Warrior Dash 1 Month Away

Okay so I realize that this is a "craft" and "food" type blog... But this blog is about ME and MY STUFF... And I'm SUPER excited about my first race, called "Warrior Dash!!" (my big race) its 3.24 hellish miles, and 12 obstacles, I'll be dressed up like a warrior and will be covered in mud and jump through fire!  When I started this training thing I am embarrassed to say but I couldn't even run 1/4 of a mile without feeling like death!  So I started with walking 3 miles a few days a week, P90X, and a few other videos I have.  I WANT to enjoy running, I want to like it, but I hate cardio, always have.  The first time I ran a whole mile without walking, I was SO PROUD of me.  Running with my addition iPone has helped a lot because I can keep track of my mileage AND listen to music.  So on Sunday (3/13/11) I ran... without any walking at all...

 On Tuesday (3/15/11) I ran a little further...

My run tomorrows goal : 2.5miles

If I can do this ANYONE can, so maybe this will encourage someone else to do it.

So on my next craft blog I'll be doing an update on my running status! And after the race I'll post pic's!!

(If my runner friends see this they will LAUGH at my little accomplishments, but you got to start somewhere!)

Its Mardi Gras Time

I lived in Baton Rouge for 4 years and fell in love with the Mardi Gras season & yummy foods like KING CAKE!! Albertsons had several stores closing so I picked up some Texas Rangers & Dallas Cowboys shirts on sale and I found a box of King Cake Mix.

So why is that cake funny colors? And whats with the plastic baby?
It represents the three biblical kings, and is in a circle to represent unity. In 1892 the famous Rex Parade theme Symbolism of Colors gave meaning and purpose to the colors: purple for justice; green, faith; and gold, power. After then New Orleans had stocked up on these colors, when LSU picked out their colors they chose Gold and Purple leaving Tulane the other college in the area with Green.  Geaux Tigers!! So WAIT whats with the plastic baby?? Baby Jesus was hard to find for the 3 wise men so if you find the baby, you bring the next cake to work/school/home :)

It was Praline flavored BUT we used to always get cherry and cream cheese so I kinda altered the recipee.

 I followed the instructions on the box until I got to the filling part...

 There was waiting around for the yeast and I was wanting to eat it ASAP....

 I mixed 1 package of cream cheese and 3/4 of a can - Cherry Pie Filling

 Pinch it tight to hold in the YUMMIES!!

 The frosting drys fast so sprinkly quickly as you put on the icing.

 Okay now that's the best king cake I've had since Baton Rouge!

(but NOTHINGS as good as the Nabors Bakery in Baton Rouge)

YUMMY!!!!!

Mirror Window Frame

I picked this up at a garage sale for $8, Hated the color but thought it had potential.

I thought I was going to have to tape off the mirrors to give it a new color, BUT I started looking at the screws on the backside...

So I got everything set up outside and placed the mirrors carefully to the side.

I sanded some (to help the paint adhere) A little tedious but worth the effort.

I painted it all white (it was 70degrees and dried fast so I did one heavy layer of paint).

I got done and wasn't crazy about how it looked so I decided to try the shabby chic look. The only stain I could find around the house was too 'red' so I got out a pint of black paint and a cup of water and experamented. I applied the paint with t-shirt scraps and used a wet t-shirt scrap to wipe it off. And this is what I got...

I'm REALLY happy with how it turned out :)

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Cupcake Cones

Inspiration comes from my FAVORITE blog House of Hepworths who makes the bestest stuff!

Me and Valentines Day have a love-hate relationship, but I love pink and cupcakes so here goes...

My favorite mixing bowl (recieved it as a Valentines Gift last year from my parents) and breast cancer spatula ready to go!

I mixed the cake mix according to the box directions.

Line up your cones in a baking safe dish so they don't get messy!

I always make a mess trying to pour the batter in cupcake liners so I used House of Hepworth's idea and it turned out GREAT!!

I did the same with frosting (added red coloring to cream cheese icing)
and LOVED the baggy technique.

I think they would be SO CUTE for a baby shower :)

Cupcake Loven'

So thanks House of Hepworths for great ideas weekly, and Happy Valentines everyone!! I've had over 300 views so thanks BUNCHES for taking time out of your day!! Click "follow" on the right hand side of my blog, I'd be honored :) or as Mrs Hepworth would say "I big FAT love comments"

Tiles Turned Memo Boards

I visited several craft shows before Christmas and I saw a booth selling tiles that had been docorated with Sharpies, I'll say they weren't that cute AND they were wanting $20... I think NOT!

I went to my local hardware store and picked up some blank tiles for a cheap price!

I had some help drilling holes in the tile because I was thinking of hanging one on the wall. (used drill bit and continuously kept the tip wet)

I used my Cricut Dicut Machine to cut out "Tiffany" and "bsrdh."

I picked up the little black stand at one of my MANY trips to Hobby Lobby.
And am using regular dry erase makers to write reminder notes, grocery lists, etc.

After playing around a lot with different ribbons and also how I wanted to place the letters on the tiles, I was pleased with how it turned out.

Comments are much LoVeD :)

Superbowl North Texas + Ice Storm = A big MESS! {thank gosh for crafts}

So I live in North Texas, and curiosity got to me! I went and check out the COWBOYS stadium getting fit for the big game 2.6.11 back on Sunday... and this is what it looked like...

(I was actually HOT in a light jacket, it was in the 70's) 

Well then comes Tuesday and we got tons and tons of ice! No work and lots of wrecks on the news!

Here's a picture of my driveway on Friday... Where there was once was SOLID ice,

it became ICE with SNOW....



So this meant TONS of time (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday)

to craft my hearts desire! Only problem, I kept adding to my list of supplies I needed!

So here's a preview of upcoming crafts to look forward to..... (need some finishing touches)

So what got finished this week besides the coasters?

My oober crafty mom saw the trash can I had bought and said she would work on it for me....

Started out plain trash can (of course I had used a printed off 40% off coupon at Hobby Lobby)

Painted it brown with $5 OOPS paint (latex indoor), found a pattern online 

(with of course a Fleur de Lis) printed the design, then cut it out.

After she got all done, she decided she needed one too... so on our trip to hobby lobby today she bought

one for herself!

And I got craft supplies to finish my projects....

Happy Blogging!