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download. I would like everyone to stop by here to download it so they
don't miss all my other fun free downloads
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Molding Kewpie or Charlotte's
Halloween Matchbox Shrine
Friday, October 16, 2009
Cream cheese filled breadsticks
I start with a simple bread machine recipe for white bread and I use the one for a large loaf.
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons of water
1 tablespoon butter
3 cups of "better for bread" flour (this is not self rising just ground finer)
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon dry milk
1 3/4 tablespoons salt
2 1/2 teaspoons of bread machine yeast or quick-acting active dry yeast
Place all the ingredients in the bread machine in the order listed. Set the machine for large loaf, white bread and dough only.
Once the machine has completed its work prepare the cream cheese filling. You will need,
1, 8 ounce package of cream cheese
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 egg yolk (reserve the egg white for later)
1 tablespoon flour
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Beat all the ingredients until creamy and set aside, remove the dough from the bread machine and roll it out as thin as you can without making holes. I got mine about 2 foot by 3 foot. Whip the reserved egg white and spread it over the entire dough. Cut the dough into 4 inch by 6 inch sections. On one side of each section pipe a rope of the cream cheese filling. Roll over and over stopping with the seam side down and the filling spiraled in the center. The egg white spread on the dough previously will seal the filling inside. Use a fork to crimp the ends together and place on an air baking sheet that has been lined with parchment paper. Let rise for about 30 minutes, brush with butter and bake at 320 fahrenheit until golden brown. Yummy served hot and will reheat in the microwave as well.
Moon madness <]:o
Halloween is coming fast so I decided to offer one more for your holiday crafting. I don't know how many of you took my Halloween workshop for creating front/back ornaments last year but here is one of the little graphics I created for that. If you use the links on the side bar for my Halloween projects you can see the little assemblages made with some. I love these because they are the same on the back as they are on the front so even in the center of a table it looks great from all sides. I do have more of these front back images in my etsy store.
Feel free to pin the thumb above but please do not pin the actual
download. I would like everyone to stop by here to download it so they
don't miss all my other fun free downloads
Enjoy!
Monday, October 12, 2009
Free Printabe Potion Labels (Limited Time Offer)
This was a limited time offer and has now expired but these labels are still available at my little etsy store. Click on the thumbs to see the larger version.
This week it is my turn to bring a project for my local stamp club and I chose to do some potion bottles. You really can't see the stamping to well in this picture but the bottles are stamped with spiderwebs, bats, grave stones and such.
A few ideas for filling them, I used cream of wheat for the "Organic Bone Meal" I put black food coloring and some star glitter in the "Black of Night" Fuzzy yarn for the "Wool of Bat" and so on.. have a great Halloween!
Monday, October 5, 2009
Rusty Ladies
I just had to share my latest thrift shop find... can you believe these ladies only cost me $4.50!!! Yep that's right, $4.50 for both! They had some problems though. The head had been broken off one but was still attached by a rebar that ran down through the center. The other had some hair broken off and was missing and they both had paint chipping and flaking off everywhere. So I brushed them down with a wire brush and used concrete patch to repair the broken head and sculpt some new hair. Once sanded, hubby blew them off with his air compresser and I used my homemade rusting technique on them. Aren't they fun! I think I need to make them some hats and masks... maybe some wings?
Labels:
Decor,
Rusting Technique,
Tarnished Treasures,
Upcycled
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