I made pretty cowboy cookie mixes in a jar as prizes for the baby shower and they were a big hit, so I thought I’d share what I learned.

Step 1: Print the recipe from allrecipes.com and buy all the ingredients.
tip: Smooth glass jars are more attractive than regular canning ones if you can find them.
tip 2: Colored sugar kicks it up a notch and lets you color coordinate with your theme more easily than M&M’s.


Step 2: Buy coordinating fabric and 3/8″ grosgrain ribbon. As of right now, Chevron prints are IN. I like to share these bits of info. on the rare occasions that I am in the loop.
tip: Get Fray Stop for the edges of the fabric and ribbon.
tip 2: Use a compass to trace a circle in pencil on the back side of the fabric so you can cut out a perfect circle.

Step 3: Pack the ingredients in the jar in this order: flour, oatmeal, brown sugar, white sugar, colored sugar, chocolate chips, nuts (optional)
tip: Use the back side of an ice cream scooper to pack down the jar so things don’t shift around. I spent more time than I am prepared to admit figuring out what I could use to really pack these down. Yes, I went out and tried to buy a pestle.


Step 4: Print out the recipe and label from bakerella.com.
tip: you can stick this to the jar with ribbon tape (like you would use to stick ribbons on handmade cards), but regular double-stick tape doesn’t work.
tip 2: If your color scheme includes black or gray, you can just print the labels in black and white and you’re good to go.

That’s it!

The hostesses did a lovely job. Thanks, A, for coordinating us in addition to your hostessing duties! …and M, for allowing us to have the shower at your lovely wine bar. Best wishes to Turtle & the Mr. with the new baby!

Several years ago, some friends and I got together and became zombies for a Halloween contest. We danced to Thriller and it was a lot of fun.



The flip side was we felt we’d never be able to top it, so we haven’t really gotten into the Halloween contest again…..until now.



The makeup artist was my friend, Bones. The whole group looked great and The song is Morrison’s Jig by Swagger from their album The Grave – I had to slow it down a lil’ bit so we didn’t break our necks. Great song!


Hope you all had a lovely Halloween too!