IM IN LOVE WITH A BUG: May 2011

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Winner for the Kiddos Blog Hop

Hello crafty friends. Just wanted to stop in at the moment and let you know who the winner of the For the Kiddos blog hop was. I was supposed to do an entire Elmo theme for the week but had some unexpected circumstances. Uhh that would be my rotten back. But not to bore you with all of that. The blog candy winner from the hop is Jessica from Jessica's Craft Shaque. Congrats Jessica. Please email me your addy so I can send out all the goodies for your Elmo cake pops. Not what Imade. I made cookie pops. Just did nt want anyone to be confused. Yes those cookies looked small in the pic I took with my blackberry but they were 4-5 inches and literally weighed a lb a piece after decorating them. Alrighty. I will be back with more fun news later. So be looking for that. Hope everyone hada wonderful mothers day weekend. I sure did. Congrats Jessica. Your cake pop kit to make Elmo is ready to ship and you will be entered also for the stamp give away on making things pretty blog owned by none other than LAura Cline. She is the one who organized the enitire hop. Have a crafty day ladies. Hugs Stacey

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

For the Kiddos Blog Hop Info

Hi Ladies, stopping in this morning to say a few things. One, Thank you so much for stopping by to comment on the For the Kiddos Blog Hop yesterday. Weren't all the ladies in the hop so very talented. Laura Cline of Making Things Pretty organized the hop and did a great job. She has informed us that for blog candy that Crafty Moms Stamps is offerering a stamp set for hopping along and commenting. A stamp set of your choice. So isn't that a really nice treat.??. I am offering blog candy and will be doing the drawing at weeks end as I am featuring Elmo all week long because that was my sons birthday them when he turned one and is turning ten this Sunday. So to be clear I made cookie pops yesterday that in the picture look quite small but they are not. They are huge and in the picture at the bottom of the post you can see the COOKIE POP Wilton pan I used. It is a 3 inch cookie but ours turned out to be a good 4-5 inches or bigger. I put way too much dough in the form. So about half full will do if you are going to be making the cookies. Do not fill the form to the rim but if you do want hearty cookies like those then feel free to fill it up. I myself would have used a biger stick such as a popsicle stick. With that said when making cookie pops the stick can ruin the integrity of the cookie. So although they held up fine, you have to be really careful and not mess with the cookie stick at all and try not to handle the stick when decorating the cookie. 3. Some people asked what tip I used. it was the grass-hair tip from Wilton. and finally I am making cake pops too this week and that is what I will be offerering as blog candy. The actual ingredients to make the cake pops. Decorations and all. So the popsticks,candy melts in red and the facial decorations ect along with the recipe for making cake pops and technique for making Elmos fur. I think The hop went great and again thanks s to Laura Cline for organizing it although she had so much on her plate ,she did a wonderful job organizing the whole thing Would love to hop with her again. Oh yeah one more thing. If I reach my goal of 220 plus followers this week Elmo's Party cart up for grabs. Havea great day and come back later and check out my Elmo project for the day.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

For the Kiddos Blog Hop

for the Kiddos blog Hop Elmo Cookie Pops. Over 4-5 Inches. Used Red White and Black Butter cream with a grass tip for Elmo's fur. I will be doing Elmo posts all week. I so love this cart and this was my son Noah's first birthday theme He will be ten this weekend. So while I am planning his big boy party I decided that I would take a walk down memory lane and do Elmo posts all week. The pan for these cookies can be found at any place you can find wilton pans and not just for cookies. Last year I used them to mold rice krispie treats to decorate as baseballs with each childs name on it. I think I used a little too much cookie dough.With frosting I beleive the ookies each weigh a good 12-14 oz almost a lb. The cookies turned out huge. Half the amount would have worked fine but my son thinks that the size is perfect. Bigger cookie more frosting yummm. Thanks for looking. I will post cake pops too this week .My blog candy for the week all though this is a one day hop will be everything you need to make Elmo cake pops. Not cookie pops but cake pops so do not forget to leave your comments today and this week.

Oh and do not forget to follow for a chance at winning. All the ladies in the line up are so talented. I will be using the Elmos Party Cart the rest of the week as well as posting pics of Nohs first birthday party featuring Elmo. Hmm maybe ishould throw in an Elmo's Party cart too if the people who top in follow and comment. I love throwing in a surprise. It hasgot to be one of my new favorite carts of all time and fun to use with Imagine too.

PLEASE SEE PREVIOUS POST BELOW FOR THE LINE UP. You will see where you are in the line up of all the talented ladies on this hop. Please if you get lost there is a marker where my post is inthe line up you can figure it out from there. check out the next in line below where it says you are here. Have fun ladies.