Post #12 : Podcast

My First Podcast

Post #11: Sneak Peek

So if you didn't catch my last post, here is a short re-cap: I basically dominated the cookie game and made a piece of art known as chocolate crinkle cookies. Just waiting for the call from Food Network offering me my own cooking show.  Now enough showboating, lets get down to business! I have been thinking how I should finish out this blog, it needs to be graceful, entertaining, and not to mention challenging.  Then it came to me.  For my final blog post, for a while, I will accomplish two projects, a fun craft and a delicious dessert.  Calm down everyone! I know it sounds insane but I have to try for it!! Also it will be in podcast form so you all get to hear my soothing voice going through your ear holes so get excited for that!! Well I should go and let you all get mentally prepared for next week, so stay tuned!   

Post #10: Chocolate Crinkle Goodness!!

So as we recall from last week I failed at one of simplest recipes probably known to man.  I couldn't even make a stinkin' peanut butter cookie for goodness sakes!! But that is all in the past and we should all look to the future or right now in this case because I am about to show you something.  Last week in my sneak peek post I declared that I would hopefully redeem myself by making some delicious chocolate crinkle cookies.  I have to say I sure did!!  So I found a wonderful and easy recipe for this delicious treat and I went to work.  Here is the video that I provided me with all this instructions to this recipe.
  
(Video creds: Allrecipes)
Ingredients:

(Just want to give my phone a shout out for having excellent picture quality...just kidding)
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar

Now for the finished product (insert drum roll)
 
Don't you love my plate presentation?!?! Well I would have to say this was very successful baking adventure! I was even told by several of my family members that they were really good and they took multiple!!
Scoreboard: Savannah: 1  Everyone who ever doubted my abilities :0 (just kidding I have had a lot of support throughout my life which I am very thankful for)
GO ME!! 

Post #9: Sneak Peek

Oh Hey.  Long time no see. Well I hope you enjoyed my last post which was just me cooking peanut butter in an oven and calling it "cookies".  So now it is time to do the sneak peek post of what I will do next week.
So I have been contemplating for a short amount of time, since I really just finished my last post, what I should do for next weeks post. Then it came to me. I am going to redeem myself in the dessert department! I will again try to tackle a cookie recipe.  Chocolate Crinkle cookies to be exact!!
 Stay tuned for next week to see if I can redeem myself!!!

Post #8: Peanut Butter Cookie Time!!

So today is going to be a lot of fun!! My reason being is that I make a pretty rockin' peanut butter cookie.  So get ready to have your minds blown to pieces.
Along with being a master peanut butter cookie artiste I am one of the laziest people like ever. So when it comes to actually doing something fun like baking I only have a limited amount of energy to exert so I was on Youtube and I found the perfect recipe for me to use.


(Video provided by High Volume Fitness)
Ingredients include:
1 1/2 cups Peanut Butter (I am using a lesser amount because my house is running low on Peanut Butter)
3 tbs of Raw Honey (I will have to cut down this amount as well to accommodate the amount of Peanut Butter I have to work with)
1 tsp Vanilla extract ( I have no vanilla extract so we are gonna see how almond extract works)

 So this what the finished product turned out to look like...... You know that thing I said at the beginning how I was really good at making peanut butter cookies... Well I take that back.  These were absolutely awful. I am very disappointed  in myself.  I am a disgrace to all the peanut butter cookie enthusiasts out there.
Well that is it for the day! I hope you found this tragic fail enjoyable...

Post #7: Sneak Preview

I know this is weird having two posts in a short time span but this is what happens when you are a procrastinator.  Now enough of taking about my awful procrastination lets talk about what this post is going to be about.
So I thought I would try something new on this blog.  If it turns out that it was a bad idea and I am disgusted by my choice I will revert back to my old ways. But if I enjoy this new change I will keep it this way forever and ever and ever and ever.  So this thing I want to try is a sneak preview post of what next weeks adventure will be.
Since I have not done a desert post since the Oscars ,#Leoisdawinner, I thought it would be nice to bring back the cooking portion of this blog.
So next week I will be tackling some delicious peanut butter cookies that I will probably mess up because I am a terrible chef. But we will just have to wait to find out. Stay tuned for next week!!

Post #6: Hoppy Easter!!

Hello everyone!!
If you couldn't tell by the title this week is another theme week.  Can you guess what it is??? OMG You are right it is Easter themed!!! So in honor of one of my favorite holidays I thought it would be fun to create an origami bunny.  So here is cool tutorial I found which was very well done by Origami Maniacs on Youtube.

Aren't they adorable?!?!?! Well if you didn't catch the supplies part of the video, don't you fear because I have got you covered.
Supplies:
 15cmx15cm sheet of paper
glue stick
Marker
Now it is time for the big reveal of my art.

Cute right?!?! Well I do have to say I am pretty impressed with myself.  When it comes to origami I am usually a mess but this is not to shabby I have to say. GO ME!! 

Post #5: A big pile of ......goop.

Soooooooooo guys...... I am not proud of this weeks craft.  I will be honest and spare you all the suspense but this week was a fail.  I did something wrong and I am very sad with the outcome of this "craft".  So let's start from the beginning and how this all came to be.  I thought it would be fun to make this thing which is known as flubber.  If you all don't know what flubber is I will provide you with a picture.

(Picture Credits: http://www.babblingsandmore.com/2012/05/flubber.html)
Looks fun right?? Well while I was looking for flubber recipes I found one that you could make that also supplied as hand soap. IT SOUNDED SOO FREAKING COOL!!!!! So I decided to do this for my post this week.  Now instead of taking pictures through my step by step process I a going to post the video where I got all my instructions from. So this video is by Karina Garcia who did an excellent job of showing how to make this really cool project.

Doesn't that look awesome!?!?!?!? Now I am not going to completely abandon my picture taking so I will show you a picture of all the ingredients and my finished product.
Ingredients:

1/4 cup Shampoo (use whatever you have)
1/3 cup cornstarch
no said amount of Canola oil just don't add to much
2 drops food coloring

Finished product:

As you can tell by the amount on my hand (there was a lot more but I had to wipe it off so I could take the picture) and the goopy consistency in the bowl, I would say this conquest was a failure.  But my sister did say it smells good, so at least that's something.

Post #4: EGG-CEPTIONAL

Now that I have stopped laughing from the hysterical title I came up with all by myself( just kidding I found it online). So if you couldn't tell already, this weeks project is revolving around eggs a.k.a Nature's Fruit. "Why eggs? Why eggs?!?!?!", is probably the question you are dying for me to answer.  Well I don't like to keep the people waiting so my answer is that it looked easy and I had an opportunity to use that genius title. So without further ado, lets get started on making some nail polish marbled eggs.

Here is a little reference as to what mine will probably turn out like.
(Photo Credits: http://camillestyles.com/easter/diy-marbleized-easter-eggs/)

Supplies needed:

1 egg
Nail polish (Does not matter how many you use)
Plastic bowl filled up halfway with water

Step 1) Drop at least 3 drops of each nail polish into the water.  But make sure the brush is close to the water so the polish doesn't immediately fall to the bottom of the bowl.

Step 2) Roll egg around in water until it is covered in the design. Shout out to my hand for being able to make time in its insane schedule to make a special cameo in this weeks post.

Step 3) Marvel in the "beauty" of the masterpiece you just created.

So........ that went interestingly.  I do have to say I did have a couple of meltdowns so that is something I am not proud of.  But anyway lets get to this weeks rating.  My 12 year old brother gave me an 8 of 10 rating this week.  Which is weird because this week was a definite failure.  But I still have hope for next week! Thanks for reading!!

Post #3: And The Winner Is......

Guys. It's my favorite day of the year. Why? Because it's Oscar Sunday. The day where we honor the talented filmmakers, actors, and behind the scenes people by giving them the highest achievement in the film world and where I dress up like I am going to attend the ceremony but instead I sit at home in a nice outfit, hair done, and makeup on while screaming at the TV if someone I did not want to win has won. #LeoDicaprioForTheWin
So for today's post I have a theme. Golden Globes!! Just kidding it is Oscar themed. Today I will be conquering the challenge of creating Oscar Statue Sugar Cookies.
  Here is what they should look like. By the end I wasn't able to tell the difference between my creation and the original picture. (not really. there was a big difference of which one was better)

(Photo credits: http://www.bakerella.com/awards-night-sugar-cookies/)
Now let's get started!
Pt 1: Sugar cookie
Ingredients: (which I had to make some tweaks)
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda (couldn't find any so I didn't use this)
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup softened butter
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract ( did not have this so I used the next best thing... almond extract)

Step 1) First mix together the flour and the baking powder.

Step 2) In a separate bowl mix together the sugar and the softened butter until smooth.

Step 3) Add the vanilla extract, in my case the almond extract, and the egg to the sugar and butter mix and stir it all together.

Step 4) Mix the dry ingredients with wet ingredients and you have your dough. Put it on a non greased cookie sheet and flatten the dough as good as possible.

Step 5) Take a knife and cut the shape of an Oscar into the dough. Mine don't resemble an Oscar that much but it is the effort that matters. You then remove all the excess dough, put them in a 375 degree oven for 8 minutes.

Part 2: Gold icing (jk it is just yellow)
Ingredients:
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract (again had to use my trusty old almond extract)
1/2 tbs milk
2 drops yellow food coloring ( which is not pictured below)

Step 1) Mix together milk, powdered sugar, and almond extract (if you were smart and double checked that you had all the ingredients). You then will put two drops of yellow food coloring in the mix and stir it together.

Step 2) Put the icing on to the cookies and you have yourself a delicious treat to eat during the ceremony!

Today's rating comes from my older brother, Jackson, who said they were pretty good and gave them a 7 out of 10 rating. 7 out of 10 rating for the second week in a row and half a meltdown, I would say this went okay. Now if you need to pick up some ingredients because you are inspired by my "triumph" head on over to your local Dillons and get started!!

Post #2: Roses are Red and Paper Flowers are.... Paper

So you all are probably wondering how will I begin my crafting and baking journey. Well have I got the answer for you!!! I will begin this wonderful adventure in my life with a very "complicated" and "expert" level craft that many don't even dare to try.
I will be tangling with the art of paper flower making!!! (insert dramatic music)
Tools needed:
1) Two pieces of tissue paper
2) Scissors
3) Stapler
Now before I take you through the steps I thought I should show you what the final product should look like.

 (Photo Credits: heyletsmakestuff.com)
So lets begin!
Step 1: Fold your two sheets of tissue paper in half twice.
Step 2:Find the corner of the tissue papers with all the separated pieces and fold it to the opposite edge to make a triangle.
Step 3: Take your scissors and cut off the extra paper that forms a rectangle.
Step 4: Open the triangle up so it then turns into a square. Take your scissors and cut the fold so you end up with 8 separate squares.
Step 5: Fold paper accordion style and try to end up with at least seven or eight folds.
Step 6: Staple the center of the accordion folded paper.
Step 7: Cut the edges of the paper to begin the process of petal making. (I cut mine with a curved edge)
Step 8: Start to carefully separate the layers and fluff them up to start creating your final product.
Step 9: Show off you final product that you worked really hard on to your family.
Today's rating comes from my 15 year old sister Molly who gives this craft a 7/10.
Coming out of this challenge with 7 out of 10 rating and zero mental breakdowns means that this craft was a success!! Stay tuned for my next post everyone!!

Post #1: What's Happening?!?!?

 I would have to say most of us have probably been in that spot of looking at Pinterest crafts and desserts, saying to themselves "I could totally make that!", and thinking you could be the next Martha Stewart. I know I have been there. So I thought I would put this weird desire of mine to be the "next Martha Stewart", even though I am not gifted in the creation of crafts or delicious desserts, to good use.
 For every post I will take on the challenge of either creating a Pinterest DIY craft or dessert.  After I create the most likely "masterpiece" I will have my family and friends rate it on a scale of 1-10. 1 being "Well at least you tried Savannah" and 10 is them speechless and crying because what I created is so breathtaking that they can't explain it with words.
So, overall,  I hope this blog brings you laughs, a smile, and makes you want to tap into your inner Martha!!