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Chonky Boys: The Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches that Scream Summer!

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Featuring my thick and nuggy Chonky Boy Chocolate Chip Cookies, these ice cream sandwiches are the stuff that summer dreams are made of.  If you've ever had the Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich at Disneyland , you are going to LOVE these!  These big and bold chocolate chip cookies are based on a recipe from my culinary school studies at Auguste Escoffier, but with a few modifications to give them that Jennuine touch.  They make the perfectas book for a fat slice of real vanilla bean ice cream.  And those mini chips?  You just gotta have that extra cronch! Thank goodness this recipe only makes 8 sandwiches, otherwise I would be eating them for breakfast lunch and dinner.  This way, my big family can help save me from my inner child diet-saboteur.   Print With Image Without Image Chonky Boy Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches Yield: 8 Author: Jenn Erickson Loaded with chocolate chips and buttery, brown-sugary vanilla flavor, these mall-sized cookies form a perfect partnership with a
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Monkeying Around with Fabric Scraps~
DIY Fabric Scrap Monkey Cards

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For a card swap hosted by Making Memories With Your Kids , my daughter and I were inspired to monkey around with scraps and bits we could rummage from the craft room.  The result was this merry band of cheeky fellows. It was more fun than, well, a barrel of monkeys!   The craft was inspired by a project from one of my favorite paper crafting books, 365 Things to do with Paper and Cardboard from Usborne/Scholastic.  This book has so many wildly creative, cute and easy crafts to do with your kids! We gathered up some fabric and felt scraps, paper scraps, card stock and glue.  I made a pattern for the monkey pieces (which I'm sharing below) and got right down to business.... monkey business that is! Here's how to make your own... Fabric Scrap Monkey Cards Materials Pattern (Printable PDF HERE ) Fabric Scraps Felt scraps for the monkey body, eyes, mouth and hat Decorative paper (scrapbook, book pages, newspaper) Blan
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Six Creative Twists on Easter Egg Decorating ~
A Little Birdie Told Me...No. 66

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A hard boiled egg is elevated to an edible artform when pressed in a Japanese egg mold while still warm. -------------------------------------- Welcome to  "A Little Birdie Told Me..." Tuesday No. 66! If you're here to share a craft, recipe or project post, you'll find the linky and the specifics on how to  join the party after the features below. -------------------------------------- I can't help it.  I have spring decorating and eggs on the brain.  This week, my girls and I made some simple silhouette Easter eggs using tissue paper and Mod Podge. Today I'm featuring some freshly hatched egg decorating ideas using all types of different materials: --------------------------------- Butterfly Eggs from Creative Passage   Base: Plastic, Resin or Blown Eggs Decorated with:  Dictionary Pages & Mod Podge Paper Punched Eggs from Alderberry Hill   Base: Styrofo
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Introducing Classic Comedy to a New Generation
(A 3 Stooges Snack'rs Party)
#MoeSnackrs4UrMo

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I'd be willing to bet that my generation -- those who were children during the pre-cable-TV and computer age -- are the last that could readily tell you "Who's on First", what a "Nyuk" is and which greasepaint-browed comedian said, "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.  Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."  No, I'm not seventy-five; just a child of the 70s. Comedy legends like The Three Stooges, Abbott and Costello and The Marx Bros. were regular TV fare back in the days when kids rode Big Wheels on the street till the sun when down, took pride in their tin litho lunchboxes, and had to change the channel (all five of them) on their TV by getting up off the couch and turning a dial.  A few weeks ago, my girls got a glazed-over look of despair when I made a reference to Charlie Chaplin.  "You know...Charlie Chaplin?  The Tramp? Little mustache?  Big shoes...".  I knew it was time to intervene. 
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Polka Dots, Lace & Daffodils ~ A Little Birdie Told Me...No. 65

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"When I have a brand new hairdo With my eyelashes all in curl, I float as the clouds on air do, I enjoy being a girl!" ~from Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song -------------------------------------- Welcome to  "A Little Birdie Told Me..." Tuesday No. 65! If you're here to share a craft, recipe or project post, you'll find the linky and the specifics on how to  join the party after the features below. -------------------------------------- Today's features are all about flowers and flounce ~ decisively feminine and very, very sweet!  --------------------------------- Daffodil Marshmallows on a Stick   from The Seven Year Cottage Lace Doily Bunting from Creative Passage Polka dot Peasant Dress Tutorial From Sew Easy Being Green --------------------------------- If you've been featured  (here or
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