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You Should Be Dancing by Bee Gees

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Car Wash by Rose Royce

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Christmas Crinkle Cookies Recipe – Easy Sugar Cookie Dough Hack

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Please remember that I don’t eat this stuff so I did not test this recipe. I’m just posting so you can try it!

INGREDIENTS:
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1 roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury refrigerated sugar cookies
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
Green gel food color
Red gel food color
1/4 cup powdered sugar
(see my tips below)

DIRECTIONS:

1: Heat oven to 350°F.  Divide dough in half. Crumble each half of the dough into 2 separate bowls.

2:  In one bowl, add 2 tablespoons of the flour and a bit of the green food color. Stir or knead until well mixed. Add more coloring as desired.

3:  In the other bowl, add 2 tablespoons of the flour and a bit of the red food color. Stir or knead until well mixed. Add more coloring as desired.

4: Shape into 44 (1-inch) balls. Add powdered sugar to a small bowl and roll each ball in powdered sugar. Place balls 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.

5: Bake 8 to 11 minutes or until tops are cracked and edges are set. Cool 2 minutes then remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Store in covered container at room temperature.

Darlene’s Tips: You can dip the cookies into powdered sugar again when you remove them from the rack for an extra sugary coating. Shake of the excess then place on cooling racks. You can use liquid food coloring instead of get but the red cookies will be more pink. Gel will give you a better red. You can always add some chopped nuts to the dough when you are kneading it. You can do this with any flavor cookie dough, even cookie dough that you make from scratch.

Source and Images: General Mills (Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Tablespoon, Box Tops for Education, Que Rica Vida)

 

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Homespun Cotton and Muslin Rag Quilt Tutorial – Snip As You Go – Episode 1

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Homespun Cotton and Muslin Rag Quilt Tutorial
Snip As You Go – Episode 1

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Stepping Stone Precuts, Baby Burp Cloths, Japanese Komebukuro Bag, Butterfly Hip Bag – Ebay & Etsy Highlights

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I have some cool sets of up for grabs on ebay with the Buy It Now option! I also have lots of other stuff along for your bidding pleasure too. Please go check them out!

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Please check out their stuff! Thanks!

Maga Made It has some in her etsy shop!  These make an awesome baby shower gift! She has other designs to choose from too.  See entire etsy shop!


Scraptastic Patchwork has this beautiful Japanese Komebukuro Drawstring Tote Bag in her etsy shop.  What a wonderful bag this is!  You can also see all her other items in her and her etsy shop!


Check out this awesome Butterfly Crossbody or Hip Bag that Cee Bee Accessories made. The strap is adjustable or removable. Super cool!  Also check out her entire etsy shop!


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Melted Snowmen Cookies – Winter Food Craft Recipe – Store Bought Cookies Hack

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INGREDIENTS:
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24 round store-bought cookies (or bake your own)
12 miniature creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies
24 miniature chocolate-covered peanut butter cup candies, unwrapped
1 container (1 lb) vanilla creamy ready-to-spread frosting
12 large marshmallows
48 miniature chocolate chips (for eyes)
2 orange gumdrop candies, cut into small carrot-shaped triangles (for noses)
1 pouch black cookie icing (see my tips below)
24 (7 1/2-inch) pieces red shoestring candy, clipped on ends for fringes of each scarf
(see my tips below)

DIRECTIONS:

1:  To make hats, remove creme from sandwich cookies and attach a miniature peanut butter cup to one half of sandwich cookie using a small amount of vanilla frosting as the glue. Continue for remaining hats.

2:  For snowmen heads, cut marshmallows in half and place one half on top of each cookie with the cut side down, using frostingas the glue).

3:  In small microwavable bowl, microwave remaining frosting uncovered on Medium in 10 second increments, stirring after each, until slightly warm.

4:  Spoon frosting on top of marshmallow and cookie to look like melting snow the attach a hat to top of each cookie.

5:  Attach miniature chocolate chips and orange gumdrop candy for eyes and nose. Allow to set 20 minutes.

6: Use black cookie icing to pipe arms on each snowman cookie. Wrap one piece of licorice around neck for scarf (you can snip the ends as seen in the image for a frayed look).

7:  Allow to set completely before serving, about 30 minutes.  Or pop them in the fridge for a quicker set time.

Darlene’s Tips:  Instead of black cookie icing, you could use pieces of black shoestring licorice for the arms. Just use the image for inspiration and decorate any way you want. You could also create these snowmen on the top of a cake or on tops of cupcakes or brownies (cut into squares is fine).  The kids will love helping with this one!

Source and Images: General Mills (Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Tablespoon, Box Tops for Education, Que Rica Vida)

 

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Fabric Unboxing – 159 Yards – Mostly Batiks

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Fabric Unboxing – 159 Yards – Mostly Batiks

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Red Bird Christmas Pillowcase by MagaMadeIt

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Check out this beautiful Red Bird Christmas Pillowcase by MagaMadeIt!  She has lots of other stuff in her etsy shop too. Please check out her items!

Red Bird Christmas Pillowcase

Etsy Shop


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I Got Awesomeness On My Porch – See My Deliveries!

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I got my fabric shipment on Saturday!  It’s in one of the boxes above. Can you tell which box?  lol  Let me help you out. It’s the BIG one!

I was in the middle of a Flash Sale and could not open the fabric until today. I recorded the unboxing and that will be uploaded soon.  So excited for you to see all the beautiful batiks I got!

While I was recording, another shipment came. This time it was 100% Cotton Batting and Unbleached 100% Cotton Muslin.  I didn’t get to show that in the video, but both those items will be available on ebay and for my exclusive shoppers soon.

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Check Out My New “Buy It Now” Fabric Listings On eBay

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I just added some new fabric to my ebay store.  These are Buy It Now items with Free Shipping.  They are not auctions so there is no waiting!  Of course, you are welcome to bid on my penny auctions too. Run on over and check it all out. Thanks!

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12 New Penny Auctions – My Fabric Scraps Block, Hello Kitty, New Fussy Cuts, More – eBay

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Small Stuff Quilt Series Ep.8 – My Wonky Trees Block
Sampler Quilt Sunday

How I Turn Narrow Fabric Scraps Into New Fabric

Small Stuff Quilt Series Ep.7 – My 4 Motif Blocks – Sampler Quilt Sunday

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Santa’s Belly Christmas Cookies – Fun & Easy Food Craft Recipe – Store Bought Cookies Hack

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Please remember that I don’t eat this stuff so I did not test this recipe. I’m just posting so you can try it!

INGREDIENTS:
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Round store-bought cookies (or bake your own)
Large marshmallows
Red, yellow and black tinted frosting (see my tips below)
White vanilla morsels or any round candy for buttons
(see my tips below)

DIRECTIONS:

1: Cut large marshmallows in half. Place one half of the marshmallow, sticky side down, on top of a round cookie and flatten a bit. If it does not stick, you can use frosting to make it stick.

2: Frost over the marshmallow and cookie with red frosting.

3: Create belt with yellow and black frosting using images as a guide (see my tips below).

4: Add white morsels or round candy for buttons.

Darlene’s Tips:  You can totally skip the marshmallow step and just frost the cookies.  Instead of black and yellow frosting for the belt, you could cut pieces of black shoestring licorice to  use for both the belt and the buckle. You could use white mini marshmallows cut in half for the buttons. M&M candies would make awesome buttons too. 

Source and Images: General Mills (Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Tablespoon, Box Tops for Education, Que Rica Vida)

 

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