Madison's Birthday Pupcakes

Hi all! Madison's birthday was last month and I decided to try something a little different. I am so excited about how they came out so I decided to post it onto the blog.

I made pupcakes! 

Yes, that means I made cupcakes for my pup. And she devoured them down to the last bite [she even ate half the paper wrapper too].

They were so easy to make. Here are the ingredients you will need:
- 1/3 Cup Milk
- 1 Egg
- 2 Tb Vegetable Oil
- 2 Tb Honey
- 3/4 Cup Flour
- 1/4 Cup All Natural Peanut Butter [I used Low Sodium Too]
- 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp All Natural Vanilla Extract

Looks yummy, huh!?

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Mix all the ingredients together and set on Stir for about 3 minutes. This will make sure that all the ingredients have mixed well. Then line your cupcake pan with about 4 liners. Spoon about the same amount of mixture into each one. Pop your pupcakes into the oven for about 15-20 minutes, and voila your puppy is ready to enjoy!

I am very particular with the things I give my baby. She's a westie, and westie's tend to have a lot of skin problems, the majority of which can be avoided by what they consume. For that reason I was skeptical to give her any pupcake, but these ingredients did just fine.

Here is the Peanut Butter I used. It is made by JIF.

Happy Birthday or Congratulations to your puppies! Let me know how it goes! 

{It's a Minnie} Freebie Friday

Hi Moms & Dads!

My niece is ABOUT to turn one and we are SO excited! This is going to be HUGE! and we are {little by little} getting ready for her Minnie Mouse bash. We are doing a lot by hand and some I have done on my computer. Which, although not my tool of choice, I think some of the things we made came out REALLY cute.

Below are the images of what I created, and here is another FREEBIE that will be loved by anyone obsessed by the oh so adorable Minnie Mouse and her lovely polka-dot bow. Here are some Free Food Label Tents to print and get ideas.Also, I have included a beautiful little printable for your candy station! I hope you love these Minnie Mouse inspired printables.

Download Food Label Tend Cards Here       Download Candy Station Printable Here

Please let us know how it goes! 

{Post Update}

Here's a little post update: So, as I told you here, it was my sister's birthday and I made her cake for her day. I just wanted to share with you my personal experience with making my first Ombre cake, as I am NOT a baker, whatsoever, and am in no way making the statement that I am. This was VERY difficult for me, but being the resourceful person that I am {or that I try to be} I tried to simplify {as much as possible} what seemed like an impossible fete. Here's how...

First: I gathered some simple tools, and ingredients to make my life easier.

(1}Good old-fashioned PAM {2}Yellow Cake Mix {3}Bake Pan {4}Measuring Cups and lastly not shown here {5}Food Coloring

So first thing I did was make the cake mix {just followed the directions on the box}. I then equally separated the cake mix into different bowls and added food coloring to each bowl. To create the ombre look I added no food coloring to the first bowl, then one dab of red food coloring to the second bowl, to the third I added two dabs of red food coloring and 1 dab of neon pink food coloring, and then the last I added 3 dabs of neon pink food coloring. {needless to say it was VERY messy}

     

Then it was time to bake. I sprayed the bake pan with {A LOT of} PAM in order to make sure that it wouldn't get stuck. 

{Not so pretty, but}I quickly started layering all the mini cakes, and put white vanilla frosting in between each layer. Make sure to not leave the cake in the oven too long because since it is so little cake mix, it cooks very fast. I put more frosting towards the outer rim of each layer, so that the finished product would look even and pretty! haha. Take a look for yourself. What do you think?

    

It was delicious too!

XOXO, Crystal                    

Freebie Fridays

Hey readers! Today's Freebie Friday is dedicated to my beautiful sister's birthday and to any other birthday's coming up in your lives. It is a black and white striped and chevron birthday banner. Totally Yours! Totally Free! Enjoy!

- Download Here -

Party Time!

Hi readers:

What a long week it's been culminating, however, in one of my favorite days of the years! Besides it being a Freebie Friday again tomorrow, it's my sister's birthday. Happy Birthday Tina! Tomorrow should be exciting! She has decided that we all get our boots on and go down to the nearby Country Western Bar for some line-dancing. Before these festivities, I get to decorate my house for a beautiful cake cutting made by, of course, moi!

I plan on creating a Naked Ombre Frosting Cake. Sorta like this one below posted by the lovely crew over at Lovey Dovey Darling.

We me luck! and subscribe to see pictures of the finished product and get a beautiful freebie birthday banner! :)

Freebie Fridays

Hi fellow crafters! Here is your Freebie Friday!

With Spring around the corner I thought you would love this beautiful FREE printable pendant banner.

- Download Here - 

Here are some step by steps:

 

First Step: Download!

 Second Step: Get your supplies

 

 Third Step: Cut & Fold

 

Keep Going!

You're Almost Done!

Then tape it to string, put it up, & enjoy!