May Flowers

Hiya!
Long time no blog,eh?  Yeah. Life got busy after spring break. We had a Shark report to write and create a display for (I say we because, well, as much as the homework is my son's I usually need to lend a hand in one way or another), we planted flowers and vegetables (Cub Scouts fun!), and we made a quick trip to southern California to visit family (and Disneyland, of course!).  It's no wonder the months of April and May are a blur in my mind.

I made a fun rose magnet for my church friends this month. It seemed to go so well with Elaine Dalton's talk on women. Women/Mothers are amazing, right?

 Anyway, I thought it worked perfectly since we celebrate Mother's Day in May. Single women, wives, mothers, single moms, aunties, sisters, .... we have a lot of responsibilities. Our "influence is paramount." {No pressure!}

I love to have fresh flowers in my home but don't always have the money to purchase them. What better way to have the look  (without the wilt).   I cut the petals from a light pink card stock and the leaves from green. I inked the edges to give more definition and depth of color. Glued them all together and mounted it to a strong magnet. To attach a copy of the quote, I used a paperclip. the magnet stuck to the paperclip and when she's done with the quote, she can still use the magnet on her fridge or magnet board.

School is almost out. . . not sure how often I'll be on my blog for the next couple months with swim lessons and family visits. If I don't see you, hope you have a fantastic summer!

Thanks for visiting
Toodles......

Enjoying Spring Break......

Hope your day is going well. I haven't been blogging for a while. Mostly because I've been hanging out with my son who is on Spring Break but also because the weather outside has just been too gorgeous to be indoors right now. Pretty soon it will be too hot to be outside so we're enjoying it while we have it.

Have a great day!!

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Red Velvet

Hiya!
I had no plans to make them, but then something happened when I volunteered ....  My son's school sent out a request for parents to send in any of a list of items to help with a Valentine's Day party for their class. The Room Mom (parent liason organizing the activity) said she needed unfrosted (not frosted) cupcakes. I know that the school has a "store bought treats only" policy so I asked the Room Mom specifically if I could make them because every store/bakery I know sells them with the frosting on them already. She said yes! I thought great! So, wanting fresh cupcakes I waited until the night before to make the cupcakes. Low-and-behold, as soon as I finished making the cupcakes an email showed up saying, "Ooops, you have to purchase the cupcakes. We'll just scrape off the frosting." Eeergh! So.... what to do with two dozen red velvet cupcakes? What to do? What to do? Hmmm.... {Bing!}

Cake balls of course!
I whipped up a batch of cream cheese frosting. Then with the frosting still in the bottom of the bowl, I peeled off the cupcake liners, broke the cupcakes into two pieces, and through them all into the mixing bowl. Then I used the paddle on my mixer to break up the cupcakes and mix them into cake ball dough. Easy peasy.... and I don't have red hands (red velvet cake has LOTS of red food coloring in it.)

And here is a picture of the pretty roses my hubby gave me. (Aaaaaw!)
Thanks for visiting. Have a terrific weekend!
Toodles....