Friday, December 31, 2010

Placemats, doughnut muffins & resolutions

Excited to show you one of my latest projects (and a major labor of love), which is six Christmas placemats that I made and gave to my mother-in-law for Christmas. I found the pattern in my Amy Butler's In Stitches book - which has TONS of cute projects. This is the first and only project I've completed from this book - but I plan to do many more down the road.

I made my mother a baker's apron - will show in a future post...I need her to model it for a picture!

Over the Christmas break I made these delicious Doughnut Muffins. Highly recommended by my husband and his co-workers. He is already begging me to make them again. I like this recipe because they are made just like muffins (no frying required) but you can satisfy your doughnut craving because they taste just like the real deal! YUM. Click here for the recipe. WARNING: You may pass out when you see how much butter is involved. Do not attempt if your New Year's resolution has anything to do with being healthier in 2011.



I hope all of you had a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I'll end with a few of my New Year's resolutions (I always have more than one in hopes that it will increase my odds of achieving at least one)....
  • Blog more often (you will notice that the last time I blogged was September) - goal is to blog at least twice a month.
  • Learn how to use my Nikon D40 camera to its fullest potential - I'm not sure to measure the success of this resolution, but I'll try to post about any new tricks I learn and hold myself accountable through my blog
  • And my most important resolution: complete a good deed for someone else once a month. This does not include everyday kindness to others - I'm talking about something that will make a significant impact and will include a significant sacrifice for myself. The important part is sacrifice.
Ready or not, here comes 2011!