Baked Christmas Goodies and We Wish You a Very Merry Christmas!

Hey ya'll......I'm back with all the baked goods!  If you read the last post you know I had a mountain of ingrediants and only a few days to bake.  Well I finally finished all the goodies, and from my text messages from the neighbors, they too like their goodies!  YAY! ****Candie****
Here is the list of yummi-ness that I baked up!

1. Rolo Cookies (courtesy of Six Sister Stuff)
2. Peppermint Bark
3. Chocolate Peppermint Cake Pops
4. Peanut Butter Fudge
5. Hershey's Pretzel Bites
6. White and Dark Chocolate Dipped Pretzel Sticks

Look at all that goodi-ness!!!!

Rolo Cookies and Peanut Butter Fudge

Hershey's Pretzel Bites and Drk Choco. Dipped Pretzel Sticks

White Chocolate Dipped Pretzel Sticks and Peppermint Bark

Peppermint Chocolate Cake Pops (these were kinda hard)

Thanks for keeping us going......... We all hope you have a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

******3KRAZYCHICS*****

Sneak Peak Christmas Baking

Hello all! Christmas time brings lots of merry cheer and lots and lots of baking!

Well here is a sneak peak of what I will be baking up in the next couple days! I deliver these wonderful goodies to my neighbors.....you know who you are....lucky duckies!

Can you guess what I'm making? Stay tuned at the end of the week and I will reveal all the goodies!
****Candie****

Mini Apple Pies

I made these little ity bity apple pies the other night.  They turned out yummy, however the picture did not do it justice at all!

Used just the basic ingredients for the making of an apple pie.  Depending how much apples you cut up, will depend on how much ingredients you use.  I basically had to eyeball it.  I did cheat and use store bought dough.  Cut little rounds using the pampered chef sandwich sealer that I have. Put them down inside the cupcake pan, cut up little pieces for the top......and bake!

Enjoy! ****Candie****

Blogiversary Winner!

Hello Everyone! We have a winner in our Blogiversary giveaway! Thank you to all that participated, we really appreciate it!


The winner can choose between these two pillows:

And the winner is:

Anonymous said...

I Follow via GFC
Connie Haack
letsgosew(at)yahoo(dot)com

DECEMBER 5, 2011 2:06 AM

Congrats to CONNIE HAACK!
We will contact you via email, and you have 48 hours to respond, otherwise, we will have to choose a new winner.

Blogiversary Giveaway!!!!

OOOOOEMMMMGEEEEEE we are 1!


our blog is 1 year old, that is..........


Holy smokes......can you believe it.......our blog hit one year this November!  We are so excited to have made it this far.  We sure couldn't have done it without all our wonderful followers!  We love you soooooo much! And because we love you so much, we are going to have another giveaway.  Wow, 3 giveaways this month......we must be crazy!  OH ya........that's why we are called 3krazychics.....LOL.....sorry, ok back to the important stuff....the giveaway.


We are giving away one of our very own pieces from our very own esty shop.  You can choose either one of these handmade christmas pillows by Lindsay.

Ok, so now for the RULES:


1. You must follow us thru GFC, and leave us a comment that you do


That's it! Now for extra entries:


2. Like us facebook and come back here and leave a comment that you did
3. Share this giveaway on facebook or your own blog and come back and leave a comment that you did


This giveaway runs Thursday November 30th thru Monday December 5th at midnight.  Winner will be announced and contacted via email.  Don't forget to leave your email address with your comment. You will have 48 hours to respond or we will have to pick a new winner.


Happy playing and THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOLLOWING US AND MAKING US SUCH A SUCCESS!

Iron Man Birthday Party

Hello, Hello!
My son turned 5 this month and he wanted to do an Iron Man themed party.  I found invites, cupcake toppers and party supplies all online.  We decided to do a Candy Bar Spread because we didn't have anything to hang a pinata on.  Well as it turns out the Candy Bar Spread was a big hit!  Now for the good stuff......the pictures. ****Candie****

Lemon Cupcakes with Homemade buttercream frosting

Isn't this the cutiest!  A friend of mine made this for me.

Candy Bar Spread of Red and Yellow

The Candy with the friend bags

Strawberry cupcakes with buttercream frosting

Birthday Boy in front of his spread

Winner of the Nicobella Munch

First of all I would like to say thank you to Nichole from Nicobella Vegan Organic Dark Chocolates for being our very 1st sponsor.  Secondly I would like to thank all that participated in this awesome giveaway!

Now for the winner!

Congrats to Debra! She said:

Debra said...

I liked Nicobella's Facebook Page!

NOVEMBER 17, 2011 5:56 PM 

I will contact you via email and you'll need to send me your mailing info back within 48 hours. Otherwise I will have to pick a new winner. Thanks all for playing!

Check out our very first Sponsor and another giveaway! .......Nicobella Vegan Organic Dark Chocolates

Nichole over at Nicobella Vegan Organic Dark Chocolates has graciously agreed to be our very first sponsor! Yay, for Nichole!  And she is also going to let us give away something from her shop! Another Yay for Nichole! I know many of you are thinking...."vegan"......well yes vegan's eat chocolate! You don't have to be a vegan to enjoy this yummy-ness.  If you like chocolate then you'll like Nicobella Vegan Organic Chocolates.

So up for grabs is a 3 pack of Nicobella Munch! You get 3 different munches: Mama munch, Coco-Nut Munch and Maple Nut Munch.  Please go over and check out the other Dark Chocolates that Nicobella has to offer! Once you have "liked" Nicobella on facebook, you will get all her updates, and she is always doing something cool, like giveaways, discounted or free shipping....so check it out!

Ok, Now for the rules! Mandatory for you to be entered in the contest:

1. Follow 3krazychics thru GFC, and leave us a comment that you follow.
2. Go over to Nicobella's Facebook page and click "like", then come back and leave a comment.

Extra Entries

3. "Like" us on Facebook, then come back and leave a comment.
4. Follow Nicobella via Twitter, then come back and leave a comment.

Contest will run from Monday November 14th thru MIDNIGHT Sunday November 20th.
Winner will be drawn by random.org and will be contacted via email, so don't forget to leave your email with your comment.

$50 Home Depot Gift Card Winner

WINNER, WINNER CHICKEN DINNER!

Yay we have a winner for the $50 Home Depot Gift Card! Drum roll please.........

Steph said...

I liked you on FB.
Slynh999@gmail.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2011 7:32 PM 

Congrats to Step! And thank you all for participating! Stay tuned cause by the end of the day I'm getting ready to launch our new Sponsor and another giveaway!

I will be contacting you via email, you have 48 hours to respond with your info or I'll have to pick a new winner.

100 Follower Giveaway....YAY!!!

O.MY.GOSH! We hit 100 followers! We are so very excited at this amazing feat! Thank you all that are our followers and to all the soon to be new followers!  To give honor to this straight awesome-ness, we are going to giveaway a $50 gift card from Home Depot! Yes, that's correct $50.  Imagine what you could do with $50 from Home Depot?  I can think of a thousand things I could buy!  Anyway, let's get this giveaway started!

Rules for this giveaway are as follows:

1. You must be a follower of 3krazychics, and leave us a comment that you are

extra entries:

2. "Like" us on Facebook, come back and leave us a comment
3. Share our giveaway on your blog or facebook, come back and leave a comment

Giveaway will run from Thursday November 3rd thru MIDNIGHT November 13th pacific standard time.  I will select a winner Monday November 14th and contact you via email.  So be sure to include your email address when you leave a comment.

Disclosure: We are in no way getting any compensation from Home Depot for this giveaway.

Halloween Cupcakes

So I mentioned in my previous post that it was my in-laws birthday over the Halloween weekend and I made a cupcake stand to display all 4 dozen cupcakes.  Well here are the fabulous Halloween inspired cupcakes that I made.  I found the witch hat tutorial here and the candy corn cupcakes here. I used chocolate and yellow cake mix for the candy corn cupcakes and butter cream for the frosting.  For the witch hats I used red velvet cake mix, cream cheese frosting and a little cool whip filling in the middle of the cupcake. They all turned out wonderful and were completely delicious!

Candy Corn Cupcakes

Witch Hat Cupcakes

My homemade Cupcake Stand

Homemade Cupcake Stand

Ok, sorry people we have been kinda MIA for awhile.  I myself have been slow on the projects, and Lindsay and Renee have been pretty busy in their "normal" day to day lives.  Anyway, I got a couple things done, and more stuff in the works.......ie....my youngest sons room....

Anywho, my husbands mom and dad celebrated there birthday over this last weekend and I knew there was gonna be a ton of peeps.  Not real excited about the cupcake holders in the store and pretty much all of them don't fit 4 dozen cupcakes!  So I made my own......my appologies, I didn't take pictures "of in the process" of my work.  So with some scrap wood that I had and my always on hand gloss white and black paint I made this fantastic cupcake stand! All for a whopping $3.00! Only had to purchase the ribbon and the stencil......by the way for those that have never stenciled (that would be me) pick up the dab brush in the stencil isle......I used a sponge and I'm pretty sure my stencil work could have come out better.  I'll be posting pictures of the cupcakes on the stand in a few days.  ****Candie****

Guest Posting at Crayon Freckles

Oooooooo we are so excited to be guest posting over at Crayon Freckles! Please go over and check out Andie's blog! It's super uber awesome!

Thanks for checking us out!!!!

Almost to 100......

Come on blogland, we are almost there! We need to get 100 follows and we will be having a fantastic giveaway! And will be having another giveaway right after that from a new sponsor we have lined up! But only when we reach 100!!!!!  Let get to following!

Curb Side Find

OMG.....I was driving down my road and lo' and behold I saw this sitting on the curb, with a sign taped to it that said FREE! Holy Moses! Free, really....it must be my lucky day!

Anywho, I knocked on the door and told that wonderful person that I would take this beast off their hands. She was very thankful! So being solid oak, it was pretty dang heavy. And this beast is in near perfect condition! SCORE! It's that typical honey oak stain, insert a gag sound....... but I figured with a little sanding and some love it would be beautiful!

So my blog land friends I am asking for input on this one! Please any ideas on what kind of transformation I should do is most welcome!  ****Candie****

Sew Simple Clutches......As Seen On Martha Stewart

Ok, sorry guys it's been awhile since we have posted......but life happened!  Geez, I hate it when that happens.  Anyway, I 've been super busy trying to get my garage reorganized, pictures later, so I can empty out my storage unit.  But in the little time that I did have I made some sweet little clutch bags for this bazaar  I mentioned here, and received this great email from my great friend Melissa on how to make them here.  I don't do tutorials very well so your gonna want to check out the website.  Anyway, without further ado, here are a handful of the clutches I made! Aren't they super cute! I love them!

On 2 of them I used heavy decor fabric and on the other 2 I wanted to try regular ol' quilting fabric to see how they would hold up.  Well they held up really well!

Sorry this picture didn't come out very well, trying to get a clear picture of the insides of the clutches to show off the fabric.  Anyway, hope you enjoy!  ****Candie****

Proper Placement of Place Setting Placemats for Kids

My good friend Melissa emailed me the other day and asked if I could make some placesetting placemats for her two boys.  She found what she liked here.  I took a look and thought......ya, I probably could do that!  She didn't need the napkins and wanted a knife added to the mix.  On the reverse side I did a Batman print and Buzz Lightyear print.  All in all it was pretty easy peasy!

Here's the finished product:

Thanks for looking!!! ****Candie****

God Bless America.........

May we never forget September 11, 2001

Pot Roast in the Crock Pot

Afternoon everyone!  The other day I made a pot roast in the crock pot.....nothing new, love using my crock pot! But this time I actuall staged it.....well my attempt at staging!

Recipe for Pot Roast:
1 pot roast
2 cups beef boullion or broth
wedged large onion
baby carrots
cut up celery
salt and pepper to taste

Cooked on for 6 hours

Potatoes:
Baby reds (cut in half)
drizzle olive oil
salt and pepper

Bake for 30min on 350 degrees

Results.......Yummy!

Pot roast looks dry, but I tell you it was anything but.......

****Candie****

Lemon Crinkle Cookies!!

Hello friends! My name is Renee and I'm addicted to all things lemon.  Kidding......but really, for some reason my passion this summer is anything lemon.  The latest recipe is Lemon Crinkle Cookie, and let me just tell you now, they melt in your mouth.  I have one of these little babies in the a.m. with my coffee and it is just like heaven!!

Lemon Crinkle Cookiesyield: 2-3 dozen
Ingredients:
½ cups Butter, Softened
1 cup Granulated Sugar
½ teaspoons Vanilla Extract
1 whole Egg
1 teaspoon Lemon Zest
1 Tablespoon Fresh Lemon Juice
¼ teaspoons Salt
¼ teaspoons Baking Powder
⅛ teaspoons Baking Soda
1-½ cup All-purpose Flour
½ cups Powdered Sugar
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease light colored baking sheets with non stick cooking spray and set aside.
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Whip in vanilla, egg, lemon zest and juice. Scrape sides and mix again. Stir in all dry ingredients slowly until just combined, excluding the powdered sugar. Scrape sides of bowl and mix again briefly. Pour powdered sugar onto a large plate. Roll a heaping teaspoon of dough into a ball and roll in powdered sugar. Place on baking sheet and repeat with remaining dough.
Bake for 9-11 minutes or until bottoms begin to barely brown and cookies look matte {not melty or shiny}. Remove from oven and cool cookies about 3 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.
This is where I discovered them, go give her some love ladies, her website is fantastic!!
http://www.laurenslatest.com/lemon-crinkle-cookies/

Please go make some right now, you will thank me later!!

~hugs~ Renee

Tote Bags

Hello all! Well I thought I would post just one of the items that I am making for our "craft-a-palooza" this fall. As I mentioned in our previous post a bunch of us crafty girls are getting together to have a bazaar! Yay, fun....

Anyway, I'm making memory boards and tote bags.  Keep in mind, this is my very 1st major sewing project.  The most I've ever sewed before is a straight line to fix a hem. I received my sewing machine from my MIL, which is a Viking, it's like 30 yrs old.  Sews the most amazing stitch! That is until I got it stuck in reverse! Bummer for me.  So long story short, I ended up borrowing my neighbors till I can get mine fixed! Yay, neighbor!

Anywho, back to the real reason you came to read this blog.  Pictures of my tote bags!

Ok, so this picture didn't come out ver good!

Lined w/ a pocket! Sweet!

This one is my fav!

Lined no pocket

Hope you like them as much as I do! Maybe Lindsay will post a couple of her baby quilts.......Hint, Hint Lindsay!!! Heee heeee
*****Candie*****

Bazaar time!!!!

So I guess it's that time of year when people start scrambbling to make stuff for bazaars they are going to be in.  Well no different here......except it's our very first bazaar!  F A O my Schwarz!

It's a small bazaar, just a bunch of crafty gals hanging out all day! But the best part, part of our proceeds will go to DSAMC (Down Syndrome Assoc. of Mid-Columbia) that's were we live, in the mid-columbia. Anyway, I'm getting off track.  So here is a sneak peak at what Lindsay and I will be making.

pillow covers for all seasons

baby quilts and burp cloths

totes in different sizes

variety of memory boards

 So if your in the Tri-City, Washingtion area (Washington State) on October 15, come check us out! We will be at the Richland Fire Station on Gway, from 9a - 4p!

Thanks! *****Candie*****