Making Cranberry Muffins

Ok. So, today my son Axel and I were craving some muffins so we looked around the the kitchen looking for some ingredients to make some delicious muffins. So we found everything we needed to make cranberry muffins. Axel really wanted to make them by himself and believe it or not, he pretty much did J! I just helped breaking the eggs and gave him the exact amount of each ingredient we used (of course the kitchen end up a huge mess). 

Ingredients: 

1 3/4 cup  flour

3/4 ts salt

1/3 cup sugar

2 ts double-acting baking powder

2 eggs

1/4 cup butter (melted)

3/4 cup milk

1 cup of fresh cranberry

1 ts grated orange rid 

        

Stir dry ingredients together.

 Beat eggs in a separate bowl. Add butter and milk to the eggs.

Combine the liquid and the dry ingredients with a few strokes.

Fold into the batter, before the dry ingredients are completely moist add the cranberries.

        

        

       

Fill well greased muffins pans 2/3 full and bake in a 400 degree preheated oven for 20-25 minutes.

        

ENJOY! 

Halloween History of Witches

One of the more enduring symbols of Halloween, horror and folklore is that of the Witch. Ugly and evil, they are shown flying on their broomsticks, or stirring their cauldrons.


Witches were not always thought of as evil or ugly. In ancient times, witches could be healers or wise women of the community.


A witch is a woman claiming or popularly believed to possess magical powers and practice sorcery.


If you are looking for some super spooky cute witch items, you will find them on this Witches Brew Treasury . You're gonna love them.

 Personalized Halloween Shirt/Onesie - Great Gift Idea

Craft Season

The holidays are right around the corner... and you all know what that means... Lots and lots of craft shows! It's my second year doing craft shows and it has been an awesome experience. I think it'll take a while to get all the stuff I want to display my items the way I want, but you know...I'm working hard at being patient.

So far, I'm doing one every week for the next month of October and then I'll do one for November and one for December, and I wanted to get a little booth display design inspiration. 

Here are a few booths I found online that I am crazy in love with!

How to make a traditional star piñata

Piñatas are found at almost every Mexican celebration. Piñatas were traditionally in the shape of a six-pointed star and were filled with fruit, candy, and small toys. At fiestas, the pinatas are hung in the air and children are blindfolded and take turns swinging at the pinatas with a stick. Eventually, the pinata is hit hard enough and it breaks releasing the candy and toys that it contains.

I’m so excited to show you how to make your own piñata!

Material:

Glue

Scissors

Newspaper/Paper

One balloon

Tissue paper

Glue gun

Tape

Foil paper

Water

Plastic container

Ok. Ready, GO!

First, you are going to cut the newspaper into squares or rectangles.

Blow up a large balloon and tie the end. You’ll need something to put the balloon while you glue the squares of newspaper to the balloon (I used a cup).

Then, put the glue into the plastic bowl and add some water. Wet the paper in the glue/water mixture and carefully place the strips on the balloon until it is covered, leaving a hole at the top.

Set aside and let the balloon dry. Repeat with two or three more layers, making sure you leave the hole at the top and let it dry each time you repeat it. 

When dry, pop and remove the balloon.

 Make cones with construction paper and cover them with tissue paper.

Then, cover the balloon with foil paper. Once you are done, carefully tape the cones to the piñata.

Cut squares of tissue paper. They should be around 5” by 5” (You’ll need close to 200 pieces). When you have all the squares ready, pick one up by the center of the paper and draw it through the forefinger and thumb of your other hand, held in a circle. This will create the ruffles as you see them in the picture.

Start gluing the ruffles around each cone, gluing the center (where you grabbed the paper to make the ruffle) to the base of the cone.

Hang stripes of tissue paper from each cone’s tip

 Punch two small holes in the top near the opening and tie a large piece of cord through the two holes.  Fill your pinata (through the hole you left at the top) with candy and/or toys.

You’re done! Have fun J

You can be very creative with this project. You can design your piñata into any shape  you want (animal, flower, cartoons, etc,). You just need some imagination.

Hope you enjoy making your piñata as much I did. 

Pink KABowtique

I just made a video on animoto.com called Pink KABowtique with a few of my pink items. Check it out!

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Celebrating Little Victories

I went to a local Art show last night (Henderson ArtsWalk) and had a lot of fun!  I met some really cool artists and got to show off my lovely creations.  This is my third month participating in the ArtsWalk and I'd never had as much fun as I did last night.

I also sold two of my hair bows!  It's so cool that total strangers came up and thought they were pretty or cute enough to take home with them!  I was a little discouraged because I didn't sell very much, but I talked about it with Devon and I've decided to be happy about it.  While I didn't make very much, I at least earned back what I paid for my spot and got to promote my store and items for 4 hours.  I can't wait for the bigger shows I'm doing this season!

What to do about Copycats?

With the opening of my new store KABowtique, I've had the chance to experiment with new designs and have had several come out very well!  I'm so excited to be able to present them.

With that, I started seeing other people copying one of my designs, the Lion Hair Barrette.  At first, I was more than a little concerned and angry, but then, after thinking about it, it's not a big deal.  I look at other people's designs for inspiration, too.  I talked about it with Devon, my husband, quite a bit last night.  He says that I should ask them to credit me, but I'm not sure.  It's really not a big deal to me, and I'm flattered that my design was good enough to copy.