Sunday Snapshots

Its another Sunday wooo! I hope you all had a wonderful week. Here are some snapshots from my week! 

R2D2 mug
This is Tim's masterpiece! I am so proud of him because it looks pretty amazing. He used the same technique I did a few weeks ago (tutorial here!)

Pasta-mazing!
Michele (Short Girl Long Island) has a feature that I rather enjoy. Every Thursday is Tech me Something Thursday. This past week featured a recipe that was pretty amazing! Its a pasta casserole with spinach and mushrooms. It was pretty simple to make and tasted just as good as it looks! Check out the post here, Teach Me Something Thursday volume 15 and try it for yourself!

Poolga wallpapers
I love this accordion playing polar bear! Since getting my phone I have been having fun with wallpapers (I have the same fun with my computer and iPad). They have a lot of fun neato stuff. So go check them out!

Cookie tester
One of my favorite holiday traditions is the bake-a-thon! Ever since Tim and I started dating I have been invited to a day of marathon baking with my mother-in-law and sister-in-law. This year we have an adorable little assistant, my niece Lexie. She let us know how the cookies were and she kept us entertained.

I also saw the Hobbit on Friday! I liked the book and enjoyed the Lord of the Rings movies so I was looking forward to this! We met up with some friends and pretty much took over the theater. I sat next to my friend Matt who gave hilarious commentary durring the movie, especially when the giant eagles showed up. I really enjoyed the movie, to Tim's dismay I loved it more than Lord of the Rings. Not sure why but I supposed on reason is that the stakes in the Hobbit aren't as high as they are in Lord of the Rings. I also liked the character Bilbo way more than Frodo. Bilbo, despite not wanting to go on an adventure does it anyway and uses his quick wit to hold his own! Frodo is just a wuss! Also without a doubt one of the best characters in Lord of the Rings is Gimli the dwarf. Well the Hobbit has Gimli times twelve ! They do serve as comic relief but despite being three feet tall, they are also pretty bad ass. They are also excellent dishwashers and singers. I can't get the misty mountain song out of my head.

-Sarina

The Year of the Cupcake....

So for February's cupcake it has been a two shot deal. I made these awesome Crumb cake cup cakes. It was also really simple. I made the crumb mixture (brown sugar, cinnamon, and flour) Then I made some yellow cake. When putting them in the cupcake tins I put a tablespoon of the crumb mixture two tablespoons of yellow cake then another tablespoon of the crumb mixture again. They came out pretty perfect, with an an arch on top. (my usually cupcakes arch but then deflate!) After they cooled down I sprinkled some confectioners sugar over them. Timbo gave it a big thumbs up.
In the spirit of Valentines day I wanted to make some delicious chocolate cupcakes. Last week we had a snow day so I figured it was a good time to bake. It was a bit difficult to make and mix considering I was using my own two hands! (I am going to once again take a crack and challenging recipies once I get a mixer.) Those chocolate ones came all right. Meh. I topped them with some cream cheese frosting (which is heavenly!)
In non-cupcake bloggin... I have successfully silk screened my first print! Wanna see...
I figured that I should tape the sides next time because as you can see some of the ink seamed threw and made a little border. Its ok though. I still love it. I am going to add some more stuff to it. (embroidery and stuff like that)
Aside from silk screening I am working on some knitting. (making some sweet hats) I also went to the comic book store checking out some stuff. I always love there section of art books and drawing books. It made me miss drawing....so I got this book...So far its pretty good and some really good exercises. I have some other drawing books but they are just blah blah blah blah and expect you to be a brilliant artist after chapter one. This one is great and good for someone like me that loves drawing but has lost their way.
That is all for now...