Sports Fan Dresses

I used The Warhol Dress *free pattern* by Dana at made to make these two dresses for Noelle. She calls them "jajamas", wore them all day gleefully and wanted to wear them to bed! I'd say they were a hit.

Be the Reds! (Korea World Cup tshirt)

Go Blue.

Banana Streusel Muffies

N calls muffins "muffies". Other foods she enjoys are "tononoes" (tomatoes), "cawwots", "coocumbas" and "po-tay-tos". Oh, and "cwackas".

Banana Streusel Muffies

Muffie
1.5 c. all-purpose flour
3/4 c. white sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 c. milk
1/3 c. oil
1 egg
2 bananas, mashed

Streusel
3 tbl. flour
1/4 c. sugar
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
2 tbl. butter

Whisk together the dry ingredients in large bowl until combined. In a measuring cup mix together oil, milk and egg with a fork until well mixed. Stir mashed bananas into wet ingredients until well combined, then pour the wet mixture into the dry mixture. Mix until just combined (about 40 strokes is my rule for muffins and brownies).

Work streusel ingredients with fingers until crumbly.

Fill muffin cups to the top, then sprinkle with streusel mixture. Bake at 375 for about 20 minutes. Yield: 8 muffins.

Enjoy!

My loves

Blue Booties

Made these for a friend, thought why not post them in the shop as well?

Headbands!

New headbands in the etsy store!

Pork and Beans

1 large can pinto beans
1 15 oz can chopped tomatoes
1 small onion, finely chopped
4 strips thick cut bacon, cut into 1" pieces
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
1/2 tsp cumin powder

Fry bacon until almost crisp. Remove from pan and drain on paper toweling, reserving about 3 tbls. of bacon fat. In reserved fat, fry onions until golden brown, then add garlic, jalapeno and cumin, fry a little more, then add the tomatoes with about 1/2 the juice from the can. Add bacon back to the pan and mix until all ingrediets are incorporated. Transfer to a soup pot and pour pinto beans with about 1/2 the juice from the can into the pot. Stir together, then add enough water to just cover the mixture. Bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer, cook for 1 hour. Makes about 4-5 large servings.

Of course, if you have the time, it is nice to soak "real" beans overnight.

Bobble Dress

I fell in love with this dress a while ago on PurlBee. I modified it a bit but I'm a big fan of how it turned out! Will try to post pics of Noelle wearing it soon...