She crafty.... the reason why the blog was quiet and it's catch up time!

OK... so sometimes when I see something... I absolutely fall in love with the picture of what it can be in my head and I keep it for myself... that is what this necklace turned into.... and it's all mine! The locket holds 4 of my favorite pictures right now (favorite change, of course).

Frames I painted for the MIL and Gma :) It's one of my Gma's favorite sayings.... and mine ;)

Frame I painted for my dad and put together with a family picture.

Frame I put together for SIL and BIL... I hope their reactions on their face isn't what they thought of the gift... hehe. ;)

 

Frame I put together for my bro after he competed in nationals in Bend, OR.

 

Banana bread for the neighbors... can't help but keep a loaf for myself.... ohhhh it was yummy!

 

Ended up making three of these... two with snowmen and one with the moose... turned out super cute!

 

One guess who the above gift is for :) Got the idea from a blog I ran across... can't remember where otherwise I would link it. 

P.S. He loved it and it made him tear up... yes, I married a guy that can own up to a few tears now and then. I. Love. It. !

 

I was telling Aaron about a friends quilt and how amazing I thought it was... (months and months ago) he said he thought it was be really cool if I made him a quilt one day. Well, alrighty then. I have never made a quilt.... that's my disclaimer. ;)

I worked on it during the days while Aaron was at work and would hide everything each night before he came home. It's a queen size quilt and I wasn't able to finish it. I am quite proud of myself that I got as far as I did with only working on it the week before Christmas along with taking car of kiddos and doing other gifts.

I still have a lot of work to do on it... but I WILL finish it and it's going to be amazing!

 

8 different necklaces I made for 6 people and two dolls.... I found when I put them together it spelled my name!!! Maybe I should have kept them for myself and worn them all at once.... this was before I finished them.

I ended up making 6 scarfs for adults and 2 doll size (not bad for learning to knit in November)... I only photographed two of them... had the other ones wrapped before I remembered I should have taken a photo.

 

Izzie's scarf and necklace I surprised her with... she loved!

 

First hat I've ever made for Ms. Izzie-bizzie! She kept telling me what an amazing job I did! Well thanks sweetie!

 

Izzie was snooping under the tree at all the presents and came up to me with a smirk on her face and said..

"Umm, mom! There is not one present on the tree for Kit. (her doll) She is going to be soooo sad on Christmas day!!"

Crap.

Haha.

My family opens PJ's every Christmas eve and wears them to bed. I thought it would be neat if Kit had her own pair!

Not to shabby for not having a pattern.... and as if that wasn't cute enough... I made little booties to go with it.

 

The rest of Kits presents.... a scarf and necklace that match Izzie's.

 

Necklace for a friend :)

 

Before picture of a plain onsie.... and what they looked like after....
 

 

This is just the stuff I remembered to take pictures of.... I would get so carried away and excited with the present for the person I found myself wrapping it before I remembered to get a pic.  Oh well.... so this is why the blog was neglected and I'm playing catch up :)

Open your heart to all the love around you.  In it you will find peace

XO

Previous Comments:

Linz - You are amazing!!! Oh I could eat a whole loaf of that bread right now. It looks so good.

Mom - holy cow! I'd say you're crafty!! and I thought I was doing well to get my 3 stockings made. :)

Aaron - Goodness me! I witnessed you creating all of these wonderful things, but I didn't really put it all together. This is quite the accomplishment my love... I absolutely love my quilt and can't wait to snuggie up with you and the finished product! I heart you!!!

Zoe, Elmo, Oscar, Cookie Monster cake pops... happy birthday!

Bakerella, the goddess of all things cake pops put a post up not to long ago featuring sesame street cake pops! As soon as I saw them I knew I had to try it out for Eman's birthday party.

ohhhhh wow.

Seriously... SOOOOO

much work!

 

Not to shabby.... It's hard for me to look at the pictures of them though - the perfectionist part of me see's all the things I could do next time. Although with the amount of work that goes into these.... I can't imagine making them anytime soon!

When you live your life with an appreciation of coincidences and their meanings, you connect with the underlying field of infinite possibilities. Deepak Chopra

 

XO

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