The Completed Starbucks album

This is what a starbucks paper bag album looks like to me.

7 Starbucks Bags, a graduation from boot camp and a proposal later and bam a album.

1st page of the album you do keep the integrity of the bags the only thing that you take apart is on all but the outside 2 bags you take off the handles.  

The middle of the album

The last page of the album

Then you make inserts and you use the bits of handle that you removed from the bag and make little pulleys to pull the inserts in and out. Since you leave the bag intact you can then place the inserts in the openings of the bag and use the front ad back of the inserts and have even more pictures.

So you can walk around with your starbucks bags and if one didn't look closely they would never know they are recycled bags that you got your delightful scone in that morning.

Lemon Blueberry Muffins

Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

 

 

2 cups plus 6 tablespoons flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

  

3 cups fresh blueberries (about three 4.4-ounce packages)

1 cup whole milk

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 teaspoon grated lemon peel

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, room temperature

1 1/2 cups sugar

4 large eggs

 

     Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 24 to 28 cupcake pans. Rinse off blue berries and roll them in a little bit of flour this helps keep them from falling apart when baking. Set aside until you have mixed up other ingredients.               

     Stir in milk, vanilla extract, and grated lemon peel in small bowl. Using electric mixer, beat butter in another large bowl until light and creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until mixture is light and fluffy. Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Beat in flour mixture alternately with milk mixture in 3 additions each, just until blended. Fold in blueberries. Divide batter equally among pans.

Bake cupcakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Cool cupcakes on a rack until cool. Then frost with frosting below.

 

Lemon Cream Cheese frosting

 

1 Sticks of  Butter

1 block of Cream Cheese

2 Tsp Vanilla

2 tsp grated lemon peel

3 Tbls lemon juice

2 pounds of powdered sugar.

 

Cream the butter and cream cheese, then add vanilla. Once all that is creamed add powdered sugar slowly until you have added about 1 pound then add lemon juice and lemon peel then continue to add powedered sugar until blended completely and frosting is fluffy. Add to cupcakes.

 

Marshmallows dipped in Chocolate

Chocolate Covered Marshmallows

I love easy and quick little treats to take to picnics, bbq's and potlucks. These are the easiest things to do. Marshmallows you can find in a crazy amount of flavors now a days. I found Key Lime and Lemon Meringue Marshmallows and dipped them in white chocolate and put some sprinkles on them and bam they are done. Tasty little morsels and people think you worked so hard and you made something at home.

All you need is Milk Chocolate Almond Bark or White Chocolate Almond Bark (or melting chocolate) and Marshmallows and some waxed paper on some cookie sheets.