Wednesday, June 30, 2010
And now for a moment of insanity...
I know I am an adult. I know I am a mother of two young boys. I know I bake, quilt, and make tea parties. But I can't help it. I love vampires. Always have, always will. It started when I was in college and hasn't let up. I have read every thing Anne Rice has every written. I have read Dracula, the original. I read all the Twilight books. I just spent last week watching all 12 episodes of Season 1 of True Blood (2 episodes a night). So in honor of the premier of the third Twilight movie tonight at 12:01 midnight I made these team cups for all my Twilight friends. I already purchased my tickets and will be seeing the movie this Saturday.
Each cup is in the font of that charachter. The fonts can be found at BellaandEdward.com.
I used my cricuit and vinyl. I used the SCAL program to create and cut all the names.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Tea Party
I will post the rest of the recipes soon.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Star Wars Cookies
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Spritz Sugar Cookies
1 cup butter (or 2 sticks)
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
Cream butter and sugar, add egg and vanilla. Then add dry ingredients. Fill cookies press and place rest of dough in fridge. Refrigerate your pans before you press the cookies onto them. This is a new trick that I just discovered that works well. I also use tin foil on my pans. It makes for easy clean up and the cookies don't stick.
Cook at 375 for 10/12 minutes.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Buckeyes
Buckeyes
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
2 cups confectioners sugar (that is one entire box)
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips (I used the baking chocolate found at craft stores)
Line 2 baking sheets with wax paper. Beat the peanut butter, butter, and sugar with a mixer until well combined. This takes a while and watch out for flying powered sugar. I draped a towel over my mixer to protect my kitchen. Roll 1 inch balls and place them on the baking sheet. Place in freezer for 30 minutes. I put mine in the fridge for about 45 minutes and it worked just fine. Microwave your chocolate. Pierce each ball with a toothpick and dip in the chocolate. Place on waxed paper. Chill in fridge for 45 minutes until set. Serve and eat. I plan to freeze mine for the tea party. Note: The balls will have an ugly whole in the top where the toothpick was. I couldn't figure out another way to dip them to avoid the tiny hole.
Monday, June 14, 2010
100th Post and Blueberry Picking

Lemon Cream Scone
2 cups all purpose flour
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 tbl baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1 cup whipping cream
2 to 4 tbl spoons water as needed
Heat oven to 375. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Add in lemon peel. With a fork stir in cream. Add enough water as needed until batter comes together in a rough mass. The key is to add the water in small amounts, 1 tbl spoon at a time. Kneed dough 5/6 times on a lightly floured surface. Place on a greased cookie sheet and form into an 8 inch circle. Use a sharp knife to cut 1/2 way through to mark into 12 pie shaped pieces. Bake 20/30 minutes until golden brown.
Enjoy!
Friday, June 11, 2010
One big event down
The birthday extravaganza is over. The party was great. I managed to get the cake for the boys school birthday in time. I have decided that the best time to go to Costco is 7:30pm. I survived two hours of Chuck E Cheese on the boys actual birthday. All the presents have finally been unwrapped. All the Fort Knox packaging that toys come in has been opened. And I have already been told what my boys want for their next birthday. I am only just beginning to recover. Now I begin preparations for the next big event. The tea party. Let the baking begin.

Monday, June 7, 2010
Birthday Party
The Power Ranger Birthday party was a huge success. The kids had a great time and the Power Rangers put on an amazing show.

Even though one of the boys hid inside for the first hour the Rangers were there, even though it was insanely hot, even though we ended up on my driveway almost the entire party instead of going into the back yard where all the food was, even though two kids showed up who had not RSVP'd (I hate that), it was a FANTASTIC party. My boys loved it. And I was told later by D that even though they were not the Power Rangers from the movie they were still Power Rangers!! Leave it to a 5 year old.
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Power Rangers
To make the Power Ranger
Body - in color of your choice
Boots - Superboy Accessories 1
Gloves - Supergirl Accessories 2
Eyes - Superboy Headwear, make two one larger then the other
Belt - Superboy Blackout, save diamond piece
Mouth - Genie Top, cut off straps
Neck piece - Nativity 1 Tabs
Neck piece diamond - Superboy Blackout, diamond piece
Sword - Prince Accessories 3
Sword crown piece - Prince Headwear
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Month of Parties
This is the month of parties and events. I feel like a New York socialite. First off we have my wedding anniversary which is tomorrow night. Nine amazing years. DH and I are going out for sushi while Grandma babysits.
Next up we have my boys Power Rangers 5th birthday party. That is this Sunday, at my house, with 15 screaming running around kids (plus their parents). I have to make 48 power ranger cupcakes. I ordered a bouncy, not specifically for the party, but to keep my kids busy while we get ready for the party. And to tire out the kids. I love bouncies. My boys also share a birthday with my grandfather who will be turning 96. He loves the bouncy too and has been known to go in it with the kids. (I am not kidding).
I get a three week reprieve and then we have the last two events of the month. First up is preschool graduation. We are having pizza and cake and all the family over. I can't wait. It will be exciting but sad at the same time. My kids have been at the same school for three years. Next year is the big K, at the big school. Yesterday one of my boys asked when he could start driving. Gulp!
And the last event of June is a tea party I am throwing for my mom's birthday. I am making all the food. I have already started baking and freezing. I will have to make 2/3 items each week to get it all done in time.
I am very excited about all the things I am doing this month. My family is celebrating a lot of milestones. When this is all over I think I will treat myself to a massage. I will deserve it. The only sad part is there will be no sewing. But I will be blogging about the different events and showing off some of the crafts that I have been working on for these parties.




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