The Winter Chick

The Winter Chick by jenna-grund featuring pashmina scarves

Dorothy Perkins leather boots
dorothyperkins.com

Pashmina scarve
lapurse.com

Dr Seuss Quote - How the Grinch Stole Christmas- Typography Word Art
etsy.com

Caspari • Red with Green Stripes Christmas Ribbon Bow
casparionline.com

Colorful Dots Sleepover Pack

Here's our second glorious gift pack! This set is another group of PBTeen gifts. We call it the Colorful Dots Sleepover Pack since it features so many bright, bold colors and polka dots! It's perfect for anyone who needs a little go-to set for sleepovers! :)

Tada! And here's the list of all the products found in this sweet pack (including their webpage links)...
-Ruched Sleeping Bag ($79.20)
-Jet-Set Multi Dot Duffle ($41.70)
-Dots-A-Lot Robe ($79.50)
-Fur-rific Slippers ($32.00)
-Go-Anywhere Mini Speaker ($18.00)
-Dottie PJ Bottoms ($31.20)
How did you like our little assembly of gifts? Comment below and let us know if you'd like a specific theme to be featured on our next gift pack! Who knows? It might be up by next week! ;)

Plush Plum PB Teen Pack

Introducing....Gift Packs @ Crafty Chicks!
As part of our Christmas celebration, we will be (hopefully) posting some gift pack ideas from our fave stores! Each gift pack post features pictures of our suggested items and where you can buy them. Today, we start with a fabulous ensemble from Pottery Barn Teen, a Crafty Chicks all-time favorite! :)

Plush Plum Pack
This cozy gift pack is perfect for any girl who needs that special hang-out space. With a mix of popular prints and bold solids, you can re-create this gift pack with just about any other color scheme!
Items include:
-Mini Cooler ($59.00) in Plum
-Superstorage Lap Desk 2 ($49.00)
-Superplush Blanket ($29.00-$69.00)
-Dottie Toss Organic Pillow Cover ($35.00) in Dark Plum
-Woven Ball String Lights ($39.00)
-Ultra Plush Rug, Dark Plum ($99.00-$499.00)
-Black Painted Eco Dot Lounger ($179.00-$219.00)
...all from Pottery Barn Teen! You can head on over to their website here
Hope you enjoy! Happy shopping! :)

Post 2- Sugar Cookie Recipe

I know several sugar cookie recipes, but I like this one the most. It has been in my for a long time. Here it is:

Mix thoroughly with a hand (electric) mixer:
1 1/2 c. margarine
2 c. of sugar
 4 eggs
 1 t. vanilla

Then Add:
  5 c. flour
  2 t. baking powder
  2 t. salt

  Refrigerate overnight.

Roll out and cut into cookies. Bake on ungreased sheet
6-10 minutes at 400

Frost when cool.

Day 1- Salt Dough Ornaments

Salt Dough ornaments have been something I have done since I was little. The best part about it is that the recipe to make is SO easy! I got this recipe from another blog, but I added some of my own stuff to the recipe. The pictures I will use are from the blog www.nestofposies-blog.com.

Here is the recipe:

4 cups of flour
1 cup salt
Food coloring- Tried Red and turned pink, try using just the color of the salt dough for your first time.

Large Mixing Bowl
Water to moisten- try starting with 2 cups of water and keep adding until dough with stick together like play dough

cookie sheet
a small rolling pin or wooden dowel

a drinking straw

ribbon

a plate for a guide

paint *if desired

Make the dough by adding the salt water and flour together in a bowl

 

Roll out the dough to where their is a thickness. Press your hand in the dough. Add a hole for ribbon by pressing a straw above the hand print.

Bake for an 1 hour on 150- 175, it probably will need to bake a little longer than this. If you don't want to bake you can air dry all night.

25 days of Christmas with the Crafty Chicks!

Starting on December 1st we will post a "crafty" craft or family recipe to build up to the reason for the season!

At any time if you have questions on a recipe or craft PLEASE feel free to ask! The crafty chicks will answer any recipe or craft question!

Also you are probably wondering how we are going to decide what crafts and recipes to do right? Well, we are going to ope up a poll on your top 3 favorite crafts and recipe ideas!

Artsy Inspiration

"Art is the stored honey of the human soul." -Theodor Dreiser
That's some pretty powerful words for the world of crafting. :)

Peanut Butter Banana Grahamwiches!

It's November, and school is in full swing. We know you're in need for some of those afterschool snack ideas, and we've got another one today. We call it...
"Peanut Butter Banana Grahamwiches!"

This is one of our impromptu, out-of-the-blue snack ideas, and it's a fun treat for kids and adults alike. Here's how you can make it yourself:
Start with your ingredients and supplies:

-2 Graham cracker squares
-A spoonful of peanut butter
-Two slices of chopped banana
-1 spoon
-1 knife

Next, take your spoonful of peanut butter and spread it on one of the graham cracker squares with a knife.

Then, plop down your two banana slices wherever you want on your graham cracker. (We like to do it diagonally!)

Finally, top your stack with a second graham cracker square and....dig in! :)

Enjoy! :)

Banana-fanas!

Have you ever put peanut butter on bananas? It's one pretty awesome combination. But now try adding some chocolate to that peanut butter and injecting the mixture inside of your banana. Now THAT is one crazy combo!
We decided to try out this idea just for fun one day, and while it was a tad bit messy, the taste was worth it. It's the absolute perfect snack when you're up for bananas and a little something extra. Try it!
Here's What You'll Need:

-1 Banana
-About 1/2 Cup of Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
-1 or 2 Spoonfuls of Peanut Butter

-1 large bowl
-1 small bowl
-1 Knife
-1 Spoon
-1 Toothpick
-1 Decorating Bag
-1 Bismarck or Filling Tip
How to Make It:

First, spoon some peanut butter into your large bowl. In a smaller bowl heat your chocolate chips for about 20 seconds or until melted. Remember to stir your chocolate after heating to get it all mixed in! Then add your melted chocolate to your bowl of peanut butter.

Next, take your toothpick and swirl your peanut butter and chocolate until it's all mixed together!

Now insert the Bismarck or filling tip into your decorating bag and spoon in some of your chocolate peanut butter mixture.

On both ends of the banana stick in your filling tip and squeeze in your PB/choco mix.

Note: You might also need to stick a hole in the side for maximum peanut butter chocolate potential!

Now here comes the fun part! You can add designs and decorations with your piping bag to cover up any holes. We added swirls at the end of the banana for fun!

Try these fun little squiggly lines down the sides!

All that's left to say is...DIG IN! :)

Wow its been awhile!

Sorry that we haven't posted in awhile! The crafty chicks have been super busy! We have lots of projects planned, and we hope to post them soon!

Pretty in Pink!

Phase Eight silk top
$87 - houseoffraser.co.uk

Forever New highwaisted shorts
$52 - forevernew.com.au

Charlotte Russe ballet flat shoes

charlotterusse.com

Lace handbag
dsw.com

Mesh jewelry
claires.com

5-Minute Pizza Baggies (Baguettes)

If you like pizza, this is the perfect lunch for you! Simple, quick, and delicious, this fun twist on the classic snack food is perfect for a lunch on the go or whenever you're craving a lighter version of pizza.

5-Minute Pizza Baggies (Baguettes)

Here's what you'll need:
-Center-split deli rolls
-Your favorite pasta/pizza sauce
-Your choice of pizza cheese

Instructions:
-Cut open one deli roll to make two bread halves.

-On the flat side of each halve, spread some sauce and cover with cheese. Note: Make sure you cover as much sauce as you can with a medium-thick layer of cheese. You should only see little spots of sauce-just like when you're coating a pizza.

-Broil on a flat pan in your oven.

-If cheese isn't quite melted, microwave for 15-30 second intervals.

-Serve the two baguette halves separate or sandwich-style and enjoy!

Luau Party Favors!

One of the Crafty Chicks Birthday is coming up very soon, for her birthday she is having a Hawaiian Luau birthday party. For the party favors, the Crafty Chicks bought pineapple cups, and put the party guest names on them. Then they bought all the party guest flip flops, and wrote their names on the bottom of the flip flop with puffy paint, so they will leave there name in their footprint!

Easy 30 Second Flower Clip




The supplies you will need are hot glue gun, clips, and scrapbooking flowers



The first step is place a dot of hot glue on the fat side of the clip.



As soon as possible, place the flower on the clip, hold the flower down on the clip for 10 seconds, and you have yourself a flower clip!

Double Chocolate Cookies

             One of the Crafty Chicks made these cookies today and they turned out great!

You will need these ingredients

After mixing ingredients, with instruction, you will get this...

After that, form cookie dough into balls

Let them bake for 8 to 9 minutes

Now, you will need more instructions, so here is the link for the cookie recipe...    .http://www.zestycook.com/a-taste-of-heaven-double-dark-chocolate-cookies/

Triple Chocolate Cake Pops

So, Janae, Hope, and I (Jenna), decided to make triple dark chocolate cake pops today at my house, and decided to make a tutorial on how to make them, so below you will find how to make a delicious, cake pop step by step, but first let's meet are bakers in the kitchen today...

First up is Janae, a hard working baker, that has a big passion for baking!

Next up is Hope! Hope is supervisor of the group, and makes sure the baking is perfected!

Finally Me! I work hard to help make the baking process go a lot smoother!

The supplies you need will be...

Steps

First we followed the directions on the cake box

To make a good amount of cake pops use only a 13x9 pan unless you don't want many cake pops

Making the cake

All done!

Next you crumble the cake AFTER cake COOLS for 15 minutes, MINIMUM!

Next we mixed the chocolate cake with icing

Make sure cake is moist, but not too moist after putting icing in, if too dry, just add more icing

After that, get a pan, put wax paper over it, then start rolling the cake into balls. NOTE: Make sure there are no cracks in the balls!

All done! After putting in pan, put them in the freezer for at least 15 minutes, or until firm

Heart cake pop!

After taking out of freezer, microwave your chocolate coating until melted. After that get your sticks and dip the end in the chocolate.

Stick the sticks in the cake balls about 3/4ths through.

Then very gently move the cake pops through the chocolate until coated in chocolate

After coated, put them on the wax paper to let dry

If you still have chocolate left, you can drizzle it on the cake pops for a nice touch!

Inside the cake pops!

For a nice finished touch for a gift, use cling wrap and cover the cake pops with it and tie it with ribbon!

Done!