_7VN31C4tuJwIOIVqJ5nq2yuMg/s400/228417012321019172_qyRWClKm_f.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">*Squeal* You’re going to love this!</span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Adios amigos!</span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfCrvK63QE8-0BXGfmmq1NYCVb6u2EnEQDLYpo7Sm4yErSbY1UWdOXKarz5x7p_8JcdkRtmamklwseG0RN8GPaS5603ynTC3253ac-wQ71Sh4t2d3MgX9PR5_KlZRU76Ruj4mCv_CMFDQ/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-06-10+at+8.10.31+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfCrvK63QE8-0BXGfmmq1NYCVb6u2EnEQDLYpo7Sm4yErSbY1UWdOXKarz5x7p_8JcdkRtmamklwseG0RN8GPaS5603ynTC3253ac-wQ71Sh4t2d3MgX9PR5_KlZRU76Ruj4mCv_CMFDQ/s640/Screen+Shot+2012-06-10+at+8.10.31+PM.png" width="387" /></a></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></div>
<br />Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818093799424995017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713688992584791570.post-25262764003935394332012-05-26T16:37:00.002-07:002012-05-26T16:38:37.585-07:00Vintage Floral Nails<br />
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Hola and cómo estás? By the way I’m currently in a Spanish class. Ok, I kinda lied about how I was doing a continous post for multiple days. I kinda forgot. But here, is a pretty cute nail idea I did multiple months ago. My inspiration is this pic I saw on Pinterest (Below). Obviously, they’re not as sweet, but I think I did a solid job. Forever ago I tried to make designs on my nails with skinny paintbrushes, because I thought that’s how it goes. Eventually, I realized, ‘Ok, every time the nail polish spreads to my whole nail, so obviously I’m doing it wrong’. And I was. The key is to use acrylic paint and use a<i> toothpick</i>. And now I’m like, ‘Ok, that makes sense’. Now both my fingers and toes are natural, because I think I’ve noticed a bit of a yellow shade. Nasty. So I’m giving these cuticles a break. But here you are!</span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHb1GfcNi6IBkmdJHWDCXlAnfYfiFH8LNWQzoJ_kdMdXjq9xfi__iMnvVjggM9NNr1d3JKc5rtfZXHYfqinAdJ3ONsIf6bEC9Pu63ixrFVifia-Co7MZzGsYAjWN8DNi-0u4qmfEiItDw/s1600/56787645271232311_93Yu5phG_f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHb1GfcNi6IBkmdJHWDCXlAnfYfiFH8LNWQzoJ_kdMdXjq9xfi__iMnvVjggM9NNr1d3JKc5rtfZXHYfqinAdJ3ONsIf6bEC9Pu63ixrFVifia-Co7MZzGsYAjWN8DNi-0u4qmfEiItDw/s400/56787645271232311_93Yu5phG_f.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
Now these are not mine. They are the ones from Pinterest (the link on Pinterest wasn't very clear but I'm letting you know this is not my design nor my photography I just want to show you where I originally found the idea). Mine have the same idea. But my lines aren't as clean and straight and I did not have that pretty turquoise color so that makes a difference. Now here are mine:</div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3kSg2guu6VUin3ce_XSn9FP4g97kHaLNPCU7g-zKcIFWJS3Hl49z63DxpS0afY8z3WIPStEJYKZetKh07usIF0X3m2EJucW9oxhU3LEhFvIYWjrGL_vsXBYjGHlDI2DOkyo15R6FASq8/s1600/IMG_0199.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3kSg2guu6VUin3ce_XSn9FP4g97kHaLNPCU7g-zKcIFWJS3Hl49z63DxpS0afY8z3WIPStEJYKZetKh07usIF0X3m2EJucW9oxhU3LEhFvIYWjrGL_vsXBYjGHlDI2DOkyo15R6FASq8/s400/IMG_0199.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">
Supplies:</div>
<div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">
-Multiple toothpicks</div>
<div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">
-nail polish (this girl has light blue and a soft pink. I just used a french pink but if you have her colors please use 'em)</div>
<div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">
-clear coat</div>
<div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">
-acrylic paint (dark green, light pink, darker pink, white, etc.)</div>
<div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">
Directions:</div>
<div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">
1. First clear coat</div>
<div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">
2. I'm going to do tutorial as if I used two colors. Paint your index and ring finger pink. Paint your thumb, middle, and pinkie blue.</div>
<div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">
3. Start with the stripes. Dip the tip of your toothpick at your cuticle and drag it upwards to make lines. Do this multiple times and on your fingers with pink.</div>
<div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">
4. Now we're going to do the little flowers. Dip your toothpick in the dark pink and make little blobs all over your nails. After dip a new toothpick in the light pink and making smaller blobs over the dark ones to form flowers. If you want make tiny white spots in the middle of the flowers.</div>
<div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">
5. Add leaves with the green paint. Same as the blobs but drag it out more to look like a leaf. This is no art and no sure way to do it. It shouldn't look perfect because flowers aren't perfect and this is kinda messy and vintage.</div>
<div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">
6. When they're dry, always apply a top coat and let dry! Enjoy!</div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOlMj27AzHhHscJoqpvhYVz8ZDVHZ4g4gau0qmqq5Auo1PhtsRLLMB2UwjcFQ6OSnu_t7m4IsSKRfDCbPNCMqgciJXIF6CQz_NEc2jwwGFJUCSw6LdtfemMFOmLjsRwHGieDyeJAZzeoo/s1600/IMG_0200.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOlMj27AzHhHscJoqpvhYVz8ZDVHZ4g4gau0qmqq5Auo1PhtsRLLMB2UwjcFQ6OSnu_t7m4IsSKRfDCbPNCMqgciJXIF6CQz_NEc2jwwGFJUCSw6LdtfemMFOmLjsRwHGieDyeJAZzeoo/s400/IMG_0200.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br /></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818093799424995017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713688992584791570.post-37562804796448829502012-05-18T15:24:00.000-07:002012-05-18T15:24:17.980-07:00Mini Pretzels<br />
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Hey guys! Well, I haven’t see you in uh... like 3 months. I don’t know if you’re reading this, but I really tried if anyone cares. I had stuff to blog about, I just, didn’t feel like going on my blog and well... blogging. Lol. So, let’s get down to business chicas. I’m going to be posting everyday for a few days to get rid of the crap I had. First I’m going to introduce the pretzels I made in March. They were pretty creative I have to say. However, the cheese sauce I cooked tasted horrible. It got hard after a few minutes. I don’t plan on making cheese sauces for the future. And since it wasn’t a very good recipe, I won’t tell you where I found it from. Instead my family just eat it with mustard. Ok. So here’s what I did.</span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDGf9MtHOx12lyNvKmm3NLMU3deHX-tZprguyf-EupLCD5T1aFCguZ2kLXULDWJLPk14lvZtocy_kkBq8wOsiWq1VzLbE_MvbTaVuw8VEBuG5qUum0BuJCyrklQlHf0BTf-1wzhi8E6w/s1600/IMG_0231.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDGf9MtHOx12lyNvKmm3NLMU3deHX-tZprguyf-EupLCD5T1aFCguZ2kLXULDWJLPk14lvZtocy_kkBq8wOsiWq1VzLbE_MvbTaVuw8VEBuG5qUum0BuJCyrklQlHf0BTf-1wzhi8E6w/s400/IMG_0231.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Ingredients:</span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-a can of Pillsbury crescents</span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-1 egg, beaten</span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-sea salt for sprinkling</span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-mustard for dipping</span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;">Directions:</span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Split your crescent roll in half. I really don’t know how to explain the rest so follow the pictures. Press the seams together. Cut little strips of dough and roll them thinner. Twist into a pretzel (which I did really badly), and brush your pretzels with a beaten egg to get that pretty golden shade. Now sprinkle coarse/sea salt over all of the prepared pretzels. Sorry, but because I did this so long ago, I do not remember how long I cooked these for. I know it wasn’t that long. A bit shorter than the time on the can. Serve warm with mustard. Enjoy!</span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUvVM0J7PmutSZcb54PP3ma_BRrwQoqUPAvHVOiHtXE-uUc7p5i8b0VfwZ7tX0xSrT6SCZk1pfMEXlytRJWM7DcyS0OWCzzX2iaGO7_rEmoJQfjExvI1sxZyJY6Gx8iXyIbaKmYjZr9gg/s1600/IMG_0218.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUvVM0J7PmutSZcb54PP3ma_BRrwQoqUPAvHVOiHtXE-uUc7p5i8b0VfwZ7tX0xSrT6SCZk1pfMEXlytRJWM7DcyS0OWCzzX2iaGO7_rEmoJQfjExvI1sxZyJY6Gx8iXyIbaKmYjZr9gg/s400/IMG_0218.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMp8H-pfaLRKu6Kv2HqYE7UHMpd0ev0CAvNVah5CQNms4xRWsPgMsXi4sw0v2RFLsv5f-lDA8epW9mJlPOws9d6513cUUeqMokVGZIvY9aFgrL1Syh4ugTpR0PnzMVwyREar_aYbd1q8U/s1600/IMG_0220.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMp8H-pfaLRKu6Kv2HqYE7UHMpd0ev0CAvNVah5CQNms4xRWsPgMsXi4sw0v2RFLsv5f-lDA8epW9mJlPOws9d6513cUUeqMokVGZIvY9aFgrL1Syh4ugTpR0PnzMVwyREar_aYbd1q8U/s400/IMG_0220.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0vq7_B-q3PlwplaNNEL4pFcuOSlfIOrDAOIME6u9tsEExeML1eLlSEsFd3SlmEsTXm5bzUjE4xOE5U-QHipPZ_RdveiqowDBsoXkOlTWaQcsWur_hB-fG4d0ThBV6aA3IhdNc4yIECdg/s1600/IMG_0221.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0vq7_B-q3PlwplaNNEL4pFcuOSlfIOrDAOIME6u9tsEExeML1eLlSEsFd3SlmEsTXm5bzUjE4xOE5U-QHipPZ_RdveiqowDBsoXkOlTWaQcsWur_hB-fG4d0ThBV6aA3IhdNc4yIECdg/s400/IMG_0221.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEsmF9YYLbUhc6IZBAs1i1atH9aa1VOxW2wIKns7UIVEcezAMJWhzRycs27I0QyNwafRnrQUbDGi0mMVp3YrTElTJCUNvwtwlvEhB61CKRFu25YesPU6NMn3KqJFYeMuFN1UZSVlCezjk/s1600/IMG_0223.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEsmF9YYLbUhc6IZBAs1i1atH9aa1VOxW2wIKns7UIVEcezAMJWhzRycs27I0QyNwafRnrQUbDGi0mMVp3YrTElTJCUNvwtwlvEhB61CKRFu25YesPU6NMn3KqJFYeMuFN1UZSVlCezjk/s400/IMG_0223.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuA2HSXGjVdR0U0tJYQStv0CR_UZMR6HWvFRNJtARUIUfOxhCTOwnFTSEczjL1hlwttvzs0TcLzNzCYCnK1P3Pd0lljFWSjDwhJIOk4FFcAa3DJmeAu1i6pjdlQS4by6WosikXC-dIVQ4/s1600/IMG_0227.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuA2HSXGjVdR0U0tJYQStv0CR_UZMR6HWvFRNJtARUIUfOxhCTOwnFTSEczjL1hlwttvzs0TcLzNzCYCnK1P3Pd0lljFWSjDwhJIOk4FFcAa3DJmeAu1i6pjdlQS4by6WosikXC-dIVQ4/s400/IMG_0227.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhniYCWZIw3noFQ0ctNVeET4z59cKxISXUe-g8O_NeqcYknF7_oCml984Fp05ELPn7UAOW_SH7olbeWcJsGMeI5kex0A9OjiGmBES-k5O4B_gaSiYcmWdWQhGeQH35bmBBAGt1WrChQNxE/s1600/IMG_0215.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhniYCWZIw3noFQ0ctNVeET4z59cKxISXUe-g8O_NeqcYknF7_oCml984Fp05ELPn7UAOW_SH7olbeWcJsGMeI5kex0A9OjiGmBES-k5O4B_gaSiYcmWdWQhGeQH35bmBBAGt1WrChQNxE/s400/IMG_0215.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFXdyJ_FIAp9J_MC4I9B7KZSZTVo31yNBVtLsSJE4nv-T8Zf7mQTjXlaGZI9kY8USSJWMKtpWSR5RqULjzMtR5VBwivMHvEWpx36FVKu8Ie-9Rxf1HScrg5fpsj-HVO_SxwY34x6SUKHQ/s1600/IMG_0230.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFXdyJ_FIAp9J_MC4I9B7KZSZTVo31yNBVtLsSJE4nv-T8Zf7mQTjXlaGZI9kY8USSJWMKtpWSR5RqULjzMtR5VBwivMHvEWpx36FVKu8Ie-9Rxf1HScrg5fpsj-HVO_SxwY34x6SUKHQ/s400/IMG_0230.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br /></span></div>
</span></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818093799424995017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713688992584791570.post-86573192361467081062012-02-22T20:32:00.000-08:002012-02-22T20:32:55.100-08:00Garlic Butter Breadsticks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEDgRRDSXH2Wo64G-jO93pYlgPDbVdfzZf3sh2-QHfsvKAnm4oYFyCOfKXwSOwqRIX9tkCtoWDOzJs1rEtl9uGrmB-WhPivThSe-zUNEIduWEWc_lmwt1WDrgZ6Kd4BhUYZrlUeISIH3Q/s1600/IMG_0187.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEDgRRDSXH2Wo64G-jO93pYlgPDbVdfzZf3sh2-QHfsvKAnm4oYFyCOfKXwSOwqRIX9tkCtoWDOzJs1rEtl9uGrmB-WhPivThSe-zUNEIduWEWc_lmwt1WDrgZ6Kd4BhUYZrlUeISIH3Q/s400/IMG_0187.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">So today, I had decided that I needed to make my own breadsticks. And I was surfing the Internet for some recipes and all I saw were ones that you needed to make your own dough *yawn*. Who has time to wait for the dough to rise and all of that punching the dough and I didn’t want to get involved with that. So then, I was like, “Hey, there’s some crescent roll dough in the fridge that I need to use up.” And it hit me! I decided to make my own breadsticks.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>For this recipe you will need...</b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">-1 can of Pillsbury crescent rolls</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">-about 2 tablespoons butter (possibly extra if you want to brush some melted butter on after they’re cooked)</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">-1 teaspoon Italian seasoning</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">-1 teaspoon sea salt</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">-1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">-1 clove garlic, mashed</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">-about 1/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Cover a cookie sheet with aluminum foil. Set that aside. Using a separate mat or cutting board, unroll your crescent dough. DON’T separate the triangles. Push the creases and join them together to create one seamless sheet of dough.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjooJyX-L6Sa7hyphenhyphenue3xJ0Lu5vY5v1DBgJCagadMBHyg3PtKfkbHkChT5I8qwCw8tjbpsO6oBzuN5fxIySil8C4Nfyx4SESrQbDu6eWDrqcXCmjS7adL1tAY4e-zW9jshCZwa2zhKsfok6E/s1600/IMG_0175.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjooJyX-L6Sa7hyphenhyphenue3xJ0Lu5vY5v1DBgJCagadMBHyg3PtKfkbHkChT5I8qwCw8tjbpsO6oBzuN5fxIySil8C4Nfyx4SESrQbDu6eWDrqcXCmjS7adL1tAY4e-zW9jshCZwa2zhKsfok6E/s400/IMG_0175.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Melt your butter in the microwave for about 10 seconds, just so it’s softened enough that you can mix through it. Mix the butter with your oregano leaves. I’m pretty sure it was around a teaspoon, but I just shook the container a few times and that seemed to be enough. Mix your garlic in thoroughly.</span></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYmQY8RwuOu5VY-2YInpHmKtiMeKgE6b-zK9CIRipUuhkL6QcMuxBJahgGGn9rGB1qFzaHwvL3l8XpNo-W2QfwAh7WAy47HRNLcgB_DXTrmjlkFowZgw91Lxcctp-maTIx4D67oUY7d0/s1600/IMG_0177.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYmQY8RwuOu5VY-2YInpHmKtiMeKgE6b-zK9CIRipUuhkL6QcMuxBJahgGGn9rGB1qFzaHwvL3l8XpNo-W2QfwAh7WAy47HRNLcgB_DXTrmjlkFowZgw91Lxcctp-maTIx4D67oUY7d0/s400/IMG_0177.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Spread your garlic butter mixture across the dough with an offset spatula or a plain old knife will also do. *You may also sprinkle mozzarella cheese on at this time or you can do it in a later step. Next time I make this I will do the mozzarella cheese before I twist the dough strips*</span></div><br />
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAB6yadAnnggDQtNnZ86UQX-MKQP5soe-lhEvzDa-AoF3Pkme5drhqrh53GIhSFLX71jkHnpR6zvhNtJPpMV72j0KqP84Kk5jv0mVY08TEM-yf5vb1zibhtF4ImU1iKXdKISLjf4Gh4WE/s1600/IMG_0178.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAB6yadAnnggDQtNnZ86UQX-MKQP5soe-lhEvzDa-AoF3Pkme5drhqrh53GIhSFLX71jkHnpR6zvhNtJPpMV72j0KqP84Kk5jv0mVY08TEM-yf5vb1zibhtF4ImU1iKXdKISLjf4Gh4WE/s400/IMG_0178.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Cut your dough into even strips with a pizza cutter or a knife.</span></div><br />
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Tve9EVAeUBg92eaIc_IxeVWbUQnukmyh8vV2Yf7A104HS7BPk5lyxA1oJR1Pw1trHjF53rQq9Th3ZUFazWQ116JAhhdTyzfYJDagsBb18cMfHNmmZW-t7bsnTxDOrB4nZ9oLfKltLf4/s1600/IMG_0180.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Tve9EVAeUBg92eaIc_IxeVWbUQnukmyh8vV2Yf7A104HS7BPk5lyxA1oJR1Pw1trHjF53rQq9Th3ZUFazWQ116JAhhdTyzfYJDagsBb18cMfHNmmZW-t7bsnTxDOrB4nZ9oLfKltLf4/s400/IMG_0180.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Twist it (like so) into spirals. As you can see I suck at this step.</span></div><br />
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRpDQR-Osw4UGm1YfK3Cwj0F_17zY2IJxmjkmtRGq9RK9UaKKrNN8Q3Vcp8pYn5zvGqvavC4B6NJ8yDBxG8rINvceC4j5iaK523SGCpb2f5XmTL6qV4TXFlw27GOydb_pDpN19khC43I/s1600/IMG_0182.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRpDQR-Osw4UGm1YfK3Cwj0F_17zY2IJxmjkmtRGq9RK9UaKKrNN8Q3Vcp8pYn5zvGqvavC4B6NJ8yDBxG8rINvceC4j5iaK523SGCpb2f5XmTL6qV4TXFlw27GOydb_pDpN19khC43I/s400/IMG_0182.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">If you didn’t already sprinkle your cheese please do so now. *If you get cheese on the foil it will burn so if you don't want those crackly, crusties hanging off your breadsticks, please make sure that the cheese is ONLY on the breadsticks :)*</span></div><br />
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil2vSsDxJj-NhhX5RYZO73P1Llzv7kYMeOZBUDzvW1VHtlgAsg1q9rYleBpIHLAH2lKXtwXAUNr5PawJQbpcvsY-vwXSh9oI_FWuSX_lgDSvxUOnwXFng00rShmIY6TsjDdHkq7M3xTrg/s1600/IMG_0184.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil2vSsDxJj-NhhX5RYZO73P1Llzv7kYMeOZBUDzvW1VHtlgAsg1q9rYleBpIHLAH2lKXtwXAUNr5PawJQbpcvsY-vwXSh9oI_FWuSX_lgDSvxUOnwXFng00rShmIY6TsjDdHkq7M3xTrg/s400/IMG_0184.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Now shake salt and Italian seasoning all over the breadsticks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsYuyCosriZEGXpSM8VkDlN2ZzXYA9bmssE3Wj6eXH5NPBIU7gY9_iqKd6lws2wwtKXXY_5nF3_haX8aDQflrzl84E9FGIBtPgGTdA28B87WCfDqcf9i5FPqlZ0YpQP2YQT-Li1zyQHbQ/s1600/IMG_0185.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsYuyCosriZEGXpSM8VkDlN2ZzXYA9bmssE3Wj6eXH5NPBIU7gY9_iqKd6lws2wwtKXXY_5nF3_haX8aDQflrzl84E9FGIBtPgGTdA28B87WCfDqcf9i5FPqlZ0YpQP2YQT-Li1zyQHbQ/s400/IMG_0185.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Time for the oven! I baked these babies at 375 degrees for 11-13 minutes or you can just bake them according to the package of your crescent rolls :)</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvigp4Gov2Lhk1TYF_jWuzdfJoJgp6fOfij4fIiqlVgw7LscNTOo2SIgWhe-ClbtSb7DHx0wqAMoZhru5_nCHV7zDAhK6cO-HAm2ZW9SXnHS71CA6rsbvM2u8UV69ZxtkKmA9iQ1gRZ00/s1600/IMG_0187.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvigp4Gov2Lhk1TYF_jWuzdfJoJgp6fOfij4fIiqlVgw7LscNTOo2SIgWhe-ClbtSb7DHx0wqAMoZhru5_nCHV7zDAhK6cO-HAm2ZW9SXnHS71CA6rsbvM2u8UV69ZxtkKmA9iQ1gRZ00/s320/IMG_0187.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Yum! They smell so freakin’ good when they’re baking- and the flavor is so great when they come out. Brush with melted butter if you’re into all the grease and moistness or just eat them by their lonesome. They are guaranteed to fill you up. My family says the garlic flavor is perfect. Not too much. Not too little. Enjoy!</span></div><br />
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818093799424995017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713688992584791570.post-45594611720144073512012-02-20T21:55:00.000-08:002012-02-20T21:55:06.778-08:00DIY: DVD Album<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Who else is sick of a million DVD cases taking up all the space in your entertainment area and spelling out C-L-U-T-T-E-R? Because I was so sick of that. Until I eventually went all haywire and decided to make my own. The result: a simple, gorgeous DVD album that was cheaper than those already made ones you can buy at Best Buy and you can customize it yourself. </span>Come on and see!</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKGyDAy5iLI_U5mZtcENKPAAlmQJTOWveik-WCTL833Rw7YRuo3biaBe0HwGXnM8cnnxzXGrxVr004CUJQ2GSLDVi5WQdOZVYHV_H4vN2aU6YvlFTgfvvfbyCmbEqGcFSgpQwGNEbWZU/s1600/IMG_0158.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKGyDAy5iLI_U5mZtcENKPAAlmQJTOWveik-WCTL833Rw7YRuo3biaBe0HwGXnM8cnnxzXGrxVr004CUJQ2GSLDVi5WQdOZVYHV_H4vN2aU6YvlFTgfvvfbyCmbEqGcFSgpQwGNEbWZU/s400/IMG_0158.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAD2xyCvbOCN8Y8g_vP0uzSPBE_LGZVN2Hj-jgSuJHe4w8YBAxAZ-ZKcsPh1kHCjes8AUqkMF2PLMioAxumHGmGIPMFUZsQhgrKwN9r7dI6fxEqevSRtwwlDIGGGszV2bjHBF24E08paU/s1600/IMG_0155.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAD2xyCvbOCN8Y8g_vP0uzSPBE_LGZVN2Hj-jgSuJHe4w8YBAxAZ-ZKcsPh1kHCjes8AUqkMF2PLMioAxumHGmGIPMFUZsQhgrKwN9r7dI6fxEqevSRtwwlDIGGGszV2bjHBF24E08paU/s400/IMG_0155.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>DIY DVD Album</b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Supplies:</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-Binder OR Photo Album</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-thin adhesive to stick your title (I used my genius Xyron Create-A-Sticker Machine that I mentioned in previous posts)</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-1 package disc inserts/DVD inserts (I used Case Logic ProSleeves)</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-1 package of velcro strips (I used Scotch General Purpose Fasteners)</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-DVDs</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;">Directions:</span></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRkjpOm0KX4uVN8a2zNKteSNcC8Fs3xPEQKN7EPqLFPaWv1CK3b_Fy-GLEJoK3QCA_9-2OeEgmKH81d6xtFgErXQuI7DrTbcWKdZnSm61b6qAPsRpvsepNISwa_-8B_yzIPHUpi2hHtiA/s1600/IMG_0169.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRkjpOm0KX4uVN8a2zNKteSNcC8Fs3xPEQKN7EPqLFPaWv1CK3b_Fy-GLEJoK3QCA_9-2OeEgmKH81d6xtFgErXQuI7DrTbcWKdZnSm61b6qAPsRpvsepNISwa_-8B_yzIPHUpi2hHtiA/s400/IMG_0169.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">1. First take all of your DVDs out of their cases and insert them into the DVD slips. I had an ugly mess resulting from this process.</span></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd1b-tJNiJeM66xL3oDY0eutQXOywzSXVrfXomkadyQSPl6kf5pB2G2LghnJqE0v2lte111ZxBMi5dWHl_mVItnVKaVt-W04ODp28DBYSjPYHYBOjWelD7pD0TRLYyOl-mdoxWRpwGioY/s1600/IMG_0161.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd1b-tJNiJeM66xL3oDY0eutQXOywzSXVrfXomkadyQSPl6kf5pB2G2LghnJqE0v2lte111ZxBMi5dWHl_mVItnVKaVt-W04ODp28DBYSjPYHYBOjWelD7pD0TRLYyOl-mdoxWRpwGioY/s400/IMG_0161.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">2. Arrange them in your binder.</span></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJFx6bWhX5eMKwL0telAuPqmDHZ2KMCSVUdsnFYHkmDPso5nN-LMq075kzPz5waQyFA7ChzDPIcN8k8-1mncn0GuRAHh06kDLHvy_CKMoqlIY368e-ERe7hyTRIOzDieWTn5SjQxLCNU/s1600/IMG_0165.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJFx6bWhX5eMKwL0telAuPqmDHZ2KMCSVUdsnFYHkmDPso5nN-LMq075kzPz5waQyFA7ChzDPIcN8k8-1mncn0GuRAHh06kDLHvy_CKMoqlIY368e-ERe7hyTRIOzDieWTn5SjQxLCNU/s400/IMG_0165.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">3. Use a snap or cut a small square of velcro like I did and apply it to the edge of your binder, like so.</span></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfmxwFh9PPvLYgndTC74kYNSN4iEhXmY5N7wqt4xNZjTCAVZDcIBH85MY83_UTe5dN4gCNvOZqV2aZBCbatm9jo3SxgBET5WsSUxDHowrL6r-4BxrxngiNBcoH1_CAJ1Z1K9ZoWgw7t-E/s1600/IMG_0163.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfmxwFh9PPvLYgndTC74kYNSN4iEhXmY5N7wqt4xNZjTCAVZDcIBH85MY83_UTe5dN4gCNvOZqV2aZBCbatm9jo3SxgBET5WsSUxDHowrL6r-4BxrxngiNBcoH1_CAJ1Z1K9ZoWgw7t-E/s400/IMG_0163.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi10sOSsRTM-xPA4j18h-haXaxcB5Kzm4KAQMxPXVvkgxIA8pRE8nG2vNr9jWaQBFx-1hanFbIjjJCZ2fHpitNj12LRdONU4mJauf3jHWQmvJatNp7fpFbVUASCKzs9ik5qjsA3UuUsydM/s1600/IMG_0167.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi10sOSsRTM-xPA4j18h-haXaxcB5Kzm4KAQMxPXVvkgxIA8pRE8nG2vNr9jWaQBFx-1hanFbIjjJCZ2fHpitNj12LRdONU4mJauf3jHWQmvJatNp7fpFbVUASCKzs9ik5qjsA3UuUsydM/s400/IMG_0167.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">4. Make an adorable label for the top of your binder. I cut out mine using Sure Cuts A Lot 2 and this kind of twisted, antique-looking font called Alice in Wonderland. I’m sorry but I forgot where it was from. I think I downloaded it free from eighteen25.</span></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyytuTICp83ctU6JIGZ516fLbdA_iEZDIuriMwPtMMlEFN6GyRZRAGmOITUssq4TYnpKov4E-7mfq6Ouh5Zl-XUt8qbJ6rm1set22JOFgJTA4M2jboZ2jJg6YYrNLMN8uB00SqrjV6knE/s1600/IMG_0156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyytuTICp83ctU6JIGZ516fLbdA_iEZDIuriMwPtMMlEFN6GyRZRAGmOITUssq4TYnpKov4E-7mfq6Ouh5Zl-XUt8qbJ6rm1set22JOFgJTA4M2jboZ2jJg6YYrNLMN8uB00SqrjV6knE/s400/IMG_0156.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Enjoy this! Bye!</span></div></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818093799424995017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713688992584791570.post-76418882862578213742012-02-17T16:39:00.000-08:002012-02-17T16:39:56.333-08:00Polka Dot Nails<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Just a little notice, I want to share this with you guys before you go all awhol on me for never posting. Look at these. I know, it is a horribly horrible pic but just look at these things. You have to admit, they’re pretty irresistible. You can never go wrong with polka dots.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguuy0y55swYgMPYral3KNaNh9mJ9L1XLRYuv9P59lf-ASOiOQdx3j3zRijJEb3sH1-S1D-b7Wrz7KgXtDMtib-GUXqn89-Gh-cn9c7b4pvoGSssTWRcVF5ODZbA4mfblGal33VSVw9pOE/s1600/Photo+on+1-15-12+at+6.08+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguuy0y55swYgMPYral3KNaNh9mJ9L1XLRYuv9P59lf-ASOiOQdx3j3zRijJEb3sH1-S1D-b7Wrz7KgXtDMtib-GUXqn89-Gh-cn9c7b4pvoGSssTWRcVF5ODZbA4mfblGal33VSVw9pOE/s400/Photo+on+1-15-12+at+6.08+PM.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">How Do You Do It?</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Excellent question. 1st of all, you’ll need the following ingredients:</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-toothpicks</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-white acrylic paint</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-black or very, very, very dark brown nail polish (I used Essie’s Little Brown Dress)</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Yep, that’s all you need :)</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">And nowwww....</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Directions:</span></div><ol style="list-style-type: decimal;"><li style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Apply a base coat and let dry.</span></li>
<li style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Apply your black or brown and let dry.</span></li>
<li style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Squirt a tiny blob of your acrylic paint on a paper plate or something else you don’t mind getting paint on.</span></li>
<li style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Dip your toothpick into your paint and make little dots all over your nails.</span></li>
<li style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Apply a top coat.</span></li>
</ol><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">You’re done!</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Bye, bye!</span></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818093799424995017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713688992584791570.post-19220644683918624932012-02-17T16:23:00.000-08:002012-02-17T16:41:58.377-08:00I’m Back... With Monster Corner Bookmarks!<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I’m sorry I abandoned you guys for a month. Um... can you say AWKWARD? I’m been slightly busy since my last post. Just, slightly. But shortly before New Years’ Eve, I made this adorable Monster Corner Bookmark from <a href="http://go.tipjunkie.com/hm/1174/nheilke.com/blog/?p=2628">I Could Make That</a>. I found it via Tip Junkie. They are about the cutest things I’ve ever seen and they are way easier than they look. The cutting of the shapes is probably the most time-managing. But here they are!</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-kZ9YNsfRq9sEF9JuhHdYMnuD0JB_cKJtPhez7CmLqhyphenhypheniDoguInjfpcgrPaJZbB_SMuq-iNjuQiuplzyMEgxHxOpAnl7P4mGXnKWyqCBGWgthioT33jy9RV7EtGf-Fghg1KSD_cDN-Dk/s1600/IMG_0124.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-kZ9YNsfRq9sEF9JuhHdYMnuD0JB_cKJtPhez7CmLqhyphenhypheniDoguInjfpcgrPaJZbB_SMuq-iNjuQiuplzyMEgxHxOpAnl7P4mGXnKWyqCBGWgthioT33jy9RV7EtGf-Fghg1KSD_cDN-Dk/s400/IMG_0124.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I don’t want to steal her tutorial so head on over there to make this! Believe me, you won’t regret it! Enjoy your night!</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDkreFk0kkAtTa_d41DfNZNkURxApTaiGKcGfQt182Vgj-piCR2T8opTfy-appNZppysFuBEikzyBUtJoNMMGYNplLhBp4aWdEEQRJ5wBvsfcg958xpZ8B9DUVz-exxouYBH4Wyuo61U8/s1600/IMG_0126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDkreFk0kkAtTa_d41DfNZNkURxApTaiGKcGfQt182Vgj-piCR2T8opTfy-appNZppysFuBEikzyBUtJoNMMGYNplLhBp4aWdEEQRJ5wBvsfcg958xpZ8B9DUVz-exxouYBH4Wyuo61U8/s400/IMG_0126.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818093799424995017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713688992584791570.post-28740543773128528742012-01-06T19:51:00.000-08:002012-01-06T19:51:11.950-08:00New Nails for a New Year<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpEfQE3r9QkivGOE7KuUbZFOD4LaOXl0FbzS1L0yTXiy-RD3aogyRcrUA9XRPH3AJXXCcnggQYeKuYMkS0PbCU7Sit1e-bCILU9mlLWxEX3JZi_VdkSfonfAAjhdMK4CsbvpugPwPMXtw/s1600/IMG_0128.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpEfQE3r9QkivGOE7KuUbZFOD4LaOXl0FbzS1L0yTXiy-RD3aogyRcrUA9XRPH3AJXXCcnggQYeKuYMkS0PbCU7Sit1e-bCILU9mlLWxEX3JZi_VdkSfonfAAjhdMK4CsbvpugPwPMXtw/s400/IMG_0128.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">These confetti nails will give you a burst of glitter for New Years’ Eve. How did I do it? First, leave your nails long but file them. I didn’t cut mine much or file, and they broke and kept on getting caught on my clothes, so after about a week I had to saw those killers off. Do NOT cut them for this design. I did, and now my nails look stubby and tacky. But DO file them.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i>*P.S. I meant to post this New Years’ Eve. Sorry I didn’t.*</i></span></div></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">For this design you’ll need:</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-base coat</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-glitter polish</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-confetti polish or glitter hexagons</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Directions: Coat your nails with your clear polish. Paint the white part of your nails (the top part) with glitter polish. <i>I didn’t do a very good job at this</i>. With your confetti polish, in a dabbing motion, paint the rest of your nails. Make sure to have enough confetti so it doesn’t look tacky. Hope you like this!</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqsYWeEDTpJ4UpQK7yO8WxfnrqSeVe7JSok9CiTTCwwhoyqZXRFOghupcwfb06pGVCkNS7L96blpKmNoM5Dl1vCxOGRsW9uImcxSsOzh4x3KrbyN-329pPiFgwjzl3B3uCLZ58Gmgb0Ao/s1600/IMG_0135.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqsYWeEDTpJ4UpQK7yO8WxfnrqSeVe7JSok9CiTTCwwhoyqZXRFOghupcwfb06pGVCkNS7L96blpKmNoM5Dl1vCxOGRsW9uImcxSsOzh4x3KrbyN-329pPiFgwjzl3B3uCLZ58Gmgb0Ao/s400/IMG_0135.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818093799424995017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713688992584791570.post-9431887824538586372011-12-26T10:55:00.000-08:002011-12-26T10:55:16.523-08:00Peppermint Patties<div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I created these a few days ago for a holiday party. If you love peppermint, or someone you know does, make these! The peppermint lovers I know said they were SO good. Hope you like em’! They will be perfect in raising the festivity at your Christmas parties or holiday parties. Sorry I didn’t post them a few days earlier :(</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oa0yVYEQOZw/TvjC1SzJRyI/AAAAAAAAApk/syQE_E0kEtE/s1600/IMG_0110.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oa0yVYEQOZw/TvjC1SzJRyI/AAAAAAAAApk/syQE_E0kEtE/s400/IMG_0110.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Peppermint Patties</b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">adapted from University of Cookie</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;">Ingredients:</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-2/3 cup shortening</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-2/3 cup room temp butter (I use salted)</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-1 1/2 cups sugar</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-2 eggs</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-2 teaspoons vanilla</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-2 teaspoons baking powder</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-1 teaspoon salt</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-3 1/3 cups AP flour</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-1 bag of Hershey’s Candy Cane Kisses</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Directions:</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">1. Preheat to 350°</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">2. Cream butter, shortening and sugar together until light and fluffy.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">3. On medium speed combine the eggs and vanilla until mixed well.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">4. Over low speed add baking powder, salt and flour and mix until it comes together.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">5. Pour half the bag of Hershey’s kisses into a Ziploc bag and crush them until broken into small chunks. Repeat with the rest of the Hershey’s kisses. They do not have to look perfect</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">6. Mix the crushed kisses into your dough slowly, until well incorporated.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">7. Take your scoop and plop balls of dough 2 inches apart on a parchment lined baking sheet.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">8. Bake 8 - 10 minutes until edges are golden. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">9. When cookies are done let them cool on baking sheet for 2-3 minutes and remove to a wire cooling rack.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">recipe adapted from University of Cookie</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Peppermint Frosting</b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">adapted from University of Cookie</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;">Ingredients:</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-1/2 cup shortening</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-4 1/2 cups powdered sugar (I didn't sift *gasp*)</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-1/4 cups + 2 Tbsp milk</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-1 t. peppermint extract</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Directions:</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">1. Cream your shortening and powdered sugar together until smooth, slowly add your milk and peppermint extract.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">2. Mix until smooth.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">3. Pipe or spread your frosting on top of your cookies (I piped mine, but the frosting got smushed from the tin foil).</span></div><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-piHH1bAMBhA/TvjC_32JBKI/AAAAAAAAApw/TQq7YfIgbKk/s1600/IMG_0114.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-piHH1bAMBhA/TvjC_32JBKI/AAAAAAAAApw/TQq7YfIgbKk/s400/IMG_0114.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoy!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818093799424995017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713688992584791570.post-72946474453748646962011-12-22T17:37:00.000-08:002011-12-22T20:20:55.415-08:00Snowbars<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lNGEkV1Y9uI/TvPR7l3CEZI/AAAAAAAAAnU/Ga54P7zRQ88/s1600/IMG_0098.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lNGEkV1Y9uI/TvPR7l3CEZI/AAAAAAAAAnU/Ga54P7zRQ88/s400/IMG_0098.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">These cuties came from <a href="http://coleybelle.blogspot.com/2009/12/tutorial-snow-bars.html">this</a> blog. I made them for a few friends yesterday and they all loved them. They are not hard at all and they make an awesome little treat for a casual friend, coworker, teacher, or neighbor.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2H7dXCxdjDM/TvPRyuxkY0I/AAAAAAAAAnI/s3Og6QGFzQ4/s1600/IMG_0086.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2H7dXCxdjDM/TvPRyuxkY0I/AAAAAAAAAnI/s3Og6QGFzQ4/s400/IMG_0086.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Snowmen Candy Bars:</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Supplies:</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">-Photo paper OR computer paper (regular paper) P.S. How much sheets depends on how many snowmen you are making</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">-Hershey’s bars OR any favorite candy bar</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">-1 pack baby socks (color of your choice)</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">-buttons</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">-black and orange permanent markers</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">-twine (mine was from The Twinery) OR ribbon</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">-double-stick tape OR other adhesive</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Directions:</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">1.) Prepare your Hershey’s bars. Cut your photo paper into rectangles that are 6 × 6 1/2 inches.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br />
</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wnt3NSWFcQo/TvPW1W7mM8I/AAAAAAAAAng/6WfbuqBYEGE/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-22+at+8.16.33+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="195" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wnt3NSWFcQo/TvPW1W7mM8I/AAAAAAAAAng/6WfbuqBYEGE/s400/Screen+Shot+2011-12-22+at+8.16.33+PM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">2.) Center your bars in the middle of the rectangle, then fold one side over and tape it halfway on the bar and halfway on the photo paper.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5mYNRfKUxwU/TvPXHqbVyBI/AAAAAAAAAns/gb7kNNHZrxg/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-22+at+8.16.49+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5mYNRfKUxwU/TvPXHqbVyBI/AAAAAAAAAns/gb7kNNHZrxg/s400/Screen+Shot+2011-12-22+at+8.16.49+PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">3.) Fold other side over. Turn Hershey’s bar over.</span></div></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wUHYK865h6g/TvPYVzyBETI/AAAAAAAAAn4/ap4vNKjsXJA/s1600/IMG_0088.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wUHYK865h6g/TvPYVzyBETI/AAAAAAAAAn4/ap4vNKjsXJA/s400/IMG_0088.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">4.) It’s time to begin the fun part! Take out your baby socks and cut off the toe part.</span></div><br />
<br />
<div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e3nppwf3rnM/TvPYeKTOodI/AAAAAAAAAoE/BT4oXXS4bbA/s1600/IMG_0091.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e3nppwf3rnM/TvPYeKTOodI/AAAAAAAAAoE/BT4oXXS4bbA/s400/IMG_0091.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">5.) Stretch this over the head of your snowman (the top of the Hershey’s bar).</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LzST5kFKvpk/TvPZAjoBUnI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/N70SZ6pTMYs/s1600/IMG_0092.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LzST5kFKvpk/TvPZAjoBUnI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/N70SZ6pTMYs/s400/IMG_0092.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">6.) Draw on your eyes with a black Sharpie.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XK8TKrH4A3Q/TvPZwVbbEWI/AAAAAAAAAoc/N4dQUlv4sI0/s1600/IMG_0094.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XK8TKrH4A3Q/TvPZwVbbEWI/AAAAAAAAAoc/N4dQUlv4sI0/s400/IMG_0094.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">7.) Don’t forget the carrot nose and his mouth!</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-l5LJJeyMCcA/TvPZ_pWDxEI/AAAAAAAAAoo/Rfi4m3IFa8E/s1600/IMG_0095.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-l5LJJeyMCcA/TvPZ_pWDxEI/AAAAAAAAAoo/Rfi4m3IFa8E/s400/IMG_0095.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">8.) Tie your hat with a bow made of twine or ribbon.</span></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OipJ_GY-O70/TvPapIsvdwI/AAAAAAAAAo0/ZECeMSeSvi0/s1600/IMG_0096.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OipJ_GY-O70/TvPapIsvdwI/AAAAAAAAAo0/ZECeMSeSvi0/s400/IMG_0096.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">9.) Adhere two buttons with a glue gun, tape, or glue dots.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eT3eJmr1EuI/TvPa8sYgd_I/AAAAAAAAApA/A4v7mKM51GQ/s1600/IMG_0097.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eT3eJmr1EuI/TvPa8sYgd_I/AAAAAAAAApA/A4v7mKM51GQ/s400/IMG_0097.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kkyUgKaPoTk/TvPbEw_I3TI/AAAAAAAAApM/jcFtaYhaoUQ/s1600/IMG_0099.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kkyUgKaPoTk/TvPbEw_I3TI/AAAAAAAAApM/jcFtaYhaoUQ/s400/IMG_0099.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Look at these adorable little beanies!</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Hope you can make some little snowbars yourself as a last minute present!</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Bye, bye!</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<div><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818093799424995017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713688992584791570.post-36897492934647933442011-12-16T19:06:00.000-08:002011-12-16T19:06:34.437-08:00What's IN This Christmas Season<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">This Christmas and New Years’ Eve, it’s your turn to show off those sparkles and rock the red, green, and SILVER! Here are a few tips and ideas to make you stand out under the mistletoe.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3B9MKRKEaBrHwTlCWhsSlPNfXpf2s8folkgQBIb3Sq0HiLS9qqxb8L2aoK86cgluvnopAxOodh7NonH0lXJxRhmAKMTVsyTZSroNLf1rNc0T-EDfQoy3ZIgJNDcbCzCm9aNfBM3K50mw/s1600/product_thumb.php.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3B9MKRKEaBrHwTlCWhsSlPNfXpf2s8folkgQBIb3Sq0HiLS9qqxb8L2aoK86cgluvnopAxOodh7NonH0lXJxRhmAKMTVsyTZSroNLf1rNc0T-EDfQoy3ZIgJNDcbCzCm9aNfBM3K50mw/s1600/product_thumb.php.jpeg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Denim</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">This gorgeous denim polish pretties up any outfit this season. It goes with pretty much any pattern, florals or stripes, and you will steal all the attention.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Find: $9 Essie Bobbing for Baubles</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5lyC4wdRz0mpCJrC_Rea7K6z3WlTRRIKrexsmjRVemgNqD5K497DtjgOlwTkRS4Yf4eLD7EBS3_LMlUyIO_NL1UYcNMDbG2nc-Dv7VR-8Koyj3_OZ5Q3WDn0suC0LgQ42DlYyvKN61M4/s1600/51taN5CTE9L._SL500_AA300_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5lyC4wdRz0mpCJrC_Rea7K6z3WlTRRIKrexsmjRVemgNqD5K497DtjgOlwTkRS4Yf4eLD7EBS3_LMlUyIO_NL1UYcNMDbG2nc-Dv7VR-8Koyj3_OZ5Q3WDn0suC0LgQ42DlYyvKN61M4/s1600/51taN5CTE9L._SL500_AA300_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Glitter</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Glitter makes a perfect disco ball appearance to your fingertips and an even more perfect addition to your New Years’ Eve assemble.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Find: $14.99 OPI Muppets Collection Rainbow Connection</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIAW5OAvK6aM0QPg2SUq5f7WuYyE3EQAortvR4xmRsK8tFbUGllqwGOmgEqc7LkO3Wt5Eij1l1wLHV8sWctn7Oc-eohkoF4f_wo18iPiQ1trd8wrDotTe2WxbTrtWtcNxi31J4TTusO08/s1600/Picture+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIAW5OAvK6aM0QPg2SUq5f7WuYyE3EQAortvR4xmRsK8tFbUGllqwGOmgEqc7LkO3Wt5Eij1l1wLHV8sWctn7Oc-eohkoF4f_wo18iPiQ1trd8wrDotTe2WxbTrtWtcNxi31J4TTusO08/s320/Picture+1.png" width="267" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Fur Mittens</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> Your fingers will be all toasty and warm and they’ll look cute at the same time!</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Find: $19.50 Aerie Convertible Mittens from Aerie</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0xRmoeHXXnC_CvakE45ORMtfWuwbvKqj-Op4YeUzPwXrAqD2_xGQRkMaE9jRvH1OtEuSaB22DSxcD6XRuVGzc7iRMRnYLnsrQVsmy5jc9O-3f4MlMZkgYQrbFSuDLGnt0kIZfIKYMD0/s1600/1228977_fpx.tif.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0xRmoeHXXnC_CvakE45ORMtfWuwbvKqj-Op4YeUzPwXrAqD2_xGQRkMaE9jRvH1OtEuSaB22DSxcD6XRuVGzc7iRMRnYLnsrQVsmy5jc9O-3f4MlMZkgYQrbFSuDLGnt0kIZfIKYMD0/s320/1228977_fpx.tif.jpeg" width="255" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Fair Isle Sweaters</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Paired with pants, a skirt, or leggings, this holiday trend is too darn cute. They’ll provide you with plenty of cozy but cute outfits during the rest of winter.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Find: $70.80 Free People Cropped Fair Isle Pullover Sweater from Bloomingdale’s</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Hope these quick ideas will keep you looking sleek and chic at your upcoming parties.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Bye, bye!</span></div><br />
<br />
<br />
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818093799424995017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713688992584791570.post-87552046294840060982011-12-12T11:01:00.000-08:002011-12-12T11:01:16.489-08:00Homemade Peanut Butter Cups<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwsIbnqwG2cjpJPPTzVsXwPLoXUBvuOR3n5KNdu3h-q6lyvfH8dkYjiihg3UnwczLtzBLjXrNbVgYOqzZCiWdybg2Y8H9LGpDWOJYmU9WcYborC28Tmqw6BA4q3mmbS-GN3iosNOLkfvE/s1600/IMG_0059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwsIbnqwG2cjpJPPTzVsXwPLoXUBvuOR3n5KNdu3h-q6lyvfH8dkYjiihg3UnwczLtzBLjXrNbVgYOqzZCiWdybg2Y8H9LGpDWOJYmU9WcYborC28Tmqw6BA4q3mmbS-GN3iosNOLkfvE/s400/IMG_0059.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">You’ll need your ingredients:</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">1 cups creamy peanut butter<br />
¼ cup unsalted butter<br />
¼ cup light brown sugar<br />
1¼ cups powdered sugar<br />
4 cups milk chocolate chips (two 11.5-oz bags)<br />
¼ cup vegetable shortening</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsP7-_Zi-0ViFrdxuSzHH_ymZ5Wsqaf3a5JSykCXLPwXANlmEZ-BLTscpEOr6LA40qqBQd33p1A4ivP_Qt6OaYYKqF_Uo6SKIRHvPjfhuutjRucztd3JaRLdX6zEZtZxea3h9kt9HD_Q/s1600/IMG_0062.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsP7-_Zi-0ViFrdxuSzHH_ymZ5Wsqaf3a5JSykCXLPwXANlmEZ-BLTscpEOr6LA40qqBQd33p1A4ivP_Qt6OaYYKqF_Uo6SKIRHvPjfhuutjRucztd3JaRLdX6zEZtZxea3h9kt9HD_Q/s400/IMG_0062.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Prepare your mini muffin tin and your pan. I used foil, not parchment paper, on my cookie sheet, only because I didn’t have any.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi21LWoyKrtQlwzA44l881AL_NzQAQyqpKRLVPUYljefY-9zUWWX0G-O53wmSR4hQWtQ2ajkD8QQ7c7Bhld7hyNNazgj-rH3ca50wOnNFW-KaX1Zwz36vCSYlYHH6ItIPZXlZBvWXDGdAI/s1600/IMG_0063.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi21LWoyKrtQlwzA44l881AL_NzQAQyqpKRLVPUYljefY-9zUWWX0G-O53wmSR4hQWtQ2ajkD8QQ7c7Bhld7hyNNazgj-rH3ca50wOnNFW-KaX1Zwz36vCSYlYHH6ItIPZXlZBvWXDGdAI/s400/IMG_0063.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Melt your peanut butter, butter, and brown sugar over medium heat until melted and bubbling, just a little.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5j2b3caHieGwHq6to7K_lm9YIpFRUUpU5n_f_Sn1tUWRaGHDkexMp_09biN4tTm14jjf1kYaSQxu8UZHwFUpIHG-tdAe-lTNr346aO7pyL3ANGiqtcdIn4djgPgVhpa5GcoaMbFH4-u0/s1600/IMG_0064.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5j2b3caHieGwHq6to7K_lm9YIpFRUUpU5n_f_Sn1tUWRaGHDkexMp_09biN4tTm14jjf1kYaSQxu8UZHwFUpIHG-tdAe-lTNr346aO7pyL3ANGiqtcdIn4djgPgVhpa5GcoaMbFH4-u0/s400/IMG_0064.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibRHkxl9GHdXlqEDJILRNUIb9l3Eyyz7FB8BDH2_n87iHEyI5O2YRXjHaDKpiB9JSW0lGknyLvqjc6pj0Fa7JA2Ri5-udYcw7ZqEBKzs_2vZ3h5SsWemM1CAzdzo1iu29qq_Eb6K_eNZ0/s1600/IMG_0065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibRHkxl9GHdXlqEDJILRNUIb9l3Eyyz7FB8BDH2_n87iHEyI5O2YRXjHaDKpiB9JSW0lGknyLvqjc6pj0Fa7JA2Ri5-udYcw7ZqEBKzs_2vZ3h5SsWemM1CAzdzo1iu29qq_Eb6K_eNZ0/s400/IMG_0065.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Add your powdered sugar ¼ cup at a time, stirring well after each addition.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0obq4pGb_U7UXOOqBjhc-_ZR3Wak77CX-DXq5E91mZVk1M7xKt8pJCaIm1FtZWUT3Krq2wWQPlgYObEVzSMXL4IFpyFDNvAd5R7bgLiaWZbPrGfo4H3MyIbwY7Lv0P017tkq3NsFjNg/s1600/IMG_0066.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0obq4pGb_U7UXOOqBjhc-_ZR3Wak77CX-DXq5E91mZVk1M7xKt8pJCaIm1FtZWUT3Krq2wWQPlgYObEVzSMXL4IFpyFDNvAd5R7bgLiaWZbPrGfo4H3MyIbwY7Lv0P017tkq3NsFjNg/s400/IMG_0066.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Melt your chocolate chips with your shortening.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoAomJQ4-3wpL7XrrkkcAoXhNiKKGFld_2fuISsFBHcXoFmtSKSmuOfPewhQlrTPwERhjSoGvLGYZBIXQGg3sJKBBELfwnpDNkJ4KUqPwtGltV-ZkrYu_0CeBRCBJ0puYklgifwru_ZEo/s1600/IMG_0067.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoAomJQ4-3wpL7XrrkkcAoXhNiKKGFld_2fuISsFBHcXoFmtSKSmuOfPewhQlrTPwERhjSoGvLGYZBIXQGg3sJKBBELfwnpDNkJ4KUqPwtGltV-ZkrYu_0CeBRCBJ0puYklgifwru_ZEo/s400/IMG_0067.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">From there you fill your cups with a few teaspoons of chocolate. Refrigerate for 30 minutes, drop in your peanut butter patties, fill with more chocolate, and refrigerate again. These aren’t the exact steps, I’m sorry, but I found this recipe on <a href="http://www.browneyedbaker.com/2011/08/02/homemade-peanut-butter-cups/">Brown Eyed Baker</a> so you can just head on over there.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVPRqj0BBA5xUo2WKaP6eEkV6mrKse6DdusAViRWQifgw43yNlYd00TyAZ1lZepT0BX2gU-94go_s4JmlzmZZrlcv_mZFtAIEMVcFAFRiZPe4GmiN26p5vDnr7V62EcZtJpEP2XtFVoyI/s1600/IMG_0071.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVPRqj0BBA5xUo2WKaP6eEkV6mrKse6DdusAViRWQifgw43yNlYd00TyAZ1lZepT0BX2gU-94go_s4JmlzmZZrlcv_mZFtAIEMVcFAFRiZPe4GmiN26p5vDnr7V62EcZtJpEP2XtFVoyI/s400/IMG_0071.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSRmvYDeHUbRInECxFpronPwPKpoblCr0PBz85ZREC4u1LeEHg5wnnlYF3p-MBjwpFMYr0RVH-IelNWDgO0wrT2mJUV-3NcL6e2ed5hjCtjtxw0rlStC1-0KDpqM6AiEN7YtfEJQNDgX4/s1600/IMG_0070.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSRmvYDeHUbRInECxFpronPwPKpoblCr0PBz85ZREC4u1LeEHg5wnnlYF3p-MBjwpFMYr0RVH-IelNWDgO0wrT2mJUV-3NcL6e2ed5hjCtjtxw0rlStC1-0KDpqM6AiEN7YtfEJQNDgX4/s400/IMG_0070.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I found this adorable little tin at Hobby Lobby for I think like a buck or two. I layered my peanut butter cups over each other.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqbFQI_vhNLpQZY_QZtBbEiqo4OzkiX9XhWABOh8B6nj4oiXHg7Pjr8axJ_a5V8xXctAIm-dioFROLrRekK01ZA7Sh67KxE3r5YCLxO-X5OmH7cYNCAiF1gfkZOCFfxkW4zHtDPtQcxxg/s1600/IMG_0077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqbFQI_vhNLpQZY_QZtBbEiqo4OzkiX9XhWABOh8B6nj4oiXHg7Pjr8axJ_a5V8xXctAIm-dioFROLrRekK01ZA7Sh67KxE3r5YCLxO-X5OmH7cYNCAiF1gfkZOCFfxkW4zHtDPtQcxxg/s400/IMG_0077.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I made this little tag by cutting a “3 1/2” circle out of holiday scrapbooking paper and printing out another tag on the computer.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ZSe1PWt9it8BjSiJkee1Jya265eEA5LA2T4xnhqrZKidBmvaSb8sTjXwWL2TTv2mtHGghJbonYkJ_CMqL5V8OjonW8wGWZcw0QfHr19peQdaStPYxdqVfopllVgvvXnUs4j2ILygmaE/s1600/IMG_0078.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ZSe1PWt9it8BjSiJkee1Jya265eEA5LA2T4xnhqrZKidBmvaSb8sTjXwWL2TTv2mtHGghJbonYkJ_CMqL5V8OjonW8wGWZcw0QfHr19peQdaStPYxdqVfopllVgvvXnUs4j2ILygmaE/s400/IMG_0078.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I tied red twine from <a href="http://thetwinery.com/">The Twinery</a> around the tin with the tag I made.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqCCOqYg8pjsZd52ck8RACC4Us-DOYRC_24VLVK5-s5VMwG1HeueHQBZf2beHqn6AlXiHCPRA_vybcfnsUPjytlfJnKAo3mkiDaBWxWODjw6pomV2qbqvQZuC5o09Gh7867RmKSle0znk/s1600/IMG_0080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqCCOqYg8pjsZd52ck8RACC4Us-DOYRC_24VLVK5-s5VMwG1HeueHQBZf2beHqn6AlXiHCPRA_vybcfnsUPjytlfJnKAo3mkiDaBWxWODjw6pomV2qbqvQZuC5o09Gh7867RmKSle0znk/s400/IMG_0080.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The gift went to my mom’s friend’s son who is sick in the hospital. With all of his strength and positivity about everything he is taking it very well.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkLjM2FlwivvoWLGcYrxWCnpT4yFJVFUgWkQ-TpLors1fYRN25XIzW1PJbFfDm-w0SGuh7V0CwT5VigQwBFQyPK-ApiM8HYFeFxle7JuQ6wkho1PKu3iTRQg6Z1ovB57OAmtwvVkNral0/s1600/IMG_0084.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkLjM2FlwivvoWLGcYrxWCnpT4yFJVFUgWkQ-TpLors1fYRN25XIzW1PJbFfDm-w0SGuh7V0CwT5VigQwBFQyPK-ApiM8HYFeFxle7JuQ6wkho1PKu3iTRQg6Z1ovB57OAmtwvVkNral0/s400/IMG_0084.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Cute, right?</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis4jLeVqd2aBo7HJcx78c270ymxgAZzDSz3Owx0mF7-gNLMOFCNy6YTz5Jo9p478t1w1XmnzClEagoH0DZSTm0G2kW7tnKlQ1c1IMj1FxMMvmEIcGE-3L_4dOYNLeV5qCdFT1BojiHdtQ/s1600/IMG_0085.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis4jLeVqd2aBo7HJcx78c270ymxgAZzDSz3Owx0mF7-gNLMOFCNy6YTz5Jo9p478t1w1XmnzClEagoH0DZSTm0G2kW7tnKlQ1c1IMj1FxMMvmEIcGE-3L_4dOYNLeV5qCdFT1BojiHdtQ/s400/IMG_0085.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Bye, bye!</span></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818093799424995017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713688992584791570.post-24429343738543914582011-12-09T20:58:00.000-08:002011-12-09T21:00:07.549-08:00Little Snowmen Cake Pops<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Wait to see what I have for you today!</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqONnQtxES-FwIv-w1lUL0OE3yE1SZR1wg_QDg9xu3QUdAHDbILr-ktsDGcfasNcyx7oKye7QlnPgLKGO63WYR1uMalhbTKdORTYLss1ieAfBt9HKVU5PZBa8_XQmRDWmL-QprsYx8atI/s1600/IMG_0047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqONnQtxES-FwIv-w1lUL0OE3yE1SZR1wg_QDg9xu3QUdAHDbILr-ktsDGcfasNcyx7oKye7QlnPgLKGO63WYR1uMalhbTKdORTYLss1ieAfBt9HKVU5PZBa8_XQmRDWmL-QprsYx8atI/s400/IMG_0047.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Look at this darn thing! I can’t believe I made it. When I first saw them on Bakerella, I didn’t even know how it was possible to make these. They looked so amazing, but complicated. Really, they’re not. It’s getting easier and better to make cake pops the more I make them, but I still have the cracking problem of the chocolate coating. That disappoints me. But still, I think they turned out AWESOME. As long as you have everything set up, it should go by in a breeze.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkXxqr8jodAr32BHQoWxJIH-NmKZb_LQgWl023wlwt5zeE6r0kQvv_eI2L-dkHIMuM5Z40ynlOXLLXce1tPnoP3_vPmfFibpxiswisLs3n5tnop4cV67ZQqTxrb8MP6Bt5Rj1RDrCJTbg/s1600/IMG_0030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkXxqr8jodAr32BHQoWxJIH-NmKZb_LQgWl023wlwt5zeE6r0kQvv_eI2L-dkHIMuM5Z40ynlOXLLXce1tPnoP3_vPmfFibpxiswisLs3n5tnop4cV67ZQqTxrb8MP6Bt5Rj1RDrCJTbg/s400/IMG_0030.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Snowmen Cake Pops</b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">from <a href="http://www.bakerella.com/snowman-cake-pops/">Bakerella</a></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Ingredients:</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">-1 box cake mix (I used Duncan Hines French Vanilla Cake Mix)</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">-1 can frosting that coordinates with cake mix</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">-colored chocolate wafers (I got a pound of them but 1 and 1/2 pounds might be safer)</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">-1 bag sucker sticks</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">-1 bag Nestle Semi-Sweet Chocolate Mini Morsels</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">-1 tube of chocolate-coated sunflower seeds (I found them at Jo-Ann Fabrics in the checkout line)</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">-1 package regular oreos</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">-1 bag mini oreos</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">-Americolor Gourmet Writer Food Decorating pen</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">-styrofoam block</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><ol style="list-style-type: decimal;"><li style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">You are going to follow most of the steps from the <a href="http://elizabeth-bizzyblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/everyone-needs-little-pop-in-their-life.html">Pumpkin Cake Pops</a>.</span></li>
</ol><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhkkkiIWz8Kk4uXCzpI4ZxT_I4CkpuOtt3_hyAUTjAoOb6Pufn5YskREaCvJYni8be4KleX3ZG_cpDHXn-PvnhroKpVxwafGnYrFce5NHUyQY5Gq876sBSceV7Uf7wGQYIOUCWu_P9-c/s1600/IMG_0026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhkkkiIWz8Kk4uXCzpI4ZxT_I4CkpuOtt3_hyAUTjAoOb6Pufn5YskREaCvJYni8be4KleX3ZG_cpDHXn-PvnhroKpVxwafGnYrFce5NHUyQY5Gq876sBSceV7Uf7wGQYIOUCWu_P9-c/s400/IMG_0026.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">2. Slice all of the creme fillings out of your Oreos, and get them into a pile.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi1KeskemqYh6T3fxCFeXVpE9pYl_bSIWAh_Lo8Y0X0WslYYUKSEkNddaIbtAGNjOo_iuTHBTBYBiZj0caVW0zQiQ2980J0T3J7Fn8j4KbbKWzNpQv1CiAZStprz5zG-WnNiBagna1H04/s1600/IMG_0025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi1KeskemqYh6T3fxCFeXVpE9pYl_bSIWAh_Lo8Y0X0WslYYUKSEkNddaIbtAGNjOo_iuTHBTBYBiZj0caVW0zQiQ2980J0T3J7Fn8j4KbbKWzNpQv1CiAZStprz5zG-WnNiBagna1H04/s400/IMG_0025.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">3. Form hats by melting some candy wafers, putting a dollop on the top of your Oreo, and sticking a mini one on top.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQuT1tjbtGTEn0lKx8OYYRp_Tz1kSgDeTWxQ2oFfzOky6VEgjbOQDXAqAYqD9A22IExnxTxSkuPLu2GesRtw3o8wPPrNPZjM0ZVNqE1eF9vwVMYWwicoO3P4VbvE2GdgfCrL_SWZbo3k/s1600/IMG_0024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQuT1tjbtGTEn0lKx8OYYRp_Tz1kSgDeTWxQ2oFfzOky6VEgjbOQDXAqAYqD9A22IExnxTxSkuPLu2GesRtw3o8wPPrNPZjM0ZVNqE1eF9vwVMYWwicoO3P4VbvE2GdgfCrL_SWZbo3k/s400/IMG_0024.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">4. Mini hats! Too cute, right? I love these little things.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzj2Z51gTkiIao2y2wshS-lRao9GFF4HEy8mHD6j5TBw3S-2NV6jE7xyh5LOOrXYC36vOxSN4vqLph_nozR5bjDrmFYxVsctleR7VGotPs2tXvfy8A0sSHLy1Xl-Eqv2wEvSAvDwBbp_A/s1600/IMG_0027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzj2Z51gTkiIao2y2wshS-lRao9GFF4HEy8mHD6j5TBw3S-2NV6jE7xyh5LOOrXYC36vOxSN4vqLph_nozR5bjDrmFYxVsctleR7VGotPs2tXvfy8A0sSHLy1Xl-Eqv2wEvSAvDwBbp_A/s400/IMG_0027.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">5. Once you dip your pops in your melted coating, press an Oreo hat on and push in an orange sunflower seed.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">6. Let them dry in your styrofoam block.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLpyBgDq0D0FlNo1BxMeYp0f29fpG2SyJFWNcXOfldKTByAaXhxUKVG7etm2eRWIBpXkJ5E6eRPOcY1mHbQLnPGiJV7XmVlbQgx92lxTtt4RLLVTGzxHDVlkB7WWGVPw77FNa9Gj-rMg/s1600/IMG_0029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLpyBgDq0D0FlNo1BxMeYp0f29fpG2SyJFWNcXOfldKTByAaXhxUKVG7etm2eRWIBpXkJ5E6eRPOcY1mHbQLnPGiJV7XmVlbQgx92lxTtt4RLLVTGzxHDVlkB7WWGVPw77FNa9Gj-rMg/s400/IMG_0029.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">When I did this step, there was a cake pop massacre. They all fell out of the styrofoam block from the weight of the hat and it was a fail. So what does that mean?</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRymXomcV50PDFHlwx9B9GOrM2nWPBm9ZHgBM4NX-Iizl8aVb7LACJdyOLw2huKN6ww5E5iWHChvfaNP96L858VTsav-J4hVQ55Q6pJUkvSh2FrfbKlcwlzc8hpm_iQ7AWl0KItJqN4sA/s1600/IMG_0031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRymXomcV50PDFHlwx9B9GOrM2nWPBm9ZHgBM4NX-Iizl8aVb7LACJdyOLw2huKN6ww5E5iWHChvfaNP96L858VTsav-J4hVQ55Q6pJUkvSh2FrfbKlcwlzc8hpm_iQ7AWl0KItJqN4sA/s400/IMG_0031.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Cake pop surgery! Time to sterilize the chocolate glue and mini chocolate chips.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlAtyGWER76_bjTc261uvzwqusqebG1gSlyFemfrALH7yOq84PPU_tSrd-jPafROwAyahZq091DXRzCBjcxv1fj54Le5lRnczqCKZaZqbIpBk9Xel58qSoMD7MryCd7ifxm0mDH6H2ecc/s1600/IMG_0032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlAtyGWER76_bjTc261uvzwqusqebG1gSlyFemfrALH7yOq84PPU_tSrd-jPafROwAyahZq091DXRzCBjcxv1fj54Le5lRnczqCKZaZqbIpBk9Xel58qSoMD7MryCd7ifxm0mDH6H2ecc/s400/IMG_0032.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">They are just coming to from the anesthesia.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">7. Stick your cake pops in clear little bags and tie with a twist-tie.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh8Cx0lYfJM18Y3kj0TvX5EEGhtYPHClq44s4a0y7ZGySeUcYPso1SRPtMY6mG0Y0p99QpaHb3jXGu3Jg2bLg_-aSgEAS0W2oa8PUyYAW6MtoVuPN8Ci5Z4BDFep24sClXzpr2VIiYGkY/s1600/IMG_0036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh8Cx0lYfJM18Y3kj0TvX5EEGhtYPHClq44s4a0y7ZGySeUcYPso1SRPtMY6mG0Y0p99QpaHb3jXGu3Jg2bLg_-aSgEAS0W2oa8PUyYAW6MtoVuPN8Ci5Z4BDFep24sClXzpr2VIiYGkY/s320/IMG_0036.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIbGXMsVI-ZFwdLxxntUn5DuoV5az-2oJ3cPenUW1B0GQn0BmYoS86rbdOmgJFet-e5kWSIeQpxRIBFmA8IXL6ca0DIm6AuTqYWVYnHe_kXb9XEkYgjh6aP8J4qlZkwM-cartPHEyWhzQ/s1600/IMG_0037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIbGXMsVI-ZFwdLxxntUn5DuoV5az-2oJ3cPenUW1B0GQn0BmYoS86rbdOmgJFet-e5kWSIeQpxRIBFmA8IXL6ca0DIm6AuTqYWVYnHe_kXb9XEkYgjh6aP8J4qlZkwM-cartPHEyWhzQ/s320/IMG_0037.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhMZ4WJULEPG9A2b5jhuHA1U_gDgot8KTtzd2n6-HX9dRvxZFBGQ95isx-LV6E9jIu6yIsyZyRQGY-qB4m41ybp6pSwi28pbv32rV9YlCGghyt2J5H_epwd9pn4LM-wGmzW8CFyBJeN6A/s1600/IMG_0039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhMZ4WJULEPG9A2b5jhuHA1U_gDgot8KTtzd2n6-HX9dRvxZFBGQ95isx-LV6E9jIu6yIsyZyRQGY-qB4m41ybp6pSwi28pbv32rV9YlCGghyt2J5H_epwd9pn4LM-wGmzW8CFyBJeN6A/s320/IMG_0039.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">8. I cut out little tags on my Cricut with some cute holiday paper and I stuck my Merry Christmas Labels on them.</span></div><br />
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><br />
<br />
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9dmQ1JChJmJnSO8iFH2FId3HVawXyibiEVLMs5v-D-dlR5a28nTCUnLVrz63sxmQ7A3eE4io26u1xpXham59wdxHaxk8gbohQr-89mgqA9yUX9WS6xS8lfWV10xnZ_lYByKRdttBwmKw/s1600/IMG_0041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9dmQ1JChJmJnSO8iFH2FId3HVawXyibiEVLMs5v-D-dlR5a28nTCUnLVrz63sxmQ7A3eE4io26u1xpXham59wdxHaxk8gbohQr-89mgqA9yUX9WS6xS8lfWV10xnZ_lYByKRdttBwmKw/s400/IMG_0041.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">9. Hole-punch all of your tags.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59UHFAkW4wGIHAzRmU2uXXogvZHPgTvtuCaGrjWlpWtCly9JmjAsr01KOwkZeX8sJOGGSk9ar8yopg5cMGQ3MIpRFcsNfqVoC1ROTTmUOdoNDSEn5wM4giYJxfKIjTGX37wx-F99SmvU/s1600/IMG_0034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59UHFAkW4wGIHAzRmU2uXXogvZHPgTvtuCaGrjWlpWtCly9JmjAsr01KOwkZeX8sJOGGSk9ar8yopg5cMGQ3MIpRFcsNfqVoC1ROTTmUOdoNDSEn5wM4giYJxfKIjTGX37wx-F99SmvU/s400/IMG_0034.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">10. Cut out your holiday ribbon.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZC1rsLlcDGmL6D9U4tXHtWVVGRNe3jFyxwqvPJRSVKcyd-rrGOTuZql7k3L8zk3p66LzIyUQif8VTH6J7VRcTQwWObgYE4PdvjnnamizIodBi9lzL2MRe-Bzq09cUH5Yb8sv5cCmbAiw/s1600/IMG_0043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZC1rsLlcDGmL6D9U4tXHtWVVGRNe3jFyxwqvPJRSVKcyd-rrGOTuZql7k3L8zk3p66LzIyUQif8VTH6J7VRcTQwWObgYE4PdvjnnamizIodBi9lzL2MRe-Bzq09cUH5Yb8sv5cCmbAiw/s400/IMG_0043.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">11. Weave it through.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6_bUsSvVF57FZZRkYr3slSNmnn46Xu7xr_PMjCo8n7xBRAgkgqjcTJveBx9c-d7xKLAY4ME8pzQE22XRjqZoiIryjinVHrE0iTJByNzEauHHbgnrwW_M_y2zXGOU_xihBMEp7peCrXwQ/s1600/IMG_0044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6_bUsSvVF57FZZRkYr3slSNmnn46Xu7xr_PMjCo8n7xBRAgkgqjcTJveBx9c-d7xKLAY4ME8pzQE22XRjqZoiIryjinVHrE0iTJByNzEauHHbgnrwW_M_y2zXGOU_xihBMEp7peCrXwQ/s400/IMG_0044.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">12. Tie your ribbon around your cake pops.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA0AkpuvIbrug8tcJBnLmE1JOQrYBAq_B7NjZmsXjaF7qSt7g7eynxndNePjCM8oi3_cEUKw-nD5QwZpsd_3qNiePZ8ZKSxkKCMk8jUgSodMsddyzaMXUekNG4QrsJ0PjZIvCTHqF5BVg/s1600/IMG_0045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA0AkpuvIbrug8tcJBnLmE1JOQrYBAq_B7NjZmsXjaF7qSt7g7eynxndNePjCM8oi3_cEUKw-nD5QwZpsd_3qNiePZ8ZKSxkKCMk8jUgSodMsddyzaMXUekNG4QrsJ0PjZIvCTHqF5BVg/s400/IMG_0045.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">And there you are!</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Don’t cha love em’?</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2wdfQtlszTbWkgSUrRQRzBZwbx7nHX2dQHxxziWYvaaBdQgcbnQ-oz7-dxgoVC03lPwniKmwnFo2DALgeqOMwCUIvKa1B6mQuO__mgAqv4sh9oW4WtjGtK3Pe712TF_1SmCRZ9YL2-Yc/s1600/IMG_0048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2wdfQtlszTbWkgSUrRQRzBZwbx7nHX2dQHxxziWYvaaBdQgcbnQ-oz7-dxgoVC03lPwniKmwnFo2DALgeqOMwCUIvKa1B6mQuO__mgAqv4sh9oW4WtjGtK3Pe712TF_1SmCRZ9YL2-Yc/s400/IMG_0048.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">That’s a heck load of cake pops!</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfiq9a8Xy2cn2OUd1glEkvI8v6o5MA3ez6RKxHVSlwqEOBMvi3mO8w22ylvkPzRYcmomINRQ_0LDE_w4f1Zrp-o-7Pt_LHa5Zz4cKeAx4mtmPbRZzqVsycD40HpKj96ZNasNBJFukt39w/s1600/IMG_0049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfiq9a8Xy2cn2OUd1glEkvI8v6o5MA3ez6RKxHVSlwqEOBMvi3mO8w22ylvkPzRYcmomINRQ_0LDE_w4f1Zrp-o-7Pt_LHa5Zz4cKeAx4mtmPbRZzqVsycD40HpKj96ZNasNBJFukt39w/s400/IMG_0049.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Enjoy the little fellas!</span></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Happy baking!</span></div></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818093799424995017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713688992584791570.post-8020544528208864552011-12-04T14:09:00.001-08:002011-12-12T10:10:05.798-08:00Cheesy Ham & Cheddar Crescents<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Last night I was hungry for something buttery and cheesy. And in the fridge {GASP}, there was a can of Pillsbury crescent rolls. So I’ve been watching their recipe videos lately, and I wondered if I could transform a plan crescent roll into something much more. Like a midnight snack. Hence, these were born:</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrfrhrmyaqgCSo_6AbzAF4tbsd9N8ctjtiEVD8XY1H853t8usFSOUIwpmjiLYbGgTmrINoWguPm8pZcpGAwyd4E3s1uwTA3bNWU9xZ_3UfIAo5vwREihVNap6mFl9FaCEl2YQ3JsyeNg/s1600/ShabbyBlogsAutumnBlank.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrfrhrmyaqgCSo_6AbzAF4tbsd9N8ctjtiEVD8XY1H853t8usFSOUIwpmjiLYbGgTmrINoWguPm8pZcpGAwyd4E3s1uwTA3bNWU9xZ_3UfIAo5vwREihVNap6mFl9FaCEl2YQ3JsyeNg/s640/ShabbyBlogsAutumnBlank.jpg" width="452" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">They are very greasy/buttery, so if you don’t like that you can just skip the butter steps. Hope you enjoy them!</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Bye, bye!</span></div></div></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818093799424995017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713688992584791570.post-441618346497542292011-12-03T14:02:00.000-08:002011-12-12T09:49:57.302-08:00Merry Christmas Tags {Free}<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">So, last night I got a little creative and created these Christmas Tags:</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-o4ol-0csGX4lErLiCt6AgN0oNw9QwIV0Gaa3ZQOxXz4TnxhsGR9XJ5mXfwmM_dGn_cvcIGuC8zRBDbDn8ZbSOq0r9CdcRAZLGV72xQzjQ8avhMtABUz4ey9da3u-10Es5IvYs16rUJQ/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-02+at+10.00.26+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-o4ol-0csGX4lErLiCt6AgN0oNw9QwIV0Gaa3ZQOxXz4TnxhsGR9XJ5mXfwmM_dGn_cvcIGuC8zRBDbDn8ZbSOq0r9CdcRAZLGV72xQzjQ8avhMtABUz4ey9da3u-10Es5IvYs16rUJQ/s320/Screen+Shot+2011-12-02+at+10.00.26+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">This is just a little preview but you can download them using the links below.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I plan to hole-punch them, slide some holiday ribbon through, and tie them on the cake pops I’m making for Tuesday. You can download them for free to use to attach for any festive holiday gift if you'd like. Hope you enjoy them!</span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?yw5dcbse9o5535l">Merry Christmas Tags {Pages Download}</a></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?6djdoyu7vd65v83">Merry Christmas Tags {Word Document Download}</a></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Bye, bye!</span></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818093799424995017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713688992584791570.post-18277521332475967052011-12-01T13:12:00.000-08:002011-12-01T13:17:06.189-08:00Clever Ideas to Deal with Pumpkin Pie and Crust Scraps<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">So, I must have made my pumpkin pie bites from the earlier post a bit small than Bakerella’s. But, hey, I’m not one to follow the crowd (and that was a pinch of sarcasm for the day).</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Because I had a heck load of pumpkin filling and pie crust left over. So, here is what I did with it:</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">INTRODUCING:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Idea #1 Cupcake-sized Pumpkin Pies</b> (hey, it rhymes!)</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Ingredients</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">-pumpkin pie filling (I used leftovers from the <a href="http://www.bakerella.com/pumpkin-pie-bites/">Pumpkin Pie Bites</a>)</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">-refrigerated pie dough (I used leftovers from the <a href="http://www.bakerella.com/pumpkin-pie-bites/">Pumpkin Pie Bites</a>)</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><ol style="list-style-type: decimal;"><li style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Use a pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter to cut out shapes of dough.</span></li>
<li style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Push the pumpkin-shaped pie crusts gently into a cupcake pan, folding the dough the hangs over into the cup.</span></li>
<li style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Fill with your pie filling.</span></li>
<li style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Bake at 350 for about 18 minutes (this is what I think I cooked it at)</span></li>
</ol><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">And here is the process:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVm_wvvTN25FvWahqrYVlFP7p2j6nMZr5mHdZZ5EN5HYD9X90Cw5BtZnen2sHxSerchln7e4inFAEy2A6eRJqhMRGYb1MqO_t1yCI4uYJ43y_O4v_fEHt0LwZRvby7kEDZ_lEsChMuKPA/s1600/IMG_0012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVm_wvvTN25FvWahqrYVlFP7p2j6nMZr5mHdZZ5EN5HYD9X90Cw5BtZnen2sHxSerchln7e4inFAEy2A6eRJqhMRGYb1MqO_t1yCI4uYJ43y_O4v_fEHt0LwZRvby7kEDZ_lEsChMuKPA/s400/IMG_0012.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMAIfvfJ9mFLAC9f2U0JdZ8sxK7mypa6x-JNO3nGrcb-PPsbIMmP5KSxlFaYVb3eKe-4y1XNONyCSOKLTtOAEJ-Gda2PBvwui3PvmGnzYnC0JDdAAOg5MAnu5VDSLwnNwe4lwCCZCQedY/s1600/IMG_0015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMAIfvfJ9mFLAC9f2U0JdZ8sxK7mypa6x-JNO3nGrcb-PPsbIMmP5KSxlFaYVb3eKe-4y1XNONyCSOKLTtOAEJ-Gda2PBvwui3PvmGnzYnC0JDdAAOg5MAnu5VDSLwnNwe4lwCCZCQedY/s400/IMG_0015.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br />
</span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0NGakrmYCec6yC0UQ4UtrP_uB0Od-MDIrtDQtq69zxj1uUFxP0l1cQeU58KLbGw9W1Qg_K_aA_pJ8seO6jaTkGGNuyrSo4cge1X_ychTu2IIvodIqE79030a0ee5Ahy3ot2y-WzYnKXI/s1600/IMG_0019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0NGakrmYCec6yC0UQ4UtrP_uB0Od-MDIrtDQtq69zxj1uUFxP0l1cQeU58KLbGw9W1Qg_K_aA_pJ8seO6jaTkGGNuyrSo4cge1X_ychTu2IIvodIqE79030a0ee5Ahy3ot2y-WzYnKXI/s400/IMG_0019.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br />
</span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIA25GF4zfqNrIm2ABze_HP63KW5bzquUNszMkeVF_NhKPuIgH5S9xhtBcWYP1LRCt5ihcRAm7dIrIEi6tPgywauJdGKd0q07Ikn1oPoMRyHCrDBdJeB4wczLuK2jMQkidD-am9zhBcA0/s1600/IMG_0022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIA25GF4zfqNrIm2ABze_HP63KW5bzquUNszMkeVF_NhKPuIgH5S9xhtBcWYP1LRCt5ihcRAm7dIrIEi6tPgywauJdGKd0q07Ikn1oPoMRyHCrDBdJeB4wczLuK2jMQkidD-am9zhBcA0/s400/IMG_0022.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Enjoy! </span></div></div><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818093799424995017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713688992584791570.post-90430486931691016792011-11-25T14:35:00.000-08:002011-11-25T14:35:39.848-08:00Thanksgiving Desserts<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Well, I’m sorry I forgot to wish you all a “Happy Thanksgiving” yesterday. I was gone all day. But still, Happy Thanksgiving! And Black Friday. Did anyone go shop? I checked out Walmart and it was insane. Lines stretched all the way to the back of the store.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I just wanted to show you today what I made for Thanksgiving. I was supposed to bring cookies, but I decided on two things: <a href="http://www.universityofcookie.com/2011/04/shellys-soft-sugar-cookies.html">Soft Sugar Cookies</a> and <a href="http://www.bakerella.com/pumpkin-pie-bites/">Pumpkin Pie Bites</a>.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggaJeqx18EAExvBL9kQXENRDKo5PI8GI6-TQU08IDSSXoznzNYMMDwShHA1vRPovYMy4VDYTII1Kjj6ZIYVCoh6lhCrAPYqWvuz0M__JoKAYik2HpahFOwcgo5c4cDS9mDzI5yMEVzSrw/s1600/IMG_0009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggaJeqx18EAExvBL9kQXENRDKo5PI8GI6-TQU08IDSSXoznzNYMMDwShHA1vRPovYMy4VDYTII1Kjj6ZIYVCoh6lhCrAPYqWvuz0M__JoKAYik2HpahFOwcgo5c4cDS9mDzI5yMEVzSrw/s400/IMG_0009.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br />
<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I tinted the frosting a dark orange color and piped it on. Isn’t it so pretty?</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpJabpSP3pkkMtBrKBmJXQlv13ncBgS4nFKiOSAPnBjbWUyvaUpGVzm75cadGVm843K8btZERi3NVAbREfPc3as3bVy0ERjoXmGpq_6d-tmsRULUTh8XXaF77popt8iFZXfOaTkzl1kIE/s1600/IMG_0011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpJabpSP3pkkMtBrKBmJXQlv13ncBgS4nFKiOSAPnBjbWUyvaUpGVzm75cadGVm843K8btZERi3NVAbREfPc3as3bVy0ERjoXmGpq_6d-tmsRULUTh8XXaF77popt8iFZXfOaTkzl1kIE/s400/IMG_0011.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">And now for the bites! Everyone loved em’!</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixL6xrEbEXnTHCcOffooQqgEdSqBXjc1OKk4nubNnUUg_vKgOLl7RHQkY4hooxzzhRaBcV4HgnyOkIh0YFngdqb9vmSgpo_qeZ65d4cGGE3zr6RJq0CQP1zsw-AfxKDRbJvjID9RZHR-0/s1600/IMG_0010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixL6xrEbEXnTHCcOffooQqgEdSqBXjc1OKk4nubNnUUg_vKgOLl7RHQkY4hooxzzhRaBcV4HgnyOkIh0YFngdqb9vmSgpo_qeZ65d4cGGE3zr6RJq0CQP1zsw-AfxKDRbJvjID9RZHR-0/s400/IMG_0010.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><br />
Bye, bye!<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
</span></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818093799424995017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713688992584791570.post-9849097561185355692011-11-22T18:07:00.000-08:002011-11-22T18:09:16.333-08:00Cheetah Fingernails<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Ah, the glory of the difference of these two designs. Remember my Cheetah Toes post back in August? Well, let the memories flood back. This time I did my nails myself and painted my fingernails, not my piggies. I’m so sure that the last one was better, but here they are!</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBb_JfbGNIiHH32iNFy9NEOWgxVgmRIhMYAQbIhUiE8xSAzTzqwfdIyyoMieTPa3X9u83XdbfP1C-9CcDYqZehxigyut7e-XjYQoFmp9nhFCdnFkh84VaMlJhuQ8aSB1TzOKFU6VCWdEg/s1600/IMG_0002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBb_JfbGNIiHH32iNFy9NEOWgxVgmRIhMYAQbIhUiE8xSAzTzqwfdIyyoMieTPa3X9u83XdbfP1C-9CcDYqZehxigyut7e-XjYQoFmp9nhFCdnFkh84VaMlJhuQ8aSB1TzOKFU6VCWdEg/s400/IMG_0002.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">What I did was coat the nail polish brush very lightly. If you have too much polish you will have big blobs, not cheetah spots. Be careful, and the messier, the better. Remember, this is cheetah print, not perfect zebra stripes. It comes easier the more nails you do. Just dab your brush onto your nail in very quick, sharp movements until you create spots.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQc7finjl27P2dkeyRjPBiF5KSDj4ZAFkWovt8H4sElZ6u64kUvhVLz7wqtLxOzz1sWgpyver1VcuqG6_-hI-4KfZgHu1M4MsQvuxvqcgRmZgeBwnrzsVcQ4hnzhIubRBaxfOhWqHUdU/s1600/IMG_0004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQc7finjl27P2dkeyRjPBiF5KSDj4ZAFkWovt8H4sElZ6u64kUvhVLz7wqtLxOzz1sWgpyver1VcuqG6_-hI-4KfZgHu1M4MsQvuxvqcgRmZgeBwnrzsVcQ4hnzhIubRBaxfOhWqHUdU/s320/IMG_0004.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Have fun and try this out! Mistakes are natural!</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Bye, bye!</span></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818093799424995017noreply@blogger.com0