Showing posts with label baking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baking. Show all posts

Thursday, March 11, 2010

.it's the littles things #2.

things that make me happy . . . matryoshkas.

yummy.


i posted earlier here about these awesome matryoshka measuring cups made by fred and friends. the company had sold out of them over the holidays and i waited patiently for them to be back in stock. sadly, when they did show up online, they were over $25 with shipping to order online!!! lucky for me, i took a guilty pleasure trip for dinner with my roommate L for crepes followed by a roam through urban outfitters and what did i find? these for $12!!!!



each half of each doll is perfectly measured out. 1 cup, 3/4 cup, 1/2 cup, 2/3 cup. 1/3 cup, and 1/4 cup. so sweet!



the other thing that makes me happy is REAL russian staking dolls. i made friends with this one while i was living in Alaska . . . it took me a while to find one that was actually made in russia instead of china. and i really really really loved these bare wood colored dolls with gold glitter - so pretty!




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well, off to make granola and wait impatiently to hear if i have passed to scrimmage status for roller derby (we took our rules and scrimmage assessments on tuesday)! if i did that means i get to start using my name and attending sunday night scrimmages! hello and welcome more bruises to my body (got a nice bruise on my jaw at practice last night followed by a purple toenail from dropping a pan on my foot this morning . . . booooo . . . but at least i can feel these things because i am ALIVE and LIVING MY LIFE! yes!).

Friday, January 22, 2010

.CUPCAKES!.

well, not really cupcakes. i don't really eat a lot of sweets, but i was suuuuper craving cupcakes today . . . i scoured the kitchen and found a hidden box of trader joe's banana bread mix.

so, i pulled out my awesome ceramic muffin tray, my unbleached baking cups and mixed me up some banana bread in the SHAPE of cupcakes.

i'll be making this frosting for the top.

and instead of eating them all myself, i will take them to miss K's birthday tonight.

gotta go get them out of the oven!!!

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p.s. i really do usually make my own banana bread from scratch, but this was a CRAVING! an EMERGENCY! you understand.