Pumpkin Muffins

I know we’re past pumpkin carving season but it’s still fall and that's exactly what these muffins remind me of. We made these in my nutrition class at school and they were a hit!

(since I made them at school I don’t have pictures)

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Ingredients:

1 cup of flour

1/2 cup of wheat flour

1/2 cup of sugar

2 tsp. of baking powder

1/2 tsp. of salt

1/2 tsp. of cinnamon

1/2 tsp. of nutmeg

1/2 cup of milk

1/2 cup of (canned) pumpkin

1/4 cup of (melted) butter

1 egg

(optional)

1/2 cup of raisin, chopped nuts or both

(if you use both put 1/4 cup of each)

Directions:

1. preheat oven to 400 degrees

2. grease bottom of muffin pan

3. mix dry & wet ingredients, excluding nuts/raisins

4. stir until everything is moist

5. fill muffin cups 2/3 of the way full

6. sprinkle sugar over batter

7. bake 18-20 minutes and remove from pan immediately

8. let cool and eat!

 

DIY: Greek goddess Costume

for Halloween I had 2 costumes. at my church festival I was a greek goddess and trick-or-treating I was a hippie. However, my favorite was the greek goddess costume and here is how I made it!:

 

I Applied gold eyeshadow and purple winged liner to look very royal and goddessy!

I put a gold and silver elastic braided head band on my forehead and to look like the golden leaves head wear they usually have on.

for my hair I side ways French braided the top half on both sides all the way to the back

of course a greek goddess is’nt a goddess without a royal serpent, and since I couldn’t find my snake, I had to draw one:

For my dress I wore a white short dress and for my shoes I wore these gold one’s I love

this costume was last minute and my favorite of the 2!

all of our costumes:

Giddy up hippie!

Personal Pan Pizza Project!

Saturday night my family and I decided to make our own pizza:
Tip: We used dough for bread instead of pizza crust and got a much fluffier outcome!
 

1. Just like with pizza crust you have to stretch, pull, flatten roll and pound the dough.

Tip: Heating a pizza stone in the the oven prior to stretching dough, and brushing olive oil on dough before adding the goods will give your it a little pop!

2. Apply the goods!
On My pizza I added Ham, mozzarella cheese, pineapple, basil and Tomato sauce:
 
   
3. After the toppings were all on we popped them in the oven for 25 minutes and waited…

4. When the timer dings take your pizza out and thank me:)

Our Pizza’s:

My Sister’s pepperoni (bread bowl)Pizza:
My Dads “specialty” pizza (pre-bake):
My Mom Made a Margarita Pizza:

DIY: small room, big change

Before:
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This room started out (pictured above) boring,dull and dirty.
We added a coat of paint (color: ponytail from Lowes), a table, a rug and some pillows to add some color.
After:

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the black and white dots (target) on the wall are dry-erase and chalkboards in a fun form, we cover the ugly cork board in fabric and ribbon and added white flowers which I hot glued on to push pins. This room looks awesome! its exciting and cute all at the same time.

Homecoming 2011

A few fridays ago was my Homecoming Dance at school and It was a blast. I mean, honestly, who wouldn’t have fun dancing all night long?

Before the dance Obviously you have to get all glamorized! I got my hair done at three, right after I painted my nails a dark grey-brown color called “Park Ave” by New York color. 

After the glitz and the glam was applied and i was strapped up (or in this case sling-back;) I headed over to the lake to take pictures with 3 other friends.

After the Dance, i came home to flattened curls, deafened ears and my friend in my bed. I didn’t fall asleep until about 3 o’clock in the morning because of course I had to wait for the pics to upload on facebook! Homecoming was an amazing night and I can’t wait to do it all over again next year! 

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