Living My Life On Purpose: Printables

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Thursday, May 30, 2013

My quest for perfection has finally come to a close!

If you are a long time reader of mine, you will know that I will go to great lengths to have a taste of the perfect chocolate chip cookie. Since then, I have made it my life's mission to bake the BEST chocolate chip cookie in all the land! I've tried every recipe under the moon and even though they have all been tasty, they were not perfect.

Teacher appreciation week snuck up on us this year. Jaden and I decided to give her teacher a cookie mix in a jar. Thanks to Pinterest, I found this printable. We followed the directions for this jar recipe.

After Jaden got the jar filled, Taylor and I made a batch of finished cookies to go with the gift. Jaden's teacher is pretty much a god in Taylor's eyes :-) She adores him!

You guys, these turned out PERFECT! They are exactly the type of cookie I have been trying to make for like MY WHOLE LIFE.

We wrapped them up all pretty in some parchment paper and tucked them into a bag with the mix!

Here's my soon-to-be secret family recipe:

The World's BEST Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

2 c flour

1 tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

¾ c brown sugar

¾ c sugar

chocolate chips

1 c butter, softened

1 tsp vanilla

2 eggs

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.

2. Beat butter, vanilla, and eggs together until smooth.

3. Add dry ingredients.

4. Drop onto cookie sheet.

5. Bake for 9-11 minutes.

6. Allow to cool for a couple of minutes on the cookie sheet before transferring to cooling rack.

SO DELICIOUS!

Want to try the cookies but don't want to bake them?? Comment below (why do I get like no comments ever anymore??) and I'll randomly pick a winner to get some cookies made by me and my two cuties!

Monday, April 8, 2013

71 Projects: Brave Birthday Invitations

Project 6: Brave Birthday Invitations

Start Date: March 21, 2013
Finish Date: March 21, 2013
Total Time: 2-3 hours
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Total Cost: zippity-do-dah

This year, Jaden has decided to have a Brave themed birthday party. I'm so excited to take her pictures! She wants me to make her hair super curly like Merida's. In fact, she wants to chop it all off (it almost reaches the top of her pants) but is waiting until after her birthday for that reason.

I came up with these fun invitations for J's party this year:

I always like to include a little note in her invitations to family members that tells her interests and clothing sizes. It makes it easier for them to come up with gift ideas. Of course this year, they were told NOT to read the last line out loud :-)

For her friends, the note either invited the friend to spend the night, or noted that the party was over at 4:00. I love how they turned out!

Are you planning a Brave birthday party? You can customize and order these printable invitations in my Etsy store! Click here for the listing.

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Thursday, January 3, 2013

2012 Missed Moment: Barney Party

Back in September, Taylor Max turned three! She was super excited to have a Barney party!

Customize and order this invitation in my Etsy store!

I made treat tents to hold the goodies for all of her friends.

In the neighborhood we moved into, there is a community commons area with a small pavilion and playground. It was the perfect spot to host Taylor's parties!

I also made Barney coloring books for all of the kids. I just Googled Barney coloring pages, printed them, designed and printed a cover, and bound them!