Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler

 I love living in the South .... so many reasons to celebrate.  Mardi Gras is one of the main celebrations around these parts.  These fleur de lis cookies though are actually for a sweet little princess who is celebrating her third birthday.  Her birthday this year fell right in the middle of the Mardi Gras festivities.  So what better way to celebrate her birthday?  Yes, a "Mardi Gras Themed Party"!  I hear her cake will even be the traditional King Cake, yummie!  These cookies will be bagged and labeled as a "thank you" to the guests who attend her party. Happy Third Birthday Adeline!

Little Extra Valentines

After baking for a special little girl's class party I decided I needed a few more Valentine cookies.  I have been wanting to try this chocolate recipe I found on another great blog and decided to go for it.  Anyway, I was pleased with the results but had no one in particular to give them to.  So, since my husband was the instructor for a local "Spin Class" on the night of Valentine's I decided to bag them up and give a treat to the class afterwards.  Hey, what better time to indulge than after a great workout?   I'm sure those calories are burned off instantly when the "furnace" is hot, RIGHT! I was sceptical as to how the class would respond but everyone was so excited to receive a Valentine that night.

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas...

We took a little break from baking this weekend and broke out the cricut for a few Christmas crafts! The first thing we tackled was step stools for the kids. I have seen these and loved the simplicity ... just the child's name in the center without any other decorations. We were going for the Pottery Barn look.

I purchased these stools at Target's Black Friday sale. At $6.50 a piece, I think they were a steal! I wish I would have loaded two carts full! Such a precious gift for those little ones!

The next project was a really fun and cheap one! We made a cookie plate for Santa! I got the plate and mug from Dollar Tree so this project was just a little over $2 total!

So that's about it for this weekend. I'd better go prepare for the week ahead... only 2 more weeks until we are out for the Christmas Holidays!

A little late but as promised...

Here are some of the finished products of the last post.

Does it look like controlled chaos? Because that is exactly what it is! 

And how about these adorable pumpkins? So cute you "almost" wouldn't want to eat them! K used sanding sugar for the stems and vine. It just adds a little bit of dimension and pop. 

Here are the megaphones. I know there will be some giddy little girls over these! 

And the biggest news of the day **drum roll** 

We've been featured here!   http://thepolkadotgiraffe.blogspot.com/

Mrs. Karen was so very kind to feature our work on her blog. Read a little about us and while you are there scroll through her blog. She does a-maz-ing work! I'll take one of everything, please! Thank you very much!

~A