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Hunger Games Movie Premier

Published January 27, 2012 | By Launi

After a fair bit of deliberation and months of humming and hawing and after being offered a special pre-release showing time of 7 pm–on March 22nd, by the University Cinemark in Orem, Utah…

we’ve finally decided to take on The Hunger Games!

If you’d like to join us, and see this incredible movie–before it’s officially released, and without waiting in any lines–now’s your chance!

We may have taken our time deciding, but you’ll want to let us know ASAP—as space is very limited. Leave a comment here and I’ll give you the official details.

Come on–we can bite our nails together. Besides, we’d love to have you!

:}

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I know, I know. It’s not spring yet and I could possibly have curbed my craving for something luscious and lemony until the flowers were blooming, like a good girl. Perhaps that would have been more seasonally appropriate. But then I thought…

seasonally appropriate? What does that even mean? And then a better question would be–and do I care? Hmmm….

Apparently not.

:}

Ingredients:

1 box lemon cake mix

1/3 cup butter- softened

1 egg

8 oz cream cheese – softened

1 cup powdered sugar

peel from 1/2 lemon – grated

2 Tbsps lemon juice

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

Directions:

In a mixing bowl, blend dry cake mix, butter, and 1 egg. Press into an ungreased 9 x 13 pan. Beat cream cheese until smooth. Blend in the powdered sugar. Stir in lemon peel and lemon juice until smooth. Set aside 1/2 cup of mixture. Into remaining cream cheese mixture, beat 2 eggs, and vanilla until well blended. Spread over the cake mixture.
Bake at 350° until set, approximately 25 to 30 minutes. Cool completely. Spread the reserved cream cheese mixture onto the bars. Refrigerate until firm; then cut into squares and serve.

I found this scrumptious bit of loveliness on a pass through Recipe Tips and sincerely couldn’t resist.

Yeah…like I tried.

Cream Cheese Lemon Bars

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Ingredients

1 box lemon cake mix
1/3 cup butter- softened
1 egg
8 oz cream cheese – softened
1 cup powdered sugar
peel from 1/2 lemon – grated
2 Tbsps lemon juice
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla

Instructions

In a mixing bowl, blend dry cake mix, butter, and 1 egg.
Press into an ungreased 9 x 13 pan.
Beat cream cheese until smooth.
Blend in the powdered sugar.
Stir in lemon peel and lemon juice until smooth.
Set aside 1/2 cup of mixture. Into remaining cream cheese mixture, beat 2 eggs, and vanilla until well blended.
Spread over the cake mixture.
Bake at 350° until set, approximately 25 to 30 minutes.
Cool completely.
Spread the reserved cream cheese mixture onto the bars.
Refrigerate until firm; then cut into squares and serve.

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Rainbow Granny Bunting

Published January 24, 2012 | By Launi

Well, I just haven’t had this much fun in a lonnnng time–and then to have the results turn out oh, soooo adorable!! Huge, unexpected plus.

What started out yesterday as an enormous pile of granny triangles—became magically transformed…

into the sweetest little bunting I’ve ever seen in my livin’ life—with just few more stitches to link them all together.

Last week, I searched the crochet universe until just the perfect triangle caught my eye over at Crochet With Raymond. It was love at first sight I tell you!

After a few days of crocheting these fun little Grannies I found the perfect way to link them together over at Carina’s Craftblog.

I love this thing so much I can hardly stop taking pictures of it. Like having a celebrity living in the building. Now all we need is to throw a party to celebrate this sweet little work of art.

And so I can hang it up and just stare at it for a few days.

:}

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Color School

Published January 23, 2012 | By Launi

It only took a week or so–sheesh–to pick out and gather the perfect colors for another project in the works. I’m not so good at figuring out all the modern color ways yet, but I have lots of help so I can’t stray too far from the straight and narrow. I’m still in the midst of choosing…

Oh, and by the way–I wouldn’t think of using that dreadful lavender or that incredibly wrong maroon…apparently highly un-stylish. The light blue is also out.

Who knew? This silly “old dog” is definitely learning some new tricks.

I’ll admit though, it’s kinda fun putting these pretty brights together and getting a feel for what works and what–ahem–doesn’t these days. This sweet little project is nearly finished and I’m soooo excited to show it to you, but not yet! Soon, soon.

Be brave–

I think, I hope you’ll love it. And maybe…just maybe, you’ll want one too. And THAT, my friends, can be arranged. Hee hee.

:}

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