BLOG SALE!!!!!!!!

These are a few things I have left from our bazaar that I wanted to put on here to see if I could sell anything else:)  The pictures were snapshots .. literally!!  But here everything is . . .

Pearl Bud Headbands - $4.50 each (I love these and wear them ALL THE TIME!!  Especially my gray one:))

Dark Purple - SOLD, Bright Pink - SOLD, White, Mustardy-Yellow(on black) - SOLD, Purple - SOLD, Bright Pink, Mustardy-Yellow(on tan), Orange, Green

The pictures of headbands on me are just to show what it looks like and they're kinda faded out because they're mirror shots:)

Lace Flower Headbands - $3.50

White Lace w/ Black Button - SOLD and Black Lace w/ Purple Button - SOLD

Button Headbands - $5.75 each (Another one of my favorites; they're so versatile and can go with pretty much anything w/ there many colors!)

Many colored version (the 4 on the left) or neutral versions (the 2 on the right)

Wearing the neutral version button headband.

Wearing the many-colored version button headband.

The Ruched Bag - $23.50  (Seriously, my favorite bag EVER!  Like you know I made a new bag for school .. I still find myself using my bag like this half the time!)

An olive-green color - Has 4 Interior Pockets

Pink Stripe Ruched Bag - $12  (Perfect for your little girl!)

The Copy-Cat Bag - $15 - SOLD

Purple & White Floral Print w/ White Ruffle & Flower - Has 2 Interior pockets

 Bible Verse Plaque - $15

Can either hang on the wall with the hook or can be set on an easel to rest on a table top

 Cards - $1.75 each

Happy Birthday! and Thinking of You Cards

Thank You Cards

Baby Cards

Cream & White Ruffle Table Runner - $26.50

A beautiful table runner!  The back is a cream print fabric and it has a layer of batting in it.

 

Hope everyone has had a wonderful fall!  And now it's time to start getting ready for Christmas!  What FUN!!  Hope everyone has a lovely day!

Please comment and let me know if you wish to purchase anything!  Also, please ask any questions you have; I'm happy to answer them!  Like if you want measurements or whatever . . . . 

Baker's Review Wednesday: Pumpkin Donut Muffins

Pumpkin Donut Muffins

For the batter:

10 TBSP (1 1/4 sticks) butter, softened

3 c. all-purpose flour

2 1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. coarse salt

1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg

1/4 tsp. ground allspice

1/3 c. buttermilk (I used "homemade")

1 1/4 c. pure pumpkin purée

3/4 c.brown sugar 

2 eggs

For the cinnamon-sugar topping:

3/4 c. granulated sugar

2 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

1/4 c. butter, melted

Directions:

1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line or butter and flour 18-24 wells in standard-sized muffin cups. 

2.  To make the batter, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice in a medium bowl.  In a separate small bowl, whisk together buttermilk and pumpkin.

3.  Cream butter and brown sugar in a bowl. Beat in eggs, one at a time, scraping down sides of bowl as needed.  Turn the mixer speed to low and add flour mixture in three additions, alternating with pumpkin mixture.  Beat to combine.

4.  Fill muffin tins.  Bake 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center of a muffin comes out clean. 

5.   Meanwhile, make the topping by combining cinnamon and sugar in a medium bowl.  Let muffins cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack.  One at a time, remove muffin from pan and brush the top with butter.  Dip in cinnamon-sugar mixture.  Let muffins cool completely on a wire rack.  Keep in an airtight container at room temperature up to 3 days.

{recipe slightly adapted from here}

 

These are very delicious!  They're not too pumpkin-y and they're just yummy-ness.  They're so fall-ish, too, so it's a wonderful time to make them.  I'll definitely be making these again!  They're kind of addicting . . . oh . . . maybe I shouldn't make them again!!

Did you make some wonderful new (or old) recipe this week?

Have a wonderful day!

Baker's Review Wednesday: Cinnamon Sugar Breadsticks w/ Cream Cheese Drizzle

 

Cinnamon Sugar Breadsticks w/ Cream Cheese Drizzle

2 1/4 tsp yeast

1/4 C sugar, divided

1 C warm water, divided

1 1/2 Tbsp oil

1 egg

1 /2 tsp salt

2 1/4 C flour

1/4 C butter, melted

Cinnamon Sugar mixture:  6 Tbsp sugar mixed with 1 tsp cinnamon

In mixer dissolve yeast, 1/2 Tbsp sugar and 1/2 C warm water.  Allow yeast to proof.  Add in oil, egg salt, 1 1/2 C flour and remaining sugar and water.  Mix until smooth.  Stir in remaining flour to form a soft dough.   Knead until smooth and elastic.  Place into a greased bowl and cover.  Let rise in a warm place for about 40 minutes or until doubled.

Punch down the dough and put onto floured counter.  Roll into a 8 x 14 rectangle.  Using your pizza cutter cut into about 10 pieces.  Roll each strip like a snake.  Then hang the dough over your finger in the middle and twist the two ends together.  Place on a greased cookie sheet and allow to rise for another 20 minutes or until doubled.

Preheat oven to 400 and bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown.  Brush with melted butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.  Drizzle with cream cheese glaze (see below)

Cream Cheese Drizzle:

4 ounces cream cheese

1 1/4 C powdered sugar

1 - 2 Tbsp whipping cream

1 tsp vanilla

Soften cream cheese and mix everything together.  Beat until a good consistency for drizzling.  Place in a ziploc bag and snip off the corner.  Drizzle over warm breadsticks.

(note: I made a double batch of breadsticks, so I also made a double batch of the cream cheese drizzle.  I think I probably had about 1/2 of the drizzle left.)

 

Yummy!  Delicious!  Oh, my, it was nummy, addicting-ness!!  Nice and fresh and warm and fluffy!  They were so good!  I would 101% recommend you try them!

 

Now that was fresh . . . the next morning, they weren't nearly as good.  If you warmed them up in the microwave for about 10 seconds, they were pretty good . . .but not NEARLY as good as fresh.  So go ahead.  Make them.  And eat them fresh.  All of them.  Because you may as well use all those calories on them when they're the best!!

 

Have a wonderful day!

A Mini Album {Birthday Gift}

 This is a mini album I made for my cousin & best friend, Pamela, for her birthday.  It was a last minute thing - I saw my inspiration for it Friday, made it Saturday, and gave it to her Sunday, her birthday.

Wheww . . it was a relief when I finally got it done Saturday evening!

On the front I did a little pocket thing where I put some quotes I really liked in it.  All the pictures I just printed off at home, so they weren't very high quality, but they worked out okay:)

 

the front cover

 

the first page - explaining the book & a little note to Pamela

 

the second page - as you can see, these photo's are from our shopping trip

 

the third page

 

the fourth page

 

the fifth page

 

the 6th page (I wished I hadn't cut out the picture  .. . oh, well)

 

the 7th page

 

the 8th page

 

the 9th page

 

the 10th page

 

the 11th page

 

the 12th page

 

the 13th page

 

the 14th page

 

and the back cover:)

You may have noticed, but I used a set of double sided paper on this from a 6"x6" paper pad.

Hope you enjoyed:)

Burlap & Lace ~ School Bag

 

I'd been planning on making a new bag this style for school this year for quite a while . . . and I finally got around to making it a couple days before school started!  I'm glad I finally had gotten it finished!  I really like how it turned out and I'm enjoying using it.

(And, yeah, I'm finally getting around to blogging about it!!!)

Hope everyone has had a wonderful day!

Morgan Elaine & a Cute Lil' Ruffle Dress

So now it's the beginning of a new school year . . . at the end of last school year, I made this dress.  It was sitting there for a long time waiting for the last ruffle to get on it.  I finally got that done in August some time I think, but then I never got pictures done so I could blog about it.  At the end of August, I wanted to take pictures of Morgan at the neighbors house because she has so many lovely spots for taking photo's and I ended up having her wear this dress . . . and I am in LOVE with these photo's - they're all so darling!

One of my very favorite photo's - totally in LOVE!!

My neighbor picked some flower's for Morgan and let her have them . . .

She didn't like her spot here and was crawling down:)

She was getting crabby by this point, but here she was okay because she was just sitting there staring at the dog!

Lookin'at/smelling the pretty flower.

Sittin' in a cute lil' chair:)

Yeah, she was staring at the dog again!

A good shot of the dress:)

And another one I love . . . I like the backdrop with the cute old bench and her eyes again!!

This dress was made with the same base as this dress I made for Bronwyn, but then I added all the ruffles.