Decorated Gift Bag

My friend had a party recently for her daughter's first birthday! Unfortunately, I wasn't able to attend, but I sent her gift with a trusted amiga.

The gift bag was just plain pink so I decided to jazz it up a bit...plus a one year old can't exactly read a card (but of course I made a card anyways). The butterfly and the M were both cut out using the Wall Decor & More Cricut cartridge. The pink tulle bow was just another way to make it even more girly (plus I have A LOT of pink tulle since I never got around to making my tutu).

The checkered paper with the M was attached using one pop-up circle on each corner. To make the butterfly look like it was flying off, I doubled the pop-up circles on top of each other. Yay for 3-d stuff without the glasses!

A funny conversation occurred when I was telling Barrett about decorating the bag:

Me: The bag I decorated last night is really cute
B: You decorated a bag?
Me: Yeah...I wasn't going to make a card. What one year old knows how to read?
B: (laughing)
Me: Well I actually did make a card because I had to put the gift receipt somewhere
B: (still laughing) So you DID make a card...did you write in it?
Me: Yeah...I had to put something. Plus it's really for her mom, but I did decorate it with a stenciled M on the front
B: (laughing even harder) You remind me of a Larry the Cable Guy joke

And that my friends is hopefully the one and only time I will get compared to Larry the Cable Guy. The way Barrett told me the joke was hilarious...you should have been there!

Painted Pottery

We all probably went to a paint your own pottery place way back in the day, but why did we ever stop??? Painting pottery is so much fun. Around Christmas last year, my friend hosted a paint your own ornament party and we had so much fun we went back a few months ago for a birthday celebration.

This time instead of an ornament, I painted a plate. I had seen a few items on display that had a splatter design that I thought was really cool so of course I had to do some splattering myself. To get the splatter look you take a toothbrush, dip it in the paint and run your fingers over the bristles. Easy enough right??? WELL if you have long nails (like moi) watch out because the paint will drip and you'll have a big ol' blob on your pottery. Since there was no way of covering that up, I decided to make blobs everywhere with my nails (talk about some dirty nails). I think the blobs add more character to the plate.

What am I going to do with the plate??? Who knows...maybe I'll set a candle on it in my future beach themed bathroom (one can dream right), but as for now I have an autographed baseball sitting on top of it, while the plate itself, is sitting on top of notebooks and random papers...ha ha

Has anyone else painted pottery lately?

Ides of March

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If you like politics and watching the happenings of what goes on behind the scenes of a campaign, then this movie is for you. It wasn't a bad movie, just not my cup of tea. It was pretty slow to start and then it starts getting interesting, but never really picks up. The ending leaves you saying "What?!?!" or "Really?!?!" (I'm pretty sure everyone in the theatre said one of those if not others)

Overall, what I got out of this movie is that politics/politicians are corrupt and use blackmail for anything and everything just to get ahead in the business. But of course who doesn't know that already?!?!

BTW the movie poster below is my favorite, but of course its super small and when I blow it up it just gets blurry...



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Molten Cakes...Yummy

Original chocolate molten cake

Whatever Mama wants, Mama gets...ha ha. We had some family over for my Mom's birthday a few weeks ago and the birthday girl put in her request for molten cakes. I have made these so many times I know the recipe by heart!

This recipe is from Kraft (click here to look)

Since my Dad and brother aren't chocolate lovers like the rest of us, we've tried out a couple different varieties.

Butterscotch molten cake

We've tried white chocolate and butterscotch molten cakes. The butterscotch cakes have been the biggest hit of all (and even as a chocolate snob I have to admit I really like these too)!

The recipe is exactly the same as the chocolate one just with butterscotch chips.

Butterscotch Recipe

1 handful of butterscotch chips
1 stick of butter
1 cup powdered sugar
2 eggs
2 egg yolks
6 Tbls. flour

Melt the butter and butterscotch together in microwaveable bowl. Stir in the powdered sugar. Add eggs and egg yolks. Mix. Stir in flour. Pour mixture into 4 buttered custard dishes and bake at 425 degrees F for 13-14 minutes. Top with whipped cream (if you want...ha ha).

Enjoy!!

p.s. Chili's has nothing on these cakes! These are real molten cakes not wannabes. Want to know what I'm talking about ask for their cake with ice cream on the side and you'll see.

What's Your Number

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This movie got horrible reviews and wasn't even in the top 5 at the box office it's first week out...BUT did I go see it? YEP! Did I like it? YEP!

It is your typical RomCom with the predictable ending, but getting there was hilarious!! Anna Faris and Chris Evans have good chemistry in this movie...I guess it's not that hard when someone is only dressed for half the movie...ha ha

I also liked the couple of scenes she shared with her real-life husband Chris Pratt. It's funny when people who are in love in real life have to not be like that in a movie (or show like the Friends episode with Jen and Brad and the I Hate Rachel Green Club...classic stuff).

Halloween Wreath 2011

Yay for finally finishing my second ribbon wreath! I did this one a little different from my last one (to see click here).

Here are the changes I made...

1. I used a 16 inch foam wreath form to cover more of the door (still wrapped it in ribbon)
2. I cut 360 strips of ribbon (still 4.5 inches long)
3. I didn't sew the ribbon together...instead I just looped and pinned
4. I pinned one color at a time to make sure there weren't clumps of one ribbon somewhere
5. I used 16 different ribbon designs and different sizes which I think gave it more character
6. I added wooden letters aka the "Boo"

The "Boo" is still a work in progress. I wanted extreme glitter letters that really stood out but my "extreme glitter" paint was not extreme at all. I also tried using glow paint, but I think it's too old because it doesn't glow anymore. To get the letters to stay, I hot glued them onto leftover floral pins I had from my balloon wreath and pushed them into the wreath. It's holding for now, but I'll probably have to come up with a better solution later. I welcome any ideas!!

I would like to hang the wreath on this door or the front door, but for now it's on the hall closet door...oh well...it can't get stolen there...ha ha.

Has anyone else made a wreath or other Halloween decorations this year?

Killer Elite

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This was a long movie, but the action just kept on going. Definitely a guy movie, but if you enjoy looking at the cast then a girl movie as well...he he he. Some parts of the story line I didn't think were necessary, but overall the movie wasn't bad AND it was based on a true story...very interesting...