Oohhhmmmmm........

Ohmmmmmmm.......deep breath in through nose out through mouth.........I'm trying to relax after the super hectic Christmas we had! I'm so glad that it's over!! I have been so exhausted with all the shopping and preparing and nerves!! Nerves you ask???? Yes nerves!! I sang the Sunday before Christmas in Sacrament meeting at church. Sacrament meeting, for all of you that are not LDS, is our worship service. Anyway, I sang Angels We Have Heard on High. You know the one with the super long Glorias!!! I was so nervous I was shaking...HARD!!! I just knew everyone could see me shaking!! You would think that after all these years of singing in church that I wouldn't get nervous, but it has been a very long time since the last time I sang, so I was a wreck!! Oh and to top all the festivities off.........I had a staph infection in my leg!! Wonderful, huh??? That hasn't completely healed yet either! I really should go back to the doctor, but I hate to go! I don't enjoy seeing the doctor....AT ALL!! When I went in the first time for my leg, the nurse pulled out a scalpel, some lidocaine and a shot needle........I got teary eyed!!! Seriously....what adult cries at the doctor's office?????? Me apparently! I'm such a chicken! Alright, enough about my life! I have some fun things I've made that I want to share!!


This Christmas card was made for my in-laws. I made it in about 10 minutes......I totally forgot to make one, so I threw it together right before we left. That's why there's not many embellishments on it!!! I used basic grey....either figgy pudding or fruitcake paper, I can't remember which one, rose red and chocolate chip cardstock from Stampin Up, and I used the stickers from the Basic Grey figgy pudding or fruitcake paper collection. I also added three half pearls from the pretties kit......Thank you Elisabeth for the gift!!! Oh and the Christmas stamp is a $1 stamp from Michaels.

This next card was also made with either the figgy pudding or fruitcake paper. The word merry was cut out of certainly celery cardstock with the cricut, then coated in dazzling diamonds glitter. Other cardstock colors are bashful blue and rose red. This was a super fast card.
This sign was made for my in-laws. I used power tools on this one!!! I routed the edges of the board all by myself!!! I painted it with apple barrel black acrylic paint, then I sanded the edges to distress it some. I cut the words and numbers with the cricut using the basecamp cartridge. I then mod podged it all down. I think it turned out great!!

This last project was made for the craft fair I did. I used the Letterpress Alphabet to stamp His and Hers over 2 decorative hooks. I had to use the stamp-a-ma-jig for letter placement,. The paper is by Anna Griffin and I just LOVE it!!!! I took the glass out of the frame....obviously!! It is a pretty straight forward project

Well, that's it for today!! I hope you enjoyed all the eye candy!! I have some more projects to show you!! So stay tuned for more!!!

Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Hey, Hey, Hey Goodbye!!

Stampin Up put out the new retirement list today. You can go here to check it out! I am happy to say, I only lost 3 sets this time around. But, I'm extremely sad to say that 2 of those are Letterpress Alphabet and Headline Alphabet! I don't plan to get rid of either of them though! I also lost Flaky Friends. That was the very first set I ever bought from Stampin Up! Now, the planning begins! I am thinking I will post a list soon of all the retired sets I'm finally ready to part with. So stay tuned if you would like to get some oldies but goodies!!

Found the Camera!!

Now to relieve the incredible suspense!! I'd really hate to ruin your manicures! I still have some other things I've made, but these are a few samples..........
Altered wooden picture frames....I will have many more than these 2...but I thought I'd just share a couple of my favorites.....I may show some more later! The first one is my ABSOLUTE favorite! I love this paper!! Everyone that has seen it thinks I covered it with fabric! It really is beautiful in person!

Jumbo binder clip photo holders
Peppermint Patties......I used my cricut to cut the scallops and circles.
Isn't that bunny the cutest?? He came in a set of stamps I bought a long time ago that has a snowglobe and several little things you can put inside. I think I got the set at Michaels.

I've been going topless!!!

I've been without a blog banner for several days! I've had a new one made but couldn't get it to upload! I finally got it to upload this morning! I guess blogger just wasn't in the mood to accept new pictures the past few days!

I have a craft fair that I mentioned in another post earlier that is coming up on December 8th. I've been working on some items and I want to take a picture, but guess what.....I can't find my silly digital camera!! I don't know where I put the thing! Santa is bringing my 13 year old a really nice one for Christmas this year......I wonder if she would notice if I used it, then repackaged it?????

So far, I've made a bunch of little peppermint patties like the ones seen here at Cambria Turnbows blog! She has some amazing things on her blog. I'm sure the majority of people that have visited here, have also been by her blog. Some days, I think........Wow, I really am wasting people's time having a blog! There are so many more talented stampers out there!! But, then I think....oh well, if they didn't want to look, they wouldn't stop by! So, a big THANK YOU to all of you that stop by and see what I'm up to!

Ok, back to my list of stuff!!!! I've made the aforementioned peppermint patties, some altered wooden frames, some post-it note holders and matching pens, indoor smores kits, snowman soup in mugs.....hmmmmm what else??? I don't remember right now....but I plan to make some toothfairy tins, and some tic tac toe tins. I will take some pictures as soon as I can lay hands on my MIA camera!!! For now, I'm going to go get busy making some more stuff!!! Stay tuned for some pictures!!!

My newest niece is here!

My sister gave birth to her seventh baby on Thanksgiving night!! Her name is Sarah Beth.......Beth is my middle name!!! How fun is that???? It really was my turn to have a baby named after me since she has 2 other kids named after 2 of our siblings, one of my sisters and one of my brothers!! The fun part is she is number 7 and I am number 7 in my family. We were both born in November and we have the same middle name!! I'm dorky I know!
I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving week and got to spend time with your family and friends stuffing yourselves silly!!! We did just that and it was FABULOUS!!! I love all the yummy foods for Thanksgiving! Now, I need to focus on Christmas! I've got tons of work to get done between now and Christmas! I have a craft show on December 8th, I am going to make all my kids a flannel blanket and matching PJ bottoms for Christmas, and I'm setting up my new internet store!!!!!!!!!!!! Yippee! I hope I can get it all done!! So with that, I need to sign off and get myself busy!!! Have a great day and stay tuned for more blogging fun!!

Happy Birthday to Me!!

Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday dear ME-E, happy birthday to me!! LOL
Today is my birthday!! I turned 33 years old (gasp)!! My wonderful sister-in-law called me up bright and early this morning and told me she was coming to get all five of my kids so I could have the day to do whatever I wanted!! How fun is that??? So, what did I do with my day you ask?? I started working on some projects for a craft fair I'm going to participate in on December 8th. I know, I should have relaxed, but crafting is so fun to me, that I totally didn't mind working on it. Of course, my digital camera is in my car that my husband took to work today, so I couldn't take any pictures. I'll take some tomorrow and load them up. Tonight we are going out for dinner with the kiddos to celebrate, so no time to take pictures when he gets home! Oh, and one more quick thing....my older sister was due to have her 7th baby this past Saturday.....but she wasn't born.....I'm hoping today is the day!! Wouldn't that be fun?? I told my sis, that she would have to name the baby after me if she is born today! I've called her 2 times already and no answer, so hopefully that means something is happening!! I'll update the status as soon as I find out!!! I hope you have a great rest of the day! I know I will! Check back for some new pictures soon!!

Video Trial Run

So I have a video I made......well, not a video really, more like a slideshow put to music. I used some video editing software on my computer and I just wanted to see if it would upload......so here goes nothing...

The music is Earl of Essex's Galliard by The Buffalo Guitar Quartet. This is a group of 4 (duh) classical guitar (duh again) players that my husband and I went to see when we were dating 11 years ago!!! Their music is really nice and soothing.

Another reason I wanted to try this video editing software is because I'm going to be putting together a slideshow for my mom and dad's 50th wedding anniversary/family reunion that myself and my 8 brothers and sisters are putting together for next summer! Luckily, my parents don't read my blog, so I can post that info!! I have to start collecting pictures now so I can create a video that I can put on DVD for everyone. We also have a ton of 8mm film we need to have put on DVD...so if anyone of you knows where in the world we can have that done I would so appreciate a lead!!

I think I've got the video editing figured out, now I just have to figure out how to change the video format from quicktime to something this program will recognize....my digital camera takes video in quicktime format.......anyway....I'd appreciate a little coaching on that too, anyone out there in cyperspace knows how in the world to do that! Then I could make a FUN video tutorial with MUSIC (you don't want to hear my HICK accent)!! Woohoo!! Stay tuned for more blogging fun!!!

Liar, Liar, pants on fire!

Alright......so I don't have a video to upload.....YET! I keep forgetting to ask my husband where the tripod is. But I do have a picture of another card for you. Before I post this picture I want you to know that I made this card about 3 years ago or so. The designer paper from Stampin Up has long since been retired, but you could use another one that would probably look much better. Also, the gift card was from Target and they don't have them anymore either. BUT you could get some belt buckle style stickers....I pulled the gift card off and stuck on one for you to see. They are cowboy style, but UBER cute for a guy card! They are by Karen Foster Design. So the first picture is of my original design......which BTW is very similar to the Bronc Buster card I posted a few weeks ago.

Isn't that fun????? I had originally planned to send this in for publication consideration. But, I never did do it. I'm too chicken I guess. Anyway, here's the second version for your viewing pleasure.....I just replaced the buckle......

I think both work on the card....of course who doesn't like receiving a gift card? (loaded of course) Now, I have a confession to make. My Husband is the one that saw that gift card at Target and gave me the idea to use it in this way! Yep, he's definitely a keeper! Stay tuned for another exciting episode, that may or may not include a video....hee hee hee.....way to get myself off the hook, huh????

A cake and some CARDS!!!!!!

I hope y'all don't get sick of seeing things other than stamping!! I have another cake I made that turned out so cute, I can't stop myself from posting it! I will put that picture up and then I'll add some STAMPED things! (since this blog IS supposed to be about stamping and scrapping!!!)Alright, now on to some cards. I wanted to use my Bronc Buster stamp set and I needed some color inspiration. So I opened the catalog to the very beginning and whaddya know??? There is the Boho West look and it has colors to go along with it. So I chose some colors from that to make a card. Please forgive my PITIFUL ribbon. I dyed some 1/4 inch white grosgrain with my chocolate chip ink pad and it dried kinda purplish. I've since read that you can't dye ribbon with chocolate chip. I did, however, try my timber brown stazon later and at first it looked black, but after it dried it turned a nice DARK brown. The only problem I had with the stazon is it made the ribbon stiff. Unfortunately, Stampin Up! isn't selling 1/4 inch chocolate grosgrain anymore, so you either have to have stiff ribbon or use the 5/8 inch Chocolate Chip.....which I'm sure would have been great, if I'd had some! So here's the card........

Ingredients:Cardstock....Close to Cocoa, Sage Shadow, Really Rust...Ink...Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa.....Stamps.....Bronc Buster, Canvas.....Accessories....1/4 inch White Grosgrain Ribbon, Chocolate Chip Ink pad, Chocolate Chip Stampin Write Marker

This next card was a near total catalog CASE. I loved the card sample in the catalog for Fun & Fast Notes , but I don't have any Soft Sky Cardstock or ink(which will be remedied VERY soon!), and I also don't have any of the Designer paper.....so I just replaced the Soft Sky with Bashful Blue and made my own Designer paper by stamping versamark with a brand new pencil eraser!!! How fun is that?? I love challenging myself to find ways to make something when I don't have ALL the ingredients needed! My paper piercing sucks.....I should have used my sewing machine.....since it hasn't seen the light of day in quite a while.....and I would have gotten a more uniform line of holes....but hey, I was in a hurry and used a needle and just eyeballed it!! Enough jibber jabber......

Ingredients: Cardstock.....Bashful Blue, Ruby Red, Close To Cocoa, Whisper White....Ink.....Basic Black, Versamark.....Accessories.....Corner rounder punch, Certainly Celery Ribbon, Black hemp, Watercolor Crayons, Pencil Eraser, needle.

Now wasn't that fun? I also made the next card with the Christmas tree from Fun & Fast Notes with this same color combo and look! I must have a fever or something! I'm posting way more cards than EVAH before!!!

I'm going to try to make a tutorial video for my next post.....we'll see how that goes! LOL I don't know if it is going to be difficult or not.....so stay tuned! It should be interesting!!

Another fun creation....

Alright this is not something I stamped. I also love to do other crafts and one of the them is making jewelry. I am the 2nd counselor and beehive advisor for the young women at church....if you aren't LDS, a beehive advisor is a teacher to 12-13 year old girls. For our Wednesday night activity tomorrow night I thought it would be fun to make bracelets with the YW value colors. So I picked up some Swarovski Crystals and silver beads for them to make a bracelet that would be dressy enough for them to wear on Sundays, and they can also wear them to school or whatever too. I looked online at several different internet stores and just couldn't find what I was looking for....I wanted something nice, not cheap looking. I'm thinking of selling these because I'm sure there are others out there looking for something more along these lines......so here is the bracelet..........

Baby Showers........UGGGHHHHH!!!

I'm already tired of baby showers! I have 55 invitations I have finish very soon, and today, I baked a cake for a shower tonight. I had grand ideas of making a 3D cake....BUT the cake had other ideas!! It didn't want to stand up. I wanted it to look like a baby basinet or buggie.....But it still turned out alright I guess. It definitely isn't what I wanted it to look like, but it isn't a paid job, so I won't get any complaints!! Hee hee! I've never taken any cake decorating classes so I'm definitely not a professional at this. I know this isn't the best looking cake, but like I said, I'm doing it for a friend's shower and she will appreciate it anyway.......I HOPE!! I had to figure out how to do the basket weave. Which honestly was a "piece of cake"HAAAAAAA.....I kill myself!! AHEM.......Really, it was very easy to do, but it got a little tricky trying to match up the sides with the top.....that's why it has all the pink border on it!! I know, I know!!.....I didn't put it straight on the board.......I'm a big dork!! And CONGRATULATIONS is a LONG word!! I had to pick it off the first time because I started it about where the G is......I couldn't fit the "tions" on the end!! I guess I could've just said CONGRATS! Dang!! NOW I think of that!!! OK I have another cake to make in 2 weeks.....so I will remember that little tidbit!! I know this isn't stamping....so I hope you all don't quit coming to look at my blog because I put something other than stamped stuff on here!! I have some more cards to post that I made for a workshop last week.....so stay tuned to see those little gems!! ::wink::

Busy little bee!!

That's me! I have been "hired" to make custom baby shower invitations. I'm also making 2 baby shower cakes, one for this weekend and one for the 20th of October! Oh yeah, and I have 7 different project classes to teach on Saturday the 13th for a super saturday at our church!! I will post samples of all those projects as I get them made. For now, I have the samples of the baby shower invites I created for them to choose from. Drum roll please.....ratta tat tat....or however you type a drum sound!

Stampin supplies:

Whisper White Cardstock, Whisper White Craft ink, Buggies and Booties Stamp set, Soft Swirls Background, White embossing powder, white ribbon.

This one is clean and simple.....I really like simple!!

Stampin Supplies:

Shimmery Pink Cardstock, Shimmery White Vellum.....GOR-JUS!!! The picture does not do this card justice!! Anyway, back to supplies, Black Stazon, Buggies and booties Stamp set, Pink Ogandy ribbon.This card has the Cracked Glass Technique. I will do a tutorial on this one soon, so stay tuned for that!

Stampin Supplies:

Pretty in Pink, Close to Cocoa, Whisper white Cardstock, Close to Cocoa ink, Watercolor Crayons, Blender Pens, Ultra Thick Emossing Enamel, Versamark, Buggies and booties, Weathered Background Stamps, Ribbon, stampin sponges.

Now this one also uses the shimmery pink cardstock and you can see the sheen it has!! So PURTY!!!

Supplies:

Shimmery Pink, Whisper White, Going Gray Cardstock, Buggies and Booties, Soft Swirls Background, Whisper White Ink, Black Stazon, Watercolor Crayons, Blender Pens, White Embossing Powder, White Grosgrain Ribbon.

And Last but not least:

Supplies:

Whisper White, Pretty in Pink Cardstock, Pretty in Pink, Whisper white, Black Stazon inks, Watercolor Crayons, blender pens, buggies and booties, All Year Cheer II, Print Pattern Background, Pink Gingham Ribbon, Cricut to cut scallop and circle, pink eyelet, crop-a-dile, stampin sponges.

If you have any questions on how any of these were made leave me a comment with your question or email me at stampadoodledoo@att.net!

Ok, one last thing......I want to have a little contest.....this also shows me who has read all the way through....slick huh??? Guess which sample they chose and I will put all correct guesses in a drawing for a mystery prize. Or if you want you can just leave me lots of adoring fan mail....either way I'll be happy!! Thanks for stickin' with me and GOOD LUCK to all you that actually read my blabberings!!

Are you up for a Challenge??

I was reading about cards with no layers......NONE. How in the world are you supposed to make a card with no layers you ask?? Don't tell, but I was wondering the same thing. But I have to say that I saw some absolutely GOR-JUS samples. So, I decided I would take a stab at it too. In this particular thread I was reading, they wanted examples of Christmas cards, so that is what I made. Talk about LIMITED supplies! I only own one christmas set...Flaky friends. But I also have Fun and Fast Notes and the little tree in that set is so cute. So here is my one layer card.....please don't laugh toooooo hard. I tried adding a ribbon but it was just too much! HA! I think it is really purty as is....let me know what ya think!

The ingredients for this card are:

Whisper white cardstock, basic black ink, bashful blue ink, pastels, scrap paper to make reverse mask, sponge, blender pens.

Do ya likey? Hope so! I have quite a few samples to post over the next few days...so stay tuned for oh so much more!!!

I'm so sorry!!

I have been so busy, that I have TOTALLY neglected my blog. I have a fun card I made that I want to share. I've had this idea in my head since I saw Bronc Buster!! It isn't exactly the way I want it to look, and as soon as I get the Wild West Alpha, I plan to stamp words on the belt, like kids' belts that have the tooled leather with their names on them. So, if you see anyone with that on a card......remember you saw the idea here first!! hee hee! Ok....on to the card. It was made with:


Cardstock:

Night of navy, Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip

Ink:

Close to Cocoa, Whisper White

Stamps:

Bronc Buster

Accessories:

Word window punch, Red Grosgrain ribbon



Now........was that not worth the wait?????? I think it turned out pretty frickin' cute!! If only I had the just jeans background though!! I know there is a lot more I could have done to take it up a few more notches....but hey, I was in a hurry!!
I have some more cards I made over the past week that I will post later today or tomorrow. I haven't taken pictures of them yet. I hope you like the card and that you will forgive me for being such a slacker!! I will really try to update as much as possible this next couple of weeks, because there is no telling how long it will be before we get all settled in once we move!! Thanks for sticking with me and stay tuned!!

I'm still alive.....

but just barely!!! We've been so busy packing and getting our things moved to our new house, I haven't had any time for myself! We have everything but ourselves moved in. We are in the middle of laying laminate flooring, so we are staying with my husband's parents until we get that done. Hopefully it will only take a couple more days to get it done! I'm ready to be in my OWN house again!! Maybe by next week I'll actually be able to unpack my stamps!! I've missed stamping these past few weeks!! Stay tuned to see if I,or my kids survive the floor installation! Right now, my kids are all misbehaving and may not survive the DAY!!!!!!!

Trials are good for you....trials are good for you....really they are!

I'm trying to convince myself that trials are good for you. They make you stronger, right??? Sometimes I just wish I could just stay weak! Ok, I'm kidding!! Seriously though, we got a call from our landlords this past Saturday that one of their kids is in a tight spot and they need us to move out of our house so their kid can move in here!!!!! Can you believe it? My husband was so shocked when she called and told him all he could do was say OK!!! Then he called me in the room and told me we had to be out of here by September 1st......so I grabbed the phone from him and called her right back and not so nicely told her she was out of her mind!! We have FIVE kids and three of them are starting school next month so we have a ton of stuff to buy next month!!! To say the least, that alone was going to strap our budget! But I also have to say that we did some mighty ernest praying over the weekend and we've already found a new place to live and we are going to be buying it....and we get to move in on the 1st of August!!! This has all turned out to be a blessing in disguise! I was totally stressed out and cried for 2 days because I was so worried about how much was going to be going on in August.....you know shopping for school, getting the kids settled in school, having to house hunt and HOPE that we would be able to find somewhere to live in an area where there are next to NO places listed for rent right now!! We are in the area where Hurricane Rita came through, so there are not very many places to rent because there are still a lot of contractors in the area renting all the vacant homes! I'm afraid I won't be posting a whole lot in the next few weeks because I will be busy packing, moving, and then unpacking!! I dread moving, but I know in the end it will be the best for us!! I do have a couple of projects I made using the Crop-a-dile! That is THE best invention EVAH!!!!! I will try and get them posted one night this week! Sorry for all the personal stuff here....I really planned to keep all personal stuff off my blog because I didn't want people to have to wade through it to get to the nitty gritty of stamping, but I just needed to yell from the rooftops that I'm going to live....even if my blood pressure was nearly through the roof this weekend!! Obviously everything happens for a reason, and I really need to learn that "this too shall pass". Luckily it was seen fit to show me that is can pass pretty quickly! I'm not very good at being patient! Alrighty......I'll quit yacking now! Sorry for the long read!!

My First New Catalog Order

I thought I would let you know what is on my first new catty order!  I've been mulling it over for a while now, and have FINALLY decided on the first few stamp sets I want.

I am getting Bronc Buster, Starstruck, and the Bronco wheel....HELLO I am in TEXAS!!  Gotta have my cowboy stuff!!  I'll get Wanted and the Wild West Alpha in my next order!!

I also decided to get Fun and Fast Notes!  That little bird with the flower is so dang cute!  I think I may mount the images and put the sentiments on the sides of the blocks.  And last but not least, Pick a Petal.  I think it will make some really cute cards too.  Oh and I almost forgot, I'm getting Two Cute...those little flowers are TOO cute!  

My next order I want to get Wanted and Wild West Alpha like I already said, and I want to get All in the Family!!  Those little stick people are going to make some fun projects!!  My entire wishlist isn't extremely long....with stamp sets, I only have 39 sets listed.....as of right now!!  ::evil grin::   I'm sure the more I study the catalog and look at all the wonderful samples on SCS, the more I will have to have.

Now on to more pressing business.......I think I'm going to change the layout of my blog.  For some reason words are getting lost in the outer edges of my narrow little space.  So, I'm going to start trying out different layouts until I find one that let's all my words be seen.  I noticed today that the recipe I put on here is missing some important directions, that I know I typed!!  So stay tuned to see the changes!!

Oh Yeah!!!

I'll be busy cleaning out my craft room tomorrow!!!! How exciting huh?? My wonderful sister-in-law is going to keep all 5 of my kids so I can actually get something accomplished in there! I have some pictures of how messy it is in there....well, pictures of my desk anyway(but I'm not about to publish it)!!! I wouldn't let anyone see my room in all it's glory the way it looks right now!! My 2 year old dumped 2 things of glitter on the floor in there about a week ago and it's still there....except for what has stuck to the bottoms of my feet and I've tracked back out of there!! But the mess'll be cleaned up TOMORROW, betcha prima flowers that TOMORROW, I'll be done!! TOMORROW, TOMORROW, I love ya TOMORROW no kids to stop my progress!!!!!!! Sing it with me!! You know you want to!!!

Jumbo Paperclip Bookmark Project

This is a fun little project that is really easy and doesn't take too much time.....well, drying time takes a while, but overall hands on time is not long!  I've seen them made by others on Splitcoast stampers and I thought they were sooooo cute!!  Here's how you make them.....

Supplies:
Jumbo paperclip, chipboard, paper punch, industrial strength glue, Designer paper or stamped images, embellishments

Step 1:
Punch 2 shapes (I used a circle here) of chipboard and 2 of designer paper or
stamped images and glue an image to each piece of chipboard.
 
Step 2:
Tie ribbon in a loose knot

Step 3:
Put one punched chipboard with image down.  Glue ribbon and jumbo paperclip to chipboard using industrial strength glue.....
use a pretty big blob to make sure there is enough
to stick the top on. Put the other piece of chipboard with image
up on top to make a sandwich. Put something heavy on top while it dries to make
sure it doesn't pop apart.  Easy huh??
There are a ton of ways to make these and they make great inexpensive
gifts!
 

I should be ashamed of myself!!

I'm so sorry it has been so long since I've posted anything new!  My husband has been on vacation and we've been spending time with the kids, so, no time for the computer!!  I'm sure you want to hear all about our little day trip we took huh????  We took our kids to NASA Space Center in Houston, which is about 2 hours away from us.  It really was a lot of fun!  If you ever get a chance to go, you should!  My husband goes back to work tomorrow!!!  So I should be able to get back to posting!! ::sigh::  I hate for him to have to go back!!  It has been so nice having him home!!  Now I'm off to make him a special treat to break the blow of having to go back to work!  I'll share the recipe with you so you can try them!  And let me just say........you are going to LOVE these! If you don't like cream cheese, don't pre-judge because of that!  I hate cream cheese too, but these are to die for and you can't taste the cream cheese AT ALL!!  Now if you hate chocolate....first of all.....my condolences!!  And second, you won't like these, they are the most chocolatey goodness you will ever put in your mouth!!

White Trash Truffles
1 pack of Oreos
1 8 oz block Cream Cheese (room temp)
2 bags Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips

Crush Oreos in a ziploc bag until they are a fairly fine consistency.  Mix Oreos with Cream Cheese.  Shape into 1 inch balls.
Melt chocolate chips.  Dip balls into melted chocolate to completely
coat.
Set on waxed paper lined cookie sheet.  Put in fridge to set chocolate.  OH MY!!

Stay tuned......and when I come out of my chocolate coma, I will be sure to post something GREAT!!