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3.04.2009
3.03.2009
It's About Time! ***Giveaway***
Okay, so I have been extremely blessed by many bloggers out there who have offered awesome giveaways and have even been nice enough to draw my name as the winner! LOL! No, seriously, though...I have been fortunate and I have been feeling like I really need to give something back in some way since I am so amazingly grateful!
This weekend I put together a large bag STUFFED with scrapbook stuff for a friend who I hope will be able to use it. The thing is....I didn't even give her half of what I have to give! Yikes! Yes, folks, we are talking PURGE! De-Stash City, here folks! It's a little crazy!
SO...here's the deal... I am going to offer a De-Stash prize to one of my readers! The instructions for entering the giveaway are all down at the bottom of this post. Be sure to read carefully so that you fully qualify! Here is what I plan to do...
I am going to stuff one Flat Rate Priority USPS box with Crafty STUFF! As you know, I am a paper crafter, so it is mostly scrapbook supplies. Some items may be brand new, some items may be gently used, others items may include partial sticker sheets with lots still useable on them....you know how it goes...this is a de-stash, folks! I can promise you that it will be LOTS of stuff! I have already pulled paper, stamps, and embellishments that I know will be included.
Here's the deal...with every 50 comments that I get I am going to try to post a sneak of something that is in the box. That way it will be fun to watch the box grow as the giveaway continues. You have until midnight, Friday, March 13th to enter. I will try to announce the winner on the 14th since that's my sister's birthday and that seems like a good day to let someone win something fun!
Here are a couple of photos of some of the piles I am pulling from:
So, there you have it! I may even throw in some non-crafty fun stuff if I get lots and lots of entries! That is always fun!
Ways to Enter
1. This step is REQUIRED! If this step is not completed no others will be counted. Please tell me if you purchase handmade goods and if you do, where do you get them. I'd love to know why you get them there, too!
Extra Entries:
2. Sign up as a follower of my blog. Be sure to leave an extra comment letting me know you have done so. If you are already a follower leave a comment because that counts, too!
3. Blog about this giveaway and include a link to this post, as well as the general link to my blog. Be sure to leave TWO extra comments letting me know you have done so with a link to your post. This counts as two entries, but you must leave two extra comments!
4. Follow me on Twitter and Tweet about this giveaway. Please leave an extra comment with the link to your tweet letting me know you did this!
Be sure you leave a separate comment for EACH entry. This is the only way they will be counted!
U.S. shipping addresses, please.
Be sure to leave contact info in case you win!
ETA: We have exceeded the 50 comments mark so here is a quick sneak! Just a little one! I will add more as we get more comments in! This is fun!
1. This step is REQUIRED! If this step is not completed no others will be counted. Please tell me if you purchase handmade goods and if you do, where do you get them. I'd love to know why you get them there, too!
Extra Entries:
2. Sign up as a follower of my blog. Be sure to leave an extra comment letting me know you have done so. If you are already a follower leave a comment because that counts, too!
3. Blog about this giveaway and include a link to this post, as well as the general link to my blog. Be sure to leave TWO extra comments letting me know you have done so with a link to your post. This counts as two entries, but you must leave two extra comments!
4. Follow me on Twitter and Tweet about this giveaway. Please leave an extra comment with the link to your tweet letting me know you did this!
Be sure you leave a separate comment for EACH entry. This is the only way they will be counted!
U.S. shipping addresses, please.
Be sure to leave contact info in case you win!
ETA: We have exceeded the 50 comments mark so here is a quick sneak! Just a little one! I will add more as we get more comments in! This is fun!
2.27.2009
i {heart} handmade
Have you guys checked out Scrapjacked yet? Dude! You totally need to! It's awesome and the designers pretty much just rock the house. So, anyway...I decided to make an attempt at this months jack and give it a shot!
Check out the blog to see the challenge. The designer is Melissa, and she made the CUTEST mini album using all sorts of fabulous stuff! What I particularly loved about her mini was the textures she used! We are talking fabric, paint, staples, and paper...enough to make any good crafter fall over with glee! Thus, that is what inspired my layout.
So, here you have it....this is my jack!
Supplies:
Fabric: Anna Griffin
Paint: Making Memories
Transparency: Hambly
Pencil: Dixon Ticonderoga
Embroidery Floss: DMC
Buttons: From My Stash
Staples: Sanford
Check out the blog to see the challenge. The designer is Melissa, and she made the CUTEST mini album using all sorts of fabulous stuff! What I particularly loved about her mini was the textures she used! We are talking fabric, paint, staples, and paper...enough to make any good crafter fall over with glee! Thus, that is what inspired my layout.
So, here you have it....this is my jack!
Supplies:
Fabric: Anna Griffin
Paint: Making Memories
Transparency: Hambly
Pencil: Dixon Ticonderoga
Embroidery Floss: DMC
Buttons: From My Stash
Staples: Sanford
I'm A Rather Visual Person...Can You Tell?
Yeah, so I really like to be able to SEE my stuff. If I can't see it, I pretty much forget that it exists, leading to it never being used and me, wondering years later why the HECK I thought that was worth buying in the first place....Ahhh....the joys of trendy crafting....SO...my system is set up in a manner that allows me to see EVERYTHING! Well, at least most of it. It also let's me get to things quickly and easily and put things away without a lot of fuss. That's important, because if it requires much in the way of effort to be put away...it's quite simply not going to happen. So, I have a scrapbook room that is designed around the person who uses it. I love it. It makes me happy. That's a good thing.
Recently, I was affirmed in my personal organizational methods by a fantastic article in the March issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine. The explored different styles and the last style was the Creative Chaos style! Yup! That is SO totally me! And I handed my husband the magazine and I said, "You totally need to read this." So, being the wonderful husband that he is, he willingly picked up the scrapbook magazine and read the article....TOTALLY should have taken a picture of THAT, but alas, I did not. LOL! He laughed when he read it, because, quite simply, the article described me so well, that I should be collecting royalties or something! LOL! BUT....the good thing is....knowing that I am not alone in my methods and that they are 'normal' and 'acceptable' methods! See, I actually LOVE to sort stuff, organize, and create wonderful, workable spaces! The problem is...a lot of people don't believe that when they see my room because they don't 'get' the system. HA! Guess what! They don't HAVE to 'get' my system because it is my stinking system and it is for ME! ME! ME! Hee-hee. Yes, that makes me happy. I love that I can do it my way and be successful in my creative journey. LOVE IT!
Thus, I decided to share my system in hopes of inspiring others who dwell in the glory that is Creative Chaos! My friends...there is no guessing what gets done in this room! It's all out there!
This is my desk. It is my only work space and it has my BG cutting mat, my rulers, my Mac, and my Purple Cows cutter on it at all times. Most of the time it has a stack of photos, my camera, and my ATG on it, as well. I also keep a small jar (that I shared with you awhile ago) where I slide in slips of paper with each project to track my creative journey.
This is my IKEA Expedit shelving unit. It's my hero. LOL! No, seriously, though. I wanted it for SO long and when I finally got it I knew I would never regret that purchase! I have my embellishments sorted by color and kept in their color-coded cube. That's pretty darn inspiring and SO STINKING CUTE! I love it! then, on the bottom shelves, I store my albums, my card box, a few of my older idea books, and random tools that don't get used as often like my light table, postage scale, and other stuff that's not very pretty, but I need it. LOL! In the middle I keep my stamps, glorious stamps; paper, fabulous paper; punches and cutting tools - yummy!!!!; my photo boxes; and a shelf of random cool stuff that I SO need to alter someday because I love it. Yes, I have a shelf for that.
This is not a big section of my room, but it is important. And...a mess. Usually. I don't want it to be a mess, and I am working on that, but you know how it goes....
On this gross table, that I hope to rid myself of someday and replace with a beautiful 2-up, 4-across IKEA Expedit in espresso to match my other one....(oh...there's that digression again...bummer)...I keep a very cool 'box' of four drawers that I picked up at a consignment shop that sadly burned down. It is just a freak'n awesome wooden box with wonderful label holders on the front and luscious handles that make me smile. I need to add labels, but I am just now determining what will finally be kept within the compartments, so, I'll be getting to that eventually. I have my Studio G and other small stamp sets in one drawer, fabric scraps in another, metal embellishments - the ones that just aren't pretty colors and stuff - in one drawer, and my BIA supplies in the last drawer. I keep my BIA on top of it, so that keeps all of that stuff together. I also keep a basket of my PrismaColor markers (flat, of course), a jar of Pixie Stix - because they are just plain pretty, and my dress form because I love it. I also keep a couple of cards that I have made recently up there until I give them to someone and put up new ones. Beside the wonderful wood box is a black melamine tray...you can't see it very well due to the disaster which is set upon it, however, know that this is where I drop partially completed projects and completed pages prior to condemning them to an album sleeve for all of eternity. There is some other stuff up there right now, but mostly that is that.
The final photo shows my giant bulletin board. It is HUGE. And I was keeping all of my stickers sheets, rub-ons, tags, and other embellishments and lovelies. I hung them there so that I could see them, easily get to them, and easily put them away. It was a wonderful inspiration, however, if you have noticed, I am speaking of this in the past tense. Alas, I am ready for a change. The article of which I spoke earlier inspired me to make some changes in my own space, and I've been feeling a bit cluttered in here, so I am in the process of moving all the items form the bulletin board into other storage options and removing the board altogether. I have a conundrum of sorts, however...I am not sure if want to keep the board up and paint it a yummy caramel color or if I want to take it down and have wall space! Something of which I have little to none at the moment. I am leaning toward removing the board. If I leave it up, it will have to be sectioned and part would be used as an inspiration board, part would be used for useful info and part would have to be left blank for my personal sanity. Because I'm in an apartment, I don't really want to paint the wall, itself, because I would have to paint it back to the original color when we move out and that's just a pain in the neck! LOL! So....I am probably gonna lose the board. What do you think?
So, there is a tour of my space! I really love this room. It is just wonderful! It makes me happy. It is my play room! And....I'm allowed to have creative chaos. That is a very good thing.
Q&A: What does your space look like and how does it reflect who you are and how you create?
Recently, I was affirmed in my personal organizational methods by a fantastic article in the March issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine. The explored different styles and the last style was the Creative Chaos style! Yup! That is SO totally me! And I handed my husband the magazine and I said, "You totally need to read this." So, being the wonderful husband that he is, he willingly picked up the scrapbook magazine and read the article....TOTALLY should have taken a picture of THAT, but alas, I did not. LOL! He laughed when he read it, because, quite simply, the article described me so well, that I should be collecting royalties or something! LOL! BUT....the good thing is....knowing that I am not alone in my methods and that they are 'normal' and 'acceptable' methods! See, I actually LOVE to sort stuff, organize, and create wonderful, workable spaces! The problem is...a lot of people don't believe that when they see my room because they don't 'get' the system. HA! Guess what! They don't HAVE to 'get' my system because it is my stinking system and it is for ME! ME! ME! Hee-hee. Yes, that makes me happy. I love that I can do it my way and be successful in my creative journey. LOVE IT!
Thus, I decided to share my system in hopes of inspiring others who dwell in the glory that is Creative Chaos! My friends...there is no guessing what gets done in this room! It's all out there!
This is my desk. It is my only work space and it has my BG cutting mat, my rulers, my Mac, and my Purple Cows cutter on it at all times. Most of the time it has a stack of photos, my camera, and my ATG on it, as well. I also keep a small jar (that I shared with you awhile ago) where I slide in slips of paper with each project to track my creative journey.
This is my IKEA Expedit shelving unit. It's my hero. LOL! No, seriously, though. I wanted it for SO long and when I finally got it I knew I would never regret that purchase! I have my embellishments sorted by color and kept in their color-coded cube. That's pretty darn inspiring and SO STINKING CUTE! I love it! then, on the bottom shelves, I store my albums, my card box, a few of my older idea books, and random tools that don't get used as often like my light table, postage scale, and other stuff that's not very pretty, but I need it. LOL! In the middle I keep my stamps, glorious stamps; paper, fabulous paper; punches and cutting tools - yummy!!!!; my photo boxes; and a shelf of random cool stuff that I SO need to alter someday because I love it. Yes, I have a shelf for that.
This is not a big section of my room, but it is important. And...a mess. Usually. I don't want it to be a mess, and I am working on that, but you know how it goes....
On this gross table, that I hope to rid myself of someday and replace with a beautiful 2-up, 4-across IKEA Expedit in espresso to match my other one....(oh...there's that digression again...bummer)...I keep a very cool 'box' of four drawers that I picked up at a consignment shop that sadly burned down. It is just a freak'n awesome wooden box with wonderful label holders on the front and luscious handles that make me smile. I need to add labels, but I am just now determining what will finally be kept within the compartments, so, I'll be getting to that eventually. I have my Studio G and other small stamp sets in one drawer, fabric scraps in another, metal embellishments - the ones that just aren't pretty colors and stuff - in one drawer, and my BIA supplies in the last drawer. I keep my BIA on top of it, so that keeps all of that stuff together. I also keep a basket of my PrismaColor markers (flat, of course), a jar of Pixie Stix - because they are just plain pretty, and my dress form because I love it. I also keep a couple of cards that I have made recently up there until I give them to someone and put up new ones. Beside the wonderful wood box is a black melamine tray...you can't see it very well due to the disaster which is set upon it, however, know that this is where I drop partially completed projects and completed pages prior to condemning them to an album sleeve for all of eternity. There is some other stuff up there right now, but mostly that is that.
The final photo shows my giant bulletin board. It is HUGE. And I was keeping all of my stickers sheets, rub-ons, tags, and other embellishments and lovelies. I hung them there so that I could see them, easily get to them, and easily put them away. It was a wonderful inspiration, however, if you have noticed, I am speaking of this in the past tense. Alas, I am ready for a change. The article of which I spoke earlier inspired me to make some changes in my own space, and I've been feeling a bit cluttered in here, so I am in the process of moving all the items form the bulletin board into other storage options and removing the board altogether. I have a conundrum of sorts, however...I am not sure if want to keep the board up and paint it a yummy caramel color or if I want to take it down and have wall space! Something of which I have little to none at the moment. I am leaning toward removing the board. If I leave it up, it will have to be sectioned and part would be used as an inspiration board, part would be used for useful info and part would have to be left blank for my personal sanity. Because I'm in an apartment, I don't really want to paint the wall, itself, because I would have to paint it back to the original color when we move out and that's just a pain in the neck! LOL! So....I am probably gonna lose the board. What do you think?
So, there is a tour of my space! I really love this room. It is just wonderful! It makes me happy. It is my play room! And....I'm allowed to have creative chaos. That is a very good thing.
Q&A: What does your space look like and how does it reflect who you are and how you create?
2.26.2009
These are a Few of My Favorite Blogs...
Okay, so maybe Julie Andrews won't burst into song about my absolute favorite blogs, but alas, I, indeed will! HA! And you are stuck listening!!!!
...(Just in case you were wondering this is the point where you should be extremely grateful that I don't yet own one of those beautiful little Flip cameras because, if, I indeed, DID own one of those beautiful little flip cameras...in red...I would, indeed, have been tempted to actually present these blogs in song. Those who may have had the 'privilege of ever hearing me sing, are likely even MORE grateful from those of you nice enough to be thinking..."Oh, that would be cute! LOL!" No, indeed, my friends, it would not be cute. It would be tragic. Pure, unadulterated tragedy. But enough on that.)....
So, I guess I won't sing them, but I do want to share them. Partially because I'm just nice like that and partly because Audrey over at Barking Mad is offering a $250 gift card as a prize! Now that somehow makes it worth sharing my secrets! LOL!
So, for the contest I have to share five, but out of over 400 in my reader...that's not going to happen, so I'm going to share more than that! LOL!
Scrapbooks in White Dresses (Umm...or just blogs about scrapbooking and the like....)
* Bo Bunny - They post SO many layouts on their blog and they have great designers who come up with great ways to use their products! I really enjoy it!
* Much Ado About Nothing - Pinky is just plain fun! She posts cute layouts and does giveaways just because she's sweet like that!
* My Organized Chaos - LaVerne can just make you smile, and...as it turns out...she's an amazingly talented scrapbooker, too! Talk about well-rounded! ;-)
* Scrapbook Update - Want all the news in a clear, thought-out manner that often discusses ONLY the facts, rather than the random speculation that runs around the boards....this is the place to go.
* Works For Scraps - Chris is another very talented scrapbooker and I think she gets overlooked too much! Her work is amazing! And....I LOVE her blog banner and I'm hoping some day to bribe her to do a makeover for my blog! LOL! (Just kidding, Chris.....sort of.)
Cupcake in brown paper packages tied up with string! (....or jut great blogs about cupcakes!)
* Bakerella - Okay, so she's not strictly cupcakes, but she is pretty much the SuperHero of baking bloggers!
* Cake Spy - With regular visits from Cuppie and just plain yumminess, this is a go to for cupcake lovers!
* Cupcake Artists - Yup! It's just that, too! Pure cupcake artistry!
* Cupcakes Take the Cake - With a constant feed of cuppycake related posts, this one will keep you happy!
* Zen Cupcake - We go way beyond the food here, folks! Even her header rocks with cupcake goodness!
Raindrops on Savings (....or just great blogs for great deals and such....)
* My Good Sense - lots of great articles and tips!
* Mimi's Jewel Box of Tips and Treasures - Mimi keeps you on your toes with several posts a day with the latest deals!
* Be CentsAble - Want to know what is on sale and where as far as groceries go? How about where to use your coupons for the best value? This is where to find out!
* Thrifty Chic Mom - Lots of Great deals PLUS tons of giveaways!
Eco Blogs (....okay...I'm done with the whole Sound of Music thing...it's harder than it looks! LOL!)
* EcoEtsy - Yup! Crafters who are creating beautiful things while maintaining our beautiful home! LOVE THAT!
* Clean Technica - Lots of really cool stuff.
* Crafting a Green World - This one gives you great ideas, links to tutorials, and just fun eco friendly crafts!
* EcoScraps - Current Eco news - but REALLY fun and interesting kind of stuff - not the boring kind.
* Green Your Decor - Love this one! Gorgeous home dec ideas with a green focus!
Brilliant Blogs of Inspiration
* Blah, Blah, Blahg - She's amazing. Really. Read it. You will be inspired.
* Kris' Color Stripes - Beautiful color combinations found in every day life.
* Karla's Cottage - Victorian Beauty coated with glitter! Really, does it get any better?
* Lolly Chops - She is walking and talking inspiration! It's all good - everything she puts out there...it's worth the time!
* Koala Fuzz - Another one just chock filled with talent! In all kinds of arenas! Love it!
And finally...just a few random ones that I really enjoy reading....
* The Look for Less - Fun fashion stuff.
* IKEA Hacker - Take way fun, way cool IKEA stuff and make even funner and cooler stuff with it. Yeah, I said funner - gonna make som'th'n of it?
* Expensive Mistakes - She is an excellent writer and has stories to tell, but I should note that this blog is not for everyone as it is not censored. She is very real. That's part of what makes it good. She doesn't hold back.
* A Novel Mnagerie - Great book reviews!
* Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes - Love this one! I have a bunch of cooking blogs in my reader, but Gina makes it easy by doint the POINTS calculations for me! She makes good stuff, too!
So, alas, there you have it! Just a Few of My Favorite Blogs! I chose to give you 5 categories with 5 blogs in each so you would have lots to explore so go forth and BLURF! Have fun!
...(Just in case you were wondering this is the point where you should be extremely grateful that I don't yet own one of those beautiful little Flip cameras because, if, I indeed, DID own one of those beautiful little flip cameras...in red...I would, indeed, have been tempted to actually present these blogs in song. Those who may have had the 'privilege of ever hearing me sing, are likely even MORE grateful from those of you nice enough to be thinking..."Oh, that would be cute! LOL!" No, indeed, my friends, it would not be cute. It would be tragic. Pure, unadulterated tragedy. But enough on that.)....
So, I guess I won't sing them, but I do want to share them. Partially because I'm just nice like that and partly because Audrey over at Barking Mad is offering a $250 gift card as a prize! Now that somehow makes it worth sharing my secrets! LOL!
So, for the contest I have to share five, but out of over 400 in my reader...that's not going to happen, so I'm going to share more than that! LOL!
Scrapbooks in White Dresses (Umm...or just blogs about scrapbooking and the like....)
* Bo Bunny - They post SO many layouts on their blog and they have great designers who come up with great ways to use their products! I really enjoy it!
* Much Ado About Nothing - Pinky is just plain fun! She posts cute layouts and does giveaways just because she's sweet like that!
* My Organized Chaos - LaVerne can just make you smile, and...as it turns out...she's an amazingly talented scrapbooker, too! Talk about well-rounded! ;-)
* Scrapbook Update - Want all the news in a clear, thought-out manner that often discusses ONLY the facts, rather than the random speculation that runs around the boards....this is the place to go.
* Works For Scraps - Chris is another very talented scrapbooker and I think she gets overlooked too much! Her work is amazing! And....I LOVE her blog banner and I'm hoping some day to bribe her to do a makeover for my blog! LOL! (Just kidding, Chris.....sort of.)
Cupcake in brown paper packages tied up with string! (....or jut great blogs about cupcakes!)
* Bakerella - Okay, so she's not strictly cupcakes, but she is pretty much the SuperHero of baking bloggers!
* Cake Spy - With regular visits from Cuppie and just plain yumminess, this is a go to for cupcake lovers!
* Cupcake Artists - Yup! It's just that, too! Pure cupcake artistry!
* Cupcakes Take the Cake - With a constant feed of cuppycake related posts, this one will keep you happy!
* Zen Cupcake - We go way beyond the food here, folks! Even her header rocks with cupcake goodness!
Raindrops on Savings (....or just great blogs for great deals and such....)
* My Good Sense - lots of great articles and tips!
* Mimi's Jewel Box of Tips and Treasures - Mimi keeps you on your toes with several posts a day with the latest deals!
* Be CentsAble - Want to know what is on sale and where as far as groceries go? How about where to use your coupons for the best value? This is where to find out!
* Thrifty Chic Mom - Lots of Great deals PLUS tons of giveaways!
Eco Blogs (....okay...I'm done with the whole Sound of Music thing...it's harder than it looks! LOL!)
* EcoEtsy - Yup! Crafters who are creating beautiful things while maintaining our beautiful home! LOVE THAT!
* Clean Technica - Lots of really cool stuff.
* Crafting a Green World - This one gives you great ideas, links to tutorials, and just fun eco friendly crafts!
* EcoScraps - Current Eco news - but REALLY fun and interesting kind of stuff - not the boring kind.
* Green Your Decor - Love this one! Gorgeous home dec ideas with a green focus!
Brilliant Blogs of Inspiration
* Blah, Blah, Blahg - She's amazing. Really. Read it. You will be inspired.
* Kris' Color Stripes - Beautiful color combinations found in every day life.
* Karla's Cottage - Victorian Beauty coated with glitter! Really, does it get any better?
* Lolly Chops - She is walking and talking inspiration! It's all good - everything she puts out there...it's worth the time!
* Koala Fuzz - Another one just chock filled with talent! In all kinds of arenas! Love it!
And finally...just a few random ones that I really enjoy reading....
* The Look for Less - Fun fashion stuff.
* IKEA Hacker - Take way fun, way cool IKEA stuff and make even funner and cooler stuff with it. Yeah, I said funner - gonna make som'th'n of it?
* Expensive Mistakes - She is an excellent writer and has stories to tell, but I should note that this blog is not for everyone as it is not censored. She is very real. That's part of what makes it good. She doesn't hold back.
* A Novel Mnagerie - Great book reviews!
* Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes - Love this one! I have a bunch of cooking blogs in my reader, but Gina makes it easy by doint the POINTS calculations for me! She makes good stuff, too!
So, alas, there you have it! Just a Few of My Favorite Blogs! I chose to give you 5 categories with 5 blogs in each so you would have lots to explore so go forth and BLURF! Have fun!
2.25.2009
Anthropolification Boyer Cream Cardi GIVEAWAY!!!! GIVEAWAY!!!!
Anthropolification Boyer Cream Cardi GIVEAWAY!!!! GIVEAWAY!!!!
Okay, so I am totally in love with this and I want it really bad! Seriously, though, folks! Wouldn't I look ADORABLE in that? I even have glasses .... and BOOKS! If you think you would look cuter than me in it, you should head over and check out the giveaway! ;-)
**Don't forget to read my other post for today!***
Orange Marmaladae and Ricotta Cupcakes
Okay, so you know how I told you that my wonderful husband gave me that wonderful Cupcake Doctor book for my birthday...well, I got to play with cupcakes this weekend!!! I wanted to make a 'dessert' quality cupcake...you know...something really good that counts as a whole dessert rather than just a 'snack,' per say. So, I chose to make the Orange Marmalade and Ricotta cupcakes. Wow! First of all, I had a total blast making them! They were easy, but not too easy as to make the experience boring, you know? The base is a yellow cake mix, which I rarely use, but it worked really well with this recipe, along with ricotta cheese (I chose fat free), Orange marmalade, orange juice, and some of the usual stuff...eggs, oil and such. The cupcakes took a tad bit longer to bake than the recipe suggested, but other than that, they came out beautifully! And they were OH, so good!
For the topping I melted down a bit of the marmalade in a sauce pan and glazed each cupcake before loading on the Marmalade Buttercream frosting!
Okay...I have a confession to make...I'm not a big buttercream fan. I KNOW! I KNOW! How can I possibly call myself a cupcake fan and not be in love with buttercream, well...the way I see it...you gotta make the cake awesome and if you are really good, I'll like whatever you put on it because it will compliment the cake well. That being said...this was some GOOD buttercream! It was best when fresh - that being the same day I made them.
I know you are drooling enough now, so I can share a photo of the yumminess with you!
Can you see how moist and soft and wonderful they look? Yup. They tasted that good, too!
And this....is one of my favorite pictures EVER! Check out my absolutely GORGEOUS RED Kitchen Aid with the beautiful reflection of none other than CUPCAKES in the metal bowl! Now, THAT, my friends....THAT is good stuff. That's all I'm say'n.
So talk to me folks....talk to me! What great cupcakeness have you come across lately? Any other REALLY yummy recipes? You know I'd love to hear about them!
For the topping I melted down a bit of the marmalade in a sauce pan and glazed each cupcake before loading on the Marmalade Buttercream frosting!
Okay...I have a confession to make...I'm not a big buttercream fan. I KNOW! I KNOW! How can I possibly call myself a cupcake fan and not be in love with buttercream, well...the way I see it...you gotta make the cake awesome and if you are really good, I'll like whatever you put on it because it will compliment the cake well. That being said...this was some GOOD buttercream! It was best when fresh - that being the same day I made them.
I know you are drooling enough now, so I can share a photo of the yumminess with you!
Can you see how moist and soft and wonderful they look? Yup. They tasted that good, too!
And this....is one of my favorite pictures EVER! Check out my absolutely GORGEOUS RED Kitchen Aid with the beautiful reflection of none other than CUPCAKES in the metal bowl! Now, THAT, my friends....THAT is good stuff. That's all I'm say'n.
So talk to me folks....talk to me! What great cupcakeness have you come across lately? Any other REALLY yummy recipes? You know I'd love to hear about them!
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