Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Barbie Doll Bed

I made a Barbie doll house for my grand daughter and I bought some furniture to go in it. I didn't like some of the furniture I saw so I decide to make some of it, this is my Barbie bed. I used a bamboo silverware caddy because it was about the size I was looking for. I made a white mattress with a ruffle to fit over the bottom of the box. The ruffle covers the box but I think I will paint the box white in case she decides to take the mattress off and you know the mattress will come off. Then I made pillows, a blanket and pillow cases.

Mississippi Mud Cake


The best Mississippi Mud Cake ever.

1/2 Cup of semi-sweet chcoclate bits
1 cup of Parkay butter
4 eggs
2 cups of sugar
1 tablespoon of vanilla
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1 cup of flour

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 x 13 pan. In the microwave, melt the chocolate bits with the butter. Mix in the sugar, vanilla, eggs and salt. Stir in the flour and pour into prepared pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes. This is a very moist cake, don't over bake. When there is 10 minutes left of baking time, make the frosting.

Frosting

1/4 cup of semi-sweet chocolate bits
1/2 cup of Parkay butter
2 teaspoons of vanilla
1 pound of powdered sugar
2 cups of mini marshmallows

In the microwave, melt the chocolate bits with the butter. Add the vanilla. Stir in the powdered sugar and mix well. Stir in the marshmallows. The batter may become thick and unspreadable, just add some milk to thin it. Spread the frosting over the brownies when they come out of the oven.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Cheeseburger Soup



1 Pound extra lean ground beef ( I used ground turkey)
1/2 of a large onion, chopped
1 cup of chopped celery
1 green bell pepper, chopped
1/2 cup of chopped carrots
3-4 cups of chicken broth
lots of pepper
2 tablespoons of Parkay butter
8 ounces of shredded sharp cheddar

Brown beef with onions in a large saucepan; drain. Add celery and bell pepper and cook for 1 minute. Add the carrots, chicken broth and pepper, making sure the broth covers everything in the pan. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes. Add the butter and cheese over medium heat until the cheese is melted and well blended. Enjoy.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Brooch


This pin is made from 42" x 4" satin brown material. I folded the satin material over lenghtwise and ended up with a piece 42" x 2". I basted the bottom edge which gave it a ruffled look. Then I rolled one end about 4" to create the center of the flower. I sewed the center together at the bottom just pushing the needle through a few times. Then I rolled the ribbon loosely adding tucks and sewed as I went along. I hot glued a felt flower to the bottom which helps to hold the flower together and gives me a firm place to hot glue a pin on. I am going to make more of these, it was quick and easy. On the next one I might try to add folded gold tulle under the flower. I will probably have to shorten the ribbon on the flower. Maybe I should add a large flat burlap flower under the flower or maybe hot glue a jewel button in the center of the flower.

Brooch


This pin is made from two yoyo's. First I made a 6 1/2" burlap yoyo and then another 4 1/2" fabric yoyo. The burlap yoyo was very stiff and left a very wide opening so I sewed tucks at the opening to make it smaller. I cut a flower shape from an old pair of jeans (recycled). It will fray slighly but that adds to the charm of the pin. My daughter gave me an old keychain that had the cute beads on the top of it so I cut the bottom off and used (recycled) only the top. I hot glued everything together and then hot glue a pin on the back. This is my version of shaby chic.

Monday, December 7, 2009

The Parade


The Waller Christmas Parade was December 5th at 3pm. The theme was an old fashioned Christmas so we decorated our float with a gingerbread man theme. I made the gingerbread house from 2 boxes, the house is 2' wide x 3' long x 3' tall and 1 whole can of Great Stuff. Now I have to tell you I love Great Stuff. I use it all the time, but it can be very messy. If it gets on your clothes it will not come off and I've tried everything. If its gets on your skin it is a booger to get off. But everytime I need a snow or icing look, I use Great Stuff. I added real candy and foam marshmallows that I painted and then added glitter to everything. When the parade was over the kids were allowed to eat the candy, I did that because when were on the float throwing the candy to other kids there isint any left for them. I would like to thank everyone who helped decorate the gingerbread men and the float. It looked great and it was fun.