New design

Today I thought would be a nice day for a little change-up on here and so I'm going to test out this new design and see what I think in a couple of days. It is difficult to get a color to read on that isn't tough on the eyes. Let me know what you think of this one :D

the BEST caramel popcorn ever!! recipe here :)

Every time I make this, it reminds me of going to the Lloyd Center Mall in Portland, OR as a kid to get caramel popcorn after ice-skating or getting it to take in to the theater. The entire house smells like a candy kitchen and it is very difficult to wait to eat it! :D I thought I'd share the recipe on this snowy day.


THE BEST CARAMEL POPCORN EVER!!

1 CUP BUTTER
2 CUPS BROWN SUGAR
1/2 CUP CORN SYRUP
1 TSP. SALT
1/2 TSP. BAKING SODA
1 TSP. VANILLA
1 CUP WORTH OF POPCORN KERNELS- POPPED

1) Preheat oven to 250* Place popcorn in a very *large bowl.
2) In saucepan: melt butter; add sugar, syrup and salt. Bring to a boil stirring constantly. Boil withOUT stirring for 4 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla (this may spatter a bit if you don't take it off the heat) and then the baking soda.
3) Pour in a thin stream over the popped-corn in the bowl and stir it up with a wooden spoon to coat all the corn. The syrup is extremely hot so be careful here!
4) Place the coated popcorn onto shallow baking sheets and bake at 250* for 45 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes while it's baking. Remove from oven and allow it to cool completely before breaking into pieces.


You can store this in an air-tight container (I use the big Cambro container you see in the pics) or ziplock baggies. The amount this makes filled my Cambro plus one gallon ziplock. Plus we ate some. :D

*I use a rather large bowl to mix mine in, but as a tip if you don't have a huge bowl like that, you can put your popped corn into a paper grocery bag and pour the caramel over it in that, then fold the top down and shake it like crazy to coat it before pouring it onto the baking pans.

Cupcake Beanie (crochet)

What better way to keep your head warm than with a cupcake hat?? :D Finally found the pompoms I was searching for and got them put on...now it's complete. :) I'm going to list this up on Etsy and there will be more photos there. *love* cupcakes!!!

Another Carrot Scarf :P (crochet)

Yay finished!! It's pretty much identical to the one I made for my sister and posted a while back, but a slightly different orange and green color. I would say to make this takes just under 1 skein of the orange...assuming you are using a "regular" skein such as Carron super soft or red heart super saver. Whatever yardage those come with. The green portion is not much at all...waaay less than a skein. :D The pattern (credit where it's due here!) is Twinkie Chan. Gosh I love that book. :D

Cupcake Scarf (crochet)

Loving this scarf!!! I almost want to just keep it for myself :P I have hunted high and low for teeny pompom sprinkles and so far am not having luck. I will try once again this weekend because that's all that I am missing from this being completed. And I think (even after all the time and effort putting them on) that the eyes are going to have to come back off because the hubby informed me that it made the cherries look like noses. And this isn't a Rudolph scarf!!! lol :P The pattern is from the Twinkie Chan crochet book (check it out at bookstores online).

Child's Kitchen Towel Set (crochet)

Last night I made these 3 pieces up for one of my nieces for her play kitchen. Her little kitchen is done up in pinks and plaids and my sister wanted a towel, potholder and sponge to add in. This is going up on my Etsy as a cutom listing in a little bit here, but anyone interested in something similar can always contact me. :)

Little Owls and some Scrap

Hmmm..well the photos are a little darker than I'd hoped they would be on here, but that's alright. The owls are an idea I had (and am still in the progress of working) but I thought I'd show a sneak-peek.

Ever wonder what you can do to use up the ends of your yarn skeins and scraps? This is what I'm currently doing with mine ^^^^ Making a *scrap crap lap blanket*. How's that for a title? :D Just from projects over the last 3 months or so, I've had enough left overs to make this one so far. It's roughly 2 1/2 feet by 3 feet and growing. At the rate I'm going, I could cover my whole house this year :D hahaha