Bakeware Giveaway

• Two of a Kind contacted Wilton.

• Wilton emailed Two of a Kind back and said that they would send her the complete line of UltraGold Bakeware to give away!
• That's $180 worth of bakware!

Another Sassy Apron Giveaway

Go Graham Go is giving away the Kirkland's "Sassy" pink and black apron pictured in the previous post that says, "Everyone has there own price, mine is chocolate."

Sassy Apron's

• Jolly Mom is giving away a "Sexy Women Have Messy Kitchens" Sassy Apron from Kirkland's.
• It's the black apron lined with teal, and white polka dots.
  

Puppy Cake

• Here's one of the puppy cakes I decorated last night.
• It's for Isaak's birthday.
  

Pudding Cups - A Mother's Day Treat

• I wanted to do something special in the kitchen for Mother's Day.
  
• I found a recipe I wanted to try off of Bakerella. She got the recipe off of the book Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey Treats for Kids. Now I want this cookbook! :P
  

• My 4 year old Mica and I made Pudding Cups. It was a little challenging with an additional 2 year old around. He wanted in on all the action too, but is too little to be in on it.
• First I blew up the balloon's. Try and buy small ones, because mine were a little big.
  
• This is when it got crazy, Isaak and Mica were trying to grab the balloons and throw them around. Any that hit the floor I wasn't going to use because they were part of what we were going to eat.
  

• Then I put the chocolate almond bark on the stove to melt. I always put my smaller pan inside a bigger pan that has water in it. It acts as a double boiler. Be careful not to have too much water! If water boils and splashes into the chocolate, your chocolate will end up in the trash.

• Lay out waxed paper. Put a spoon full of melted chocolate on the wax paper in different spots, enough for your balloons to have the spacing they will need. Let the spots be until they are almost cool.
• Dip the balloons in the chocolate. This was fun. I wouldn't let Mica do this part because it's messy and the chocolate is hot. You should dip them in good, so that they will be bowl shaped in when they are popped.
  

• Let them cool! Don't get in a hurry to pop them, because you'll have a mess of chocolate on your hands. If you do have any that are messed up. Crumble the chocolate back up to put in the pan to make another one.
• Once they are cool, pop the balloons. Mica LOVED doing this!
• Remove the popped balloon gently.
• On a few of them I had to put a dab of chocolate in the bottom of the chocolate bowls.
  

• Next...make the pudding. I cheated and used instant to quicken the process. Mica likes using the hand mixer.
• I added a heaping spoonful of melted peanut butter, which tasted good.

• I poured the pudding right into the chocolate bowls.

• Last...but not least I sprayed on whipped cream with added sprinkles. I didn't give Mica too much whipped cream! :)
• He LOVED it! Isaak loved his after dinner. He shared one with me. :)
  

• Isaak and my Grandma that has Alzheimer's disease had a look of surprise in their eyes when I ripped off the chocolate from their bowls, for them to eat. :)

Flowers, Candy, or Something Else

• Jolly Mom is giving away a $50 gift card to 1-800-FLOWERS.COM
• I really like Mother's Day Belgian Chocolate Oreo® Cookie Tin.
• How yummy! :P
  

Flirty Apron Giveaway

• Another Flirty Apron Giveaway is going on at My Wee View!
• How I love their cute apron's!
  

Bake it Pretty

• Bakerella is having a $50 gift certificate to Bake it Pretty. I seriously could spend so much at this store! Everything is so cute!
• Look at these cute edible buttons! I want some!
  

• They also have all kinds of packaging supplies for bakers. How fun is that?

Green Giant "Seeds of Change" Giveaway

A Giveaway Addicted Mommy is giving away a Seeds of Change Prize Pack (pictured above) from Green Giant and MyBlogSpark (one VIP coupon valid for a free package of Green Giant frozen vegetables, in addition to a mini herb garden, an eco-friendly bamboo utensil set, and a 100% recyclable grocery tote)

Sweet Giveaway

• A Give Away Addicted Mommy is giving away a Spring Sweet Treats" prize pack from Betty Crocker and Safeway (one VIP coupon valid for a free Betty Crocker product, in addition to a silicon baking pan, stainless steel mixing bowl, oven mitt, Betty Crocker mixing spoon, and a $25 Safeway gift card).

Lemon Cake Eggs

• Happy Easter! Instead of making Red Velvet Cake Balls, I made Lemon Cake Eggs.
  
• I just made a lemon cake, let it cool, mashed it up, added a whole container of lemon frosting, used a small scoop to scoop it into balls and put it in the freezer. Later I took the mixture out of the freezer, rolled them into eggs (this is easier to do when the mix is cold, otherwise it's too sticky), then dipped them into chocolate and white almond bark. I attempted to squirt cooking chocolate mixed with water using a new toothbrush on the eggs to make them speckled, but that made the eggs sticky. I whipped the speckles off.
  

Cupcake Giveaway!

• Make-Ahead Meal's for Busy Mom's has their first giveaway.
• She's giving away the book Cupcake Fun!, a 12-Piece Cupcake Decorating Set! It has 4 tips, 8 bags, and a handy instruction booklet, and some cute little Cupcake Boxes! They're designed to hold and display 4 standard cupcakes. The package contains 3 boxes.
  

Ok...So Art Students are a Little Odd

• That statement in the title includes me. I was an art student once.
• My students have a wall space in the classroom that has Richard Nixon images all over it. I have no clue why they chose Richard Nixon, but that's who they chose.
• They are recruiting people to come up with Richard Nixon pieces.
  
• I created one for them to put up on the wall.
• Zach, the student in charge of the Nixon wall was so happy that one teacher actually did something to put up.
  

We All Scream for Ice Cream

• I wanted to do something that would incorporate my cookies. All the ice cream cones are cookies I've created. The pink is actually strawberry frosting, the brown is chocolate frosting and the white is vanilla frosting.
• With the cones I paint on an egg mixture that includes: The white part of an egg, brown food coloring (I have to make my own brown) and brown sugar. I paint it on before they bake.
• I just saw this picture of Nixon, and decided that everyone needed ice cream cones to uplift their day. They look a little too serious, don't you think?
• I thought about doing a Thanksgiving Day Parade with my turkey cookies, but I wanted something that would take little time to do.
• This took 30 to 40 min. Cutting out the cookies in Photoshop took the longest amount of time.
• Click on the image to see it BIGGER.

Wilton Birthday Giveaway

• Two of a Kind is giving away a birthday set from Wilton.
• Oh how I'd love to win!
  

Edible Things

• I've seen a few decorating things lately that I want! They are kind of different.
• The first one is edible pearls. It would be fun to use these on cookies or cakes. My birthstone is alexandrite, which pearl is its substitute since alexandrite is so expensive.
  

• Grandma Spiehs gave me a few edible markers before Christmas. I like them!

• These I really want! They are edible googly eye's.
• They could be used on animals, or people.