Decorate Your Soul

Happy Tuesday!

Bakerella. The truth is, I've happened upon this blog from time to time, but last week, I couldn't help myself. I started going through the archives. Man, those archives were so appealing that it got my wheels turning. "What amazing thing can I make?" I thought. For… for… what for? And then it hit me- for the upcoming Jamboree at Sarah's school!

And that is where someone should have knocked some sense into me. Because I clicked on March 2008 in the archive and unleashed these beauties: Mint Oreo Truffles. She had me at hello. And sent me on a wild goose chase to three stores for all the ingredients.

Now, let me tell you this- I love to bake. Cookies. Brownies. Pies. Not candy coated things. I have a very small tolerance level for melty things that, ahem, dry when they want to dry and mold into shapes I don't want them to mold into.

And what do you think happened with candy melts? They took on a mind of their own, that's what.

I was actually able to salvage the truffles themselves because when you're donating baggies of goodies at Jamboree Sweet Shops, you are 1. Not present and 2. Don't care if people grab misshaped candy balled truffles. They'll probably just look at the yummy festive holiday colors and grab a bag.

You may be able to see the flat side of truffles in Exhibit A here (the top white one). Bakerella described knocking the spoon with freshly coated candy on the truffle to get the excess candy off, but as you can see, I was just making glass bowl music because mine still dripped and was a flat bottom truffle on a tray.

Now aren't those little green shaped candies on top of my white truffle cute? Let's just pretend it's a "shamrock" since we're celebrating St. Paddy's Day today, k? The how-to on the blog were quite clear, but for some reason, I couldn't pull it off. I'm going to blame it on my novice candy creating skills, and of course, the inability to keep a steady hand. Time and time again, I created horrid green dots that could never pass as shamrocks. But they maybe could pass as something else… Can you see little personalities in my green dotted candy melts (Exhibit B)?:

I was actually naming them while I was squeezing green melted candy out of small round tips.

And then amused myself by naming the rest here tonight. Hey, why not?

In the end, the white truffles with green icing and the green truffles with white icing looked appealing enough that I only used about half the personalities I made, knowing I wouldn't be around the Sweet Shop to overhear people wonder aloud- "What are those green things on top of my candy ball thing?"

This is what got sent in to school:

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

 

i'm still here.

we've been busy just being.

like reading.

and sick days.

and glittery days.

and {indoor} kite making days.

and capturing the major mornings.

and cozy snuggling {with the ugliest socks ever} days.

 

and playing with light days.

we're here.

just being.

2. I had no idea what kind of disservice I was doing to my poor cold weather friends in years past making mention of how warm it was in the L.A. and San Diego area during winter months. An entirely different perspective when you're on this side of it and it's 17 degrees outside in March. Blah.

3. Go ahead, let me know how warm it is out there in California. It can't stay this cold forever, right? RIGHT?

4. Any typepad user know what I'm doing wrong- it's driving me nutso that my banner isn't centered up north there. It measures 900 pixels wide, it should fit perfectly.

5. It's so hard being a perfectionist in crafty endeavors sometimes. Let. It. Go, Susie.

6. In five months time, we will be getting two new sets of neighbors on either side of us. Boo. You gotta love military towns…. I think I'd like to sit on a panel for potential buyers to see if they might fit the current neighbor's shoes. Big shoes to fill. We have tall neighbors.

7. Did you know today is Square Root Day? Neither did I- but every day is worth celebrating- so why not when the day and the month are the square root of the current year?  3.3.09

8. So…Happy Square Root Day! 

9. My little brother finally got his driver's license- sounds like he did really well, so congrats, Tyler! 

What's next, graduation?? oh wait… Graduation! 

10 Little Miss Lolo is happy as can be playing with her baby/babies lately. She takes this mama stuff serious, let me tell you. I walked into the room and she was feeding the baby with a toy bottle* and I just couldn't resist getting a couple of shots of her in action. She is really good at getting me to baby-sit that baby, too. Mostly because I'm free and available – and it doesn't tinkle, so bonus, I'm game to play.