Blog Stalking Thursday #17

I hope you all had a fabulous Thanksgiving day!  I had a great time spending time with family and a few of my favorite pies!

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Thank you for coming back to week after week to share your projects.  I love to see how creative you all are!

Before we move on to this week's party, lets check out last week's most viewed links!

Katie at Sew Woodsy showed us how she made this Ribbon Pearl Necklace.  I just love the combination of ribbon and pearls.  So pretty!

Eva from Delightful Creations shared how she makes Lavender Bath Salts and also how to spruce up a simple canning jar into a beautiful gift.

Terry at Forever Decorating showed us how she made a stencil using freezer paper.  This is something I have been wanting to try.  I love the pillow she turned it into!
 

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All of last week's posts were amazing so lets see what you guys come up with for this week!

Fudge & Orange Cookies

I love the combination of chocolate and orange and have really been craving it.  I don't have any yummy recipes that include this combination so I went on a search.  At allrecipes.com I found this yummy looking cookie recipe so I thought I would give them a try.

These little ditties are AMAZING!!  So yummy and they really weren't that hard to make either.

Here is the recipe for Fudge & Orange Cookies

• 3/4 cup butter (no substitutes), softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 egg yolks
• 2 teaspoons grated orange peel
• 1 1/2 teaspoons orange extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• TOPPING:
• 1 (7 ounce) jar marshmallow creme
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup evaporated milk
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in the egg, egg yolks, orange peel and extract. Combine the flour, ginger and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture.
2. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 300 degrees F for 21-23 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool.
3. In a saucepan, combine the marshmallow creme, sugar, milk, butter and salt. Bring to a rolling boil over medium heat; boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat. Add chocolate chips and vanilla; stir until chips are melted. Spread over tops of cookies.  

Drop by rounded spoonfuls

After they bake and are cooling

The yummy fudge topping

I decided to make it a sandwich cookie, so I spread a layer of fudge and then put another cookie on top

Don't they look good!

These truly are a yummy cookie.  Although it is hard to eat more then one at a time because they are so big.  My husband thought they were a little sweet but I thought they were perfect!  (I would recommend keeping them in a air tight container with a piece of bread so they don't dry out because then they are very crumbly and a little harder to eat)

Enjoy!

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Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you all have a fabulous Thanksgiving Day!  

Due to the holiday there will not be a Blog Stalking Thursday Link Party this week.  Enjoy time with your family!

Turkey Treats

Thanksgiving is just a couple days away and I am so excited to get together with my family.  We always have a wild, crazy and LOUD time.  On just my side of the family there are 46 people!  Although we love when we ALL can get together it doesn't happen very often and sadly this year wont be one of them.  But of course we are still going to have lots of fun.  I decided I needed to lock my spot in as the favorite Aunt and made these cute little Turkey Treat Cups.

Blog Stalking Thursday #16

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Thank you for coming back to week after week to share your projects.  I love to see how creative you all are!

Before we move on to this week's party, lets check out last week's most viewed links!

Kristina from ReMadeSimple has a great tutorial on making these beautiful 3 Layered Fabric Poof.  I can think of so many fun places to put this beauty. 

Kim from the Sasse life made these beautiful Glitter Wine Glasses.  These are so fun and enchanting!

MMMMM, my mouth is watering! Sew Fantastic shows us how to make this Amazing Cinnamon Roll Cake. 

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All of last week's posts were amazing so lets see what you guys come up with for this week!

Shabby Apple Winner

I know you are all on pins and needles waiting to see who won this beautiful pendant from The Shabby Apple

Drum Roll Please....

And the winner is....

#12 Susan Audrey: I'm a fan of Shabby Apple on Facebook.  Thank you for this awfully lovely giveaway! :)

Congratulations Susan!  I will be sending you an email to get all of your information.  If I don't hear back from you within 24 hours I select another winner.

Shabby Apple Giveaway

Today is the last to enter the giveaway for the gorgeous White Rabbit Time Keeper pendant with a $64 value!

Go here to enter!

Twine and Pearl Bracelet

This bracelet is so easy to make and is so pretty!  It took me about 10 minutes and that included taking pictures for the tutorial!

 I found a very similar one on http://unbomatindhiver.canalblog.com. 

 The blog did not have a tutorial but I don't speak French anyways so I wouldn't have been able to follow it if it did.  But after studying the picture for a minute I was pretty sure I could figure it out.

I already had twine on hand and the beads.

Take 4 strands of twine, mine were probably close to 14 inches long which was plenty.  I wasn't eaxctly sure how I was going to connect the 2 ends so I tied a simply not at the end giving myself lots of the twine on the end just in case I needed to change something.

Even though I had 4 strands I chose to use 3 beads between each not so there would be an extra line.

Tie a knot

At this point those extra strands were getting in my way and bugging me so I trimmed them off.

Continue adding beads and tieing knots until you are at the length that works best for you.

At this point I untied the knot on the starting end because I decided instead of a clasp I wanted to tie the two ends together.

I wish I had taken more pics here, but I didn't.  I am sorry.  I tied the two loose ends together and then tied a knot with the strands on each side of the knot.  So there are 3 knots here.

Here is a close up of the knot.

 

Isn't it pretty! 

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Pinterest Picks

It has been a while since I shared some of my new favorite pins.  I love Pinterest it is such a great source when you want something crafty to do or just want to sit in front of a computer and do nothing for hours  :)

Jersey Pom Pom Ornament

New Sew Ruffle Christmas Tree Skirt

Shimmering Stacked Trees

Can you tell I have been looking up a lot of Chrsitmas stuff?  OK, on to the other stuff :)

Coat/Scarf Rack

Cheese and Bacon Potato Rounds

Penne with Chicken and Pesto

Don't forget to follow my Pins!

Shabby Apple Giveaway!

I am so excited to announce my first ever giveaway on The Crafty Blog Stalker!  

Shabby Apple is an amazing site that has gorgeous vintage jewelry, beautiful dresses for women and girls. 

Here is just some of what they have to offer

Isn't it all beautiful?

Are you ready to go shopping?  

Shabby Apple has offered all of my amazing readers a 10% off coupon code! Simple enter blogstalker10off at checkout and you are good to go!

BUT... before you run off and loose yourself among all the beautiful items at www.shabbyapple.com don't forget to enter the drawing for this little ditty

It called the White Rabbit's Time Keeper, a $64 value and is just gorgeous!

How to Enter:

Open to U.S. Residents only.

Email address must be included in your entries to win.

There will be no exchanges for the winning piece of jewelry. 

You have 3 chances to enter.  The first is the only mandatory.

1. Like Shabby Apple on Facebook and leave a comment.

2. Become a follower of The Crafty Blog Stalker and leave me a comment.

3. Like The Crafty Blog Stalker on Facebook and leave a comment. 

Drawing ends November 16.  A winner will be chosen by random.org

Good Luck!

Blog Stalking Thursday #15

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Last week 89 projects were shared!! You guys are awesome!  Thank you for coming back to week after week to share your projects.  I love to see how creative you all are!

I bet this week we can beat 89!  But first lets check out last week's most viewed links!

Trish from Mom On Timeout shared a great post on what you can do with all of that Halloween Candy! 

Jessica from A Couple of Craft Addicts posted this cute dress tutorial.  I just love the colors!

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All of last week's posts were amazing so lets see what you guys come up with for this week!