Frosted Graham Cracker Turkey Treats!

Frosted Graham Cracker 
Turkey Treats! 

From Top Left: Louis (The Leader), Top Right: Bob (The Jock)
Then there is Jeff.......

Thanks to Honey Maid Grahams

for another EASY, NO BAKE, 

fun treat you can whip up with your

kiddo's with little mess and lots of fun!

Meet JEFF the Misfit Turkey of them ALL!

Here is what you need:

*Honey Maid Grahams

*Canned Chocolate Frosting

*Edible Eyes~We Used Large 

*Colored Fondant 

(HINT: if you don't have or want to use fondant,

 just use a Starburst in orange or red and mold to shape.
Also, if you don't have goggle eyes, use a marshmallow and black edible food writer or food coloring placed on with a toothpick!! IMPROVISE!!)

Instructions:

*Frost Your Grahams

*Place On The Silly Eyes

*Shape and Place the Beak & Gobble

EASY!

FUN!

TASTY!

Making Sweet Memories,

Sophia and Mom

Linking up to some parties found HERE

Sweets of Christmas Past

GREETINGS!!

I thought I would share some popular

Christmas sweets I have made in the past

to get you in the spirit!  

Wow...I was busy last year!

By far the Grinch Pills and No Bake Reindeer

 were the BIGGEST success. 

 

I can't wait to make some more fun treats

and memories with my family.     

This year, instead of trying to come up with fabulous new ideas I am going to actually TRY some of the ideas I have

Pinned to my Christmas Board on Pinterest.

I will be sure to share the hits and misses - HA!!    

I don't spend enough time blogging

anymore to figure out how to link pictures

to the original post but here are the links!

Easy No Bake Reindeer HERE

Grinch Pills HERE

Rice Krispie Treat Christmas Lights HERE

No Bake Snowman Sled Ride HERE

Vintage Snowman and Snowflake Cookies HERE

North Pole Snickerdoodles  HERE

Mini Cupcakes for Christmas HERE

Christmas Cupcake Topper Ideas HERE and HERE

Ice Cream Cone Santa HERE

Donut Hole Snowman Craft HERE

Nutmeg Log Cookies   HERE

Gingerbread Waffles HERE

Thanks!

Linking up with:

Kitchen Fun with my 3 Sons - Friday Craft and Food Linky 

CRAFT/RECIPE AND SWEETS BLOG PARTIES I OFTEN LINK TOO: The Girl Creative
Craftomaniac Mouth Watering Mondays, Melt in Your Mouth Mondays, Mingle Monday, Made it on Monday Sumo's Sweet Stuff Made by You Mondays Making the World Cuter Mondays Motivate Me Monday  Dittle Dattle Amaze Me Monday  Mangia Mondays Mix it up MondaysTUESDAYTrick or Treat Tuesdays Crazy for Crust Confessions of a SAHM Delicious Dishes Cupcake Tuesday Let's Do Brunch Tempt my Tummy Tuesday Mandi's Tasty Tuesday Topsy Turvy Tuesday Handmade Tuesday Tasty Tuesday Tip Me Tuesday Time Out Tuesday Get Your Craft On WEDNESDAYMrs Fox's Sweets Party  Lil' Luna Ginger Snap Crafts  Whatever Goes Wednesday Wow Us Wednesday Look What I Made Wednesday What I Whipped Up Wednesday  Whatever You Want Wednesday Wow Me Wednesday This Chick Cooks THURSDAYTastetastic Thursday Sweet TemptationsTablescape Thursday Artsy Girl Sweet Treats Thursday Sweets This Week Thursday Show Your Stuff House of Hepworths Brambleberry Cottage FRIDAYPinterest Party Fun Stuff Fridays Freestyle Fridays Tidy Mom Inspiration Friday Feathered Nest Friday Bacon Time Friday Party Sweet Tooth Friday Show and Tell Friday It's a Hodgepodge Friday Weekend Wrap Up Flaunt it Friday Sassy Sites Friday Fun Fridays Unfolded Food on Fridays Friday Flair Foodie FridayWEEKEND Show and Tell Saturday Sweets for a Saturday So Sweet Sundays The Girl Creative 

Brain Sprinkles ~ Cookies in a Jar + Printable Tag

Who doesn't need an extra dose 

of SMART every now and then, huh?

Especially when your going BACK TO SCHOOL!! 

Brain Sprinkles ~ Cookies in a Jar!

With my sweet girl, Sophia Rose,

going back to school next week and 

now entering into the THIRD GRADE (gasp!)

I had a feeling she would require

a little brain power as she transitions

from summer's lazy pace, to school's crazy race!

How about your kiddo?

I saw an idea for brain sprinkles made of 

glitter on pinterest HERE and immediately 

knew I could make it into a fun edible craft!

These were super easy. I actually took premade

snickerdoodle cookies from our local bakery and used

a wilton 1M tip to cut out the little round circles -- or you can

use a little round cookie cutter and your own cut-out

recipe if you like! I am all for FAST and FANCY!

I used the Wilton Cookie Icing in white and fun

rainbow jimmies to decorate the cookies.

I am going to give them out to the
neighbor kids too. YUM! 

Here is the Tag in JPEG for you to cut and

paste if you like!! So easy, fun and cute! 

I also have a word document for this

if you prefer, just email me.

On another note, I just had to mention that

this past weekend marked a 10 year

landmark for me with my brain tumor. 10 years

ago last week I entered into a research study at the Mayo

clinic to track patients with brain tumors. At that time

my 10 year survival was estimated to be 20%. Yikes.

Hmmmm. Guess I beat the odds.

To celebrate, I ate some of these 

brain sprinkles and prayed for another 10 years.

Life is short, add the sprinkles.

Sharing with:

The Celebration Shoppe 

Kitchen Fun with my 3 Sons - Friday Craft and Food Linky 

CRAFT/RECIPE AND SWEETS BLOG PARTIES I OFTEN LINK TOO: The Girl Creative
Craftomaniac Mouth Watering Mondays, Melt in Your Mouth Mondays, Mingle Monday, Made it on Monday Sumo's Sweet Stuff Made by You Mondays Making the World Cuter Mondays Motivate Me Monday  Dittle Dattle Amaze Me Monday  Mangia Mondays Mix it up MondaysTUESDAYTrick or Treat Tuesdays Crazy for Crust Confessions of a SAHM Delicious Dishes Cupcake Tuesday Let's Do Brunch Tempt my Tummy Tuesday Mandi's Tasty Tuesday Topsy Turvy Tuesday Handmade Tuesday Tasty Tuesday Tip Me Tuesday Time Out Tuesday Get Your Craft On WEDNESDAYMrs Fox's Sweets Party  Lil' Luna Ginger Snap Crafts  Whatever Goes Wednesday Wow Us Wednesday Look What I Made Wednesday What I Whipped Up Wednesday  Whatever You Want Wednesday Wow Me Wednesday This Chick Cooks THURSDAYTastetastic Thursday Sweet TemptationsTablescape Thursday Artsy Girl Sweet Treats Thursday Sweets This Week Thursday Show Your Stuff House of Hepworths Brambleberry Cottage FRIDAYPinterest Party Fun Stuff Fridays Freestyle Fridays Tidy Mom Inspiration Friday Feathered Nest Friday Bacon Time Friday Party Sweet Tooth Friday Show and Tell Friday It's a Hodgepodge Friday Weekend Wrap Up Flaunt it Friday Sassy Sites Friday Fun Fridays Unfolded Food on Fridays Friday Flair Foodie FridayWEEKEND Show and Tell Saturday Sweets for a Saturday So Sweet Sundays The Girl Creative 

Phases of the Moon ~ Pie Crust Cookies

Sophia is learning Astronomy as part of their

final Science unit this year!

I love Astronomy!

To help her learn the phases of the moon,

we took left over pie crust (from the Patriotic Pie Crust Stars)
and made these pie crust cookies in the form

of each moon phase....how fun!

I took a round cookie cutter and let her cut out each

shape to match the diagram we used as a guide below. 

We used an Oreo cookie for the "New Moon"

(Sophia's Idea..good one too!!)

We had a great time.

When baking, we brushed the pie crust with

milk and topped with white sanding sugar to make it stand out.

LOVE YOU TO THE MOON & BACK!

Next, we made "planet cookies" which I will share 

soon...those turned out AWESOME too!  Thanks!!

Sharing with:

Kitchen Fun with my 3 Sons - Friday Craft and Food Linky 

CRAFT/RECIPE AND SWEETS BLOG PARTIES I OFTEN LINK TOO:

Mouth Watering Mondays, Melt in Your Mouth Mondays, Mingle Monday, Made it on Monday Sumo's Sweet Stuff Made by You Mondays Making the World Cuter Mondays Motivate Me Monday  Dittle Dattle Amaze Me Monday  Mangia Mondays Mix it up MondaysTUESDAYTrick or Treat Tuesdays Crazy for Crust Confessions of a SAHM Delicious Dishes Cupcake Tuesday Let's Do Brunch Tempt my Tummy Tuesday Mandi's Tasty Tuesday Topsy Turvy Tuesday Handmade Tuesday Tasty Tuesday Tip Me Tuesday Time Out Tuesday Get Your Craft On WEDNESDAYMrs Fox's Sweets Party  Lil' Luna Ginger Snap Crafts  Whatever Goes Wednesday Wow Us Wednesday Look What I Made Wednesday What I Whipped Up Wednesday  Whatever You Want Wednesday Wow Me Wednesday This Chick Cooks THURSDAYTastetastic Thursday Sweet TemptationsTablescape Thursday Artsy Girl Sweet Treats Thursday Sweets This Week Thursday Show Your Stuff House of Hepworths Brambleberry Cottage FRIDAYPinterest Party Fun Stuff Fridays Freestyle Fridays Tidy Mom Inspiration Friday Feathered Nest Friday Bacon Time Friday Party Sweet Tooth Friday Show and Tell Friday It's a Hodgepodge Friday Weekend Wrap Up Flaunt it Friday Sassy Sites Friday Fun Fridays Unfolded Food on Fridays Friday Flair Foodie FridayWEEKEND Show and Tell Saturday Sweets for a Saturday So Sweet Sundays The Girl Creative 

I am BANANAS over you, Valentine ~ Banana Chocolate Malt Shake with Printable

Banana Chocolate Malt Shakes

I would be LYING if I said I had a 

real recipe for this but, truth is, I don't.

I put a couple of questionable bananas in the blender

& heaped in a LOAD of chocolate malt powder, a LOAD.

Next, I sprayed in a LOT of chocolate syrup and 

to stay "healthy" added some SKIM milk.

Then some ice went in and I pushed PUREE' 

 It tasted SO SO SO SO SO GOOD.

Of course drinking it out of these 

shot glasses and dipping our marshies

and eating our chocolates, added the amazing

WOWIE factor to this experience. 

Try it, you will be so glad you did!

Right click, copy and paste

to make your own printable image!

Going Bananas over these GREAT blog parties:

Mouth Watering Mondays, Melt in Your Mouth Mondays, Mingle Monday, Made it on Monday Sumo's Sweet Stuff Made by You Mondays Making the World Cuter Mondays Motivate Me Monday   Mangia Mondays Mix it up MondaysTUESDAYTrick or Treat Tuesdays Crazy for Crust Confessions of a SAHM Delicious Dishes Cupcake Tuesday Let's Do Brunch Tempt my Tummy Tuesday Mandi's Tasty Tuesday Topsy Turvy Tuesday Handmade Tuesday Tasty Tuesday Tip Me Tuesday Time Out Tuesday Get Your Craft On WEDNESDAYMrs Fox's Sweets Party  Lil' Luna Ginger Snap Crafts Wonka Wednesday Whatever Goes Wednesday Wow Us Wednesday Look What I Made Wednesday What I Whipped Up Wednesday  Whatever You Want Wednesday Wow Me Wednesday This Chick Cooks THURSDAYSweet TemptationsTablescape Thursday Artsy Girl Sweet Treats Thursday  Thursday Show Your Stuff House of Hepworths Brambleberry Cottage FRIDAY: Kitchen Fun & Crafty Fridays:Fun Stuff Fridays Freestyle Fridays Tidy Mom Inspiration Friday Feathered Nest Friday Bacon Time Friday Party Sweet Tooth Friday Show and Tell Friday It's a Hodgepodge Friday Weekend Wrap Up Flaunt it Friday Sassy Sites Friday Fun Fridays Unfolded Food on Fridays Friday Flair Foodie FridayWEEKEND Show and Tell Saturday Sweets for a Saturday So Sweet Sundays The Girl Creative Sundae Scoop Pink Saturday

The Tablescaper ~ Seasonal Sundays 
Naturally Nifty Linky Party 

SUGARLICIOUS IS HERE!! ~ A VIRTUAL SURPRISE BOOK RELEASE PARTY FOR THE DECORATED COOKIE ~ MEAGHAN MOUNTFORD!!

SUGARLICIOUS IS HERE!

Just LOOK who hopped on over here and gave

me a PERSONAL interview for the 

SUGARLICIOUS DEBUT!

The FROG's from the COVER!

Oh yaaa.....you are in for a TREAT!

Here is what they had to say:

 Obviously, they are super excited!

And YOU should be too!

LOOK at how THICK this book is....

it is FULL of AMAZING ideas for us!

I HIJACKED THIS PHOTO FROM MEAGHAN HERSELF.... HERE!

I was lucky to win a sneak peak of the 

book and have ordered  like a gazillion

copies for all my friends. I found these little

frogs SO easy to make, not to mention fun and CUTE!

I added a HEART lily pad in honor of Valentine's Day

and because I LOVE Meaghan and her books and her blog!

What else did I make to HONOR 

the release of SUGARLICIOUS, you ask?

Well, a SUGAR SUGARLICIOUS OF COURSE!

Yep, I printed her book cover image with my 

EDIBLE printer and backed it to some fondant

and made a SUGAR Sugarlicious!

Then I put it on a CUPCAKE, duh!

Meaghan's easy ideas and fantastic how-to's

for edible crafts, cookies and decorated marshies

have provided MANY a wonderful memory for

my daughter and I. 

Memories are so important to me for many reasons...........

I have COPIED and adapted so many of her ideas - just browse

thru my archives and you will see her inspiration everywhere.

I can't thank her enough for those sweet memories, but also

the support she has shown me as a blogger.

If she only knew.

So..do YOURSELF a favor and BUY YOUR COPY

of SUGARLICIOUS right now and start making some

SWEET memories of your own!

TO BUY YOUR COPY CLICK HERE!!!!!!



I am so honored to be participating in this 
Surprise Book Release Party with some other
OUT OF THIS WORLD BLOGGERS, so stop
by their posts for Meaghan today and show some love!


Sue at Munchkin Munchies  
Kathia of Pink Little Cake  
Jenn of Clever Girl  
Paula of The Vanilla Bean Baker  
Loren of The Baking Sheet 
Katrina of In Katrina's Kitchen

Spreading the word about Sugarlicious to great blogs you can find HERE!

Bubbly Berry Hearts - Tea Party Tuesday!

Happy Tea Party Tuesday!!

Bubbly Berry Hearts ~ A Perfect Valentine Treat

Bubbly Berry Hearts

Adapted from Tea Time Jan/Feb 2008

Ingredients: 12 hearts


1 cup fresh raspberries, divided
1 cup quartered strawberries, divided
1 cup blackberries, divided
1 cup miniature grapes (or I used blueberries), divided
2 envelopes unflavored gelatin
2 cups sweet white wine
1/4 cup sugar
1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
Garnish of choice

How To:

Divide fruit among 12 silicone heart molds. 

Place in refrigerator until ready to use


In medium bowl, sprinkle gelatin over 1/2 cup cold wine.  
Let soften for 1 minute.

The BEST part of cooking with wine is drinking the "leftovers"!!!

In a small saucepan, combine 1 1/2 cups wine, 
sugar, and vanilla bean.  

Bring to a boil; remove from heat and strain.  

Add to cold gelatin mixture, whisking to dissolve gelatin.


Pour mixture over berries, 
pressing berries gently to submerge completely. 

Refrigerate until firm, about 3 hours.


To serve, gently unmold hearts by carefully 
loosening edges of gelatin.

Invert onto a platter or an individual plate.  

PRINTABLE RECIPE HERE!

Now grab your favorite whimsical teacup, fill it with
your most favorite yummy tea....and BREATHE!

I LOVE the bee on this cup.....BEE HAPPY!!!!

I am excited to see what YOU have been up to this week!

TEA, INSPIRATION & TABLESCAPES:

Rose Chintz Tea Time Tuesday

Martha's Favorite TeaCup Tuesday
Tea Cup Tuesday at Artful Affirmations

Tabletop Tuesday

A Return to Loveliness

Tablescape Thursday

Pink Saturday

Bernideen's Tea Time Blog 
I Heart Projects ~ Valentine Party
CRAFT/RECIPE AND SWEETS BLOG PARTIES I OFTEN LINK TOO:

Mouth Watering Mondays, Melt in Your Mouth Mondays, Mingle Monday, Made it on Monday Sumo's Sweet Stuff Made by You Mondays Making the World Cuter Mondays Motivate Me Monday Joy of Desserts Dittle Dattle Amaze Me Monday  Mangia Mondays Mix it up MondaysTUESDAYTrick or Treat Tuesdays Crazy for Crust Confessions of a SAHM Delicious Dishes Cupcake Tuesday Let's Do Brunch Tempt my Tummy Tuesday Mandi's Tasty Tuesday Topsy Turvy Tuesday Handmade Tuesday Tasty Tuesday Tip Me Tuesday Time Out Tuesday Get Your Craft On WEDNESDAYMrs Fox's Sweets Party  Lil' Luna Ginger Snap Crafts Wonka Wednesday Whatever Goes Wednesday Wow Us Wednesday Look What I Made Wednesday What I Whipped Up Wednesday  Whatever You Want Wednesday Wow Me Wednesday This Chick Cooks THURSDAYSweet TemptationsTablescape Thursday Artsy Girl Sweet Treats Thursday Sweets This Week Thursday Show Your Stuff House of Hepworths Brambleberry Cottage FRIDAY:Freestyle Fridays Tidy Mom Inspiration Friday Feathered Nest Friday Bacon Time Friday Party Sweet Tooth Friday Show and Tell Friday It's a Hodgepodge Friday Weekend Wrap Up Flaunt it Friday Sassy Sites Friday Fun Fridays Unfolded Food on Fridays Friday Flair Foodie FridayWEEKEND Show and Tell Saturday Sweets for a Saturday So Sweet Sundays The Girl Creative Sundae Scoop Pink Saturday

The Tablescaper ~ Seasonal Sundays 

Stained Glass Cookies ~ A Tribute to my Grandma Dorothy Dyas for Tea Party Tuesday

In Memory...

Dorothy Dyas

9/23/17 - 10/16/11

Happy Tea Party Tuesday!

I would like to introduce you to a wonderful guest

for tea this week, my late grandmother, Dorothy Dyas.

My Dad's mom recently passed away at 

the wonderful age of 94

In my opinion, that is one AWESOME, long life.

There is so much one could say about this woman, 
she was a force to be reckoned with and never
took "NO" for an answer, ever. 

She wasn't the kind of grandma you would
cuddle up with and read stories or bake cookies,
but that is OK.

I learned many other things from 
watching her live her life.


Like follow your passions.

And NEVER, EVER let a disease define you.

My Grandma suffered from
Parkinsons Disease for several years.


For as long as I have memories of her, I 
remember her head and hands shaking.


But despite that she made a second
career out of fashioning stained glass
and traveled all over the United States
winning awards for her work. 

This is my piece from Grandma...inspired by a 1920's Vogue Cover

My Grandmother created art
up until the last few months of her
life. She traded in the stained glass several years 
ago for paper, paint and beautiful mosaics.

A few years ago, she was featured in our
hometown newspaper...to be inspired, click HERE.

She loved these elegant lady profiles and BIG HATS!

James, Sophia and I drove to Nebraska for
her funeral the weekend of Oct 22nd. 
I was honored to read at her memorial service. 

It was also the first time I had seen the 
stained glass windows she created and donated
to her church when they remolded several years ago. 

The two windows in front here were made by my Grandma - I wish I had a better picture!!

When we got home, Sophia and I made
Stained Glass Cookies 
for tea this week in her honor. 

We talked about the beauty of colors
and light and how each person can see 
the world in a different way.

And that is a very good thing.

Excuse the cookie imperfections...I am a cookie newbie!!!

I used a new sugar cookie recipe that 
I LOVED - it held it's shape so great and hardly spread.

Now, I am sure you can tell on your own,
I AM NOT A COOKIE EXPERT!


I am a CUPCAKE & TEA PARTY person.

I really would love to learn sugar cookies and
royal icing better, but I will just have to leave it up 
to my friends like Lisa, Hani, Callye, Meaghan

However, I really like how these 
turned out. I used a cookie recipe I found HERE.  



To make the stained glass effect, I crushed
up jolly ranchers and placing the cookies
to bake on a greased foil lined baking sheet
I let them bake for about 4 minutes.  I then placed the
crushed candy into the cut out area and baked
for 3-4 more minutes or until the cookies were
done and the candy was melted. 

Here is a basic tutorial that I modified a bit - HERE.

I was inspired by the Rose Window of Notre Dame and went crazy!

God is Good.

So are flowers.....

 And so is TEA!!!

I found this cup at a flea market in Cross Lake, MN with my Mom-in-law!!

I am brewing up Toffee Delight!!!
It is so warm and nutty...just like me! 


I think I made the rounds to everyone last week,
it was a great party and I appreciate everyone who
takes the time and links up.

I know the time it takes to join a linky 
party properly so I raise my teacup to YOU!


Sharing edible stained glass with:

TEA, INSPIRATION & TABLESCAPES:  

Rose Chintz Tea Time Tuesday  

Martha's Favorite TeaCup Tuesday  
The Plumed Pen ~ Tuesday Tea for Two! 
Tea Cup Tuesday at Artful Affirmations 

Teacup Thursday  

Tabletop Tuesday  

Lady Katherine's Tea Time Tuesday 

Teapot and Tea Things Tuesday 

A Return to Loveliness  

LACE Wednesdays   

Tablescape Thursday  

Pink Saturday  

The Tablescaper ~ Seasonal Sundays 
StoneGable - On the Menu Monday! 
Bernideen's Tea Time Blog 
Teapot and Tea Things Tuesday ~ Breath of Fresh Air 

OTHER FUN SWEETS/FOOD and CRAFT LINK PARTIES YOU MIGHT LIKE:

 Mouth Watering Mondays, Melt in Your Mouth Mondays, Mingle Monday, Made it on Monday Sumo's Sweet Stuff Made by You Mondays Making the World Cuter Mondays Motivate Me Monday Joy of Desserts Dittle Dattle Amaze Me Monday Jam Hands Recipe Share Monday Mangia MondaysTUESDAY Crazy for Crust Confessions of a SAHM Delicious Dishes Cupcake Tuesday Let's Do Brunch Tempt my Tummy Tuesday Mandi's Tasty Tuesday Topsy Turvy Tuesday  Handmade Tuesday  Tasty Tuesday Tip Me Tuesday  Time Out Tuesday  Get Your Craft On WEDNESDAY Cast Party Wednesday Lil' Luna Ginger Snap Crafts Wonka Wednesday Whatever Goes Wednesday Wow Us Wednesday Look What I Made Wednesday What I Whipped Up Wednesday Let's Do Brunch Whatever You Want Wednesday Wow Me Wednesday This Chick Cooks Gooseberry PatchTHURSDAYArtsy Girl Sweet Treats Thursday Sweets This Week  Thursday Show Your Stuff House of Hepworths Brambleberry Cottage FRIDAY: Tidy Mom Inspiration Friday Feathered Nest Friday Bacon Time Friday Party Sweet Tooth Friday Show and Tell Friday It's a Hodgepodge Friday Weekend Wrap Up Flaunt it Friday  Sassy Sites Friday Fun  Fridays Unfolded Food on Fridays Friday Flair Foodie FridayWEEKEND Sweets for a Saturday So Sweet Sundays The Girl Creative   Sundae Scoop