Mango Mango Mango..

Spent Sunday afternoon baking for TWD this week, mowing my dandelions (aka the lawn) and just enjoying things...

I really love my kitchen. The site of wine, melons and baking ingredients.

This week's TWD recipe is Fresh Mango Bread. Yaaaa-Yum.

LOOK at those lovely pieces of fresh mango!!!

Yummy.

Love the flavors - cinnamon, ginger.... it was warm and delicious.

Love you mum.

Mother's Day Gifts for Amy

A matching hat and scarf.....really quick to knit when you have over 10 hours of waiting for jury duty stuff!!! These were both done in one day.

I also made her a arty canvas with pictures.....Hubby loves it and hope she will too.

Love You!

K

Welcome to the May 15th & 16th Blog Tour.

Stop #23, Tour #5

This tour features 24 blogs! Each blog will show case a beautiful project using items from Stampin' Up!'s - Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalog.

Don’t forget to bookmark your favorite blogs as the links that make up this tour will disappear at midnight on May 16th.
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I am SOOOOOO good at buying things.and, NEVER using them. Rub-ons, chipboard...if it's CUTE. I SAVE IT. tee hee
Look at that CUTE pear...I used my the pattern circle rub on from Bright Delights to cover the pear from the So Tweet On Board package. SEE, TOO CUTE to use...must save.


I used the circles from the So Tweet pack and more rub-ons. OH MY.

A sweet card. For a sweet friend. Simple, easy to mail, one layer.


Have I said how much I LOVE THAT PEAR!!
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Now, allow me introduce your next stop, Britney Slaughter. Britney's blog features the Eastern Blooms stamp set from Stampin’ Up! .

Click HERE to visit BRITNEY.

Grab your favorite cup of joe & enjoy the tour!



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EXTRA SPECIAL TREAT

Did you know there are actually three tours running simultaneously? After you finish this tour, would you like an opportunity to see more beautiful designs? Since you have only 48 hours to visit these blogs, you might want to take advantage of this special treat. When you've completed this tour, click here to get information on the other tours. This link will be available at all stops, so you can view the whole tour, then click the link on your last stop. You can then start your ride again with a whole new set of designs. Have fun!

Wedding Memories..

I made this for Chad and Jenn. They just celebrated their 4th anniversary. I still need to add photos but I think this captures their spirit - outdoors, fun, fresh, soft and warm.

Love you.

K

Pocket Book

I made a cute little photo book for Heidi. She now has 2 step-kids and I wanted something that fit her style to hold their school photos.




The paper is by SU and it's called Rockability Specialty Designer Papers Item 114039.

This paper is currently on sale - Buy Three get One Free. Can't beat that.

I also used Designer Paper Punch Item 107590 , Scallop Circle Punch Item 109043,

and Round Tab Punch Item 18340.

On these I also used the Small Oval Punch item 107304 and Scallop Oval Punch item 114889.

It's too cute. I made need to keep it for pictures of my boys.

Love you.

K

Another wedding page ...

The flower is homemade from the map of South Lake Tahoe that Hubby wrapped his gift to me in (my stand mixer, that WE love!).

Love you Mommy.

K

We have a "garden".

I couldn't commit to a place yet - with a pending fence, patio and lots of other landscaping "plans". So, we have container garden and it's just perfect.

From Top to Bottom: Butternut Squash, Rosemary, Chocolate Mint, Sage, Cilantro, Cherry Tomatoes and paste tomatoes.
We love butternut squash and I hope cook then freeze some of it. We'll have to see how it grows in the containers, I expect the squash will eventually be on the ground, which is all good.

The chocolate mint cause I'd never heard of it and it smells wonderful - it also attracts the bugs. It's being eaten up along the squash, we have to get some pest control this week. I will dry the sage and use it this fall. We use a lot of cilantro and I know this will not go to waste.

We are gonna have tomatoes. I also plan to make tomato paste which I why I bought that one plant. The cherry tomatoes are just to eat because we like them.

One more BIG tomato plant! Plain ole' big summer tomatoes. He should produce fruit first and some of them will be salsa and some will be made into sauce. I couldn't find any basil plants so I started some seeds in my kitchen window. That never works for me but I'll give it one more try. How did you and Grandma ever start a whole garden from seeds in the window sill?

And, for show, two Day of the Dead marigolds. They bloom HUGE. Look at them here.

If they were blooming, they might keep the bugs away. I may go get some regular marigolds to help with that!


I still haven't planted them...soon, soon.



And, some ribbon in the air to keep away the birds and soon-to-be-gone stray neighbor chickens.


And, roses from my front yard.......by the way, when are you coming to weed the rose garden?

love you mom.

k

Tiramisu Tuesday..

Today's Tuesday with Dorie recipe is Tiramisu Cake. WOW! What a great idea....I loved this more than Tiramisu because I normally do not like the "squishy" lady fingers...the yellow cake in Dorie's recipe holds up much better.

The recipe is at My Baking Adventures by Megan and she picked the recipe for this week. Great pick.

When I make this again, I need to let more syrup soak into the cake and I think I'll make it a 3 or 4 layer cake. The marscarpone cheese, cream and sugar filling is delicious and holds the layers together well.

For the chocolate in the filling and on top on used Newman's Own Mocha Milk chocolate. It complimented the espresso frosting and a nice texture.

Again, Loving Dorie's Book!

Love you more Mom!

K

Stampin Up Reciept Holder...

I did two very exciting things. First, I signed up to be a Stampin Up Demonstrator. I find myself paper crafting more and more and buying more and more of their stamps, paper, ink, etc....So, I now sell it and I am hoping to meet some fellow stamping friends.



My new Stampin Up Site...well, has a very familiar name.. dearlc.stampinup.net.


I'll be hosting some classes in the next few months and I am excited. Like, I need ONE MORE thing to do...but, it's something I really enjoy and I am excited.



Need stamps?



I took some Stampin Up aka SU papers and made a receipt holder for my purse. Aren't those little blue birds cute?!?!



Between work and home expenses, I need one location for them so I made a two sided holder all out of cardstock and designer paper from SU. Love it.

These are two things I am really happy about now.

Love you!

K

It's a beautiful sound...

hammers and stuff...the neighbors are moving and they are taking the chicken coop with them!!! YAAAAAAAY!!! I didn't mind the chickens, I minded the people and their music and their trash. Good. Bye.

The boys will miss the stray chickens to chase (and eat). They even got "streamlined" this weekend to help in the chase. Here are their after shots of their spa day...hair, shampoo, condition, ears and toes....

Notice Tug's tail is a moving.....he thinks it's treat time... it was.

Turbo is just a sweetie.

luv and miss you mum.

Punky