its been 4ever!

hey hey so its been awhile, latley ive been busy trying to crank out creative xmas gifts..and i think im in a crafting funk because everything ive created has had to be took apart and fixed..serveral time..ugh! but on good thing i won a "santa jumbo letter wood set" from on the avenues blog...sweeetttt!!!! so excited! well ill hopefully be adding new pics of new creations soon!!

2 yummy frostings

so tonight i was in a mood for cupcakes..but i didnt want just plain old vanilla cupcakes..they had to be chocolate..but wait i didnt want just chocolate but something richer..huummmm...i know! chocolate mini cupcakes with unique homemade frosting....peanut butter frosting and fresh strawberry frosting(ok so this isnt to off the wall but fresh strawberry over fake..BIG DIFFERENCE!)

so the mini cupcake part was kinda a flop..they r super cute and little..but when u dont use those baby mini liners,,they dont like to come outta the pan so great!..but hey chocolate is chocolate..right!

but on the other hand the frostings where amazing!!! heres the recipes!

PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING: FRESH STRAWBERRY FROSTING:

1/2 C PEANUT BUTTER 5 WHOLE STRAWBERRYS (FROZEN WORK GREAT)
1 C POWDER SUGAR 2 TBS MILK
2-3 TBS MILK 4CP POWDER SUGAR (THIS TAKES ALOT)
4 TBS MELTED BUTTER 3TBS MELTED BUTTER


(MY FAVORITE WAS THE PEANUT BUTTER COVER CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE!) ENJOY!!!

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I DECIDED TO MAKE A LIL DECORATION FOR THE GIRLS ROOM, WHO SAYS MOBILES R ONLY FOR BABIES! THIS WAS SO SIMPLE AND CAME OUT WAY CUTE! I HAVE SO MAY IDEAS FOR ANOTHER! ITS LIGHT AND JUST SLOWLY MOVES AROUND WHILE HUNG IN THEIR ROOM..THEY LOVE WATCHING IT! I MADE THE HANGING ELEMENTS FROM SIMPLE LAYERED PAPER AND CUT THEN IN SHAPES OF CROWNS, FLOWERS, DRAGONFLYS (MY FAV!) AND LIL BUTTERFLYS! ILL HAVE TO POST A PIC OF IT IN THEIR ROOM, THIS PIC WAS IN MY ROOM SINCE IT WAS LATE (I ALWAYS CRAFT LATE)(update: new pic of it in their room posted!) AND THEY WHERE ASLEEP! SO WHAT YOU GUYS THINK!

CAMERA TOOK A MILK BATH

my blog got a custom face lift tonight! i luv when i teach my self new things! but sadley my new camera is still broke ("mongoose poured milk on it)and will be awhile before its fixed (or hopefully replaced.tehehe!) so bair with my not so great photos for the next lil bit!

HAIR BOW HOLDERS!

SOOO IVE HAD A PILE OF FRAMES THAT IVE WANTED TO MAKE THE GIRLS SOME BOW/HAIR CLIP HOLDERS FOREVER! AND SO THE OTHER NIGHT (LIKE 12AM!)I HAD A CRAZY CRAVING TO FINISH 2 OF THEM UP..IT WAS NICE AN0 QUIET AROUND HERE (RARE!) O I PAINTED EM A NICE SHADE OF PINK, AND THEN ATTACHED THE RIBBONS TO CLIP THE HAIR THINGYS 2...THAY TURNED OUT SUPER STINKEN CUTE! JERSEY ALREADY PUT DIBBS ON THE ONE WITH CREAM AND TIGER STRIPE RIBBON..CANT WAIT TO ADD THEIR NAMES IN VINYL AND PUT EM TO USE! AND NO MORE LOST HAIR CLIPS

DINNERS MADE FOR A MONTH

SO TODAY I SPENT A GOOD PORTION MAKING HOMEMADE MEALS FOR 27 DAYS (ALMOST A MONTH). i HAVE THINGS LIKE MEAT SPAGETTI'S, MEATLOAFS, CHINESE CHICKEN, DIJON PORKCHOP STEAKS, AND LOTS MORE..ALL I HAVE TO DO IS POP EM IN OVEN FOR 30MIN-HR AND WE'LL HAVE A NICE HOME MADE DINNER! IM EXCITED..NO PREP AND GIVES ME MORE TIME FOR FUN WITH THE GIRLS AND OF COURSE MORE CRAFTING!

IF ANYONE HAS ANY GOOD FREEZER RECIPES TO SHARE PLEASE SHARE!

1ST TRY AT NEEDLE FELTING

HERES A FEW ITEMS IVE TRYED SO FAR AT MY ATTEMPT TO LEARN NEEDLE FELTIN...SO I REASERACHED ON IT A BIT, TOOK A TRIP TO A LOCAL ALPACHA FARM...(EARLIER POST ABOUT IT!) AND HERES MY 1ST ATTEMPTS..CAT TOYS, WHICH THEY LOVE (OUR CAT MIKOIN THE PIC)!!! AND THEN THERES A DAINTY LITTLE FLOWER THAT I WILL ATTACH TO HAIR CLIPS FOR THE GIRLS! SO WHATCHA ALL THINK?? IT THINK ITS PRETTY COOL!! I REALLY WANT TO GET MORE CREATIVE AND MAKE SOME MINITURE ANIMAL FIGURES..OMG! LOOK THEM UP SOME TIME ON ETSY..PEOPLE OUT THEIR MAKE THE COOLEST REALIST CREATURES

Happy Easter 2010!

here is some pictures of our easter adventures! we colored our eggs with a glitter kit this year instead of homemade dye (messy but cute!) this was kys 2nd easter and she had so much fun throwing her ehggs in the cups of dye! lol she was tye dyed! jersey was such a big girl and did it all by her self! then of course the easter bunny came! jersey found all the eggs kylie didnt want to do nothing buit eat peeps! then they got to dress up in there dresses i made em and dance around in them all day! it was a nice quiet easter and managed not to snow..well at least that day.

busy days..not enough craft time!

i havent had much time lately for all the crafts i have ideas for..but ill post pics of the needle felting soon! i did manage to make the girls easter dresses and my dads birthday sign.. heres some pics..this weekend hopefully i can get my huge laundry piles done (or at least a dent in it) and turn out some nifty craft ideas!..we'll see fingers crossed!

                                                                 girls easter dresses!

                                                                   dads birthday sign!

KOOL AID--NOT JUST FOR DRINKS!

I TRYED MY HAND AT DYING MY ALPACA ROVING SO I COULD HAVE OTHER COLORS TO WORK WITH IN MY NEEDLE FELTING I RESEARCHED AND CAME UP WITH A SOLUTION..KOOL-AID, MICROWAVE, WATER, AND VINAGER. tHE RESULTS ARE GREAT! AND IT TOOK ONLY ABOUT 3 MINUTES PER BATCH OR COLOR SCHEME. HERES SOME PICS!! AND THE STEPS TO DYING!

STEP1) -----SOAK PULLED PIECES OF ROVING IN 1/2C. VINAGAR AND 1 QT WARM TAP WATER

STEP2)-----CRADLE ROVING GENTLY (SO U DONT FELT IT!!)AND REMOVE FROM BOWL (SAVE WATER MIX), PAT DRY WITH TOWEL AND PLACE IN MICROWAVE SAFE BOWL

STEP 3)--- POUR SMALL AMOUNT SAVED WATER MIX ON TOP, JUST ENOUGH TO COVER BOTTON AND ROVING, ADD KOOLAID PACKET(S), OR TRY WILTON FOOD GEL COLORS OR FOOD COLORING

STEP4)--- MICROWAVE THIS BOWL FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTED..DONT LET BOIL AND THEN TAKE IT OUT, LET COOL IN BOWL, REMOVE VERY GENTLY AND PAT DRY LET ROVING LAY ON TOWELS TO DRY OVER NIGHT

STEP5)---- ENJOY YOUR COLOERED ROVING!

ALPACA ROVING

SO UR PROBABLY GOING WHATS ALPACA ROVING? WELL ITS FIBER FROM A SHAVED ALPACA THATS WHEN WASHED & CARDED. ITS SO SOFT..LIKE CASHMIRE. I DECIDED RECENTLY THAT I WANTED TO TRY MY HAND AT NEEDLE FELTING, SO I FOUND A SWEET LADY HERE LOCAL THAT HAS A CUTE LIL ALPACA FARM. WE WENT FOR A VISIT WITH THE INTENT TO BUY SOME ALPACA ROVING. THE GIRLS WHERE SO EXCITED THEY KEPT SAYING LETS GO TO THE 'PACKA FARM'. WHEN WE GOT THERE DENISE, THE OWNER TOOK THE TIME TO SHOW ME THE PROCESS OF ALL THE HARD WORK IT TAKES TO MAKE THE SHAVINGS INTO ROVING, AND THEN WE VENTURED OUTSIDE WHERE SHE TAUGHT US AND ANSWERED QUESTIONED ABOUT HER ALPACA HERD. THE GIRLS GOT TO PET THE BABIES AND CHICKENS AND HER 2 SWEET GREAT PYRENEES DOGS (OH AND HER FRENCH BULLGOG WAS THE CUTIEST EVEN IF IT DIDNT CARE FOR KIDS). IT WAS REALLY FUN! AND I GOT A NICE SIZE BAG OF ROVING THAT WE ALL CANT STOP PETTING! I PLAN TO NEEDLE FELT AND TRY SOME EXPERIMENTS WITH DYING, WHICH ILL BLOG ABOUT LATER!

A nEW bEGINNING

HOWDY-YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT MY BLOG HAS GOTTEN A FACE LIFT! I HAVE DECIDED TO FRESHEN IT UP WITH NEW POSTS! IM GONNA TAKE THIS BLOG BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL INTENTION TO BLOG ABOUT ALL MY CRAFTY CREATIONS AND ITEMS I HOPE TO SELL IN THE FUTURE! PLEASE FOLLLOW ME IN ALL MY ADVENTURES AS I TRY NEW THINGS AND SHARE OLD ONES