Monday, December 21, 2009

Monday Market #3

My apologies for missing Monday Market last week. But I am back with an adorable jewelry shop. This week's Etsy store is IMCreations! IMCreations sells tons of unique scrabble tile pendants, one of which I own.

IMCreations also has a great promotion: buy 2 get 1 free; buy 4 get 2 free; buy 6 get 3 free.
This is the damask pendant I own from IMCreations.


I also love these pendants...

Love
FREE PENDANT WHEN YOU BUY ANY 2 - Scrabble Tile Pendant - RETRO LOVE (No. WRD134)

Sweet Meadow
FREE PENDANT WHEN YOU BUY ANY 2 Scrabble Tile Pendants - SWEET MEADOW (No. FLW123)

Rustic Piano
FREE PENDANT WHEN YOU BUY ANY 2 Scrabble Tile Pendants - RUSTIC PIANO (No. SYM199)

Ohm Lotus
FREE PENDANT WHEN YOU BUY ANY 2 Scrabble Tile Pendants - OHM LOTUS black white (No. WRD162)

Check out IMCreations for tons of awesome pendants!

That's all for now!

Friday, December 18, 2009

My Attempt at a Cookie-Cake-Pie

A while ago, I found a Cookie-Cake-Pie online and I thought it looked super awesome. You can find the original Cookie-Cake-Pie here, at the CakeSpy.

Last night I made Cookie-Cake-Pie Tarts. I took the lazy way out, and used store bought pie crust, cookie dough, cake mix, and icing. You could homemake any or all of the layers.

So, without further ado, I present the Cookie-Cake-Pie tart.

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First, I used a store bought pie crust and cut it into circles to fit into a muffin pan.

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Then I baked the pie crusts for only a few minutes at 450. Just enough to start them baking.
Once then were slightly baked, I took them out of the oven and layered in some chocolate chip cookie dough.

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After the layer of cookie dough, I mixed up the cake mix and poured cake mix in the muffin tins.

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Then, I baked the Cookie-Cake-Pie tarts at 350 per the instructions on the cake mix box. I took them out of the muffin tin to help them cool quicker so I could ice them.

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Here they are, all iced and sprinkled.

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And this is what they look like on the inside. A little taste of pie, a little taste of cookie, a little taste of cake, and a little taste of icing. And they are good. I kinda can't stop eating them.

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So there you have it! A little taste of yummy in a Cookie-Cake-Pie tart.

Monday, December 7, 2009

Monday Market #2

Well, it is another Monday, and here I am with another Etsy store recommendation! This week I am featuring an awesome Organic Spa: SpaGoddess!

I haven't purchased anything for SpaGoddess yet, but I have my eye on their Shower Steamers. Shower Steamers are balls of essential oils, perfect for an aromatic shower. They Shower Steamers come in four scents: Peppermint, Eucalyptus, Juicy Citrus, and Lavender.

Aromatherapy Shower Steamer Assortment - Try All 4 Scents
I also love the Body Scrubs that SpaGoddess has to offer. For $12 you can get a sampler pack of 3! I think my three would be Enchanted Forest, Empress Vanilla, and Double Love!

3 Travel Size Scrubs by Angel Face Botanicals
Finally, Spa Goddess has an awesome sampler pack for $22. This is my top pick this week! The Spa Goddess Grab Bag is an great way to sample a bunch of different products for one low price. It reminds me of the Surprise Bags I used to buy at the corner store for $1... only better!
GRAB BAG - Angel Face Botanicals Natural Product Sampler Set of 10


Now, my music recommendations for the day are "Love Your Love The Most" by Eric Church and "Who'll Stop The Rain" by Courtney Jaye (originally by CCR, but so much nicer by Courtney)

That is all for now. Happy Shopping!

Friday, December 4, 2009

Worst Blogger EVER!

Hello Followers!

I apologize for not posting all week. After my awesome introduction of the Monday Market feature, my brain fizzled and I had no clue what to say.

I am also going to admit that my reading of Pride and Prejudice has fizzled. I am still reading it, but my book recommendations/reviews might not be a weekly feature. So far, I am enjoying Pride and Prejudice and I am hoping to finish it by this time next week! So stay tuned for that.

I feel like this week has been a major fail. I worked Monday to make up for taking Sunday off, so I didn't get my Monday off. It totally threw my week off. I had to work 3 days in a row and I was over tired from not getting much sleep last weekend at my family holiday gathering. I had yesterday and today off, but I didn't get anything done that I wanted to - except laundry. I didn't get my tree up; I didn't get my Christmas shopping done; I didn't get my Christmas lights out; I didn't do any of the cleaning I needed to do; I didn't get groceries. But, I am pushing all that stuff to Monday/Tuesday. For a change of pace, I have Tuesday off this week and I am working Thursday. So, I only have to work 2 days then I get 2 more days off.

Also, I realized that I haven't been keeping up with my music recs, so here we go (with a few extra for good measure):
"People Are Crazy" by Billy Currington
"Fireflies" by Owl City
"Free To Be Me" by Francesca Battistelli
"Wild at Heart" by Gloriana

What is everyone's plans for the weekend?