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Friday, May 16, 2014

Pallet Wood Signs

A New Venture has come upon me! It seems I always have my hands in a little bit of this and a little bit of that. All I can think is this keeps me interested in a lot of things. My NEW venture now is Wood Signs. Talk about therapy for me. I ask myself why haven't I done this before? And I still can not figure that out. It's so relaxing to take a raw piece of wood and turn it into something pretty. I am not a wood master craftsman but I can sand, stain and paint. And I know the more I do it the better I will get. No one can stand in my way, I will be victorious.

Okay enough of the mumbo jumbo, here are a few pieces I have been working on lately.

This one by far is my favorite, and probably took me the least time.

Going forward I will be posting how to tutorials so keep a look out for those. Check me out on FB at LMA designs.

CIAO

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

CLASSIC WAFFLES

MY HUSBAND WANTED TO MAKE OATS AND EGGS FOR BREAKFAST. AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, I LIKE OATS AND EGGS, BUT I WANTED SOMETHING DIFFERENT, SOMETHING WE DON'T NORMALLY HAVE. THEN IT DAWNED ON ME....WAFFLES!!! SO I WENT SEARCHING ON PINTEREST. I SEARCHED FOR A SIMPLE WAFFLE RECIPE AND STUMBLED UPON ADRIANNE'S CLASSIC WAFFLE RECIPE OVER AT HAPPY HOUR PROJECTS. IT'S A GOOD ONE. AS YOU CAN SEE, MY SON LUKE HAS ALMOST EATEN A WHOLE ONE.

BUT BEFORE I MADE THE WAFFLE BATTER, I WHIPPED UP SOME BLUEBERRY BUTTER. I WAS WATCHING NONE OTHER THAN "THE PIONEER WOMAN." SHE MADE FRENCH TOAST WITH BERRY BUTTER. I THOUGHT BLUEBERRY BUTTER & WAFFLES WOULD GO HAND AND HAND.YOU NEED TO SET YOUR BUTTER OUT SO IT CAN COME TO ROOM TEMPERATURE. I AM IMPATIENT, SO I PUT THE STICK OF BUTTER IN THE MICROWAVE FOR 3-4 SECONDS AT A TIME, FLIPPING THE BUTTER A QUARTER OF A TURN EACH TIME. IT COMES TO ROOM TEMPERATURE A LOT FASTER THIS WAY. THROW THE STICK OF BUTTER IN THE MIXER WITH THE BLUEBERRIES. WHIP THEM UNTIL THE BERRIES BREAK UP.

DUMP THE BERRY BUTTER ONTO SOME PLASTIC WRAP.

ROLL UP THE BUTTER IN THE PLASTIC WRAP.

WRAP THE PLASTIC WITH TIN FOIL AND POP IT IN THE FREEZER TO FIRM UP.

SO, ON TO THE WAFFLES.

YOU WILL NEED:

2 EGGS
1 CUP OF MILK
2 TBSP SOFTENED BUTTER
1 TBSP OF SUGAR
1/2 TSP OF VANILLA
1 CUP OF FLOUR
1 TSP OF BAKING POWDER

THIS RECIPE YEILDS 4 WAFFLES.

TODAY, WE HAD OUR NIECES OVER, SO I DOUBLED THE RECIPE.

JOSH AND LUKE MANNED THE WAFFLE MAKER.

JOSH WANTED BACON INSIDE HIS WAFFLES. NO PROBLEM. I KEEP COOKED BACON ON HAND IN THE FREEZER. I HAPPENED TO HAVE MAPLE FLAVORED BACON ON HAND SO IT WENT PERFECT WITH THE WAFFLES AND MAPLE SYRUP.