Tomorrow (well, today now) marks the end of another rotation! What?!  Two rotations down already!

I always like to make a little treat for everyone at my rotation site.  I really wanted to make a cake and owl cupcakes, but I ran out of time, so I just made cupcakes.

I googled 'owl cupcakes' and found this image:

Night Owls

I thought these were adorable and just HAD to try these!

I used:

-Lifesavers Sour Gummies for the eyes
-Gingersnaps for the ears and wings
-Butterscotch and chocolate morsels for the pupils
-Almonds for the nose

Confetti cupcakes with rainbow sprinkle frosting is my favorite!

While your cupcakes are cooking, use a knife to cut your gingersnaps.  I cut 1/3 of the gingersnap for one ear, and the other 2/3 was for the wing.  Repeat this 48 times.  It goes fast, I promise!



Now take your lifesaver gummies and your morsels.  Shove a morsel into each lifesaver until it stays put.


Let the cupcake cool and frost it!


Take the 2/3 section of your gingersnaps and place one on either side of the cupcake, with the cut edge facing the middle.


Now take the 1/3 part of your gingersnap and shove it into the cupcake above the wings.  Have the straight edge facing out.


Lay down your almond, then put your eyes on top and you're done!  A blob of frosting on the back of the eyes helps them stay in place.


If I make these again I'll use plain vanilla frosting and dye the frosting different colors.  I'll also try to find a darker flat cookie, but this was all I could find last minute!



Cheers!










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This past weekend, we celebrated my husbands birthday. It was our second annual "Chicken Wing Cook Off". It was such a hit last year that we had to go even BIGGER this year! More people, more chicken, more competition! 

Here is how it all went down...
Guests were asked to bring their "Prize Winning" wings (and their favorite beverage of course).

There were 3 categories:
Most Unique
Hottest
Most Phenomenal

I provided the sides: rolls, this awesome coleslaw, this amazing corn salad, and plenty of carrots, celery and blue cheese dip!

Text messages were flying on the day of the competition. Everyone was claiming to have the prize winning wings. 

The house was decorated with numerous chickens that I had recruited from family and friends. Here are a few....



Every table had a jar full of wet-naps to help clean off their messy fingers.


As guest entered, I had a table that gave instructions. Guests were to choose a wing number, grab some numbered toothpicks, and fill out the name tag for their wings.




All of the wings were set out for the competition with their name tags and numbered toothpicks. 










The competition was on....





 Glenn, the reigning champion from the previous year wore the Golden Apron.


Toothpicks were used to mark which number each wing was (something we learned was necessary from the previous year)

The birthday boy enjoyed every second of the tasting.



The debates were heated!

Why did the chicken cross the road?.... to avoid this wing-off!

The votes were in
The tallies were counted
The award ceremony began....



The "MOST UNIQUE" went to the....... Chicken-Wing Dip


The "HOTTEST WINGS" was .......... a tie! (sorry, no pictures of these winners for some reason)

AND THE WINNER OF THE MOST PHENOMENAL WINGS WAS.............. 
The SWEET MENNOS!


 She is now a proud owner of a Chicken Wing Jump Drive, a pint of beer, and the Golden Apron!


Till next year.... 



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This week's activity is super simple and you could do it in a variety of places.  Play in the leaves!  

We went on a walk and found a big pile of leaves to walk around in.  Isaac absolutely loved it.  He didn't want to leave!  We picked out some leaves to bring home and tried to do leaf prints (place leaf under paper and color over the top), but it seems like it's a more advanced activity.

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It's time again for a new Stash Party!  I enjoyed looking through all of your projects!
This is what I made with my Stache last month:



It's a Halloween treat bag!  My son loved it and carried it around for a while with his cars and other toys inside!  I basically copied Jill's over at Homemade By Jill.  


I decided to feature 9 projects that stood out to me from this past month's party.  If you were featured, feel free to grab a button:






I love this personalized scripture tote!  The fabric is adorable!  Diana of Closet Crafter made it!


These are so fun! Go see how to make them over at For Mommas By a Momma 




I absolutely love this crochet bag that that Terry of These Peas Taste Funny made!  Go to her blog to see where she got the pattern!


Make your own baby wrap!  Find out how over at the Kid's Activites Blog.  You could make one for every outfit with the money you would save!


Check out this cute white pumpkin decoration!  I love how sparkly and pretty it is!  Made by For the Love of White.  


What kid wouldn't love this playhouse?  I am so impressed!  I wish I could have one. :)  Go to Our Seven Dwarfs to check it out!


These glow in the dark spider balls look like so much fun!  I have been wanting to try these!  I love the glow-in-the-dark touch.  Check these out, along with a tutorial over at All Artful.


I love the baby doll diapers!  They are so cute!  Go check out Adventures of a DIY Mom to see more and see how she made doll wipes!


I love burlap!  Isn't this wreath perfect for fall?!  I love the colors.  Go see how to make it over at jujuB!






The linky list closes on November 29 and 11:59 p.m. (MST) and I will feature some of your projects on December 1st!  I would like to go over a few rules:


1. Please only link up projects that you have made from your craft stash (which also includes projects that have been unfinished for quite a while!)  I will delete entries that aren't stash projects (giveaways, shops, etc.)
2. Please follow me.
3. Grab a button to spread the word! (Located on my buttons page - link in header)


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Hello!

I thought I would show you the planning stage of my next project.

The Teen Lounge has only one wall available for artwork.   That is because it’s just a loft that sits at the top of the stairs in between the two hallways.   I had an idea to add photographs and floating shelves around the Pier 1 knock-off clock.

As you’ll see below, I was busy playing around in Photoshop.   Boy is this ever helpful!  Especially when you are a very visual person as I am, plus, it helps get my ideas across to the kids. 

As I explained to them, this is just a jumping off point.  Any idea could still be tweaked and adjusted……

Teen-loung-wall-art-idea-collage

As in the case, that a few family members liked #5 but thought the photos were too large, or idea #1 could have three floating shelves on each side instead of 5, or even photo #3 and #4 could have more space between the shelves.   

The only problem that I can see is that I may have given them too many options to choose from!  Everyone has selecting a different option.  That is something I didn’t expect. 

So how about a little fun?  Let’s see what you, my very talented Dittle Dattle readers, would choose. 

Click on the “like” button under the one that you like the best and leave a comment with any tweaks that you would make.

EDIT: Thank you for your all your help and great advice!! Remember the spacing and the amount of crap (for a lack of a better word) can and will vary. I am just looking to narrow down the best over-all wall composition.

Carrie

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