Strawberry Lemonade Cake in a Jar

My creative juices began to overflow this week.  I'm working on a few projects for Mother's Day and found myself experimenting in the kitchen.  I bought some mason jars back in the Fall and haven't down anything with them yet.  I've seen a few pins on Pinterest of people doing all sorts of things with mason jars, including baking in them.  So I decided to give it a try.

Spring is a perfect opportunity to bake a strawberry lemonade cake……yummy!

After adding and mixing all of the ingredients and poured the batter into the jars until they were about 2/3 full.  Next time, I'm going to go 1/2 full because I didn't have enough room left in the jar to decorate them like I wanted to.

I baked the cakes and let them cool, then used an apple corer to create a hole in the center of each cake:

 

the two small ones are cupcakes made from the extra batter.

I cut some fresh strawberries and inserted them into the center of each cake and then added a layer on top.  Then I added some creamy vanilla icing and a big juicy strawberry on top!

  

 The family loved them and they were absolutely delicious!

Have a great day!

Happy Easter

A few weeks ago, I stopped by my local Archivers store and they were doing a free make and take for Easter.  It was so adorable that I decided to make about 50 of these cute little bunny boxes.

I started with 12X12 decorative paper and cut it down into 6X6 squares.

• Score the paper on the plain side (or inside of box side if using 2-sided paper) at 2" and 4".
• rotate the paper 90^o and score again at 2" and 4".
  
• now turn the paper over and score diagonally from corner to corner.

Now fold the creases in and shape like this.  This is a stack of scored papers.  When I make several of something, I make everything in steps and then assemble.

I used a Paper Blossoms Leaf Punch to create the bunny ears (one large and one small)

I bagged them separately because each bunny needed one of each.  They are so close in size that it's easy to get them mixed up.

I used Pearlescent Chalk to dust the bunny ears and add a soft pink highlight to the cheeks and paws of the bunnies.  

I then added a few embellishments and ……

They were loved by everyone!  I hope that you enjoyed your Easter and found a creative way to celebrate.  I'd love to see how you put your crafting skills to use!