picnik.com

My sister came over with her 3 little angels today and I got to take pictures

i took a gazillion ~ 244 to be exact


i had fun taking the photos and i also had fun playing with the photos on picnik.com - it is an awesome site....it makes you look like a professional photographer (i have so many people fooled....LOL). Oh, the best part is ~ it is F.R.E.E. that's right NADA single penny absolutely FREE.

i was able to add a frame and crop the photo above

this one i faded out the frame and brightened the picture to show off the colors.


here i faded out most of the pic and focused mainly on the balloons and gave the picture an overall shadow effect from the colors in the balloons. By the way lime green and pink are an awesome combination, aren't they? Helpful Hint: Kroger has the biggest and best balloons I have ever come across......seriously!

in this photo (above) i gave it a polaroid picture effect........i love it....fun! and a little retro!
i added some text to this photo....i also cropped in on the cutesy shoes - oh, check out the ankle bracleets these girls have some rockin jewels.

I think this one is my favorite.

and this picture was just plain fun....i added a "papa mike" effect.........what that means is - my Dad, the girls grandpa has a bushy mustache like this one offered on picnik (stickers), so i took full advantage of that and added a special genetic feature to this photo. Now all 3 girls look like Papa Mike!

Pottery Barn Sale

I went into Pottery Barn today....and what a nice surprise. I found this soup tureen and I loved it, but I figured it was too much for my budget. When I turned it over I found it was on sale for $31.99 (and since I was returning a $40 item it was going to be mine)........IHowever, I seriously thought it was marked incorrectly. I grabbed a sales associate and she, like me also thought that the price was wrong! Upon further investigation, she came back to me and said that is the sale price.........oh I snagged that up right away!!!




I am going to re-do my dining room (I will be posting pics soon)....I hope to get lots of advice/opinions. Anyhow, this tureen is sort of my inspirational piece. I want to paint all of my dining room furniture black and have my china cabinet filled with white!

My Goal as a knitter.

I just started knitting with a group of friends, more of an excuse to get out of the house and socialize.............with a pair of needles and a ball of yarn. oh and a glass of wine! Anyhow, I really enjoy knitting when I have time. Haven't thought too much of what my ultimate goal as a knitter would be ........until I ran across this ~~~

Looking for Blog HELP

Okay if you notice I have been changing my template like every second.........I am unhappy with all of them. Can someone help me find a template that displays all my posts in the middle (without cutting off photo's) and have my archives, blogs i follow and profile on the sides or side - I am frustrated!!! HELP. I will take any advice.

moving to japan

my daughter has 3 best friends.......the best kind of kids.......the kids that you wish to be friends with your kid.....

tonight the girls are saying good bye to Shelby........she will be moving to Japan with her family.....

there was a going away celebration tonight.....a photo shoot....an outing on a boat.....and a sleepover. it is always so hard to say good bye to someone that you feel so close too.....we will miss u shelby, but have a great life experience in Japan! we will see you in three years .... hope u love your pandora bracelet!!!

Banoffee Pie

Wow. for some reason i have been thinking a lot about england......i am guessing the weather here in michigan has something to do with that. i have some very nice memories of my time in england and a few wonderful favorite recipes that i brought home with me....here is my all time, hands down fave. A delightful combination of bananas, toffee and chocolate........YUM O as Rach would say.



i promise you won't be disappointed. I don't understand why the Banoffee hasn't hit it big in the states yet.

Banoffee Pie

1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
10 tablespoons butter, softened
2 (14-ounce) cans sweetened condensed milk
3 large bananas
1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Mix graham cracker crumbs with softened butter and press mixture into 9-inch pie plate. Bake for 5 to 8 minutes.
Lower the oven to 300 degrees F for the toffee filling.
To create toffee filling, caramelize the sweetened condensed milk. Pour the condensed milk into a 9 by 12 by 2-inch glass baking dish. Cover with foil and place dish inside a larger poaching pan. Add water to poaching pan until half way up sides of baking dish. Bake for 1 1/2 hours.
Once both the crust and toffee filling are cooled, spread half of the filling evenly inside crust. Slice the bananas and layer on top of filling. Pour remaining half of filling over bananas, spreading evenly. Whip the cream with the confectioners' sugar and vanilla and spread on top of toffee filling and bananas.

summer time in michigan

Enough Already!!!