Has been on a long craft hiatus and have had no desire to blog. I just made a bunch a new stuff and have finally gotten in the craft mood again. Stay tuned for pictures.

New Dinner Recipe & Key Lime

Words can not even express how much I love Chicken Picatta with Capers Sauce. I had it on Valentine's Day at The New Yorker for the first time. And then a Veal Picatta for our Anniversary at Cucina Toscana . (The New Yorker was soo much better) I though I would give it a try myself. The recipe was super easy and pretty yummy!

And to top off the meal...Key Lime Cupcakes!

I am loving the cupcake cookbook...a little too much.

A new obsession begins..

Cupcakes..what's not to love about them.. really? Little mini pieces of heaven individually wrapped for our eating pleasure. And making them Gourmet in 10 minutes...well that's an added bonus.
So tonight I carefully scanned the pages of the book and picked my first recipe to attempt...or maybe I just picked the recipe that I had all the ingredients for. Chocolate Cinnamon Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache. Sounds Yummy. I'll tell you the truth.
The cupcakes were beautiful coming out of the oven..it was love at first sight. I then moved onto the Ganache, which I will confess, I have never made before. And let me pass on what I learned. You need to make it in a glass bowl (which I will soon be purchasing) in case you need to microwave it a bit after stirring to make sure you get the chocolate all melted. Other than that super easy recipe. So I frosted these pretty little babies with the Ganache and admired my work for a bit. Mmm, cupcakes. Then I carefully pulled the paper back and took a bite. It was yummy, but I think I had built expectations up in my head about eating the best cupcake ever and this recipe didn't meet those expectations. I used a super moist cupcake mix, but with the recipe you add milk, less eggs and no oil, which make them really pretty, but not super moist like you would expect. I like this cupcake more on the second one I ate than the first. The recipe has to grow on you a bit.
Now time to scan the pages and pick out my next attempt at Gourmet Cupcakes...the Key Lime and the Orange Dreamsicle are calling my name. I might have to toss a coin.

Confessions

1. Last week I attended my first Scrapbook Expo. It was pretty cool and full of crazy ladies.

2. I am very unorganized with my supplies right now. If I can't find something I must be out and have to buy it thus resulting in multiple items when I find the one I was looking for.

3. I got a new sewing machine last year for Mother's Day/Birthday. I haven't even used all the fancy stitches on it yet.

4. Much to your dismay I can not do it all. I have so many hobbies that some of them I haven't even done for a while. Like cardmaking...I really need to make some more cards for my stash.

5. I want a new band saw.

6. I spend more time on the internet looking for new crafts ideas than I do actually making them.

7. I have a craft room that is pretty much just my craft storage room. I do all my projects on the kitchen table..resulting in lots of trips up and down the stairs and a kitchen counter full of craft supplies all the time.

8. I am a self taught woodworker, but would like to take some classes or find some books to sharpen my skills.

9. I am a procrastinator and I hate it

10. I worship the ladies on the cute craft blogs. They are awesome and have so many cute ideas.

Bookshelf Painted- Check

It turned out super cute painted...now on to the next item on my To Do list.

Crown Molding Ledges

I'm on a roll today...
I just made these for my living room. My list of painting projects keeps getting bigger. Too bad it's back to work, so these projects will have to wait 'til Thursday.

Here's the whole wall in the Living Room...my new shelf on the left, then a spot I am saving for a picture, my new ledges and on the right is a spot for another project I will hopefully make this week too. Maybe we will have a finished Living Room this month.

New Bookshelf

This bookshelf, which I think we originally purchased for a microwave stand for our first apartment, is finally being retired (never to return).

I just replaced it with this new baby.

Hot of the workshop floor...my new bookshelf. It's gonna have to wait in line to be painted...I seem to be able to make stuff faster than I can paint it.

Long Awaited Projects

Today was a "getting things done" day...although I didn't anticipate one of the projects taking 6 hours. I finally painted a couple green spots left in the front room and then moved up the stairwell and hallway. It looks fabulous! I love freshly painted walls! Now time to buy some accessories. After painting I decided to finish some vinyl projects that have been on my "to do list"

These frames have been hanging on the wall blank for about 3 months.
maybe just 2, I had some different frames up there originally and changed them out for these.
It hangs by my front door.

This one was a scary projects to do. I hate heights and should have waited for Erik to get home, but I am too impatient and wanted to get it done. I did take my cell phone up there with me in case I got stuck. If you can't remember your Roman Numerals it's 4 6 2001 (our wedding date).