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If you are like me and always trying to jazz food up with drizzling chocolate on top, sometimes the chocolate doesn't flow smooth and you get big blobs of chocolate.......well this is the answer to all those blobs.........drizzling scoop! Wilton makes them and I got this one at Michael's in their cake/frosting department! I am sure most stores who carry Wilton will have them...........drizzling will be so much more fun and smooth.............
enjoy your thursday......
When my friend Nancy text me with a photo of her new phone case she knew I would have to have one too! Is he not the cutest thing you have ever seen........Meet Newt!
Happy Tuesday everyone!
A while back I showed you the doll I made from a Pamela Hunington kit I gave to my great niece. The orginial pattern called for bunny ears but on the doll I gave her I decided not to add the ears. But on mine I thought it would be fun so I did and I love how she turned out......
I wrapped her legs with lace to make them look like stockings.......
Anyway thought you would like to see the finished doll.
On the other hand this is what I am up to on my work table.
I have cut out 12 more dolls..........I have my work cut out for me this week. Each doll body has 9 pieces........that is truly a lot of little arms and legs to turn inside out and stuff.......oh well the end result is worth it and I am having fun creating these........the one above is almost finished. Each of these dolls will have a name starting with the letter "G".
Hope you all enjoyed your weekend and the start of a new week.........check back later in the week to see how the progress is going on these little dolls!
Happy monday!
With the Olympics going on, OKC Thunder games or Scrapbook Retreats these 3 girls showed up for class anyway.......We all had fun, at least I hope they did, talking about everything and still creating these "Cirque" boxes! Thanks girls! You did an amazing job and like we all said it's a little different to just sit and talk with just a few and get to know each other..........they all even found out that I got engaged (to my now husband, 40 year anniversary this past summer) in just two weeks after out first date! So you never know what the conversation might be..............
And thanks Teresa for driving up from Duncan.......your a gem!
Happy weekend to all...........
I have 1 Easter class coming up.........I took a poll in some classes and this is what you all wanted! So here she is.......... This class will be thursday evening March 6 5:30-9:00. Call the store today to sign up. (405-848-2389)
Not to late today to stop on over at the Paper Crown for the best backroom sale of the year! Come on by from 2-5 to pick up and stock up on all those favorite papers at just .10 cents and other products for up to 75% off. A great way to spend a beautiful sunday afternoon, especially here in Oklahoma today and we haven't been able to say this for weeks!
ANd it's not to late to sign up for this Cirque class thursday evening Feb. 20 5:30-9:00. We will be using several of the new Character Construction "CIRQUE" stamps. Hope to see you and if you are interested call the store 405-848-2389.
For those of you taking this class you will need to bring your basic class kit, glue gun, paper cutter and colored pencils..............
These are sooooooooo good!
2/3 cup butter room temp
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup applesauce
1 tsp. vanilla
1 3/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips
Beat the butter, sugars, applesauce and vanilla together. Slowly add the flour, soda and salt together and mix until well blended. Then stir in the the chocolate chips.
With a mini melon or ice cream scoop roll the dough into balls and place them on wax paper and put in freeezer for 30-min to 1 hour.
For the dipping sauce I used 3 different kinds of chocolate. I do not like almond bark or the candyquick so I used some chocolate chips, unsweetened bars of chocolate and some milk chocolate hershey bars. Melt this and after the balls are frozen dip in chocolate and return to the refrigerator to set up about 30 min.
1 cup soften butter
3 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 cup crisco
3 cups sugar
5 eggs room temp.
1 cup milk
2 tsp. vanilla
Sift flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa together and set aside.
Grease and flour bundt pan. With a mixer cream the butter, crisco and sugar until fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time and beating well after each. Add the glour mixture alternateing with the milk, beginning and ending with flour. Add the vanilla.
Pour the batter in pan and bake at 350 for 1 hour at or until testing with toothpick into cake and it comes out clean. Cool the cake in the pan for 30 minutes until cooled and then transfer to cake plate.I dusted the top of the cake with powdered sugar.
When I served this I whipped up some cream and added some fresh berries and then grated some chocolate on top!
So there you have my chocolate recipes ,these are from Trisha Yearwood on the Food Channel TV program............
Hope you all enjoyed your Valentine's Day.
Enjoy this beautiful Feb. saturday and remember to all who live close to the Oklahoma City metro area, the Paper Crown is having a sale tomorrow afternoon from 2-5 that you won't want to miss.....drastic reductions on all sorts of products and time to stock up! See you tomorrow...............
This beautiful Valentine Card from my sweet husband is so appropriate .Since the first of the New Year in the evenings, and the cold winter weather, and for someone who can't just sit and watch TV I have spent hours by the fire place drawing and doodling....so it was really fun to see he had picked this black velvet card with doodling/zentangle........ because of this card I thought of sharing a few photos of what I have been up to in the evenings while trying to stay warm.
This is a little strange but I had cut out these faces that are masks and wondered what to do with them. I have only finished this one.....here is another one........and instead of using white paper I like to use craft color, it gives it a whole new look and the colors are not as bright!
Well I think my Valentine had the right idea on the perfect card! Hope your Valentine day is perfect!
I have a couple of recipes I will be sharing with you tomorrow.......a small hint, CHOCOLATE!
Well I am finished for now with these little dollies........I have yet to hear from the winner of the Valentine's Doll ( Grace) so if you reading this PLEASE contact me at jpeter@cox.net !
The 3 dolls on the bottom are my newest ones except for the second from the left! I decided to do a black hair doll and she is sporting some red glasses. The doll on the left I started out to make her some long braids I even pushed a wire through the middle so they would stick out like Pippie Longstocking, but it did not work or look right so she has a grandma looking hair do.........I have one more doll that is stuffed and gessoed but I am waiting to see next week what Danita has for the online class. I sure hope to make a few more......they are a little time consuming but so fun to see what comes out in the end. If you ever have a chance to take a class from Danita, TAKE IT! She is a great teacher and you will not be disappointed.
Got your Valentine's ready for tomorrow?
HAPPY THURSDAY.........