Monday, October 26, 2009

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. 

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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!

Friday, October 23, 2009

Matching skirts!

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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!

Thursday, October 8, 2009

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!

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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.

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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!

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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. 

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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 :)

Sunday, October 4, 2009

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.

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The finished spice cake pops.

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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.

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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.

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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.)