Spoiled Puppy!!!

Today is my baby boy's birthday!!!! He is 2 years old!!!! I know some of you may think that I am a bit crazy for doing this, that's okay so does my husband. ;)  My Maverick means the world to me!! He is my first baby!
When I went to pick him up in Tennessee from the breeder, he was on top of a hill of hay with his butt up in the air wagging his curly tail and barking!! He was the only one out of the whole litter with a curly tail!! He was the runt, weighing in at only 9 pounds....and he now weighs 150 pounds!!! Such a perfect boy!!

Anyway, I made him his very own birthday cake today!!! It was so much fun and I know that he will enjoy it later!!!
If there may be any of you that love your puppies as much as I love mine try out my recipe!!

What you will need:
*1/4 C oil (I used vegetable oil)
*1/4 C Applesauce, unsweetened
*2 Tbsp Molasses
*1/2 C Pumpkin
*2 Tbsp Peanut Butter (Choosy Mom's Choose Jiff)  ;)
*2 Eggs
*1 C Flour
*1 tsp Baking Soda
*Cream Cheese, softened
*More peanut butter ;)
*NON CHOCOLATE Sprinkles ;)
*Big Bowl
*Fork
*Cooking Spray

Preheat your oven to 350*

First, add your Oil, Applesauce, & Molasses, mix with a fork

Next, add in your pumpkin, mix with fork

Next is your peanut butter....mix with that fork ;)

Now add your eggs, ONE AT A TIME, mixing with your, you got it....fork!

In a separate bowl mix your flour and baking soda.

Now SLOWLY add in your flour and baking soda mixture a little at a time....still using that fork

Spray your pan GENEROUSLY with some cooking spray.

Add your mixture to your pan.  (I used a small square pan because I cut bone shapes out of the cake)

Don't deprive your dog of licking that batter!!! You lick the batter for your cakes!!! ;)

Cook for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick (or knife ;) ) is clean.

I then cut the cake into 2 "Doggie Bone" shapes to make a double Decker cake ;)
I put the first cut out "Doggie Bone" on a plate and covered it in peanut butter!!

Then I put the second cut out on top of the peanut butter one and covered it in cream cheese!!!
Then I added the sprinkles!!

AND TA DA!! You have your Puppy's Birthday Cake :)

Maverick seriously enjoyed his cake!!!!!

Birdie Lovers!

This DIY is going to be for all of my birdie lovers!!! My father-in-law LOVES birds, and as a gift to him, I wanted to do something nice, easy, and super crafty. ;-)
I decided what better gift then a large bird feeder?!?! SO COOL!!!

What you will need:
*Plastic Plate
*Plastic Bowl (I recommend one as pliable as possible I used a hard plastic one and you'll see it cracked when I drilled the whole ;))
*12 inch (or longer) metal rod with threads
*4 nuts and 4 washers
*String
*Screw Driver with a drill bit the size of the rod you bought.

First drill your holes in the middle of your plate and your bowl

next take the rod and put a nut and a washer on it

slide the plate on and cover it with a washer then a nut

next put a nut and a washer on the opposite end of the rod (notice my duct tape cause i broke the bowl since its a hard plastic ;) )

slide the bowl on and put on a washer then a nut

Take your string and tie it in a knot (in the middle of the string)between the top nut and washer above the plate then tie the string together.

 VOILA! Your Birdie Lover Bird feeder!!!!

Happy Crafting!!

TTFN!!

Sunday....not so fun day :/

Hey guys!
There won't be a DIY today.....I didn't get around to it. I am sorry!
I am sick....little one is sick....hubby is sick and hard at work so we had a not so fun day!!
Will be back tomorrow!!!

TTFN
xoxo

The Easy Peasy 3-layer bow (St. Patrick's Day)

Hey guys!! Just in time for St. Patrick's day, I decided to make this bow for my little princess!

What You Will Need:

*Scissors

*Hot glue gun

*rubber bands

*Elastic ribbon (for headband....clip if you're going to use a clip)

*3 pieces of 19inch ribbon 1-1 ½ inch wide....they can be the same color, I am using different colors and patterns

*8 inch piece of ribbon (it can be the same as one of the ribbons you are using or different)

*Felt (if you are using it)

First cut all of your pieces of ribbon to the desired size.  If you want a bigger bow than use longer pieces. I'd do 30 inch pieces.

Now take one of your 19 inch long pieces of ribbon and fold it as such....

Pinch the center.

Add Rubber Band

Fold all three to look the same

Then stack them on each other not directly on top of each other turn each just a little bit so you can see each bow and rubber band them all together!!

Then take your 8 inch ribbon and tie it in a knot.

Now you will need your hot glue gun.

Glue the knot of the ribbon to the middle of your bows

Then fold over each side and glue....cutting the excess ribbon like with yesterdays.

Pull out the ribbon so it fluffs up

It should look something like this

If you are making it into a headband get your elastic and glue the ends together

Then take your piece of felt and glue it to the headband where the ends come together.

Then glue your bow to the felt on the headband

TA DA! Your Easy Peasy 3 layered bow!!

If you are using a clip then do as we did yesterday.  You can either glue ribbon to the clip and then glue the bow on, or you can glue the bow right onto the clip....some people wrap the center knotted ribbon of the bow right around the clip and glue it to the clip.

HAPPY BOWING!!!

TTFN!

The easy peasy 'smaller' hair bow/hairband

Hey everyone!! I hope you are enjoying this beautiful Friday!! Since everyone enjoyed the 'Girly Valentine's Headband' I decided to make a bow headband tutorial!!
Now since my little princess is only 9 months, and has next to no hair, I make everything right now into headbands....You can by all means make it into a clip!

What You Will Need:
*Scissors
*Rubber Band (or anything that is easy for you. Some people use jewelery wire.)
*Hot glue gun
*Elastic ribbon Measured to the size of the head (or your clip whichever you prefer)
*Felt if you'd like
*19 inch long piece of 1-1 1/2 inch wide ribbon (if you like bows bigger than make it 30 inches long)
*8 inch long piece of any size ribbon (*I am using small 1/4 of an inch sized ribbon)

First make sure all of your supplies are ready, and handy because you don't want to have to start over.  Cut your ribbon to the sizes you will need before you start and lay them out, you will not need your scissors again until your bow is finished so put them aside

Take your 19 inch long piece of ribbon and hold it under your thumb letting equal parts of ribbon fall to either side of your hand.

Then wrap the piece of ribbon twice, making sure the ribbon ends face opposite directions (up & Down)

Lay your ribbon flat on the table....or wherever you are doing it.  Make sure you put it down so the ribbon kind of creases....if you don't it will unwind and fall flat.

Pinch the center of the ribbon as it lay flat.

Wrap the rubber band around the center where you have pinched the ribbon *it isn't going to look perfect but don't worry, you'll have time to pull at it and fix it in a minute*

Pull the ends to the same side, pull the loops apart from each other so they make a bow

now take your 8 inch ribbon and tie it in a knot.

now is when you will need your scissors and your hot glue gun.

take the knotted piece of ribbon and glue the knot onto the center of the bow where your rubber band is.

wrap one of the sides around to the back and glue it.

Cut the extra ribbon from that side

Fold the other side over the back and glue it.

Cut the extra ribbon from that side.


Now your bow is finished!

For those who are making a headband grab your elastic and glue the ends together.

I always use a piece of felt between the headband and the ribbon or whatever it is I am putting on the headband.  I just don't like the flat on the head and headband look. If you are using felt then glue it onto the headband.

Now glue your bow onto the felt part of the headband or where you connected the ends.

And you have your headband and Easy Peasy 'smaller' bow!!
At this point you can leave the ends straight across or you can cut them on an angle or you can cut a 'V' into them.  After that to keep from fraying I just use a lighter very quickly over the ends to harden them.....They do make "Fray Check" and that will take care of the fraying ends too.

If you are using a clip, take the clip and clip it onto a piece of wax paper so you don't glue it together.  Put glue on the top of the clip and put the bow on it....some people cover the clip in ribbon to make it look nicer.  Some people even take the knot of the bow and instead of gluing it behind the bow, they glue it right to the clip.

HAPPY CRAFTING!!

**Check back tomorrow for the 3 layered Easy Peasy hair bow**

Have a great Friday everyone!!!

TTFN! ;)