Real Mind Readers (And Yummy Cookies.)

March 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Nikon 3-14-13 082bakers twine

At any given time, I seem to have various project and blogging ideas knocking around in my head.  (Similar to an overactive pinball machine, I suppose.)

I bought this pink and white baker’s twine last December.  And although I’ve already used it in my Mini Heart Garland (see here), my real vision for this baker’s twine was to tie it around a stack of freshly baked sugar cookies.

 

Nikon 3-14-13 058straws & supplies

And I envisioned staging the bundle of cookies with my new paper straws from Michaels and with the blue and white chevron fabric I found at Hobby Lobby last year.  (Sounds good, right?)

 

classy clutter lemon cookies

So imagine my surprise when I read the latest post from the cute girls at Classy Clutter and came across this lovely photo above.  What???  Is there some kind of tricky mind reading going on here?  Do all crafty types keep a storage of similar project ideas in their heads?  Hmmm.  Classy Clutter’s post was a recipe for Lemon Crinkle Cookies.  (And they just happened to stage the cookies in the most practical way–with baker’s twine, chevron and a paper straw.)

Well, since the cookies looked so yummy I decided to go ahead and try out the recipe for myself.

 

Nikon 3-14-13 065lemon cookies

So here is my version.  (They are super tasty, by the way.)

 

Nikon 3-14-13 079paper straws

(You know you’re a blogger when you stage a photo shoot for a bunch of paper straws.)

 

Nikon 3-14-13 073side shot cookies

So if you have a hankering for some lemony goodness, be sure to check out the recipe for Lemon Crinkle Cookies at Classy Clutter.  (It’s delish!)  And if you just happen to have some baker’s twine, a chevron fabric remnant and a few paper straws lying around, feel free to stage your own cookie photo shoot.  (It’s soon to become quite a trend, I’m sure!)

~Miss Charming

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Messing With My Mantel

January 18, 2013 By 3 Comments

Nikon 1-18-13 024snooty pig

Tweaking.  Messing.  Changing.

Whatever you call it, I just can’t seem to leave my mantel alone.

Meet one of it’s newest residents, Snooty Pig.  You may have noticed the wings.  And, yes, Snooty Pig is a flying pig, as in “when pig’s fly.”  Now, I haven’t actually witnessed this little oinker taking flight, myself.  Maybe his aviation tendencies come alive at night when everyone else is asleep.  (I’ll have to ask my nocturnal kitty.)

The ampersand (or “&” sign) was painted my new favorite color (shiny gold) and added to the mix.  (I think it may be a hard and fast rule that all bloggers must post a photo of an ampersand at one time or another.)

 

Nikon 1-18-13 002pink antlersThe deer head.  It may seem as if I’m slightly obsessed with it.  The pure white worked well for the Christmas season but now that we’re into the new year I wanted to jazz things up a bit.  I thought that hot pink tips would look great on the stag and maybe up his cool factor.  (Well, maybe not so much.)  The first comment from my 13 yr old was that he liked the “red” antlers as it looked as if the deer had just finished stabbing another deer.

Not exactly the look I was going for.

 

Nikon 1-18-13 026gold antlers

I decided next to go for the gold.  And since I tend to end up complicating my projects, I thought, “Why not do stripes?”  The taping ended up being extremely time consuming and didn’t turn out as perfectly as I would have liked.

 

Nikon 1-18-13 016full mantel

I’m digging the striping on it’s own but it seems a little busy with the whole mantel composition.  I’m now contemplating painting the deer’s antlers solid gold.  And the gold frame on the wall (which was caught up in my gold painting frenzy) needs to go back to white.

 

Nikon 1-18-13 022side view

So, I’m caught up in the details of my mantel while other larger projects are waiting in the wings.

(And yes, I do still have my Christmas trees up.  Thanks for asking.)

 

Nikon 1-18-13 031zig zag wall

And speaking of ongoing projects…

I added two skinny solid zig zag stripes to my broken chevron wall.  I like how it looks from the upstairs but from downstairs (where it will mostly be viewed) I think it would benefit from having two more stripes.

So what about you?  Do you tackle the big projects or get caught up in the details?  And for those of you detail minded folk, what is your opinion on the antlers?  (I just gotta know.)

~Miss Charming

 

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