Myrleen's YUMMY Cream Cheese Clouds...

We are SOOO lucky to have Myrleen in our group! She sure takes care of us when it's her turn for treats! I seriously got excited when I looked at our sidebar to see who was bringing the treat!! (Remember her delicious goodies at our VERY first get-together!?!) Well, she is such a doll that she is sharing the recipe with all of us! We weren't able to snap a picture of the final product...since it was such a hit...but here is how to make it! Leave a comment for Myrleen if you try this! AND - email me a pic as well..then I can add it to this post! I am definitely going to make it this weekend!!

** EDITED TO SAY: Tara tried this and snapped the photo below...and YES...she knows the stars are supposed to be in the top left-hand corner! Oops!! This was YUMMY!!

Cream Cheese Clouds
1 pkg. 8 Cream Cheese
1/2 cup Whipping Cream (the liquid kind you have to whip)
1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
1 t. Vanilla
Fresh Cut Fruit
Canned Whipped Cream or Cool Whip

Set the cream cheese out until it is room temperature. Blend first four ingredients together with blender. Put in cupcake molds (Michaels has stars, hearts, and others that you can buy for $9.99) and freeze for two to three hours. Serve frozen, topped with fruit and whipped cream (I like strawberries and blueberries for the 4th of july, but in September fresh peaches really hit the spot. Kiwi is yummy in the spring-St Patrick's Day, along with different types of melon balls, and raspberries work well too). For Valentine's Day, you can cut up strawberries, swirl canned whipped cream on top, then shave chocolate on top of everything, very romantic and hits the spot! And of course, you can put food coloring in with the cream cheese! If you come up with something, please share! I'd love to hear your ideas.

Happy 4th of July!!

Myrleen

JUNE CRAFT

Our June craft is Tuesday - June 30th @ 6:30!!
Beth would LOVE it if you could please email her ASAP ....IF you are NOT going to be able to make it. It really helps out the instructors when they know how many girlies are coming!

MATERIALS TO BRING:
(For The Star Trio)
-Sand paper (sanders are not needed)
-Rags
-Pencil
-Scissors
-Paint Brushes (1 for stain, 1 for mod podge, & 3 for different paint colors)
-Brown scrapbooking ink
-Wood glue
-Stain
-Plates/lids for paint

MATERIALS TO BRING:
(For The Blocks)
-Sand paper
-Paint Brushes (3 different colors)
-Plates/lids for paint
-Scissors

IF you are doing both projects – Beth says that we will be using 2 of the same paint color on the stars & blocks, so you can use the same brushes/lids.

SEE YOU ALL THERE!!!

Don’t forget to come & sign up for the NEW year…even if you can’t stay!!
Remember – first come, first serve!!

Crafts for JUNE!!

Introducing...

...the "Star Trio"…

…AND the “Stars & Stripes” Blocks!!

You can do one OR the other OR both!!

Instructor: Beth M.

Price for Star Trio: $20.55

Price for “Stars & Stripes” Blocks: $8.75
Price for Both: $29.30
Due Date for Money: Sunday, June 7th

Please contact Beth ASAP to let her know you are interested AND pretty please get your GREENS to her before the due date!

More Info:
We will be meeting at the church on Tuesday, June 30th (Beth can’t do the 25th) at 6:30 and ending around 9:30ish. Beth put a ruler next to the blocks to give you a better idea of their size. Also - PLEASE look at the sidebar to see if you are in charge of setting up, cleaning up, or treats. That would be SOOO helpful to the instructors if you remembered when you signed up! Thanks!

Materials to Bring:
…stay tuned…

IF you are NOT doing either project....please come anyway WITH a project that you need to finish! We would still like to see you and we all know that everyone has at least ONE project tucked away in the very back of their closets....just WAITING to be finished!

The Craft For The Month Of May...

May Craft...

...A GORGEOUS Clock!!

Instructor: Karen
Price: $35
Due Date for Money: Monday, May 18th
Please contact Karen ASAP to let her know you are interested in making this clock!

More Info:
We will be meeting at the church on Thursday, May 28th at 6:30 and ending around 9:30ish. There will be some prep work on the clock before you come to Craft Night...so Karen will keep you posted on that. (You will be painting the round wooden circle with brown and putting on your crackle....Karen will teach you how.)

Materials to Bring:
-Brushes
-Stain
-Rags
-Gloves
-Something to rub vinyl on with
-Yardstick for the placement of numbers

IF you are NOT doing the clock....please come anyway WITH a project that you need to finish! We would still like to see you and we all know that everyone has at least ONE project tucked away in the very back of their closets....just WAITING to be finished!

P.S. Karen DOES have another craft option....see the door hanging below...it will be around $20 - PLEASE let her know ASAP if you are interested! Thanks!!

**INFO** About April's Craft...

I have *kinda* bad news. Due to circumstances beyond my control....I am unable to attend Craft Night this week. This poses a problem....since I am in charge! We will need to bump it to next Thursday. Please plan on Thursday, May 7th @ 6:30 P.M. I will have to see if the church will be available...if not, it will be at my house - but we will be doing it for sure on that date! I am SUPER sorry.

I have all sort of due dates & deadlines associated with my work as well as TWO weddings and a baby shower.....that will be fitting into the remainder of this week....and I finally realized that I can't be in more than one place at the same time. Yep, it has taken me this long to figure that out! Tee, hee.

Anyway - I know I will be home this Saturday for at least a few hours. If all of you could pretty please with a cherry on top....pick up your SPRING blocks between 12-2 on Saturday, May 2nd....I would love ya even more than I already do! I am just going to be in and out a TON the rest of this week and I would feel better if I knew you all had them in time. In case you forgot WHY you need them early....you will need to stain them at least TWO days prior to us all getting together!! Just use the regular stain that we always use....and they will look great! The earlier you stain them, the better!

The FrAmEs...

Thank you to those gals who emailed me yer pics! We now get to SHOWCASE the talents of our FABulous group! Here are the DiFfErEnT "spins" some of the gals did with their frames...

Beth M.- Before...

Beth M. - After (She added a thicker brown ribbon.)

Beth N.

Brandee - Before

Brandee - After

Brenda

Jody

Kajsa

Karen

Melissa

Melissa

Myrleen

The Craft for APRIL!!

The "SPRING" blocks are done!! Wahoo!!

The final price comes to $36.68.

After purchasing the blocks, paper, rhinestones, ribbon, flowers, modpodge, and spray paint.....AND changing the embellishments again & again...to get the cost lower....this is what I came up with! Sigh!! I hope you all like them! {WINK!}

The pink & green are a LOT brighter in person....some of the pink is HOT pink and the green is a soft lime green. The button on the "R" is not included...that button alone is around $1.50. (If you want to get one for your blocks - I bought it at JoAnn Fabric.) Also - the flowers will vary...but don't fret...they are all still cute!

The due date for all the "GREENS" to be turned in will be April 9th - which is next Thursday. I will be placing the order for the wood the following day....fer sure! We can't afford to delay on the wood....or they won't have it cut out in time! You can put the money in the top part of our Winder Farms cooler if I am not home.