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Peppermint Oreo Fudge

December 17, 2012 Leave a Comment

What makes you think of holiday bliss? I think of putting on a holiday apron,

playing old Christmas songs and smelling something delicious baking in the kitchen.

Every year I like to find a new recipe to make and share with family and friends.

I think this one is the winner!I found this amazing recipe on Pinterest via somethingswanky.com and have to share it!

Isn’t it fun to receive a food gift wrapped in a unique way?

World Market has the cutest polka dot parchment paper right now.

Wrap the fudge with the parchment and tie with kitchen twine.

Happy Holiday Baking!

Peppermint Oreo Fudge

Ingredients

One bag Milk Chocolate Hershey Kisses, unwrapped
One cup Chocolate Chips or chocolate almond bark
One bag Candy Cane Hershey Kisses, unwrapped
One cup white chocolate chips or white almond bark
Two cups crushed Oreos
Two 14 oz cans sweetened condensed milk

Instructions

Prepare a 9x13 baking dish by spraying with Pam Baking Spray and then lining with parchment paper.
In a medium saucepan, melt Milk Chocolate Hershey Kisses, Almond Bark and 1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk.
Stir over Low heat until melted and smooth(the mixture will pull away slightly from the sides of the pan) Fold in 1 cup of crushed Oreos into mixture.
Pour Chocolate mixture into prepared 9x13 dish.
Rinse out pan and wipe dry.
Add the Candy Cane Kisses, white almond bark and 1 can sweetened condensed milk.
Stir over LOW heat until smooth and completely melted(the mixture will pull away slightly from the sides of the pan).
Pour the (pink)white chocolate mixture over the chocolate oreo mixture, and spread evenly.
Sprinkle the remaining Oreo crumbs over the top and press into the fudge slightly.
Let cool for several hours. I like to speed up the process by placing the dish in the refrigerator.

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Being Thankful

December 11, 2012 Leave a Comment

After having the flu for a week and now pneumonia,

I am thankful for big things and some silly little things too….

First of all my husband has been a trooper. Not only was I sick but all of my kids were home sick too.

You are never really prepared for something like this to happen but God blessed us by sparing JoJo’s health so he could take over.

I am thankful for my friends and family who have checked in on me daily!

Also for my children who through it all kept bobbing in my bedroom to let me see their smiling faces.

My son came in yesterday when JoJo told him I now had a more serious condition so he came to the side of my bed and prayed for me. How about that? I had my own personal little angel visit me yesterday.

My daughters brought me a candle and some roses from the backyard yesterday to brighten my tomb of a room!

Okay for the silly things…..my laptop which has allowed me to shop stress free for the holidays.

I am thankful for my little pink bankie which covered me through it all. I am thankful for all the movies that are on during the holidays which got me through my days in bed. Especially the movie The Holiday. If you haven’t seen it you must!

Last, I am so thankful for the ministry Tricia and I started because I am blessed to get to peek into their meetings of sparkle. Christie and Courtney held one on Sunday which was supposed to be our big Whimsy party. These pictures brightened my day seeing all of the girls smiling faces. Check out her post on their day:

Whimsy Girl Christmas

We had a sweet and sparkly Whimsy Girl day
yesterday! We missed our friends, Ava & Hannah, but there will be even more Whimsy Girl fun to
be had very soon!

Here is our group of Little Posies showing off
the festive mason jar snow globes that we made.

They remind us of the snow that God creates to
add sparkle to the Christmas season.

Even if we don’t get snow in Texas, we can still
dream of a white Christmas : )

In the kitchen, the Little Posies dipped pretzel
rods in melted chocolate and made them festive and sparkly with
sprinkles!

Of course, we had to eat some, and then we
packaged up some to take home and share.

We also took some time to
reflect on the true meaning of Christmas.

We took turns reading a book about the birth of
Jesus, since he is the BEST Christmas present of all!

Then we wrote in our reflection journals about
what makes Christmas special to each of us.

We are all so blessed, and we are thankful for
our friends & family… plus a few other cute & silly things mentioned
in the journals : )

To all the Little
Posies & their families -

Have a blessed & beautiful Christmas

& let your little light shine!!!!

From Christie & Courtney

This beautiful painting is from my dear friend Tricia.

Thank you everyone for your love and support during this difficult week! We love you.

Filed Under: Faith, family, Uncategorized, Whimsy Girls Club

Holiday Sparkle 2012

November 30, 2012 Leave a Comment

Faux snow is all over my house this year!

I think I am trying to trick my brain into thinking it is actually winter time eventhough it is still 75 here!

Do you have a favorite room in your house? Mine is definitely my dining room.

My favorite felt manger scene is from Wisteria.com

This is a little terrarium I picked up from HEB and filled with snow.

Like I said….snow EVERYWHERE!

I LOVE my bottle brush animal ornaments from TJMaXX Homegoods.

My favorite natural trees are from West Elm.

Add some softness to your mantel with gauze and lights.

Doesn’t this little home look like something from a fairytale?

I would love to live in a little house like this…not sure my husband would go for it though…ha ha

My kitty cat messes with the tree every day so the star keeps falling over.

Time to get back to baking cookies!

Stay tuned for Whimsy Girl Christmas.

Our three beautiful groups here in Austin are coming together

December 9th to celebrate the holiday season with cookie decorating.

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Whimsy Fundraising Day!

November 12, 2012 1 Comment

What an amazing day we had Saturday!

The girls sold over 600 dollars worth of their crafts to raise money for Helping Hand Home.

We have more orders coming in for Holiday gifts too! Our overall goal just might be 1000 dollars!!!

Watching the girls talk about their purpose and what it means to them to be a part of our club was such a gift.

It was really amazing to see the girls shine and share about how much they enjoyed creating these goodies to make a difference!

We displayed our ornaments on branches and they were a hit!

Brandie and Abby are greeting customers with big smiles!

It was so fun watching a tiny little girl walking away holding Abby’s Angel painting. I wonder where it will hang?

More art and snowglobes. If you want to make these snow scenes for yourself, click here for tutorial.

My favorite were the little glitter houses! We sold out of just about everything!!!

Sweet neighbor Andrea buying an Abby Painting and Madi boxing up her sweets!

What an amazing day girls!!!

Thank you to the community who came out to support us.

And of course thank you to the Whimsy Girls who worked so hard creating these beautiful treats and raising money for Children.

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Little Posie Halloween Cookie Decorating

October 29, 2012 Leave a Comment

Yesterday Valerie Avery and Jessica Gunther’s Little Posie club joined my club for Spider Web Cookie decorating.

Seeing our two clubs come together for a devotional and creative fun was so sweet and exciting.

Whimsy Girls(formerly Creative Girls), led the prayer, talked with the girls about how important it is to talk to God everyday and helped them with their cookies. There’s nothing sweeter than seeing the light of God in your girls shine out on their own. They were such incredible leaders to the Little Posies! The bible verse we shared with our Posies:

God your thoughts are precious to me.

They are so many! If I could count them, they would be more
than all the grains of sand.

When I wake up, I am still with YOU.

Psalm 139:17-18

Check out the sparkle in all of these sweet girls:

(painting below is an amazing gift Tricia gave me for my 40th birthday! She included paper from Rosemary beach, book paper for the three dresses from Anne of Green Gables, Little Women and Jane Austen) The garland posies on their heads are made out of paper too! She also has our favorite club verse: Zephaniah 3:17.

Little Posie Mummy Pumpkin Cake Lollies and Candy Corn Popcorn

My son(little Mario) and our sweet neighbor Paige joined us for the cookie fun!

Abby opened up our spider tea with a prayer.

Valerie’s daughter is precious with her little pig tails. Val told me a trick she came up with to get the pig tails to stick out:

use pipe cleaners!! Love it!

Yummy apple spritzers(apple juice/sprite) with gummy worm ice cubes(simply add worms to your ice cube tray)

I was excited to dress up too! Posie Fairy! I am showing the girls how to make the spider web cookies.

Little Black Kitty, Avery, is doing a great job with flooding her icing!

Madi was a wonderful Posie helper. This is one of her favorite things to help teach. She was definitely in her element here.

How good is this cookie by the way? Little Adly make this spider web by herself.

I love seeing the shock on the kids’ faces when they see that they can actually use a piping bag and work with fondant.

Little Avery and Jessica are listening to the big whimsy girls talk about their favorite club meeting we had last year.

It was hands down the day we got to take our art up to Helping Hand Home for Children. It made such a big impact on their hearts to see how wonderful the home was and all the fun activities the children get to participate in.

Any age can use a piping bag…just put one in the hands and let the imagination flow.

Thank you Little Posies for sharing your sparkle with us!

Happy Halloween everyone!

Filed Under: Baking, Faith, Uncategorized, Whimsy Girls Club

Mason Jar Snow Scene Tutorial

October 23, 2012 Leave a Comment

These pretty pale colored glitter trees are super easy and a fun craft for your family around the holidays.

This is just one of the sweet suprises you will find at our Holiday Sale on November 10th.

If you are unable to make it but would like to purchase to benefit Helping Hand Home, please contact me.

Here are some simple steps to creating your own Mason Jar Snow scenes:

First buy your miniature trees from a craft store and grab your bleach!

Soak your trees for about 10 minutes.

Make sure to wear gloves because you will want to rub the trees to get the green off of the middle.

Next, let them dry for an hour.

Pick out your favorite color to dye your trees and simply dip them.

For the pale pink color I took a couple of quick dips and that was it.

Next you will want to use a spray adhesive to add the finishing touches with glitter.

Hot glue the lid together so the trees will stay in place when you flip the jar over.

Once you hot glue the trees to the lid, you can add little pearls to look like fancy ornaments.

The girls loved this part the most!

Add some faux snow or glitter to the bottom of the mason jar and add the lid.

Flip the jar over and you have a special sparkly snow scene.

Add vintage ribbon and your favorite bible verse for a special holiday gift.

Have a wonderful season of glitter and sparkle with your family!

Filed Under: crafts with kids, Uncategorized, Whimsy Girls Club

Creative Girls Fall Fundraiser

October 10, 2012 Leave a Comment

Examine and see how good the Lord is.

Happy is the person who trusts the Lord.

Psalm 34:8

We are so happy to be able to use our creativity to raise money and help the children this season at Helping Hand Home!

Creative Girls will be selling their homemade goods at the Steiner Ranch Vendor Sale on November 10th.

The girls have been working so hard on making snow globes, ornaments, paintings, prayer boxes, glitter houses, yarn snowmen and finally sweets!

100% of the profits will be donated to the home. Please come out and share in the joy these beautiful girls have for sharing their sparkle!

This is just one of the fabulous items they are making! Book paper ornaments.

Glitter

Sparkle

Love

Blessings

When you get the girls together these words describe what goes on during a CGC day.

The girls have had so much fun making these sparkly snow globes…they might be my favorite!

The girls bleached and hand dyed these trees. I love these more than the traditional green because they are so whimsical!

Here’s Haley working on a music note ornament.

Madi sprinkled and glittered this sweet pink house for a little fairy to live in.

We had a delicious and EASY treat I would like to share: candy coated popcorn with candy corn

Simply pop your popcorn(remove the kernels)

Melt your almond bark candy coating and drizzle( I used the wilton brand that is orange)

Crush up any candy(pick colorful for the season)

WALA! Delicious!!!

Happy Fall everyone!

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Little Rosie Pumpkin

September 25, 2012 Leave a Comment

We are so excited Fall is almost here.

My girls and I made a whimsical pumpkin girl for our Creative Girls Club meetings.

She’ll be a fun centerpiece for our craft table.

You’ll love some of her details. Dress pattern paper,sticks, rhinestones, brown coffee filters and white paper flowers.

You can make one with your club or family and name her. We named her Rosie.

She dreams of going to Paris someday. She twirls all day long while eating pink sprinkly cupcakes.

These are so fun and easy to put together. The details follow:

First, lay out some newspaper or parchment under your pumpkins:

Take your wooden dowel rods and measure how long you need them.

You will need three of them. Cut the length you need.

(You will need to break off the stem of the bottom pumpkin before measuring.)

Next hammer the dowels into the bottom of the top pumpkin.

After you hammer all three in, turn over and set on top of the bottom pumpkin.

Take a pen and poke a hole in the bottom pumpkin so the dowels line up.

Take out the dowels and hammer into the bottom pumpkin so it will be easy to set the little pumpkin on top.

(This is the bottom pumpkin)

Take out the dowels and re insert into the top pumpkin.

You should be able to line up the holes to the dowels and attach.

(dowels and holes are lined up here)

push pumpkin down on top of the bottom pumpkin and you can start decorating!

Here are some pumpkins we made last year:

Bottle Brush mason jar snow globes coming soon

Filed Under: crafts with kids, Uncategorized, Whimsy Girls Club

Back to School CGC

August 29, 2012 1 Comment

Look at these beautiful Middle Schoolers!!

We had our back to school Creative Girls Club meeting Friday.

We were so excited to have a little Kinder guest with us: Luciana.

The craft she made will amaze you and let you know you can have fun with this club at any age!!!!

I would love to share our joy with you.

The theme for today’s lesson was:

~Be the AMAZING girl God meant for you to be~

*be yourself

*believe God is with you every step of the way

*speak with Grace to everyone around you

We had our devotional for about 25 minutes and then we dove right into our two crafts.

I went with a flower theme since it is nearing the end of summer and we are celebrating our inner beauty that God has given us.

Floral Headdress

Gather three to four silk flowers of your choice and a stretchy headband.

Now hot glue those flowers tightly so there is no space in between and WALLA

you have a sweet headband to feel girly in.

We also boxed up a set of flowers/head band to give to a friend so you can help them feel the love!

A big part of CGC is making someone else feel loved and making a

difference in someone’s elses life by sharing our gifts God has given us.

Our second craft was making fondant flowers to add to sugar cookies.

I had the sugar cookies made before the lesson. If you don’t want to make them you can ask your grocery to make simple undecorated sugar cookies for you.

DO NOT BE AFRAID OF FONDANT! It is just like working with playdough. You roll it, cut it out with cookie cutters, let dry and add to your cookies.

Just make sure you give each girl a piece of parchment paper to work her fondant on.

You also need powdered food coloring to color the fondant.

Make sure you keep the unused fondant in a ziplock because it will dry out quick.

To attach the fondant to the cookie use a little dab of icing to use as the glue.

This was my favorite cookie…made by Luciana, our Kindergarten guest. She made this angel by using a leaf cookie cutter for the wings. How creative is that!!!