Bisquick Cornbread

I have had a few requests for the this recipe and I love sharing it! Makes me feel like I can be a part of the every day living of those I care for even if they are thousands of miles away. Love you guys!

1/2 lb margerine/butter (room temp)
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 cup Bisquick
3/4 cup cornmeal
1 cup milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix all ingredients then pour into lightly greased 9x13 pan.

Cook at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.

Enjoy!

P.S. I personally love to smother my slice in honey or maple syrup. Mmmm comfort food at its finest!

Friday Failure - Pug Cake

Well as most of you know yesterday was Mr. Creoles birthday. As such, I wanted to do something fun and meaningful. Both of us are major pug lovers ( we have ourselves an adorable brindle pug and wish we could have more ) so in addition to making dinner I thought I would make a pug cake.


Since there is just the two of us to eat a cake I decided to make it quite a bit smaller than the ones in the pictures. I started out with a sheet cake and did some stacking and carving. This is what it looked like when it was ready to be covered in fondant.


Now this is where the failure begins. I wanted to try my hand at making fondant myself but because it was 3 in the morning and I had limited supplies I had to try my hand at this recipe. I followed the recipe exactly and it ended up looking great... til I went to roll it out.

Turns out this fondant will stick to anything and everything including itself.  It dried way too quickly to be of any use and ended up looking like this mess. I couldn't even manage to get the fondant on the cake in one piece.

So after I ended up tearing all the pieces off of the cake in frustration this is what was left of my cake.

Sad day.



After realizing that my pug idea was not going to be a success I racked my brain for alternative solutions and came up with this.


I took the cake, broke it up into pieces and set them aside.


Then I took some strawberries I had in the fridge and sliced about 2 cups worth. Put them in a sauce pan with about 1/4 cup sugar and brought to a boil.

I boiled the strawberries for 10-15 minutes to create some thickness. Removed from heat and let it cool.


I then took my cake crumbs and spooned some into a glass. Then a few spoonfuls of strawberries.

Then add a couple scoops of cool whip. Repeat.

Mmmm! Victory at last!!

4th of July "USA" Decor

This project didn't cost me a penny to do. Can't complain about that!

Supplies:

*Cardboard
*X-Acto Knife
*Old Book
*Elmers Glue
*Tape

Take your cardboard and trace out the shape of letter you wish to have. I drew out my own on paper but I'm sure it would be very easy to print off a letter from a word document. You will need two identical pieces for each letter. One for the back and one for the front.

 Take the leftover cardboard and cut out strips to bring the two pieces for each letter together. After you have it all cut out you can start to tape it all together. When it is all together it will look like this.

Now you are ready to start with the paper mache. Take your glue and mix with water. 1 part water to 3 parts glue. Using pages from your book rip them into strips, dip in your paper mache mixture then smooth on your letter.

When it is completely covered and you are satisfied all you need do is wait for it to dry :)

Star Spangled Banner Painting

I wanted very much to have some more 4th of July decorations around our place. So I went digging around in the closet and found this painting I did back in high school.

Supplies:
*Ruler
*Paint
*Painters Tape
*Sponge Brush



Not wanting to paint over this image I decided to use the back side of it.

 

4th of July Jar painting

Here are some fun decorations that you can do relatively easily and quickly.

Faux Iron Wall Art

  So this is what I have been working on... on and off for a couple months now.  I love the way cast iron art looks. Rustic but sophisticated at the same time.


Supplies needed:


*Toilet Paper & Paper Towel Rolls (I used between 15 and 20)
*Hot Glue Gun
*Paintbrush (for wrapping the end of the cardboard strips around)
*Scissors
*Ruler
*Paint of Choice
*Magazine

The most time consuming part was the collection of the toilet paper rolls. 


For the frame I used magazine pages rolled up very tightly. I then took my X-acto knife and cut the end at a 45 degree angle so when glued together it would be in a square form. I'm sure that using a dowel from a craft store would work just as well or better.

 When that is all done and you have your frame you can begin cutting the rolls into strips.  I used strips that were 1centimeter in width but depending on your frame you could make them thicker or thinner. Wrap the ends of the strips around the end of your paintbrush to create the tightness of curl you desire, set in place within your frame and secure with the hot glue. When you are satisfied with your frame and the glue is dry you are ready to paint!

Shower Curtain Make Over

 I have been wanting to do this craft for a while and finally got to it a few weeks ago.  I bought a plain brown curtain and hung it up just so I could see how boring it would be. Yuck.

 Then I got out my wax paper and traced the pattern I chose using a stencil. Afterwards, I cut them out using my x-acto knife. Before I laid the pattern all out on the shower curtain I taped the four corners to the floor. Then used the clothes iron to secure the freezer paper to the curtain so it won't move around as I paint.

 This is the end result of the shower curtain. I am quite happy with the way it turned out and is just my style.