Happy Ostara, Spring, Easter, Chocolate!

PrisciLLa's EarThLy DeLights

 RAWR means I LoVe You in Dinosaur

{Priscilla says: T`Rex, BaaayBe, T'Rex}

April's The WoLf

 The timber wolves will be our friends
We'll stay up late and howl,
At the moon, till nighttime ends,
Before going on the prowl
-Calvin, "Calvin and Hobbes" 

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Grey Mary Janes ~ MouseTrapVintage

Dog CoLLar ~ StinkyandSweetpea

Wolf Slippers ~ babycricket

Red Riding HoOd bag ~ kittyempire3

Towel ~ EmbroideryEverywhere



Wolf painting ~ Larry FaNNiNg

Sweet Potato Swirl Bread

Lately, it seems I'm more into cooking than any arts and crafts of the GLiTTeR kind.
This was an interesting recipe so I tried it.
This is by no means a sweet bread;
in fact you may even put a touch of jam on it with your morning or afternoon coffee.

I could not distinctly taste the sweet potatoes, but they do make for a moist loaf.

Since I scanned the recipe in,
I'll skip posting all the extra wording.


I used my usual 4 mini loaf pans.

I baked the Sweet Potatoes for about 50 minutes,
and let them cool in the oven.

Man, did my house smell Divine!

It did seem to be a rather thick dough, 

for some reason I just thought it would be

not so thick even though it's a bread recipe.

Next time, I think I will lessen the cocoa
because the cocoa swirl did seem to overpower the
Sweet Potato a bit. I really wanted to taste both.

I baked the loaves for approx. 50 minutes. When I slice tested it, it was still very moist on the inside, and I was thinking I would have to put it back in the oven for a few minutes. Once it completely cooled and set the next day, it was Perfect!  This is the kind of food that is great for a Picnic, or a trip to the Beach, or a Road Tripp..you can cut thick slices and wrap in wax or parchment paper for a heavy, satisfying snack. I will be trying this recipe again.

If you are unable to read the scanned recipe due to blurriness,
this is the same exact recipe~


Duncan Hines Recipe

Tools I'd Like to have....

Still on the search for the perfect, or at least, 

better productively, way to cut my Resin.

This may go a long way towards fixing that problem.

Wish I had the room for the Mac DaDDy big pro Band Saw....oh Momma.

Band Saw

CRaFts from Around the CoRner...

We LoVe our backyard.

It doesn't matter what the Weather,

someone's always out there.

Now is the perfect time to replace all those

crappy broken chairs, plastic or what~not,

and an Adirondack chair is the perfect replacement.

Here's a how to from Instructables.
I really like this one because of the
Grid illustrations He provides.

Personally, 

 I would go with Cedar and not the pallet.
I just love Cedar.

JKRatman's Adirondack Chair

This Old House chair plans

This Old House Adirondack Chair

Chocolate Chocolate Mint CupCaKes

Spring Parties today!
New treat today!
YuMMiness today!

Here's another flavor from the
Duncan Hines frosting extravaganza of GoOdies!

The Mint Chocolate.

We paired it with Devil's FooD cake.

 HeLLa CupCakes!

I used:
2 boxes of Cake Mix,
2 cans of Frosting
2 packets of Flavor mix
and added Mint Extract for an extra bit of kick.


Add Mint Extract 1/4 tsp at a time, mix well, and then TasTe TesT.
Mint can get overwhelming pretty quick.
Remember, flavors need a few minutes to meLLow, too.

such Deliciousness! 

think Junior Mints, or Girl Scout Thin Mints.

 Now you see it....

Now you don't!

Two out of Two for the Duncan Hines Flavor Creations!

The only excuse you need is "cause I wanna"....