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3 Cheers for Unpacking!!

Moving day #2

Will update the shop & add more posts once we stay in one place for long enough... :) which will be soon, I hope! Ciao until then... 'night!

 

xxoo

 

 

Moving Day #1...

Bring on the milk!

Since I love working with my hands, I obviously also have a love for the kitchen. Funny thing is, I've never been much of a baker... but things are about to change!!!

I just bought (an early Xmas-prezzy for myself) a brand new Kitchen-Aid for my brand new house in a brand new city - and I can't WAIT to get it out of the box and start experimenting! 

My sister (who is quite the baker, might I add) showed me the ropes the other night and we whipped up a few batches of cookies in no time - it really got me itching to start baking all sorts of holiday goodies.

We improvised for the traditional chocolate chip cookies (it was kind of a spur-of-the-moment thing and we hadn't a chocolate chip in the house)... so we used Hershey's Hugs as well as an oversized bar of dark bittersweet chocolate instead (YUM!). 

(By the way - did you know that there's a fairly large sized lump of milk chocolate inside each and every Hug?! I was quite surprised to find that! I always tend to pop the things in my mouth so quickly, I've never had time to perform a dissection!)

We also whipped up a few soft gingerbread cookies as well (the kind that are a little gooey in the middle) - those were definitely my favorite. Rolled in sugar and just... perfect. 

       

 

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Here's the recipe for the Chocolate Chip (or, as we made them, Chocolate Chunk) Cookies:

2/3 cup shortening

2/3 cup butter/marg, softened

1 cup sugar

1 cup packed brown sugar

2 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

12 oz chocolate of choice, chopped roughly

Mix dry ingredients. Mix wet ingredients. 

Combine wet & dry ingredients. 

Spoon onto greased baking sheet. 

Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes or until done... 

Bring on the milk!! :) 

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Happy Holiday Baking To Ewe & Yours!! 

xo!

Yippee!! The sale has begun!

Eleven little shop favorites are now on sale...

     

     

Happy celebrating!!

A time worth celebrating!!

Woohoo! Tomorrow marks the month-a-versary of the shop! 

In honor of this fabulous occasion, I will be marking down some of my favorite shop items for a short period of time starting later tonight for a 24 hour 72 hour (or so) period! (Upon request, I've extended the sale in light of the election craziness. Happy voting! :) )

Thank you so much to those of you who have "hearted" my shop, to those who have purchased a little something, and to those of you who have made custom-art requests... Your sweet & hearty support means so much!

xoxo