ZCMI Mint Brownies

For St. Patrick's Day I made ZCMI mint brownies. Well not exactly following the recipe. I used 2 pouches of Ghirardelli triple chocolate brownie mix as the base. The mix is found at Costco and Smart & Final. I made the brownies in a 9 x 13 pan according to the directions. Let them cool. Then I made the filling, doubling the recipe. Put in the fridge to set. Then the tripled the glaze. YUMMMMMM!

Peppermint Filling

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
3 tablespoons butter, melted
1 1/2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon peppermint extract
2 to 3 drops of green food coloring (optional)

Sift powdered sugar. Add melted butter, and milk. Mix thoroughly. Add peppermint extract. Add green food coloring, mix until color is uniform. Spread on top of brownie base. Put in fridge to set, about 20 minutes.

Chocolate Glaze

1 1/2 ounces semisweet chocolate
1 1/2 tablespoons butter

Melt chocolate and butter together. Stir to combine. Pour over filling. Then eat!


recipe from San Francisco Gate newspaper

YUMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

Laurel quilt

 

This is the graduating Laurel quilt that Mom and I made last year. Don't the prairie points look nice. =)

R rag quilt for Christmas

 

This is the rag quilt that I made for R. for Christmas. I made the same blanket for DBIL J for his birthday and I forgot to take a picture. Here is the link to the directions that I used to make this blankdet.

Valentine's treats

 

Seal a business size envelope. Stamp randomly all over. Score 3 sides at 1/2". Cut the unscorred side off with decorative scissors. Fold in sides like a brown paper grocery bag. Place treat inside. Fold down and close with ribbon. Inside were Sugar Bowl bakery brownie bites from Costco.

N's baby blanket

This is the baby blanket that I made for N. for Christmas. It is a Chenille blanket. I used the Olfa chenille http://www.olfa.com/RotaryCuttersDetail.aspx?C=24&Id=203 cutter. All the flannel comes from Mom's and Grandma Alexander's stash.

Needle Felted Santa's

My dear friend Shirlee taught me how to make these cute mischevious looking guys. They were a lot of fun to make. It took us just over 3 hours and we barely even talked!

Snowman Kisses

Ingredients:
Piece of card stock 3" H x 4.5" L
white cardstock
scrap of orange cardstock
Tic Tacs
14" piece of coordinating ribbon
circle cutter or circle punch
print out of poem (below)
scissors
adhesive
paper trimmer with scoring blade
corner punch
ink
stamps
black marker

1. Take card stock 3" H x 4.5" L and score at 2" and 2.5"
2. stamp the front
3. use corner rounder all four corners
4. cut/punch a 1" circle in the bottom half of the front
5. out of white cardstock cut/punch out two 1" circles
6. out of the orange scrap of cardstock cut out a carrot nose, adhere to one of the circles
7. use the marker to add eyes, mouth and buttons to snowman, adhere to front
8. attach ribbon to the inside, the center of the ribbon should be adhered to the middle spine
9. print poem out 1.5" x 1.5" square, use corner rounder on all four corners, adher to inside cover
10. adhere tic tac box
11. tie ribbon to close
12. All done!

Poem

Snowman Kisses
He's cute, cuddly, & full of good wishes, He wants to give you these Snowman Kisses! XOXO