~IN THE BEGINNING~

I have just started working on my son's scrapbook. I thought it would be cute to put pictures of his dad and I on the front page to show how his family began. First I think it is best to decide what pictures you want to use and then find a color of paper to go with it. I sometimes like to find a color in the pictures and then use that color for the background of the scrapbook page to help bring the pictures out. So for these 2 pages I used different colors of blue because that was one of our wedding colors. I think these pages look really good and I am very proud of them. Then to add a little bit to the pages I added some heart and wedding stickers that I had left over from my wedding scrapbook. There are a few empty spaces on each page and there I will write a little bit about how my husband and I met and and about our wedding day.

Cute Cupcakes. All The Time.

A friend of mine has a relatively new blog called Cute Cupcakes All The Time featuring cute cupcakes (surprising huh?) They are having their first giveaway. The giveaway closes this weekend, so hurry on over if you want to enter. Interested? Click on the button below...

Got eggs?

Have you ever gone to cook something and realized you were missing an ingredient? That happened to me when I went to make Tom's birthday cookie-cake last night. He was at work (thus the reason I was working on his cake) and I did not want to load the baby into the car for the 2 eggs I was lacking. I know, I know... I should have planned better, but I though I would have what I needed since I planned a menu/shopping list ahead. I guess we used too many eggs in the last 2 weeks. But back to the story... so I did not want to load up the baby and go to the store at 7pm for 2 measly eggs. I searched online for substitutions, but they all either sounded complex or called for things I didn't have. One called for 3 tablespoons of mayo per egg. Ick! However, I had plain yogurt which has a similar texture, so I gave it a try. Well, I baked it today and it turned out fine! If you ever don't have eggs for your cookies feel free to try yogurt (probably not in a crazy fruity flavor unless that flavor sounds yummy in cookies to you, I guess). I can't say if it would work in other things, like cake because I haven't tried, but in cookies it's a winner! So for future notice.....

1 egg = 3 tablespoons plain yogurt

is a decent substitution in cookies.

Who doesn't love Girl Scout Cookies?

I know I do! And so does my husband... Well, his birthday is tomorrow and we are on a tight budget this year. On top of that, I haven't seen any Girl Scouts this year. So, being the resourceful cook/present giver that I am, I found a recipe (at this site) and made homemade thin mints last night (his favorite). Today Jackson and I went to the store and bought supplies to make him his very own cookie jar. I forgot to take a picture of the cookies (although the linked blog has a picture of their own), but here is a picture of the finished product. If you can't read it, it says "Caught you red handed" around the four sides and the hand prints are the baby's. Is it not just so clever and adorable? Man, I amaze myself!