altered lunchbox

i would have had this finished last night if i had talked less and worked more(lol) i am thrilled with how it came out-I've started a second one for myself as well for the cards i have received(this one is for cards I've made)

i printed off a template for the top and it didn't fit right(our handles were wider apart) so i spent some time today fiddling with a template of my own and i think its a perfect fit(if you are interested in a copy of the template, let me know and i can email it to you)

than A took a tall box i had and he did this one

tasty treat

Apple Brownie with Caramel Icing

Brownie

2/3 cup (175ml) butter or margarine
2 cups (500ml) brown sugar, lightly packed
2 eggs
1 tsp. (5ml) vanilla
2 cups (500ml) flour
½ cup (125ml) chopped nuts (optional)
2 tsp. (10ml) baking powder
¼ tsp. (1ml) salt
1 cup (250ml) chopped apples

Icing

½ cup (125ml) unsalted butter
1 cup (250ml) brown sugar
¼ cup (50ml) milk
2 cups (500ml) icing sugar

First make the brownies. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until smooth. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix well. Measure in the flour, baking powder, salt and nuts and apples, and stir until ingredients are thoroughly combined.

Spread batter in a greased 9 by 13-in. (22 by 33 cm) baking pan and bake at 350°F (180°C) for 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool completely before icing.

To make the icing, melt the butter in a saucepan, then add the brown sugar and milk and bring the mixture to a boil. Remove from heat, let cool and stir in the icing sugar. Spread onto cooled brownies.

another new baby

congrats to my cousin Amy and her husband Ben on the birth of their second son, Simon Benjamin born last night weighing in at an incredible 10lbs 13oz!

the baby quilt i finished last got done right in time lol

card friday

in between skating this morning and a quick(and failed!) trip to Micheals(they were out of the oval and circle scalloped punches that i needed. yes, needed!!!)and running to the scrapbooking store(all i needed was another lunch box tin for stamping group tonight. somehow i ended up spending $35 lol!) i got this card made

so that quilt i started yesterday afternoon

it's finished lol!





the second block for the quilt is this

and here is one of the rows

Thursday 13

Thirteen Concerts I Have Been Too 1….Bryan Adams 2. Brooks and Dunn 3. Rascall Flatts(and seeing them again in March woo hoo!) 4. Keith Urban(oh baby) 5. Toby Keith(seen him twice. hubba hubba lol) 6. Def Leppard 7. Pink Floyd(that concert was above and beyond amazing) 8. Amy Grant(about 5 times) 9. Michael W. Smith(saw him roughly 6 times) 10.DC Talk(4 times) 11.Petra(this was way back mid 80s-i don't think they even exsist anymore) 12.Starfield 13.my cousin's band Maplewood Lane

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creation of a baby quilt

good thing i started on this today as my cousin went into labour this morning! we already know she's having a boy so just awaiting the *he's here* phone call.

i decided to do a double Irish Chain for this baby quilt. i've never done one of this pattern before. the green safari fabric i bought an embarrassing 9yrs ago(how sad is that? i even bought some in blue with the idea of making A and J each pajama's. instead i got 3 baby quilts out of the blue and this one out of the green. you can see 2 of the blue quilts in my slide to the left)





this afternoon i got the strips cut, sewn together and laid the block out. i should be able to sew them together tonight than start on the second block that completes the chain

wordless wednesday