Friday, February 25, 2011

Recycled Crafts!

I have made these botches out of a diet mountain dew can.


Hope you enjoy them.

Happy Crafting,
Alley Cat

Thursday, February 24, 2011

The Corner Count!

I had a good week this week. I have not done much better about tracking as I eat but am determined to do better next week!

I went to the gym 4 days last week.

My Favorite Snack for the Week:

8 Vanilla Wafers
1 Tablespoon Peanut butter

So now it is time for the weekly weigh in! This week I lost -1.4 lbs for a total of -4.6 lbs!

Overall a successful week!

Happy Crafting,
Alley Cat

Thursday, February 17, 2011

First Time Scarf

This is my first attempt at this scarf. I was pleased with how it turned out. Also it was very quick to make which makes it even better! It turned out much longer then I thought it would. It was 8 feet long when finished.


Hope you enjoy it!

Happy Crafting,
Alley Cat

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

The View from My Window!

Tonight the sunset was amazing! Just thought I would share it with you all!






Happy Crafting,
Alley Cat

The Corner Count!

I had a good week this week. I have been slacking on tracking my food right when I eat it but do go back and track it. I need to get back to tracking it as I eat it.

I went to the gym 4 days last week. Thursday I did not want to go I just wanted to climb back into bed but I made myself go and ended up biking 10 miles and walking a 5 K. It took me two hours but I did it and I felt so good after I was done.

My Favorite Snack for the Week:

18 All-Brand Crackers
1 Wedge Laughing Cow Cheese (any flavor)

So now it is time for the weekly weigh in! This week I lost -2.0 lbs for a total of -3.2 lbs!

Overall a successful week!

Happy Crafting,
Alley Cat

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Happy Birthday Again!

So I ended up making my mom a birthday card for my stepdad as well.

Here it is:

Front of Card

Inside of Card
Owl always love you! Happy Birthday!

Envelope

Hope you enjoy it!

Happy Crafting,
Alley Cat

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Happy Birthday!

So tomorrow is my step dad’s birthday so I made him a card tonight.


Hope you like it.

Happy Crafting,
Alley Cat

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Cakes! Cakes! And More Cakes!

So by request I am going to post some of my past cake photos on here. I was only going to post projects as I did them but for Jag I will bend the rules. :)

So without further adieu here are the cakes…












There they are! That's all I have for now!

Happy Crafting,
Alley Cat 






Crocheting Plastic Bags

I have seen some cool things out there on recycling but this I have to say is one of my favorites. Crocheting with plastic grocery bags is just like crocheting with yarn. If you can do it with yarn you can do it with plastic bags.

In order to make the “Plarn” as we will call it you need to roll a plastic bags into a long strip. Cut off the bottom of the bag so it is open at the end and cut the handles off (save them for later). With the remaining strip cut into one inch sections. Open all loops and add handle loops. You will weave them together into one long plarn strip. There you have it Plarn.

Here is today’s project with the plarn. I made a can holder, so your hands will not get cold with a cold drink.


Hope you like it.

Happy Crafting,
Alley Cat

Monday, February 7, 2011

The Corner Count

I had a great week! I really did well at tracking all of my foods this week. I found lots of new good recipes to eat that are healthy, and taste good.

Here is my favorite treat for the week:
1 Apple
1 Tablespoon Peanut Butter
Microwave Peanut Butter and dip apple slices in the peanut butter.

I went to the gym four days last week. Three days I did couch to 10 K and one I did water aerobics. I am so proud of myself!

So its time for the weekly weigh in! This week I lost -1.2 lbs!

Happy Crafting,
Alley Cat

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Will you be my Valentine?

I have finished my valentines for this year.


Hope you like them.

Happy Crafting,
Alley Cat

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Shag Scarf

I have just finished another shag scarf on the loom. It is for my mom, she was the one that picked out all the colors.


More to come!

Happy Crafting,
Alley Cat

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Blueberry Muffins

1 Muffin = 1 PointsPlus

1 ¾ Cups all-purpose Flour
2 Teaspoons baking Powder
½ Teaspoons Cinnamon
¼ Teaspoon Salt
¾ Cup Skim Milk
1/3 Cup Sugar
¼ Cup vegetable or canola oil
1 Large egg, lightly beaten
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
1 Cup fresh or frozen blueberries (thawed if frozen)
Optional: 1 Teaspoon grated lemon rind

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine dry ingredients in medium bowl, stirring well. Make a well in the center. Combine milk, oil, egg and vanilla, and to dry ingredients; stirring just until moist. Gently fold in blueberries. Divide batter evenly among 18 muffin cups. Bake at 400 for 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.

I was given this recipe yesterday at my Weight Watchers meeting and I had all of the ingredients already in the house so I decided to give it a try. Overall, they were good; I was happy with them, and glad that I now have a good healthy baking alternative since I like to bake so much.

If you try them let me know what you think.

Happy Crafting,
Alley Cat