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