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HOW ABOUT A LITTLE CINNABON KNOCK OFF RECIPE?????

I will be the first one to say that one can never have too many cinnamon rolls! When a  sweet somebody  suggested after the  September Daring Bakers ' challenge that we make a go at a recipe for  Cinnabons,  guess who answered the call of more butter, yeast, dough and cream cheese...and more butter?  There were a lot of events and gathering around the house that particular weekend and I had to start my dough at the ungodly hour of 5am just to make sure I'd have a chance to get it done that day. Add to the equation a sick dog and a sick Tartelette, and you have me passing out on the couch around 9am while everybody else is gearing up and meeting on Yahoo Instant Messenger to share the fun. When I finally woke up Marce kept trying to invite me to a conference chat and I kept clicking to no avail....I was stuck on my southern side of the world....hate being left out. I IMed my tech guru, while at the same time conversing with Kelly and trying to get her s...

CHRISTMAS TREE MOBILE HOW TO!

 This comes form  www.notmartha.org  .  This looks retro for someone who like a non traditional christmas tree. Christmas tree ornament mobile, how-to Here is how I made my  Christmas tree ornament mobile , it was easier than it looks, promise. The Supplies a 17″ steamer rack from a restaurant supply store about 5 feet of lightweight jack chain a small carabiner 100 basic ornament hooks one roll, 500 feet, monofilament jewelry string (not the stretchy sort) 200 jewelry crimp beads or tubes jewelry crimping tool 100 lanyard hooks 100 ornaments Note:  In the photo above I show earring wire instead of ornament hooks. I changed that later as I found ornament hooks made it far easier to move ornaments around after they’d been hung. Also, my supplies are based on a 4 foot tall mobile using almost 100 ornaments, you’ll need to adjust amounts if you make one larger or smaller. Creating the Mobile Frame Creating th...