Thursday, April 17, 2008

April 3, 2007

Guess I've just been a bit too busy to blog! I can't believe how bad I am at this!! LOLWell, I finished my farmhouse last Friday, I think. Here are those pictures:



Child's room
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Parents room
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Living Room
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Kitchen
finished kitchen


Here are a few desserts I've made in the last few days:



Biscotti
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Brownies
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Cheesecake

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Easter Cakes

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St. Patricks Day cake

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Twinkies

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I think I am most proud of the cheesecake. I was laying in bed one night and the idea came to me. It was kinda based on my banana cream pie. I was trying to remember all the gallery glass colors I have seen at Kleins to see if there would be one the right color for cheesecake. I decided that if not, I could mix white with a very small amount of yellow. As luck would have it, the cameo ivory color was perfect! I cut the cake out of model magic with a glue stick lid, and let it dry. Then, after a lot of debating on what would work, I rolled the sides of the cake in glue, then in grated orange peel. I let that dry completely before covering the top of the cake with the gallery glass. Now, I plan to make more and add cherry topping, but the first one I wanted to be a plain cheesecake. I am really pleased with the way that it turned out. The biscotti was made based on a tut I found online, with some changes. It's basically chocolate sculpty with corn meal mixed in for texture. Then, I mixed in sesame seeds. The clay was rolled into a snake about 1/2 inch wide, flat on the bottom and rounded on the top. Then, I sliced it in 1/16 inch slices. It's important to slice before baking, or they don't look right. Bake slices as directed on package. After cooling, mix chocolate colored paint with glue and dip one end of the slices into it. Let dry and you're done. The brownies were made with the same mixture. These, however, I rolled into a rectangle 1/16 inch thick and baked, then cut into individual pieces. I mixed sesame seeds in amber gallery glass and separated immediately. Then, I topped each brownie with one or two of the sesame seeds, which resemble walnuts.

Burritos and Salsa Tutorial

Personal use only, Please!

TORTILLAS:
Mix 1 part ochre, ½ part white, and ¼ part translucent clay.
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Roll out to about 1/16 of an inch. (I used second setting on my pasta machine) Cut out circles with your ½ inch cutter.
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FILLING:
Roll small log of brown clay.

PUTTING IT TOGETHER:
Place the log in the top center of your tortilla.
step 1

Fold the bottom part of the tortilla up towards filling.
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Fold one side towards the middle, then the other side.
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step 4

step 5

Bake as directed on clay package.


SALSA:
Roll out thin snakes of red, green and translucent clay. You’ll want more red clay than the other colors.

Bake as directed on clay package.

While still warm, cut into small pieces.
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Mix pieces in a small plastic container. Mix with clear gallery glass.
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Place either in mini bowls or on plates next to burritos. Let dry.
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BONUS:
I used pottery colored clay and a ¾ inch cutter to make southwestern plates. I rolled my clay very thin and placed it on a baking tile. I cut the circles directly on the tile so they wouldn’t lose shape being transferred. I baked these for 8 minutes. Then, I painted small turquoise dots around the edge of the plate.

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May 12, 2007 - A few more minis

A platter of nachos and tacos - I made these on May 12, 2007.

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A black forest cake - yummy!!! Sure wish this was real!

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Valentines cookies

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May 14, 2007

I really am not very good at this blogging thing! I even have reminders sent to my email, but I just never get it done! This is graduation week - I don't expect to be online much at all this week! We are also planning to take a trip to see my brother and that is probably coming up as soon as school lets out for the other two kids. So, won't have much time for minis or to be on the computer.I'm trying to remember what I've done since my last entry - which was my cottage and Mexican food. Randomly, here's what I've done:

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I played with making these little flowers. Had intended on using them for a swap, but they are very hard on the eyes and I would've needed "forever" to make enough. They will probably go outside the Delaney now - I have lots of these!

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No Irish cottage would be complete without tea! The roses were made based on directions I found in a recent magazine. The article was actually how to paint on china, but was easily adaptable to the teapot. I love the effect! Here's what they look like in their proper setting:

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Little Miss Loca got ahold of my Travel Trailer and caused some minor damage. I thought it was a good time to remodel a bit. There are before pictures on my website, here are the after.

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One day last week, Ash was having a pulmonary function test done at the doctor's. I thought the tube she used for the mouthpiece for this test would make a great hot water heater - so I asked for it. The lady thought I was strange and Ash turned red, but the hot water heater turned out great! (Ash was fine - needed a slight adjustment in her asthma meds)

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March 21, 2007

March 21, 2007I'm behind!! Oh well, let's catch up and move on!I had the partial cast removed on March 5. I then got a brace and permission to work on my minis!!

The first thing I did was make rice krispie treats
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breakfast plates
breakfast

a new display counter for the bakery
new display unit

a pot of beans
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a banana cream pie
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more cakes
spackling frosted cakes

a teddy bear
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and a pot of corned beef and cabbage
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I've decided that I want to do a Willow next, in the same style as my farmhouse. After that, a Sugarplum cottage done like an Irish cottage.

Major Catch Up!!

I completely forgot I had this blog! Shame on me!!!! The next few posts will be copied from another blog I've had going on. I plan to convert all other blogs to this one so I can have my mini record all in one place. Afterwards, I'll post about my most recently completed project - Angie's Bar.