4/19/12- Inchworms and Cupcakes

As some of you may know, our club had a difficult time deciding what to do for our April meeting. We even thought about not having a meeting at all. But thanks to Abby, we had a wonderful time crafting and chatting at our (possibly) first ever member-led craft! And on the adgenda? Inchworms!

After a brief business meeting, we settled down to work...

Everything was very nicely laid out!

Then we got down to work...



Don't we look industrious? ;-) After working our fingers to the bone, we dined on cupcakes (chocolate with marshmallow and maple frosting!).

There's nothing like a cupcake to make you grin :-)

See you all next month!

3/26/12- Leather Stamping!

I don't know about you, but I had a great time at last week's meeting! A big thank you to Mrs. Nelson, our guest project leader. It was so great to see her again :-)

Here's a few pictures from our leather stamping:

(Yes, these pictures are forged- please note that Victoria is using a pen to stamp leather ;-) I was just trying to show you how the process worked.)

Here's a few of the finished products:

And as a side note, the leather working tools, mallets, sponges, ect. all belong to the club, so if anyone feels like doing another project (perhaps for fair?) feel free to borrow them for a month or two!

3/10/12- Three Leprechaun Links

March is upon us, and St. Patty's Day is coming up quick! Anyone looking for some desserts to celebrate? Here are my top three favorite recipes that I've found, and thought I'd share:



1) I had never heard of a leprechuan trap cake before I visited the fantastic blog notmartha. Now I am sorely tempted to make one. Still, I don't know what I'd do with the poor little leprechuan once I've caught him...

Click here for the recipe!



2) St. Patty's Day cupcakes/cakeballs from bakerella. These are hands-down adorable. Enough said.

Here's the recipe!



3) Yes...I know potatoes are not typical dessert fare. But these, my dear Watson, are not typical potatoes. Take a look at this:


Now that's my kind of potato! Note: These would lend themselves well to a practical joke:-)

Here's the recipe, from the amazing blog Sprinkle Bakes

Have a happy March!

2/23/12- Pillowcases

Our club's been doing great on service projects lately! As soon as were were done repacking onions, we turned right around and started (insert dramatic music here)....the Pillowcase Project!

Our mission was simple:

1) Purchase fabric during Janurary meeting

2) Spend our Feburary meeting sewing like maniacs

3) Deliver cheerfully colorful pillowcases to Seattle Children's Hospital!

And does anyone remember the absoluetly adorable (and delicious!) snacks that the Silva's brought?

If anyone's interested in making some of these for themselves, you can find the recipe here.

Pillowcase Project complete! Thanks, everyone!

2/7/12- Return to Food Lifeline

   Due to last year's delightful experience while volunteering at our local Food Lifeline warehouse (see here for details), our club voted unanimously to schedule this year's service project there again!  



We look ready for pretty much anything, don't we? But I don't think anyone expected this...



Yup...onions. 4,800 pounds of them, to be exact (And not all of them were as pretty as the onions in this picture ;-) Still, our perserverance paid off. Check this out...

Doesn't that make it all worth it? Still, I don't think anyone felt like onion rings afterwards ;-)

Thanks for volunteering!



2/1/11- Fabric Finds

Just thought you all might like to hear about what happened last "meeting"! After gathering for a (very) informal business meeting, the Silva and Dahl families headed off to JoAnne Fabrics to pick out fabric for our next service project; making pillowcases for the Childrens Hospital!

There was quite an array of fabrics to choose from, but finding a bolt for less than $5 a yard proved to be a little challenging.

Here's one! (But would any child in his right mind want that to be on his pillowcase? ;-)

Sometimes the search was a little frustrating.....

But a break for fashion design soon drove away all frustration.

Everyone displays their finds.

So, after a grueling search through just about every single bolt of fabric in JoAnne's we managed to find fabric that everyone liked, and stayed within our budget! Can't wait for our next meeting, where we'll sew the pillowcases!

12/21/11- Merry Christmas!

We all had a great time at our club's Christmas party! The night began with a quick business meeting, and then the party started off with a game! I think everyone found it difficult to unwrap candy wearing ski gloves ;-)

It was pretty intense near the end! 

After the game came dinner--pasta bar, rolls and salad. A big thank you to Mrs. Gaebel and family! (it was delicious!)

Then came the moment we'd all been waiting for...the gift exchange! I think everybody ended up with some pretty neat stuff.

Afterward, we all made some Christmas pins, led by Mariesa and Mrs. Silva. They turned out so cute!

The finished products!

And last (but certainly not least!), it was time for dessert! On the menu was pumpkin cake and chocolate fondue...yum!

Thanks everyone for such a great party! See you next year, and Merry Christmas!