July 4th Shirts

I wanted to make the boys some shirts for the 4th of July. they turned out awesome and were crazy easy!!

Double Strawberry Scones

I recently discovered this recipe while perusing a Better Homes and Gardens mag and these are AWESOME!!!  They are great fresh but also warm up very nicely!!

2 TBSP sugar

2 1/2 cups AP flour

1  Tbsp.  baking powder  

1/4  tsp.  salt  

1/2  cup  (1 stick) butter, cut into chunks  

3/4  cup  chopped fresh strawberries  

1/2  cup  freeze-dried strawberries, (optional)  

2  Tbsp.  snipped basil  

2  eggs, lightly beaten  

1/2  cup  half-and-half 

Half-and-half or milk

Sugar

Do this:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. In a large bowl stir together the flour, the 2 tablespoons sugar, baking powder, and salt. Using a pastry blender or two knives, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Gently toss in fresh and freeze-dried strawberries and basil. Make a well in center of flour mixture; set aside.


2. In a medium bowl stir together eggs and the half-and-half. Add egg mixture to flour mixture all at once. Using a large spoon, gently stir just until moistened.


3. Turn dough out onto a generously floured surface. Knead dough by folding and gently pressing it 5 to 7 times, turning dough a quarter turn after each fold. Transfer to a lightly floured parchment-lined baking sheet. Pat or lightly roll dough into a 3/4-inch-thick circle. Cut circle into wedges and pull apart slightly.


4. Brush wedges with additional half-and-half and sprinkle with sugar. Bake about 16 minutes or until golden. Serve warm. Refrigerate any leftover scones; reheat 15 seconds in microwave. Makes 12 scones.

Girly Totes

With a houseful of boys, it is such fun to make girly stuff periodically.  I have made two of these so far and love love love them, how about you.

I was inspired by Susie Harris' tutorial and just customized it for the little lady's!

Monsters...

We made our first felt monster this week in honor of Halloween.

It turned out pretty cute, a bit smaller than I would like but Matthew helped cut out the fabric and it looks awfully "unscary" hanging on our front door!