Yes, I know it doesn't look like much but it SOOO is. This is by far the best cupcake I have ever eaten. I can't believe I made it! It is so good you don't need any icing, but the best thing is that it is vegan and dairy-free. This recipe is from the little cookbook, Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. I have only made these chocolate cupcakes and the gourmet lychee (a chinese fruit) cupcakes but those two have been crazy good.
I am surrounded by Irish. From background to football fan, friends and family (and we) are Irish. I love to celebrate St. Patrick's Day so this year I decided to put my new skills to the test and created shamrocks for everyone in my sons class, including his teacher, and I made a couple of extras for me and a good friend. It was surprisingly easy using this pattern and I cranked out 15 or so in no time. I wanted to fill the little goodie bags with chocolate gold coins but, as so often happens with grand plans in my small city, I couldn't find what I needed on short notice. I instead got chocolate wrapped in gold and silver and used that as my stand-in. A simple little tag with a shamrock and a sentiment and I was ready to go. Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!
I am not really a soap maker, but I may have to try this. These are little Lego soaps. You can find the tutorial at Roots and Wings Co. If you try it out let me know how it goes. I think I am a little chicken to try it!
Our son is just getting started on beginning addition and subtraction and my inner teacher has come out. He was struggling to keep his numbers and manipulatives in order so I started drawing boxes on a piece of paper to help. Then the inner designer came out and I needed to create something that was reusable and that could be taken from kindergarten into the 2nd or 3rd grade. By using canvas (a.k.a. duck cloth) and felt I have made up this little kit for him to work with. I printed the numbers and transferred them onto the canvas. To give them some heft I stitched them to different colored felt. I also made a plus sign, minus sign and both types of equal signs so that if Malcolm needs to write a number sentence he can do that up and down or side to side. I am going to develop a pattern or tutorial for this too so if you would like to make one for your kiddo (or kiddo's teacher) you will have all of the specifics. I am going to unveil it today with Malcolm. Wish me luck!
And my 6-year old did. Ok, he didn't do all of it but I designed the little toppers so that he could do most of the work. The alien and bee were cut out using my Slice and the computer-created text was chosen by Malcolm. He thought those fonts were "cool" and cut out most of the words. The backs of the cards were left very open so that Malcolm could write the names of his classmates himself.
Look closely and you can see the glue. What is it about kindergarteners and too much glue?!? :-)
Happy Valentine's Day to all!
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