Mod Podge Giveaway!

one of my favorite blogs, modpodgerocks, is giving away a trial pack of mod podge... check her out and enter, and get inspired by her blog. i know i am!

p.s. i know i haven't posted in a while... i've been ridiculously busy with school, and my camera broke. i got a new camera but haven't had time to post about my baking adventures. hope i can post soon.

Giveaway: Win $75 Gift from All Modern

one of my favorite craft blogs is dollar store crafts, and now they're giving away a gift certificate to all modern! i'm so excited... i hope i win!

Interior Design Personality

i know this is a blog about cookies (and sometimes crafts), but you should have a good place in which to enjoy your baked goods, right?
i took this quiz from the international school of colour and design (ht: how about orange) to find my interior design personality. i think it totally pinned me- "high street classic." sort of combining classic and modern.

here's my "style personality" pictures:

and here's my "magazine cover" picture:

so, what's your style personality? leave me a comment and let me know!

(Dark) Chocolate Cookies

i made this recipe from one of my favorite blogs, living locurto (she's from texas, how can i not love her?). the recipe is on her site (that's right, i'm making you go to her site for it- don't be lazy, now).

basically, it's a dark chocolate cake mix with butter, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, chocolate chips, and nuts. for my version, i used devil's food cake mix because i couldn't find dark chocolate cake mix. it turned out well with the devil's food, although i did later find the dark chocolate mix at target, so i might have to try them again with the dark chocolate mix this time. and i put in semi-sweet chocolate chips, as directed, and used pecans for my nuts.

man, were they good! i was afraid that they would be a little cake-y, being from a cake mix and all, but they were nice and chewy, just like i like 'em. and, the original recipe calls for cream cheese, but i didn't use any and they were still delicious. the only thing i'd do differently next time, other than maybe use a dark chocolate cake mix, is add more nuts. the cookies were quite chocolate-y, and having more nuts would have balanced it out quite nicely.

now, these got all scarfed up before i could take a picture, so i'm posting a picture from living locurto's site. mine were a little flatter than hers, but essentially the same.

overall assessment: great recipe- easy with phenomenal results!

Gorgeous Dress!

this dress is so beautiful... classy, a little vintage... and it's free!

http://downandoutchic.blogspot.com/2009/07/giveaway-bb-dakota-dress.html

Is it an Apron or is it Lingerie?

i don't know, and i don't care- i want one!

these retro inspired aprons from carolyn's kitchen are the cat's meow. i can use it for an apron now, and then as lingerie later, for some sexy cooking with the TBDH.* superdy duperdy cute, any way you slice it.
(ht: cakespy)

here are more of my faves:




*TBDH stands for "To Be Determined Husband," as in the husband that i don't have now but some day will. *sigh*

A Hot, Fresh Batch of Links

um, these things are amazing. i wish i was this creative!

crafts:

• mod-podge window quilt project (you could do this with any frame, really)
• tissue paper flower ball party decoration (what an easy party decoration!)
• yoga pants from a men's long sleeve tshirt (do i need yoga pants? i might...)
• shrinky dink flowers and leaves (i smell a new pair of earrings for meredith very soon)
• shrinky dink photo jewelry (i don't know if i'm artistic enough to pull off wearing something like this, but so cute!)

baked goods:

• fourth of july cupcakes (the colors are easily customizable for any occasion)
• blueberry cornmeal pancakes with orange maple butter (they sound more difficult than they really are- you can make the butter ahead of time, and even the dry stuff for the pancakes can be done ahead as a sort of mix)