Carrot Cake

Several of you asked for my Carrot Cake recipe. Without further ado.....

Carrot Cake

From Myra's Kitchen

2 Cups Plain Flour

2 Cups Sugar

2 teaspoons Cinnamon

2 teaspoons Baking Soda

1 teaspoon Salt

1-1/2 Cups Vegetable Oil

4 Eggs

3 Cups grated Carrots

1 Cup chopped Pecans

Sift and mix dry ingredients. Add oil and stir well. Add eggs one at a time and mix after each addition. Add carrots and pecans and blend. Bake in 2 greased and floured 9 inch cake pans at 35o degrees for about 25 minutes.

Icing

1 large pkg cream cheese

1 stick butter or margarine

1 box confectioners sugar

1 cup chopped pecans

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Cream together butter and cream cheese. Add sugar, vanilla, and pecans. Spread between and on top and sides of cake.

Enjoy!

My Stitching For The Easter Exchange

Hare Biscornu

The Floss Box

35 ct HDF pale green linen

DMC floss

My Easter exchange traveled all the way to Conny in The Netherlands. I stitched this biscornu with bunnies for her. I enjoyed reading her blog and about her bunny and knew this would be perfect for her. I loved the purple flowers with the green and brown.

And since you can't have bunnies without a carrot, I added a carrot button to the back. :o)

I had even more fun choosing the goodies to send along with her biscornu. I even included my carrot cake recipe. It was fun sending a little bit of spring across the miles.

Tee hee!

From "In Your Easter Bonnet"

Designed by Brooke Nolan

JCS March/April Issue

My dyed 32 ct Belfast

DMC floss/Mill Hill Beads

Is this little ladybug sassy or what?! The minute I saw this I knew I had to stitch the ladybug from this design. She is trying to decide if she wants to be a pillow ornament or a fob. Stay tuned....

Great Mail Day!

Today's mail brought my Easter exchange package from Ellen S. (no blog) She stitched this Lizzie Kate April Stamp and finished it into a little pocket complete with Easter ribbon handle. Isn't it cute? I just love the tiny little buttons. She also sent along some wonderful extras which will be put to good use. Thank you Ellen for making my day special.

This bounty of charts also arrived from Riona at Oubliette. I won her February giveaway of these Homespun Elegance Wooly Tyme Club charts. They are great designs and will be my monthly stitch for next year. (I have to get through the LHN Monthly Samplers this year) I can't decide if I want to give Mini Ziggy a new friend to wear these or if I want to do pinkeeps or little quiltys or, or, or.....OH! the possibilities. I am just thrilled to have won these. They will be offered as a giveaway here once I stitch them.

And the winner is...

Nicole!

Congratulations Nicole! Shoot me your email address and I will get your bags on the way.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by and left a comment. I wish I could give one to each and every one of you. You inspire me to make thousands of these. (If I only had more time!LOL)

For All You Spring Chicks...

... like me! LOL

The Prairie Schooler

(current freebie)

32 count moss lugana / DMC floss

Thank you!

Thank you all for your lovely comments on my Painted Egg pillow and project bags. I have been pressed for time and haven't been able to respond to each comment but please know I really do appreciate all your visits and comments. If you haven't yet commented you have until Wednesday evening to enter the drawing.

As you can see, I managed to repin, relace, and frame my LHN March Sampler. It looks much better in the frame. :o) And...to avoid future mishaps, I cut 3 more pieces of foamcore the CORRECT size.

I hope you all had a happy Monday!