new projects

Here are a few things that I have been working on since last weekend...
Charms for the Swap on Sunday =)  since mine have not shown up in the mail.. I have 3 back-up plans
Staffroom duty means that I need to bring a snack... must have been a male teacher that made this up.... BUT it is all good... i love making fun themed items...
so tomorrow we will enjoy:

Meatball Cupcakes:

also I have pre booked Danica's 9th party.. with Petland.. HOW COOL for a little girl who will watch a marathon on Animal Pet Rescue.... this will include a staff member bringing 8-10 pets to the house for an hour presentation.... and the girls then will enjoy these treats:

and somewhere between a late Mad Tea Party on Saturday and  marching in the Santa Parade, I picked up a cold... and I have just managed to lose my voice tonight.....  How does one do this without even talking?!?!?....

Your late.... your late... your late!!!

Follow me... we need to hurry!!

 This way...... down the rabbit hole...

HHmmmm... what could this be...

and what is this...

Looks like we got here just in time.....

For the Mad Sask. Scrap  party !

Where a set of friends giggled the day away....

Completing lots of projects....

Attending some amazing classes put on by Vicki Boutin- a super talented lady! full of fun!

Eating the best Tacos and Saskatoon Famous Cupcakes ( thanks Saucy Sprinkles)

With a fun little impromptu photo session....... the girls may have gotten a little silly...

It was as if there was a little sumthing sumthing added to our coffee?!?!?

Maybe we should start traveling to the other Canadian Scrap weekends... can you imagine.... that would be a great girls weekend... ladies maybe we should consider it?

I also had decided to not be so shy and enter a couple layouts and I managed to get third.... I was completely shocked....

Thanks Leica - you ROCK at setting up these crops and your Mom's food is amazing.... and don't get me started on the mile high, pink, fluffy icing topped with M&M's on a Saucy Sprinkles cupcake!!

We already have a couple ideas for next year!!!

and more photos will be added on my fellow Hatter's sites:

Tammi 

Jenn

Karen

Going Crazy

with only 24 hours left before the BIG scraps event... I still have my costume to finish sewing!! and pack and sort everything....but in the end it will all be great.... with a wonderful group of ladies to spend the weekend with and all the creativity that buzzes around the building-- the stress factor right now will be worth it =)

here is one of the photos Danica and I have back from the Photographer that was at the Lady Gala- fashion show at The Bay:

Fashion show

It was fun.. but I was so nervous..... I just about fell on the slippery stage with those high heels on :-o YIKES Danica and Tammi were awesome... =)
have to add a photo of our loot tomorrow! (our gift bag for volunteering-plus I will be picking up some of the outfits we hit the stage with)


Snuggled up with Dj in bed watching Snow Buddies......
tomorrow I have to use my moms expertise to get the center piece made for our BIG scrap event-its good to have a florist in the family!
and I will need to sew up my final touches on my costume---okay I mean sew my whole costume up... this has really snuck up on me!

Girl Time Gala

Yesterday I spent the main part of the day with Tammi...... picking out our outfits for the GIRLS GALA at The Bay on Saturday...
My sister-in-law is one of the managers there and was putting together the fashion show... she needed some friends/family to fill the modeling spots.... I was not going in on this alone so I managed to get Tammi to join me!!  Danica was also added to the list.... she was wanting to know what you get if you win the modeling search =) guess she has watched a couple Top Model show with me =P But she is OK with it just being for fun- and she is now wondering how they want her to wear her hair--- oi

After 4 hours Tammi and I had our two outfits... complete with smoking HOT shoes, jewelery, purses and jackets!


here is a look at what we will be wearing:
Guess Sweater 

Lady Dutch

I love all the clothes and shoes and jewelry ( a Guess charm bracelet=P so yummy) how to chose what I want NEED at a discounted price for volunteering =) 
oh yeah and a super sweet yellow purse----
what's a girl to do????

Black Christmas Balls

I found some very cool black balls for the tree.... 12 for $2.99 a steal =) there are satin finished. glittery and a dully finish... I think a black will look amazing with a slash of red and a hint of pearly white!
I may need to run back and purchase some more! on my lunch break tomorrow =)

The kids brought home a note from school stating that they were now at 10% of students home sick with FLU or Flu like symptoms! YIKES.... wash wash wash scrub scrub scrub

With Danica having asthma and with being anaphylactic to Motrin or Advil ( Ibuprofen)  and she can not have Eppi she needs another version of adrenaline when her throat closes off....... my concern for her with all this H1N1.... I fear that if she was to get the worst case of this flu... we could end up in the hospital with her ( she was in ER many times when she was little with croup/colds/or asthma attacks.. twice nurses arranging everything for emergency tracheotomy .... the whole fever part of H1N1 scares me that she may require something stronger than Tylenol to bring it down....

What are your ideas on this H1N1 vaccination?

Trick or......... TREATS

A DEAD CHEERLEADER..... now for the more serious shots-- you know more DEAD-LIKE:

A ZOMBIE ELVIS and A ZOMBIE HUNTER(thats what happens Damon when you say you want to dress up 2 hours before tricking time!) Grab your Nerf gun and get going!

they boys were back after 2 hours.. with a HUGE haul of treats! the most original- Toronto Maple Leafs mini puck gum- in a little cardboard box....

Danica just stopped by with her girl friends to unload 2 Walmart bags full and they are on their way to trick or treat all of Beerling Cres =)

Keda has decided to join in the Halloween fun..... perched on the back of the couch MEOWING at the ghosts and gobblins as they walk up the driveway... and Halo has taken a comfy spot beside me on the couch- paws covering her eyes =)

Hallow-eve

The Pumpkins are carved =) Keda is in LOVE with the mouse one... everytime I set it up he picks off the mice one by one!

and apparently the hair I sported today was the in thing according here and the this blog! (check out that studded pumpkin- HELLO ugly brads- this would be perfect )

And after 2 hours of CRIMPING it was done (11:30pm) and with a few touch-ups this morning I was ready for the day in Kindergarten! as a--- well---- a girl in all black and crazy hair.

Think I may keep my hair like this for tomorrow! since it is Halloween and all... and lets face it I don't want to invest another 2 hours doing this!
Happy Treating tomorrow =)

black Vodka - Blavod

the update to this from my post a few weeks ago is:
so far we have not had it in Saskatchewan for over 4 years, I was told at the LB in Erindale-Willow Grove.
... and I have a message on my machine---
get this:
for 800.00 and some they will order me a case of 12!! well we know for next year... if anyone is interested in Saskatoon!!!  so keep it in mind =)
Carving pumpkins - then off to Damon's first Band Concert... Hope in a group they sound better then what I have had to listen to here.... he is getting better but the cats still run for cover when he starts to play =)

From Earwax to Armpit Hair

Thanks girls for an interesting afternoon
and Saucy for her how to's and for putting it all together

I now have some treats to give to friends ( I have already made up 2 little gifts for friends/family)

The special Halloween treats are:

Earwax Swabs
Boogers
Used BandAids
Chocolate covered pretzels and Oreos
Armpit Hair
and we also we taught how to make Dish Water Punch!

So far the Boogers have not been nibbled on! but the Armpit Hair is delicious!

Bookmarks

I have been so busy lately to even think of anything to write about...so here is where I have been browsing at when I have time

The Image is Found
(from here I tend to go to some of their friends sites that post or are linked)


Bijoue Kaleidoscope - think I found this one while looking for some decorating ideas

these two I have no idea how I stumbled onto them but I keep going back to them =P
Running with scissors
Cottage way of life

This one is a must if searching for the right fonts!
FREE fontspace

these two are for cake and cute ideas!
Bakerella
The pink cake box

My dream spaces include something from all of these places
two peas love the red and vintage feel
2nd two peas  love the black island!

and while I am dreaming.... I need these knobs! 
and adding these to my Christmas list Vintage Coke crates I shall want at least 2!

YUMMY Coconut Shrimp- plan on putting this recipe into action-(you may need to scroll down on this one no idea why it will not let save just the shrimp entry on this blog? )

Do we have BLACK vodka in CANADA?

THESE ARE FROM MARTHA'S WEBSITE ... they look amazing!!


Ghost in the Graveyard
Serves 1
2 ounces black vodka
2 ounces creme de cacao or coffee-flavored liqueur
1 scoop vanilla ice cream
Pinch of finely grated nutmeg, for garnish
In a glass, combine vodka and creme de cacao, and set aside. Place a scoop of ice cream in a highball glass, and slowly pour vodka mixture over ice cream. Garnish with nutmeg; serve immediately.
Screwed-Up Screwdriver
Serves 1
1/4 cup ice
1/2 cup freshly squeezed tangerine juice
1 1/2 ounces black vodka
1 black licorice twist, for serving
Place ice in a tall glass. Pour juice into glass. Pour vodka over the back of a cocktail spoon into glass so it sits on top of juice and creates a layer of black. Slice 1/4 inch off each end of licorice, and use as a straw. Serve immediately.
Berry Scary Martini
Serves 1
1 cup ice
1 ounce black vodka
2 ounces cherry juice
Fresh raspberries and blueberries, for garnish
Combine ice, vodka, and cherry juice in a cocktail shaker; shake vigorously. Pour into a martini glass. Thread raspberries and blueberries onto a cocktail skewer, and place in drink. Serve immediately.

The little blue box

I decided to email Party Cupcake Ideas ( when I found it on Saucy's tweets or twitter or whatever it is called)
I emailed them my 2 cupcakes that I had posted here and here... thought why not! its worth an extra entry =P and I visited the Tiffany website for the first time about 2 weeks ago ( I attended a Silpada party and the lady had Tiffany bracelet that I admired) so I was looking to see how much it cost...and I found out they had charms too... OooLLLLaaAAA ......there are some 
wonderful ones!

And to my surprise I had a response to my email that same night! here is what she wrote:

"Hi Kari-

Your Mojito cupcake sounds amazing and so unique!  You ladies sure know how to have a fun time while baking cupcakes.  Thank you for sharing your cupcakes with us and I can't wait to feature them on our site.  I hope you send us more fun cupcake pictures from your next baking session.

Have a great day,

Melody and Scott"

PS I hope the girls from the Cupcake Baking Day  do not mind but I also linked my blog of that day as well !! and gave full credit to Saucy for putting on the workshop.





Just went back to the Tiffany site... Perhaps I need one of these... I don't think I would ever lose my keys again!

CLUSTER

well for the lack of Jewelry making skills...here is what I have completed in an hour....

I finally gave up on  jump-rings to attach everything together and used some soft wire! I will save the necklace part for tomorrow =) my poor left index finger needs to recover from a mean pinch in my pliers!

The Halloween Treats I have been experimenting with ! it was so much work to make 24 =) think I will make a class at a time and let the kids bring them as a finish them..... just too much work to make the original 100 a couple nights before Oct.30!!

and here is what I am working on now.... I am in love with the jewels that  I have been ooogling at on The Tudors (as stated in another post)... I have some beads and pendents and I plan on making a necklace...... a little something to go with our theme in November-- perhaps

Have my eyes on making something like this ....online photo - what did we do before Google?

Friends Cookies and Giggles

Yesterday we headed over to BAmemories for some sugar cookie fun! The kids always have a blast together-even with the age gap (11,8,7,4) they act more like and extended family then friends (playing fine one minute and pissing someone off the next- you know like true family=P )

To see some photos of the evening visit BAmemories  

the kids got a little silly with the icing, which got Tammi and I a little frustrated with them.
BUT I guess cookies with 2 inches of messy icing dots and squiggles REALLY do still taste the same! Go figure?!?

a SNEAK peak

of a sweet treat =P

Now the question remains .... DO I REALLY NEED TO MAKE 100 of these for all the ghosts and goblins(my 2 kindergarten classes I work with and Damon's & Danica's classmates)

here is an example of how big this might turn out to be: one recipe of the famous Rice Krispies makes only 22 balls ( that is with my pampered chef large scoop)
So I will need:
2.5 boxes of Rice Krispies- might need to go get a JUMBO box from costco (the one used was the large grocery store style box)
2.5 large bags of jumbo marshmallows (again costco run)
and 2 and 1/4 cups of butter
not sure if I have enough Wilton chocolate? 2 bags of the orange, white(someone has bought all the black!) and 2 bags lime green.
also some super cool silver jimmi sprinkles
and some cool test tube Halloween ones that I won at the Charm party( scroll way down to see our charming day)
I hope I can get them to look like they do on the Michaels site!!

Vetavision

The kids really enjoyed this outing... we went with one of Damon's school friends (and his sister and mom)
while there the kids got to:
-sew stitches with the real tools
- laparoscopic surgery (placing rubber bands on little pegs with the use of the real tools with the TV monitor to guide them through the 'surgery')
-put on the scrubs like a vet
- pet and interact with various farm animals(chicks, calves,lambs,goats,dogs,pigs)
- blow up real life cow lungs(laying in a cookie sheet-with a small straw to blow through-YUCK) Damon had commented that the air coming back out to of the lungs tasted funny- DOUBLE YUCK)
- see a real cow uterus- thank god they did not want to put on gloves and feel around for the fetal calf!
- pull a stuffed animal calf (Damon shared his calf pulling stories with the girls, they were impressed that he helped on the farm)
- look at 'canned' parts of animals- gross me out ---HALF a cat head people- really?!

Guess my little childhood dream of being a vet was proved today that I could not have handled this at all....

Field trip

Tomorrow I will be taking the kids to Vetavison

If only I knew this was on the last 3 nights, the kids and I would have had something to do instead of sitting at home cleaning rooms and going sorting too small clothes! I found satisfaction in getting those things done, but I KNOW they would have rather been doing something else.

* danica can even visit the small animal ER... she is so excited now!!! all her days of watching Animal Planet (all the vet rescue shows) and now she can hardly wait to see it in real life!

The Tudors

I can't get enough of this show! the costumes are amazing...If I could live in any era for a few days this would be it... but of course... as the wealthy.. cuz I want those amazing dresses! and jewelry!
I happened to only catch the season finally last year... and I have now found that I can watch all 2 seasons HERE... and its free I was thinking really hard on how to justify getting it from i-tunes for $20 a season(the only bonus would be having it with me to watch during my hours waiting at dance or baton.. or all too soon- hockey rinks!)

Scrappin' the day away

I spent the day with my Friend (Heather) at Osler for a day full of scrapbooking...
it is amazing for $40 from 10-midnight breakfast, dinner, supper and snacks! and every ticket won a door prize!
and this is also were I won this last March! and no it is not done yet =)

 I won this time too.... think a little box =) YUMM

will post a photo tomorrow

I also have some really great layouts done to enter in November at the Scrap Day with  Leica Forrest and Canadian Scrapbooker Just need some quick journaling to finish them off... =)

Now to get some rest so I can get ready for the Charm Party tomorrow! gotta get those jump rings on my skeleton key and black dice charms!

Naughty Monkey

The perfect shoes for November Scraps!...

I always sport a pair of plain black pumps... maybe I need to live a little.... and these are so darn cute....
Who wouldn't want to wear a pair of Naughty Monkeys ?!

Been trying to deal with a headache and fever all day... and Kindergarten might not be the best place to be when all you want is a quiet calm setting =P

I was popping 2 extra Strength migraine Tylenol with caffeine(built right into the pill) and washing it down with a Coke! every 3 hours.... I think my liver is begging me to take something stronger and get some REST

and I plan to, as soon as I get a few things done:
1. book tomorrow morning off - as then I can sleep in or at least send kids out the door and go back to bed
2. upload Damon's birthday photos so that I can post them soon
3. upload a ton of photos to COSTCO so I have something to scrapbook
   (Heading out to Olser for Saturday with my friend Heather- we both need to get away for a bit and catch up on some chit chat! )
4. Tell kids to GET TO BED a hundred more times!

November Scraps

What a PERFECT day for meeting to discuss the upcoming Scrap day in November... The cloudy raining day set the tone to work out all the details for our theme....
Now that we will be having a bit of competition- we will be taking it up a notch!

here is what we did past years OCT 2008,March 2009 & HERE & HERE

Hope we are not BITING off more then we can chew!

Monopoly Cake

One big box of Fondant- and a BUNCH of black food coloring!!

knead into half the box(it took me an hour to obtain BLACK!)

  Roll out the  light green fondant and start drawing all the places on the board

Color in a few of the places with my edible markers

 alcohol and the wilton food dyes to hand paint on the rest of the board (goofed on MONOPOLY sign--- but figured kids wont notice- should have been all caps!)

Arranged the treat bags! and I think we are ready.... just need the big screen and some movies!

Today

Busy

pretty much sums it up!

driving around the U of S looking for parking to head into the bookstore for a text {The Signed English Starter} ... almost an hour..........is what I spend trying to locate a parking spot!  So with my blood pressure about to make me POP... I went to 8th street ... BAD mistake... all power was out! (8th street @ 540pm with no lights working and only a handful of S'toon-ers knowing how to work a 4way stop!!!- NIGHTMARE

CALM BLUE OCEAN.... CALM BLUE OCEAN...

It was at that moment that I made an executive decision :
I DESERVE a Pumpkin Spice Latte

the whipped cream
the spice
the warm frothy liquid

perfect...

a few sips.. a big finger scoop of whipped topping
and I was off to my Sign class

fast paced,  but great.. we went through all the numbers 1to 20.... ABC's... ING's ... ED's.... and all the other ending with common words and 3 word sentences PLUS the "Rain, rain...go away" nursery rhyme....

now to practice! next week we have to sign "My name is______" and a 5 word sentence when we get to class.

11 years ago

 

Damon

Birthday Wishes

Lego City Fire Station- he assembled today since he was not at school- bad headache

Treat Bags for party on Friday are done! (Jones pop, Big bag of lays chips, Mike n Ikes, Rockets, Hotdog container, Popcorn holder and Movie gift certificate)
The Big screen and the projector are being delivered on Friday! Movies have been downloaded located =)

and the cake!
well don't want to ruin it for the birthday boy, but most of it is hand drawn just needs a few final touches!

but will have to wait until Thursday.... Since Wednesday is FULL
dance class(6:15-7pm Brenda's school of Dance)
hockey(7pm Aberdeen)
I have a sign language class(7pm @ Johnlake School)

BY DAMON

These are some of the photos Damon captured while on his trip at Brightwater

Love the next one!

And this one:

update2

I don't know why it only did the first 3 photos from Picasa?
so here are the rest

My button stash (if anyone notices  this style of mugs  at $rama.. pick me up some or let me know)

My Brads- well most of them- my thumb was so sore from pushing these in!

Another photo of the ribbon jar!

UPDATES

The Treats.. now to make them a little more fancy and add
the FREE movie pass!

and some other random photos of things I have done in the past few weeks(okay maybe over the whole summer)

Ribbon is now almost all done.. wrapped around vintage round clothes pins ( found them online and ordered 95 of them! $14.00 with shipping)

Birthday Planning

Today was/still is a busy day!
Up at 8 to clean the house(dust, vacuum, bathrooms and 2 loads of laundry) and baked one of the 2cakes(there is a surprise in the cake- Monopoly=$$)
10:30am- off to baton, drop off Danica Damon and I rush to the mall to look for a charger for my cell phone  left mine at parents on the weekend) but I didn't have a car charger{now I do =)}
12:00 pick up Danica from baton... bad mom of the year - guess lessons are done at 11:30! I thought 12 for some reason!
12:10 EAT with-in 10 mins
12:30 out door to get Damon to a band camp for grade 6's....
1:00-3:00pm run errand with danica ( Tim's for ice caps FIRST) Michaels and Pet Smart(got this laser light for cats- Halo is lovin' it)
330: Damon is picked up and off for some more errands!
345-5:00 Finding the perfect treat bag items for a backyard movie party! excited to get these done up! good old dollarama!
also in that time I ran over to the LB quickly---- PIMMS--- had to ask where it was, but I got the 2nd last bottle....

and now to enjoy a Pimms while making the 2nd cake and figuring out the treat bags!

WHILE BEING SERINADED BY DAMON!! I am giving positive feed back- but it really does sound like a moose is being killed in his room!!!

OKAY SO...

It will be Damon's 11th birthday in 5 days!!! YIKES and I have promised a super cool cake?!?!? with fondant-which I have never even felt before.... (off to Michaels tomorrow on my lunch break)..
So any tips anyone has would be helpful

as I have watched all I can find on the internet!!!

I am thinking of a
MONOPOLY
CAKE

He has loved this game since he was 2.... and by 5 he could play against his grandparents and KICK butt... he plays right to the bitter end, which involves him owning everything ( and people we even try to beat him!)



I also have rented a 6' screen and projector... for a drive-in style birthday(in the backyard)  featuring some of his requested moves! There will be popcorn... pop.. treats...and anything else I can whip up before then!

Give away at KAGS

Hi everyone... who doesn't like a give away?!?

if you leave a comment on my friends blog ( KAGS ) and mention me (Kari) you could win a stamp set....

now off you go .........................................

I once won some blog-like candy..... I entered to win a box of scrapbooking supplies on Creating Keepsakes site... and when I got a BIG box full of stuff... I had to figure out where it was from... since I never was contacted that I won!!! but there my name was on their site!!! (there was easily a couple hundred dollars worth of products)

How can you tell?!

School is back in full swing?



I know ... cuz I have a head-cold =P
.....the kids are grumpy- lack of sleep

trying to pack Damon for 3 days of camp at Brightwater, while making cookies for the grade 6 class and need to be at the school for 7pm for meet the teachers!

Better double up the cold medication before bed!!!

Beach location

Here is where I took the photos of the kids...
(it is actually the off leash dog park in our area) it is a hike to get there...
The part marked A is where the parking lot is... to get there you have to exit off Central Ave.. just past the Attridge intersection... and I hiked with the kids to the beach part that is right beside the Circle Dr Bridge....


View Larger Map


wow! looked at the yard! looks so big from the satellite shot!
Beerling Cres- (Silversprings) if you care to look- at least from this far away you can not see all the weeds in the flower beds! I think that must be the trailer parked on the driveway

Photo Session at Sutherland Beach

I packed up the kids and headed down to take some photos down by our river spot we went to last year!... The kids loved trying to skip rocks-and they actually got some to work!

Damon was still sporting his new hat that Uncle Bryce had given him- gotta say this suits him better than a baseball hat, with all his hair sticking out everywhere =)
And NONE of these shots were set-up.. the kids just placed themselves and smiled! Or a "Mom... take a photo of me like this...." Damon said here... and ran a head for this shot... that I really like!

NOW to start to learn some photoshop so that I can make these photo actually stand out...

Oh so SWEET- Peanut Butter Cupcakes

Here is a brain wave I had as I was shopping at Walmart...( right now you can get 8 single packed Reese Peanut Butter cups for .97)... and I was thinking how to make use of the 5 packs I bought!
and here is how it turned out =P

I placed them on my platter with some dainty ones that I had also make ( Flowers from Saucy's Cupcake Saturday)

The icing made was the white kinda

BUT had to make up my own since I did not have all the right amounts of all the ingredients ...
so here is what I can remember - not too much measuring-

half a package of cream cheese
a splash of milk
1/2 cup butter
vanilla
icing sugar ( added til it looked right)
then iced the white flower ones... just in case the next icing didn't work

then added to the half I didn't use above

3/4 to 1 cup peanut butter
and again more icing till it was a little thicker then regular icing

decorated with one half PB cup and drizzled with melted wilton chocolate

Damon- what a smart boy! this was his comment as he cut all the PB cups for me!

"You should really tell and show that SAUCY girl... I bet she would be impressed..... they almost look as good as hers"

Well not sure on that her S'mores ones are amazing.... and without her know how and cupcake insights I would have never of known how cool making cupcakes could be
Thanks for the inspiration Saucy !

SAY WHAT?!?

Apparently I can not ever ... NEVER.. sell any of my scrapbooking overstock.... there is a clause.. which I was emailed from Head office....
If I do not remove my items I will be filed with a lawsuit for $5000.00... really ... are you kidding me.... I no longer sell their products... I did not place my last QUALIFYING order so I de-activated... so how do they still have legal rights on me...

I searched online and found this from RIP_OFF REPORTS.

So I contacted every person who had a bid on my items with an apology and an explanation on why I will be closing the auction down....

so I guess I might be "gifting" my products to a friend... and she can do what she likes with them.... and maybe I will get a nice little gift from her for heading back to school!

I can't believe that I supported this company...
are all home business ones like this?
what do they expect me to do with this stock?.... it even says I can't sell the product because I am no longer a consultant!!!
I PAID for everything... its mine.. RIGHT?

on a good note
I have harvested some of the garden... and I have a sink full of green and yellow beans(and still loads more on the plants) I will move onto the peas tonight...

LOVE that the sun has taken over the rain

our FIRST time

It was..... what I always knew it would be like....

slow and gentle at first....

but with the guidance of my fingers.....


the speed and strength was like nothing I have had before.....








Meet my new 90th Anniversary KitchenAid


Trying for a more vintage photo look...(need to play with photo shop- on my to do list, which is a mile long)
It is Candy Apple Red... it looks like it has been dunked in that sugary red syrup!

I have just made a dessert to take with me to a little get together... hosted by her Saucy-ness for some blog'n friends... I hope this goes with the Saucy-tinis ! had to use Lindt Swiss White Chocolate-and it is minus 4 of those little squares yum =)

and tomorrow early- My mom's Cinnamon Twists- they are known around my hometown! and maybe perhaps Chocolate Chip cookies..... we will see how nice it gets outside

Mixing Power

is a 325W Strong enough? do I need more power??? my last one was a cheap phillips with a blender.. food processor attachments.. but it wouldn't even mix at the end of a batch of my moms Chocolate Chip Cookies.....

I talked to my mom last night to see what power of a mixer I would need... she just got a new one(350W) and it is like her old style Sunbeam one!.... lol... she had the original so long that they brought it back for the VINTAGE style!

I am partial to the red one... but the black would go with every color

.... until I found this out....
it is Kitchen Aids 90th anniversary! and they have a limited edition Candy Apple Red with Vintage glass bowl for mixing...

and Mom sent me some birthday money(FEB)-which I thought was too much... so haven't cashed the cheque- AND she called me on it and said why not use that money and get the mixer...... so after a long conversation because I still was not wanting her to spend that much on me...I think she convinced me to cash it....

AND with there being a 150$ off sale right now at The Bay ( and my sister-in-law works there: wink wink.... thinking of her discount 15% off lowest sale price)

this could be mine .. and it may spur some baking! okay I know IT will!
also:

I am selling all my Creative Memories stock... on ebay.. just started listing the albums last week and today the punches... and hope to have it all on there by the end of the week...
making everything about half price for starting bids... was thinking that was fair =)
If you are interested in browsing the products--my ebay ID is jkddz

Baking

I have a bunch of raspberries and thought I would make a few things...
but with today being so nice we haven't really been in to bake... and my mixer is DEAD.... and so I am doing it pioneer style (by hand) my poor arm was begging for mercy after beating the eggs, sugar and sour cream together!

think I will need to borrow a friends in order to make a White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake... I know I would not make it through that by hand!

or maybe I need to cash in some airmiles for this sweet treat!

Treasured finds

While looking around on my parents farm we found these old bottles...


COKE Classic - NO RETURN stamped on the top... no date though?!?

This one is stamped with 1956


But this is the cool one... anyone know anything about this bottle...it is Pop House and is marked :
Under the bottle authority of Saskatoon POP HOUSE LTD Saskatoon Sk 30FL. OZ(851 C.C) 10Cents deposit

We also took all the old very early 1900's doors from the house... thinking of making a tri-fold room divider... or maybe a headboard... or desk top with glass on top.... and we have tons of old wooden window frames some with and without glass... thinking those would be cool leaning up on a wall... or hanging in an entrance way with a little shelf under it-

and the kids had their treasure find all week- baby kittens- she waited til the last day to move them all. they spent hours out there naming and playing with all 6 kittens.


I also have a HUGE bowl and fresh raspberries....what shall I bake?

a helping paw

As I try to get these cake pops finalized with a layer of sprinkles......
I had this little man trying to help chase down every sprinkle that hit the floor!
his famous gotta love me- blue cross eyed look-

sweet little one

Well think I will get more photos of little Olivia when both sets of grandparents and my little Dj are not wanting to hold this cutie pie!

Addition

I have been very good this year.................................................


UNTIL

NOW








Some girls have to have their shoes/handbags/cupcakes =) but I LOVE swimwear

and Ebay now has me NEEDING this suit!

the only decision is what color????