Shouting Out a GiveAway

as some of you know, i love to stamp metal...i've made several jewelry items for friends and family but never listed them in my shop...i am still using the same letter stamp set for the last 2 years...oh, how i would love to have a fresh new option to play with...

 ok, so it's not my give away but surely one i have to share...my friend lori peterson is givingaway a new set of letter stamps from PJ Tools ...omg, i absolutely love this font...it's called ballroom boogie, so cool...check it out...

and, let's not forget the awesome new hammer to go with the set...

this is an unbelievable giveaway...i sure hope i win...visit lori's blog, pretty things for the details...

SUNDAY SONG...

good sunday morning...last night my son went to a concert...the groups name is Dr. Dog..."never heard of them", i said..."you'll lke them mom", he said...so i googled the name and yes, my son was right...they are really good and i do like them...here's a cool video and song and Dr. Dog...

i hope you enjoy...
happy sunday...

happy st. patrick's day!

I'm sharing some great GREEN finds from Etsy today!...
Have fun looking!

Just a few items...Enjoy!

Easy Sticky Deliciousness

Thought of making sticky buns last week and took the easy way out...omg...these were so good...got the recipe off of the Pillsbury website...YUM YUM YUM... INGREDIENTS
2 - Pillsbury® Grands!® Homestyle Buttermilk Refrigerated Biscuits 16.3 oz (8 ct)
3 tbsp. butter or margarine
1/2 cup Syrup
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp. Cinnamon

DIRECTIONS
1 Pre heat oven to 375 degrees. 2 Spray a fluted pan with non-stick spray. Combine the melted butter and syrup in a small bowl and set aside. In another bowl, combine the brown sugar and cinnamon. 3 place half the syrup mixture in the bottom of pan sprinkle half the brown sugar mixture on top of the syrup. 4 Lay the biscuits on the bottom of the pan overlapping the edges to form a ring. 5 Top with remaining syrup and sugar mixture 6 Bake for about 18-22 min. Or until Golden brown. 7 Cool for about a minute then flip onto a serving dish and Enjoy!

5th bead soup blog party...

It's been a while but I knew when I saw the new Bead Soup Party sign up post I just had to sign up...The registration starts today through Jan. 9th...There are 200 spots that will be assigned by lottery...I sure hope I get lucky...I was part of the first Bead Soup Party and had just a fabulous experience...Fingers crossed...

SWEET & SPICY

As requested by my friend Lauren from Maybeads, one of my favorite lampwork critter shops, here is my recipe for sweet and spicy Cinnamon Logs or Sweet Potato Candy...

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 tsp vanilla extract

3 1/2 cups powered sugar

1/4 cup cinnamon

Directions: Cream the butter together with the vanilla extract until smooth. On low speed, gradually add the powdered sugar. Once all of the sugar is added, it should look crumbly and lumpy. At this point, you should be able to form the dough into a nice BIG ball. Pinch off small portions of dough and roll into litle balls, then roll the balls into a log shape. If you keep the ends blunt they are called Cinnamon Logs, if you keep the ends pointy, you can call them Sweet Potato Candy. It's all about the shape.

Let the candies sit a room temperature to harden, about an hour or so. Once they are hardned roll them in the cinnamon. That's it.

The taste of the spicy cinnamon melting into the buttery sugary log becomes a smooth sweet treat with a hint of sharp spicy cinamon in the background...DELICIOUS!...

Enjoy!

FREE SHIPPING through CYBER MONDAY

i know i haven't posted in a while...i thought it only fair that i let my fans and friends who might still follow me know that my shop DORSETHILLBEADS is having a FREE SHIPPING weekend...

please stop by look at some new and old items, revamped and relisted...

thanks...
~eileen