Week Thirty One - Side One

Week Thirty - Side Two

We are finally all settled in back at home!

I was so excited to get all caught up with my 52 pick me up cards.

I finished up my 30 day challenge book...
that sort of fell through a bit :)

Week Thirty - Side One

Week Twenty Nine - SideTwo

Home Evacuation

We've been evacuated from our home due to a forest fire.
Prayers are much appreciated, thank you :)

My dd, Bre has some pictures on her blog.

www.brewiebe.com

Lots of love,
Andrea

30 Day Challenge Day - 24 and 25 - 52 Pick Me Up Week Twenty Nine - Side One

For my next set of 5 - 52 Pick Me Up cards
I'm going to focus on the word "hope" :)

30 Day Challenge - Day 23

Key Lime Cupcakes

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¾ cup cold water
• ½ cup oil
• 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla
• 7 large eggs, separated
• 2 teaspoons grated lime
• ½ teaspoon cream of tartar

Preheat oven to 350. Line 2 cupcake pans with paper liners.
Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Add shortening, milk, and vanilla. Beat 7 egg yolks in a separate bowl, and add to dry ingredients along with the water, oil, vanilla and lime rind. Mix with mixer at medium speed while scraping bowl until well blended.3

In another large mixing bowl, combine egg whites and cream of tartar. Mix at high speed 2 to 2 1/2 minutes or until egg whites are stiff.

Carefully fold flour mixture into egg whites until just blended.

Pour cupcake batter into paper liners until 1/2 full.

Bake for 10 minutes or until top springs back when touched lightly.

52 Pick Me Up - Week Twenty Eight Side Two and 30 Day Challenge - Day 21 and 22

This blog is all about the positive...
there is nothing like some positive goodies!!!
I thought I'd make a cupcake recipe book for fun
to celebrate the final ten days of our
30 Day Challenge ♥

I'll share the recipes as well :)




And the 52 Pick Me Up Card...


Recipes...
Vanilla Cupcakes
• 2 cups flour
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 4 egg whites from large eggs
• ½ cup shortening
• 1 cup milk
• 2 large eggs
• 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcake pans with paper liners.
Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, shortening, milk and vanilla in a large mixing bowl. Mix at low speed for 2 minutes. Scrape bowl. Add egg whites and mix at high speed until fluffy and smooth, approx. 2 minutes.
Fill liners 1/2 full of batter. Do not overfill. Bake 10 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Kool Aid Frosting

3 cups icing sugar
½ cup butter
3 tablespoons cream
½ package koolaid unsweetened powder

Whip butter until soft. Add icing sugar and koolaid; continue to whip until well combined. Add 3 tablespoons of cream, one tablespoon at a time until desired consistency is reached.

30 Day Challenge - Day 20

30 Day Challenge - Day 19

30 Day Challenge - Day 18

52 Pick Me Up - Week Twenty Eight Side One and 30 Day Challenge - Day 17

52 Pick Me Up card...



30 Day Challenge mini book page...

30 Day Challenge - Day 16

30 Day Challenge - Day 15

52 Pick Me Up - Week Twenty Seven Side Two and 30 Day Challenge - Day 14

52 Pick Me Up card...



30 Day Challenge Summer mini book page...

30 Day Challenge - Day 13

30 Day Challenge - Day 12

52 Pick Me Up Week Twenty Seven - Side One and 30 Day Challenge - Day 11

My 52 Pick Me Up Card...

My 30 Day Challenge Page...



This mini book is going to be all about my Summer favorites!

30 Day Challenge - Day 10!!!!!

Tomorrow we'll start on our next set of 10 days :)