Paper Cookies

"Paper Cookies", that's what one sweet little girl called these cookies----cause they are decorated with edible paper circles.Ad they taste really good too!  Not like paper at all!

And how do I get the near perfect circle of frosting?I press a slightly smaller cookie cutter into the uncooked cookie before it goes into the oven.  Not too deep.  The mark stays on the cookie through the baking!  And now I have a pattern for my frosting!

Now I just follow the line with piping frosting, wait a bit for it to develope a crust and then fill with thinned icing.

Immediately apply the printed edible paper image.....And there you go.  Paper Cookies.  Yeah.  Diana

More Scripture Covers

New group of little ones getting baptized this year!  These were handed out at our Great to be Eight program.Simple paperback scriptures were covered with scrapbook paper.

Coordinating paper and their names decorate the front of each child's book.

 I tried to pick papers that I thought would match their personalities.

Bright colors and robots for the boys.....

A little glitter paper for the girls.....

This one was for a little rock star.....no one will have any trouble mistaking whose scriptures these belong to.Diana

Fabulous Find Friday 10

Have you ever stayed at a Marriott's Residence Inn and had their waffles?  My husband LOVES them!  I have tried for years to reproduce them from scratch AND from different mixes to no avail.  After our last stay at a Marriott's right before Christmas I spent the better part of a day searching the net for their secret.  Here is what I found!  They use malted flour.......who knew. In fact, if my sources are correct, they use Carbon's Golden Malted Original Pancake and Waffle Flour.  I had to buy it and try it out!  And it was delicious, just like the ones at Marriott's.  The way my husband describes it is like the insides of a tractor wheel donut.  Yum.  We got the "just add water" mix, the original (add egg, water, melted butter) mix and the gingerbread flavor mix.  The gingerbread one was heavier and not my favorite but the just add water one was almost identical in texture as the original.  Now we just need to get one of the cool flip waffle irons and we will be set!  Diana

Same Ol Cupcake But New Camera

Guess what I got for Christmas!!!  Go on guess!!!  A NEW CAMERA!!!!!!!!!!!!  A Nikon D3100!!!!!!  And I haven't an idea how to use it!!!!!Aperture, shutter speed.....what the heck!  A "for dummies" book is on it's way to my house, but until it arrives I have been just playing. 

Oh, right, the cupcake......chocolate with a fluffy homemade marshmallow frosting.  Husband asked for this frosting because husband says all my other frostings are too sweet.........get real.  And even though I have heard the judges on Cupcake Wars say that (as if it is a bad thing) about some of the frostings on the show, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.  But I love my husband and want to make him happy so here is a cupcake for him.  Diana

Candy Bar Wrapper

Do you really NEED to wrap a candy bar.......no.......chocolate, in and of itself , needs no decoration.  I mean, who doesn't get excited to see a giant chocolate bar?  And those of you who don't get all giddy when around chocolate are just a little strange.  And to be pitied.  Just saying.......

.......But as long as there is paper and glue and pretty ribbon I WILL cover any and everything that leaves this house as an expression of my creativity.......and lots of free time......and nothing good on TV.......... 

And this was so easy....didn't even turn on the cricut.  Diana

Look What I Found On Ebay

Everyone needs a place to get away and for our family it is a tiny little cabin we are building on 12 acres with a year round creek.  We have been working on the kitchen for the last few trips and one of the latest additions is this adorable shelf my husband built using antique shelf brackets I found on Ebay.  The shelf is 18 inches deep and is great for all the cool stuff I have been picking up at auctions!We just had a well drilled but water is not yet hooked up.  We have to bring ii in for the toilet for now, but soon I will have a kitchen sink, and full bathroom!

Counters are still on the honey do list as is wood floors, trim, curtains, etc., etc., etc.,

Here is a shot of an antique egg weigher that I found in a misc. box I bid on and won at a farm auction last year. I love all the rustic and fun things that have found a home at our little cabin.  Even though we spend more time working while we are there than relaxing, we can finally see an end in sight...... No TV, no cell phones or video games.  A warm fire in the wood stove, dinner in the cock pot and reading an old book while nestled in the rocking chair.  A place to let go of all the trapping of the world and just be together with ones you love.  Ahhhhh.  Diana

Peppermint Bark

Yum!Melt chocolate, pour in a foil lined and sprayed pan.  Let set til firm.  Melt white chocolate candy melts, add peppermint flavoring and pour over chocolate.  Crush candy canes and sprinkle over wet white chocolate layer.  Let set til firm.  Peel off foil.  Break into pieces.  All done.  Easy.  Delicious.  Diana