SCC Supply Box Swap

Gina @ The Shabby Chic Cottage hosted a supply swap for all of her readers and it was so much fun!! She paired me up with a wonderful girl named Andrea. I got my box today and it was filled to the brim with the most amazing stuff!!

Everything came in a cute fabric box.  Inside was this wooden birdhouse.  Too cute!  Can't wait to decorate it.  There was a also a huge spray of little pink flowers.

When I finally get a sewing machine, my first project will be turning this gorgeous piece of fabric into a pillow.

A package of brads, pretty paris stickers and a keyhole applique - swooning!

There is a metal H with hooks on the back so I can hang it up.  Isn't that little hanger the cutest thing ever?  And see that green packing tape?  It's actually patterned.

How pretty is that?

More cuteness - two fun clips, flower stickers, a white satin ribbon that says "love, cherish, together, forever" glitter and twine.

This star deserves a picture all its own.  I LOVE IT! I am going to have to design a project entirely around this :)

Some more amazing metal pieces and a white box for me to decorate.

The cutest metal tin and vintage magnets out there!

And tags!! I love tags!!  The baby shipping tags are adorable - I love the way Andrea decorated them; and I have always wanted those white tags with the silver frames.

Andrea, thank you so much for everything!  Anytime you have extra stuff you can send it to me :)

And thank you to Gina as well for hosting.

Silly me forgot to take pics of what I sent to Andrea - sorry :/

Baking Challenge - May '10

So May's dessert wasn't baked, it was an ice cream float. The recipe was for three different flavored syrups - blueberry, strawberry and mint. I chose to make the blue berry because it was the easiest :)

Start out by placing 9 oz. (2 containers) of blueberries and 1/4 cup sugar into a saucepan. That is all the ingredients!!

Cook them over medium for 10-12 minutes. Here they are halfway through...

And here they are done!

Pour the berries into a strainer, but don't push down on the berries! I gently moved them around to try to get most of the liquid to go through.

Discard the solids - there were a lot!

I don't like floats, so I had a sundae instead.  I used vanilla frozen yogurt.  The recipe said to let the syrup cool in the fridge, but I wanted it warm on my sundae.

Mmm, it was so good!!  I'm gonna have to try the other flavors too.  The next morning I used the leftover syrup in my yogurt and that was really good too!

I *Heart* Prima

I mentioned before that I started watching the Live with Prima videos on Ustream. Once I started I couldn't stop!  I finished watching them all a few days ago and I am so hooked on Prima!

They have a great blog where they share all kinds of great products, projects and updates.

They just shared their May picks, a bunch of flowers in the most gorgeous shades of purple, look:

I'm dying - I want it all!!

I just finished a project using Prima products and techniques I learned from the videos.  I can't share it yet because it is a gift, but here is a hint - it is a mini album.

Cricut Bags are Back

My friend was organizing a woman's breakfast at her church this past Saturday and I offered to help her put together the favors with the aid of my cricut. Last year she hand cut each template (ahh!) but this year we let cricut do the dirty work.

The templates were cut, assembled and ready for decoration. We found some flower packs in the $1 bins at Michaels and used brads to attach the blooms.

We made 52 bags in all, but only stuffed and took 40 to the breakfast.

Inside we placed two teabags, tied together with string and a cute steamy mug label.

The favors were a huge hit!!