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How could you not want to be a part of this! ♥

Saturday I made these delicious mini cinnamon rolls.  They were super easy to make and tasted so good!  I got a definite thumbs up from Hubs.

1 – 8 oz tube crescent roll dough

2 Tbl butter

cinnamon

brown sugar

Icing

1 tsp maple syrup {I left this out.}

1 Tbl milk

3/4 cup powdered sugar

Directions

1. Preheat oven according to the crescent roll dough package directions.  Layout half the dough {4 triangles} and pinch all the seams together.  Flip over and pinch the seams on the back side together too.

2. Using a rolling-pin, smooth the seams and roll the dough into a square about 1/4″ thick.  Brush with the butter and sprinkle with as much cinnamon and brown sugar as you want.  Roll into a log and cut into 8 pieces.

3. Place mini cinnamon rolls into a non-stick sprayed mini muffin pan.  Repeat steps 1 and 2 with the other half of the crescent roll dough.  Bake according to package directions.

4. Meanwhile whisk together maple syrup and milk in a bowl.  Add in powdered sugar until desired consistency is reached.  Drizzle over warm cinnamon rolls.

5. Prepare to eat the whole pan!

Recipe from Iowa Girl Eats.

I had the privilege to join the DaySpring family this month in hosting a review for some very awesome products!  I received a beautiful wallet and makeup bag.  I instantly was in love with the patch work and the colors.  It is just the 1st couple of things that will add more color to my life.

The makeup bag is a great way to organize my products.  It has pockets on the sidewall that are perfect for my eyeliner and brushes.  Now I don’t have to dig to find them in the bottom of my make up bag.  My favorite part of this bag is the “Truly Beautiful”.  It reminds me everyday that I AM truly beautiful in God’s eyes and he doesn’t she the flaws that I do.

The bag is made out of oil cloth so it is super easy to keep clean.  I would definitely recommend this item to my friends and family!

I also received a very cute wallet as well.  I don’t usually like this type of wallet because you can’t always fit all of your must needed “junk” in it but when I got it…I tried it out.  I am still using it!  I have gotten many compliments on it when I pull it out to pay for something.  The only down side to the wallet is you can’t fit much change in it or it won’t close.  I am a hoarder of change so I just have to empty it out often or throw it in the bottom of my purse.

I also really like the “Truly Treasured” stitched on this as well.  It’s just daily reminders of what God has done for me and continues to do.  These are part of the Redeemed Collection at DaySpring and they have so many lovely items to choose from.  I AM redeemed and He is always there to pick me up when I am struggling and in His time…He shows you how powerful He can be at changing your life.  I am so glad that I have come to know Him through prayer and just looking for all His good in my everyday life, even through the disappointments.  It is all in His plan.

So go check out DaySpring and the Redeemed Collection and let me know what you think!

Disclosure:  I received these items for free  from DaySpring to review but the thoughts and opinions are my own.

Hello Monday morning!  I am linking up with Lisa Leonard this morning AND she is having a great giveaway too!

Hello sunshine!  It was a very sunny weekend…great for getting out in the yard and doing some much needed work!

Hello birds making a nest!  I hope there are babies soon!

Hello thrifting on Saturday!  I found a lot of things that wanted to come home with me but the “thrifting” wasn’t in their prices unfortunately.

Hello to hubs coming home from a weekend of racing.  He was down in Shreveport, LA all weekend and I kind of missed him around the house.

Hello to another work week.  I have a busy week ahead of me and a busy weekend.  Better get crackin’!

I hope everyone has a great week!!

These are the most amazing cupcakes around!  I stumbled on the recipe over at Recipe Girl.  You need to go make them now!!

White Wedding Cake Cupcakes

1 {18.25 oz} box white cake mix – Duncan Hines Moist White Cake mix

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 cup granulated white sugar

3/4 tsp salt

1 1/3 cups water

2 tbl canola oil

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup sour cream

4 large egg whites

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Place cupcake liners in cupcake pans {you’ll need approximately 36}.

2. In a large bowl, whisk together cake mix, flour, sugar and salt.  Add remaining ingredients and beat with hand mixer for 2 minutes or until well blended.  {I used my KitchenAid Stand Mixer}.

3. Use an ice cream scoop to fill prepared cupcake tins.  Fill about 3/4 full.  Bake about 18 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Wedding Cupcake Buttercream

{frosts 12 cupcakes}

3 cups powdered sugar

1 cup butter, at room temperature

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 to 2 tbls whipping cream

1. In large bowl, with a hand or stand mixer, cream together sugar and butter on low speed.  Mix until well blended.  Increase speed to medium and beat for another 3 minutes.

2. Add vanilla and cream together and continue to beat on medium speed for 1 minute more, adding more cream if needed for desired spreading/piping consistency.

3. Scoop into piping bag and pipe decoratively onto cupcakes, or spread if desired.

Trust me…they are to die for!

Here are my latest designs!

This is our last set of pictures from Florida finally!

This is my favorite picture I took.  I love the colors.

This is from the day we went over to Shell Island.  It was so amazing to see the dolphins in their natural environment.

Shell Island

Shell Island {Did you know that it’s really not an island???}

We ate a a cool little diner the last day we were there.

We went over to the other side of the pier after breakfast.  The water was so blue this day!

We had a blast and it was long overdue!

The day after we got back…this is what we had!   Pretty…but it’s still not Florida!

We went to Gulf World while we were there and I think, besides the beach, it was my favorite day!

We saw the dolphins up close and personal!

What’s Florida without a Pink Flamingo?!

The dolphin show was amazing!  I got to shake hands with one of them after the show but I don’t have a digital file of that.

These were actually nasty feeling…but I had to do it!

After, we went to Ripley’s Believe It or Not and I have to say…the biggest waste of money.

1 more post to go…

We have been back from our vacation to Florida for a couple of weeks and I am just now getting these pictures up.   Enjoy!  We had a wonderful time!  There will be 3 posts for this because of the amount of pics I took.

{This was the view from our room.}

{We were at the beach 30 minutes after we arrived. }

{It was so pretty!  I hadn’t seen the ocean since 1999.}

{This was our condo we stayed at.}

{Classic beach shot.}

{That water was COLD!}

{I was in love with the seagulls.}

{This was the night we almost stayed until dark.}

{This was the view from the pool.}

More to come…