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Hello readers- I would just like to let you know I am geust posting over at Home Savvy A to Z today.

Erin's blog is full of great ideas about cooking, crafting and blogging. I would love if you went over there and checked out my post about how to make an Embroidered Applique picture!

 

Cream Cheese Frosting- New Food Friday

Looking for a great Cream Cheese frosting recipe? I love cream cheese frosting, but not the kind from the jar.

Here is the one I came up with-

1 cup butter softened
2 containers (8 oz) cream cheese softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
milk to desired consisitancy

Add all ingredients to bowl and mix with mixer. Add milk slowly until desired consistancy is reached!

This cream cheese frosting was very delicious- creamy and smooth!

I used mine to add a little oomph to my banana bread for the holidays!

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Enjoy and thanks for stopping by!

Things I Love Thursday- Project Runway

I am starting a new series on my blog called Things I Love Thursdays- I have seen some people do this and I think it is always good to share the things we love!

This week it is only fitting that I share that I love...... Project Runway!

Photo from Lifetime website



The premeire of Project Runway All-Stars is on tonight on Lifetime at 9/8c and I can't wait. I love seeing all of the designs that are made and then see all the work that goes into constructing the garments. I wish I was even half as talented as the designers at making clothing. I geuss I just need to learn more about sewing- especially about sewing clothes.

I think the fact that it is an All-Stars edition should make it pretty interesting too since they all have already been a part of the competition.

Here is a link to the Project Runway Blog. Hopefully this season is a good one!

Hope you all are having a great Thursday!!
Thanks for stopping by!

 

Tuesday 10- Ten Most Pinned Posts from My Blog

Welcome to my first Tuesday 10 of the New Year- I hope everyone's 2012 is off to a good start. Mine is!!

I have seen other blogs doing this so I thought it would be fun to share mine-

So here they are- my 10 most pinned projects on Pinterest!

10) Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza

9) Bacon Jalapeno Poppers

8) Apple Cinnamon Fruit Bars

7) Green Rice Casserole

6) Cloth Napkin Tutorial

5) Rockstar Dress Tutorial

4) Patchwork Ornaments Tutorial

3) Gameday Dress

2) Two Ingredient Pumpkin Muffins

And my most pinned post was......

1) Distressed Window Frame Picture Frame Tutorial

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Zipper Bag Tutorial

 I decided to make this bag for my nephew I posted about here. The first thing I did was I embroidered the dinasour and his name onto gray linen. Then I picked out the fabric for the bag- I had some old pants that were too short for me but the material was in good shape.

Here is how to make the zipper bag with waterproof lining:

I cut the fabric to make two 12" X 14" rectangles and sewed the dinosaur embroidery in the center of one side.

Fold the top of each piece of fabric over about 1 inch towards backside of fabric and press.

Pin 14" zipper in place to folded fabric so that the right side of zipper will be outside of bag.

Sew zipper to folded flap of fabric on both pieces of fabric using zipper foot on the machine.

When you are done sewing zipper it should look like this:

Cut out two strips for handles- 4" X 24"

Fold in half, right sides together and stitch down seam.

Press seam open, turn right side out and press again. Tuck in raw edges on ends and topstitch all the way around the handles.

Pin into place on right side of bag. Make sure and leave at least 1/2" from top of the bag in order to stitch in lining (I didn't do this and had a bit of trouble :( )

Sew handles on in all four places. Sew around and then sew an x through to reinforce.

Unzip zipper and place both right sides together- lining up the zippers edges. Sew around outside of all edges.

Set bag aside and cut out 2 vinyl pieces 11 1/2" X 14".

Sew around sides and bottom and then fold top over about 1 inch.

Place inside bag with wrong sides together. Pin at the top, making sure that vinyl is not touching the zipper- it won't close if this happens.

Starting at zipper pull end stitch all the way around the top with contrasting thread. Backstitch at beginning and end to secure.

Enjoy!!

Here is a picture of Eli with his new bag- sorry about the blur- my camera was acting funny that day!

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