Pink {Cherry} Angel Food Cake and a Pinterest Project!

I made this delicious cake yesterday, and couldn't help taking a picture of it!!  

I used one Duncan Hines Angel Food Cake mix, substituting 3/4 c. of water for maraschino cherry juice. Add the remaining 1/2 c. of water. Bake as directed.

For the whipped cream:

Use heavy whipping cream, adding 1/4 c. cocoa and 1/2 c. confectioner's sugar. Beat on high until almost "set." Add 1/2 tsp. vanilla. Finish beating cream. Note: you may need more sugar - go by the taste.

For the cherries:

Melt 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips with 5 tablespoons of butter. Drain about 25 cherries. Coat the cherries with chocolate, and put them on a sheet of wax paper. Freeze until ready to use. 

For the piped chocolate:

Use the remaining melted chocolate from the cherries. Put in a ziploc bag and cut a very small hole in the corner. Now just pipe to your heart's content!! (Make sure you pipe onto wax paper or you won't be able to get it off!!) There is no right or wrong way to do it - just kinda whatever you feel like!! Freeze until ready to use.

Enjoy!!! See my other project below:

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I FINALLY got my dry erase board!!! I got the frame from TJMaxx for $10, and the markers from the store for $2 {clearance...yayy!!}. I highly recommend getting a marker with the eraser on the end - that way you don't have to have a giant one laying around someplace. I'm not very happy with the paper behind (a drawing made by yours truly ~ this reveals how h-o-r-r-i-b-l-e of an artist I am), but I haven't been able to find paper big enough. The frame is 11x14, so scrapbook paper doesn't fit. I will have to find a piece of {chevron} wallpaper. {It's GOT to be chevron, right?!!} Anyway, all in all, I got another Pinterest Project done!! Only three more to go as you can see below.

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Little Girl's Chevron Apron & Bow Folded Napkin

Two projects from Saturday's Six Projects in Six Weeks Pinterest challenge!! Not a bad start. First of all I made a child's apron. It isn't like the one in the picture at all, but it is a child's apron, and that was the goal. It was super easy, just like a miniature regular apron.
Cut out:
one 28" x 16 1/2" piece (body)
one 15 3/4" x 4 1/2" piece (waistband)
two 24" x 2 3/4" (ties)
~Follow the basic directions for an apron, found here. Have fun!! {Scroll down for the other project}

The other project is a bow-folded napkin (shown below). The tutorial for that can be found here (Nancy Creative). This is very easy, and works best with smaller napkins rather than huge ones. These would be very cute for Mother's Day, a baby shower, or any occasion.

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Six Projects in Six Weeks

Seeing this page on Brittany's Joy gave me the idea of doing the same thing. Pick six things from you Pinterest boards, and try to just get them done in six weeks. Sounds like a great idea to me!! Pinterest is VERY addicting, and we all tend to pin everything we see, but whether we would ever look at it again is a good question. So here we go. Let me know what you pick!! Here's my choices:

Top row, left to right:

DIY Dry Erase Board

DIY Bow Folded Napkins

Little Geranium Dress

Bottom row, left to right:

DIY Maxi Skirt

Little Girl's Apron

Chevron & Burlap Ruffle Tote

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Peekaboo Beans Clothing Review

I recently won a giveaway at Welcome to the Mouse House for $50 of clothing at Peekaboo Beans. They have SO much cute stuff for kids. I got several items, and they are absolutely adorable!! I got the Laughter Jacket in Memoir Fuchsia, Co-Pilot Tee in Harbour Blue, and the Cloud Cruiser Jacket in Harbor Blue. The little boy jacket and shirt go together great too!! They are all extremely adorable and well-made. The fabric is SUPER soft, featuring tear-away tags, "chin-guards" so little chins don't get zipped in, and reinforced hems on the t-shirts. I would highly recommend these to anyone with kids - they are awesome!! Thank you SO much Hayley for the giveaway!! Here's some pictures of the beans:

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Meanwhile, the current project is an embroidered rose. I LOVE roses, so this is definitely going to be one of my favorites. I got the pattern at French Knots - they have TONS of awesome embroidery and cross-stitch patterns. Thanks for visiting, folks!! 

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