cupcakes and cookbooks
May 11, 2009 at 2:42 pm | Posted in chatty, cooking is crafty too, crafting with kids, holidays | 4 CommentsPearl’s birthday party was so much fun! I finished all my craft projects in time (even with a very cool surprise side trip to Astoria in the mix Friday night), our dear friends came over to celebrate with us on a sunny Saturday afternoon, and she loved it all. Well, she didn’t like the cupcake icing so much, but I didn’t take it personally, she is more of a savory type and she did enjoy waving the carrot cupcake pieces in the air. Regardless, they were cute!
More on all that later…
Speaking of cupcakes, I made our family a gift for Mother’s Day this month: a family cookbook with all of our favorite recipes collected into one place.
I used an awesome blank book by Ex Libris Anonymous, found at the wonderful Q is for Choir, and I’ve been filling it with my most treasured recipes — plus lots of notes and pictures and additions in the sidelines.
The button it up chocolate cupcakes and shortbread cookies had to go in, of course!
The how-to, which is super simple, is here on CraftStylish. Next, I’ll be adding our Mother’s Day French toast and Pearl’s first birthday carrot cupcakes recipes (and of course mentioning that the cream-cheese icing could go easier on the sugar next time!).
p.s. if you are in the mood to talk buttons, I wrote up our visit to the fabulous Oregon State Button Society show over at my book site today.
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Those itty bitty cupcakes are darling! Thanks for sharing the link for the journal, what a brilliant idea making the covers from vintage books.
Comment by Christine— May 12, 2009 #
[...] sweet little girl, Pearl, turned one about two weeks ago, and since she’s just about the coolest kiddo ever, we had to make her [...]
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We had the actual ‘cooky book’ when I was a child, and it was my baking bible! I have kept a casual eye out for it over the years, but haven’t seen one in decent condition. I should check Powell’s!
Comment by cheryl— May 27, 2009 #
[...] and of course cooking blogs, so here are mine if you’re interested! These are all copied into my family cookbook and they are my go-tos for breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert, holidays and [...]
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