Cowgirl up!

Friend called me telling me that she wanted to make some cowgirl cake pops for her friend's birthday.... this got me thinking. There had to be some sort of candy mold out there that was a cowboy hat... that I could pour chocolate in and stick on stop of it! 

The quest began... found one on-line... so at least I knew existed... now I called every craft/cake supply story in the Spokane area and I finally found it!!

w00t. 

The girl who we made them for loves pink and has red hair :) 

 

This one didn't make it into the final batch because it's umm.. face fell off! 

 

The boys relaxing while we were hard at work... cake pop'n it up.

I was going to be out of town for a friends birthday so I put together a little surprise for her that the oh so nice hubby delivered to her place for me. Glad it put a smile on her face! :) 

 

says: Happy Birthday Rebekah... spelled out in Chocolate.

yum!

Hope you enjoyed the sugar coma.

You're welcome. ;) 

The power within me is creating miracles in my life here and now.

XO

Previous Comments:

Charise - Good work..very creative! I bet those took awhile :) 

 

Ame - Thanks :) Didn't take much longer than some of the other cake pops I've done. The ones I have planned for Elliotts birthday party... whew... now those are gonna take awhile

 

 

Amanda - those are so cool

 

Aaron - The cowgirl pops are too cool. Love your creativity baby! Do I get some cool race car pops or something when my birthday comes around?! Rebekah seemed quite surprised to see me knocking at her door with nummies! I heart you! XOXOXO

Scarfs, Hats and Jewelry!! :)

My first knitting project completed!!

New scarf for Izzie-bizzie from the yarn she picked out.

Tah-dah!!! How cute is that!?!! Izzie absolutely loved it. Which made it that much more special for me. 

Yarn for my next knitting project... once I get the hang of scarfs I'm going to move on to hats.... gloves... etc. Wooot!

I planned on knitting this weekend with Izzie so I brought her birthday present that she got from her BFF in Spokane the year before. It's a knitting machine! and umm.... yeah... I'm not a fan of it. But we had fun figuring it out and making a new hat for her doll Kit!

 

 

 

Izzie's and the bracelet I made for her stacked together. They are magnetic!

Today's Positive Thought
 
You have two basic choices in life; love or fear. 
Choose love.

XO

Previous Comments:

Aaron - Such wonderful knitting! All of your projects have turned out so beautiful as you are soooo crafty. Izzie loves having something made by her mommy! Sure looks like you and Izzie had a great time with Nana and Papa! Get group of fun and beautiful pics! I really like the quote at the end too! I heart you and hope you have a great day! XOXO

Cake pops... cake pops... more cake pops... oh cake pops... (look away Emi)

Friend Rebekah came over today with her beautiful babe Ashlyn so I could show her the tricks of making cake pops! We had just finished making the chocolate cake into balls when Ashlyn reached her ever so cute long arms to the edge of the pan and snagged one when we weren't looking!  oops.

 

Didn't Rebekah's turn out so stinkin' cute!? She made the top ones dunked in pink and the bottom ones dunked in white. 

 

 

 

And as if that wasn't enough cake pops I started working on my own batch for some up coming birthday's and adventures!

 

Except no cake this time... these bad boys are chocolate brownies mixed with cream cheese frosting before they are dunked in warm yummy oooey gooey milk chocolate.

 

Items needed for these cake pops.... Got the idea (of course) from the ever so lovely and talented Bakerella!

 

My batch made over 60 balls of brownies.... and ummm after doing 30 or so turkey's (it's a lot of work!!) I couldn't bring myself t make anymore of them. We were having friends over for dinner that night so I decided to make the rest of the batch look like the picture below. Whew.

 

Happy sugar coma friends!

I could give up chocolate but I'm not a quitter. 

 

xo

Previous Comments:

Aaron - WOW WOW AND MORE WOW!! I want in on the goodness! All the yummy cake pops look so delicious. Smart little one there Ashlyn...I snag cake pops whenever I can too ;) The brownies are my favorite and the Turkeys are awesome. I heart you beautiful! Have a wonderful day!! XOXO

Emi - I'd eat that turkey. I'd eat it real good...

Pumpkin cake pops up for auction! w00t.

I was asked by a friend if I would make some cake pops for the high school to auction off... forget what they were raising money for... anywho... YES! of course I will. Really good that she sent me a message a couple days before the auction reminding me! whew. 

The auction was held a few days before Halloween.... pumpkins pop into my head. I researched and found what seemed to be a killer pumpkin spice cake recipe. Next time I'm on time crunch I will not be trying out a new recipe. 

Didn't turn out exactly how i would have liked and at one point I thought about throwing it across the room... :) then the thought of cleaning that up and starting over quickly brought me back to reality. 

 

Busted out the seriously rich recipe for cream cheese frosting... mmm. These are the moments I curse being lactose intolerant... on the flip side I saved myself a heaping of calories! ;)

 

 

Pumpkin spice cake... crumbled then mixed with cream cheese frosting. Dunked in chocolate and sprinkled with orange sugar.

 

One of them got stuck to the other and when we pulled them apart it pretty much destroyed it... oops. Guess that means Aaron gets one! ;) He thought they were delicious.  I mean, who doesn't think cake pops are delicious at 2:30am when you are delirious from lack of sleep and can't stop laughing from time to time.

 

Finished product :)

 

 

Today's Positive Thought
 
Let love transform your life.

xo

Previous Comments:

Aaron - I sure liked the pumpkin pops. The look and taste great and the whole package really turned out super cool. Glad to help beautiful as cake pops are quite the project! I love the quote too! I heart you! XOXO

My vision will come true because I believe.

I had some fabric left over after making Izzard and Kit their skirts. Friend Camille inspired me to bust out a apron for myself. I didn't have a pattern... just an idea in my head. 

 

Here's the finished product! :) Isn't my hubby sexy? hehe. He cooked me an amazing salmon dinner... and since he was cooking of course I made him wear the new apron.

He liked it. 

My vision will

come true because

I believe. 

xo

Previous Comments:

Camille - So cute! I love how it turned out. xoxo

Aaron - Your apron is much more amazing than my salmon dinner! Gotta love Elliott copying Izzie...so cute as they adore one-another. Izzie simply can not get enough of Mobius!

Matching skirts!

Ms. Izzie-bizzie and Kit testing out the skirts I made :)

The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead. 
~Robert Brault

XO

Previous Comments:

Aaron - Such a cute pic baby. Love you crafty outfits. I really like today's quote too. I heart you and I'm looking forward to tonight! XOXO

Mom - So cute...great job miss seamstress!

and some brownie balls for you!

My bff from High School turned 30! Last time I was in B-town she tried one of my lemon cake pops and thought it was oh so yummy. I was describing the chocolate ones to her and she started to drool (ok, not really) so I made a mental note to try those ones for her. 

Somewhere along the way I started thinking about brownies and the texture and how they can be ooeey-goooey. Wonder if those would work instead of cake.... talk about a serious rich treat.

Made a double batch of brownies (mmmm) and crumbled them all up in a bowl. I could tell this was a very good choice... and I think my twin the brownie lover would heart it!  I added some dark chocolate frosting and started to mix. Texture good, yup, this is gonna be tasty!

The hard part about this batch is my bff from High School lives in Boise. Which means I'm gonna have to mail these. Which also meant I didn't wanna chance making them into brownie pops.... brownie balls they became. I thought they would be a little bit more secure in bonbon cups.

 

Thought about dunking them in dark chocolate... after tasting one of the brownie balls and how rich it was on it's own I decided to do the white chocolate instead. Not as rich... trying to avoid a full on sugar coma!

 

Dunked, sprinkled and a green m&m on top. Chose the green m&m because it's colorful, chocolate and reminds me of my bff in High School.

I then packaged them individually (again hoping to give them a bit more stability since they were going in the mail) and a little tag on each of them. 

The final product!

Brownie balls :) 

Once it was packaged in a bubble envelope and addressed I stuck it in the freezer for a couple hours before taking it to UPS. I ended up shipping it overnight and had images of it sitting on her front porch in the sun melting. 

I watched the UPS and weather site ALL morning!

Final outcome: they arrived safe and sound and in one piece!

woooooooooot.

If at first you don't succeed...

pretend you weren't really trying.

xo

Previous Comments:

Jme - You should bring these to snowbird!!

Aaron - I like Jme's suggestion....yummy goodness in Snowbird! The brownie based pops where oh so nummy. Such a "sweet" gift baby. I love you to the stars and back! XOXO

Mom - those look mmm..good! lucky bff...

Camille - Oh my gosh you are amazing.. :)

Steph - thanks Aimee. they were awesome, i am saving some in the freezer. Rich yes. but so good. the sugar coma is worth it :)

Serious cake pops! Aaron's birthday par-tay!

Later tonight we'll be celebrating Aaron's 34th birthday. Didn't think one batch of cake pops would cover the amount of peeps coming... decided on spice cake and dark chocolate cake.

I had just finished rolling the balls of cake and was washing my hands at the sink when I heard Elliott say "Mmm.. that good cake"... what??... turn around to look at the cookie sheet of cake balls to find THREE had a bite out of them. Yup, three. Thanks buddy.


 

The finished spice cake pops.

Spice cake with cream cheese frosting dunked in white chocolate that was dyed blue. Made a fun little stand for them to be displayed on.

These bad boys are dark chocolate cake with dark chocolate frosting dunked in dark chocolate... as if that wasn't enough chocolate... there is a chocolate chip on top. Aaron was in heaven.

 

The kiddo's definitely approved!

Previous Comments:

Aaron - Thank for such a fun-filled evening of yummies and great friends! I had an awesome time! And yes, the chocolate cake pops rocked it! Spice cake was super nummy too! I heart you forever beautiful. You are my everything! XOXOXO

Mom - Happy birthday again Aaron! Looks like you had a great time. (and A. you actually think that you couldn't sell those puppies?? big bucks....big.)

Lemon & Dark Chocolate Cake Pops! mmmmm :)

When I started making the cake for the lemon cake I started getting giddy... I could tell it was going to be amazingly moist and oh so yummy. By the time it came out of the oven I couldn't stop raving about how yummy it was going to be... how moist it was going to be... and I was sooo sure it was going to be the best cake to date because I found my secret recipe.

When I started crumbling it up I gave Izzie a taste of it... her reaction was priceless....
"Mom, this is seriously the best cake EVAH! It's so stinking good!!"
No joke, she said that... which make me a bit more giddy and giggliy and happy about my cake. Then came Izzie's next comment...
"You should put it on your blog!"
Why yes, yes I should. I knew I would be making some more cake pops later on in the week for my parents anniversary present so I saved the pics and decided to post them together.

Ms. Izzie-bizzie didn't give me the idea to blog it until I had already crumbled up the cake and started adding the frosting... soooo the lemon cake is missing a few of the first pictures. But I remembered when I was making the dark chocolate cake pops later on..
from start to finish.





When half your family is allergic to nuts... and most of the colored chocolate is processed in a facility that contains nuts you come up with other solutions.. :) Coloring your white chocolate. PINK.


I love love love how these turned out. Some of my favorite colors combined with my favorite flavors. Mmmmmm. Izzie said these were the best cake pops she has tasted of mine. Better than her Hello Kitty cheesecake pops! dang, now that's tasty!


The finished product made for my girlfriends birthday.  Love how they turned out. Definitely my favorite ones to date.

My mom loves loves LOVES dark chocolate. I busted out my dark chocolate cake and dark chocolate frosting recipes. I should have made my dad some lemon ones... I must get it from him.
Aaron loves it when I make these cake pops.








This is the part of the process where Izzie, Elliott and Aaron are all standing at the counter drooling over the cake pops while Elliott is yelling
"cake.. pwease... CAKE.. PWEAAASE!!"


Love how these ones turned out. They were a big hit with the parents. My mom couldn't get enough of them. I really want to make some lemon ones for the daddio.. he would LOVE them. Maybe our next trip to McCall... I'll bust out a batch for him.

Whenever I bite into a cake pop there is a huge part of me that wishes there was some sort of yummy filling surprise on the inside besides cake. Maybe it's the part of me that really doesn't like cake. Yup, that's right. I'm not a fan of cake in general.

For my next cake adventure... maybe some lemon cake pops with a lemon curd filling.... or a carrot cake cake pop with a cream cheese filling... ohhhh the possibilities!!

Happy Saturday!

Take every chance
to relax,
to hope,
to heal,
to dream,
to play,
to give,
to receive...
to love.

xo

Previous Comments:

The Mom - Yes the dark chocolate ones were wonderful! And like I told you...I smell green stuff...sell those puppies!! Doesn't everyone agree? wouldn't you buy those for someone for a birthday, anniversary etc??? Let her know!

Andrea - Mmmm, those look delicious!

Aaron - Nummy yummy cake pops! The lemon ones were awesome, but I am still a sucker for chocolate. I like the idea of making some dough ;) It is funny watching the kiddos lick the cake pops instead of taking bites sometimes. Thanks for creating such num nums! I heart Aimee!!! XOXOXO