My new love of baking from Pinterest!

 

 

Hi everyone,

I’m pretty sure you have heard of the phenomena call Pinterest. I’ve never taken to social media like I took with Pinterest. What makes this site so amazing is the amount of eye candy that is pin at all hours of the day, from Wedding ideas to Crafts.

 

Here’s a partial board of what I’ve been curating on Pinterest!

 

 

I found  such amazing recipes for all kinds of sweets and have been baking ever since. This article on the New York Times about cookies had me thinking what is the best recipe for chocolate cookies? a search on Pinterest reveal  Jacque Torres recipe and a video, boy was that  recipe amazing, if it wasn’t for Pinterest I would not have found this recipe.

Thanks to Pinterest now I’ve been experimenting with all kinds of baking and cooking.

I am inviting all of you to  follow my boards on Pinterest here

This recipe was very moist and scrumptious I end up eating 9 cookies in one afternoon and made myself sick, but it was worth it.

What special recipes do you have in your Pinterest?

 

Texture is amazing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amazing eh?

 

 

Have a great day,

Maggie

 

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http://www.passionatelyartistic.com/2012/05/thrifting-decorations-with-anita-hill.html

Thrifting decorations with Anita from Cedar Hill Ranch

Bonjour friends! Thanks for visiting. I'm Anita from Cedar Hill Ranch, where I blog about Texas Living with a French Accent. I try to live a faith-filled life surrounded by people I love and beautiful things. I have owned my own photography business for years, but now am focused on my family and the ranch (and my blog)!! Cedar Hill Ranch is about creating a relaxed lifestyle and home that is also graceful and beautiful, a place that embraces family and friends in a comfortable way while making them feel special and celebrated. I think of French life being about family and friends in a beautiful setting, sitting around a outdoor table with good food and good conversation. I write about how to create a home that embraces your family and guests with interior design ideas, DIY projects, antiques, vintage dishes, great recipes, entertaining, and anything else I find interesting or helpful. I live with my husband (college sweetheart), our two teenage girls, and my sweet collie girl.

I would love for you to visit me any time. That really is the great thing about a blog; you can have people over for a visit any time day or night, and more importantly no vacuuming required!!

I am so delighted to be guest hosting here at Passionately Artistic today, where I am going to share some of my thrifting finds with you. I love shopping at thrift and consignment stores, auctions, and on eBay. When we inherited a new piano, I thought what the heck am I going to do with a piano?

I mean we decided to keep it for my daughter who insists she will learn to play it, but I meant, what am I going to do to accessorize it? I realized I had never worked with a piano before, and was concerned that it might look a little too Liberace-ish. So my first rule was no candelabra or lace. The first thing I did was put a long metal tray on the back of the piano. It was long and narrow, and fit perfectly.


This is an extra one I had in my house already.




Then I decided that I would fill it with some fun vintage finds. The seltzer bottles I found on eBay for about $20



I filled these Mason jars with vintage buttons and wooden spools of thread that I had on hand.




You’ll also notice other assorted vintage items in the tray like the round metal film tin in the back, the vintage camera in its original leather case, and a green floral frog. Many of these vintage items were inherited items from my in-laws.



love this cow painting here. I think she looks pretty darling.



I also recently found this Santos at Tuesday morning that I added to the piano.




Thanks Maggie for inviting me to guest host here and I hope ya’ll will come for a visit any time. The door is always open











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Beautiful  card:)










Have a great week everyone,
Maggie

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High School Graduation with a linking party!

Hi Everyone,
This is it my daughter is graduating high school and looking forward to a party. I’ve been experimenting with different kind of deserts from shot glass cakes, cake balls to creating lavender syrup with different types of Spritzers.
I would luv for you to link your favorite recipes and ideas for graduations and graduation cards :)





Maggie Lamarre
Today I’m going to share one of the recipes I’ve been perfecting for the graduation party.
This dish is served anytime, my mom makes this on a regular basis for us. I’ve added my own little tweak by adding fresh ginger.












Ingredients:









1 lb. bonata (which is the real sweet potato and it’s white not orange which is really yam)
1 tsp. vanilla,cinnamon, fresh ginger, and salt
1 cup milk
whip cream,ice cream
1/2 c butter

Directions:

• Wash the bonatas, dry rub with butter and sprinkle with salt. bake for 30 mtes in 450 degrees.
• Scoop the bonata off the skin and mash with the following ingredients vanilla,cinnamon, fresh ginger.

Tip
It will be chunky and that is the consistency you want.

• Add milk to the chunky mixture
• fill a 13 inch pan, sprinkle cinnamon  bake for another 10 mtes.

 
 





Serve with ice cream, voila done!













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Have a great week everyone,
Maggie

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Summertime blooms with a linking party!

Hi Everyone,
It’s Summer time and flowers are blooming literally from the garden onto our home. Using your Cricut to create a template for this beautiful pillow is just a few cuts away!




Maggie Lamarre
I was at Rob and Stuckey found a gorgeous pillow I fell in luv with unfortunately at a price tag of $125.00 I couldn’t afford. However I was able to create this flower pillow for under $5.00 using the Cricut.




Supplies :
Pillow form, fabri tac glue,pinking shear scissor
Fat quarter fabrics, felt, fabric fusion glue
Thread, needle, button, Cricut, Cricut Cartridge Accent Essentials, Core’dination Cardstock stencil

Instructions:

• Select the fabric you want to use.
• Measure the pillow form
• Cut fabric  the pillow form size  and add 2 inches all around , sew 3 sides leaving the bottom open to insert the form.
• Cut 1 template from Accent Essentials at 11.5’, 10’,8’,5’,4’,each size. Trace the template onto the felt for each size using a pinking shear scissor.

• Once the felts are cut assemble them from large to small to form a flower. Create a twisted flower for the center.

• Pinch the petals then adhere to the pillow form using the glue.

 

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Have a great week everyone,
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Follow us on Pinterest as well :) there's a small pin button below feel free to add these to your boards. 

Here’s the link of the Linking Party for your twitter, Facebook, and blogs!
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