Oreo Cupcakes | Munchies

1 11 2011

I fell in love with miniature Oreo cupcakes a couple years ago at the Cupcake Smackdown.   I’ve always wanted to make them so I finally decided to do it.  Turns out they are super simple and you can make them a ton of different ways.

You will need:

*White cake mix

*Vanilla Frosting

*Miniature Oreos

First I placed a couple handfuls of Oreos in a plastic bag(easy clean up)

Then I got a little country.  I didn’t have a mallet so I used…a hammer to break up the cookies. Yep, a hammer.

Then I made  the cake batter as instructed by Pillsbury.

When the batter was nice and smooth, I added the cookie crumbs.  I found it better to use more cookies but you can add to your taste.

I poured the beautiful batter into the cupcakes wrappers, about 3/4 full.  Then baked them at 350 for about 20 minutes.

While the cupcakes were cooling, I got the frosting ready.  I mixed in the cookie crumbs.  Then I used a plastic bag as a make shift pastry bag, all I had to do was clip the corner.

And to top it all off I placed a miniature Oreo cookie on top.

Ta-dahh!  On some I used plain vanilla frosting, sprinkled them with crumbs and topped them with a cookie.  I prefer the cookies mixed in the frosting though.

Give it try!  Let me know what ya think!


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P is for Pancakes | Munchies

22 06 2011

I woke up this morning with a craving for some sweet sweet pancakes…only problem was I didn’t have pancake mix.  So I thought to myself, it can’t be that hard to make them from scratch.  While it wasn’t hard to make them it was hard to eat them. I was totally disappointed with the recipe I got online.

Do not be fooled by their golden edges. They. were. terrrrrible.

I tried adding more sugar, that didn’t help.

I tried adding more milk, that didn’t help.

I tried adding more flour, that didn’t help.

Martha Stewart would be disappointed.

Feeling defeated, I threw them all out.  I ended up having blackberries and toast with peanut butter and honey instead.  Smooth recovery.

Should you want to try the recipe yourself(although not recommended):

1 1/2 c Flour

1 Egg

1 tbsp Sugar

1 tsp Vanilla

1 tsp Ground Cinnamon

1 tbsp Oil

1 1/2 c Sweet Milk

Mix together and enjoy with your favorite syrup(or not…just sayin) 🙂

If you have a better recipe please fill me in!  I’m still craving some good pancakes…


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Arrangements by Anne | Nature | Floral

6 06 2011

 I am so blessed to live in the Tree house and be surrounded by such creative roommates.  Katie and I are both photographers and Anne is super talented in the floral department.  Just check out her work.  Beautiful.

Decided to have a little fun and turn this last pic in to a painting. Thoughts?


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Week 47: Fruit

1 01 2011

So I wasn’t sure what I was going to do for this week’s assignment.  I didn’t want to do the traditional fruit in a bowl pic or fruit at the farmer’s market pic.  Lucky for me, I live in Austin so I’m always surrounded by the unusual and artistic nature of others which I find inspiring.  I came across this giant piece of fruit at Yard Dog on SoCo.  It’s an amazing piece of art created by Dakota Pratt and it is appropriately called Strawberry.  Well done Ms. Pratt!  That’s the best lookin strawberry I’ve ever seen.


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TYP Austin Oct. Event | Networking

27 10 2010

In honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, TYP Austin partnered with the Young Professionals Council of Susan G. Komen.  YPC brought great materials and even had a representative tell everyone about the signs and risks of breast cancer.  It was a night full of socializing and tasty food.  If you haven’t eaten at Parkside yet, I highly recommend it!  Their food is delicious!

To learn more about Texas Young Professionals, visit our website http://www.texasyoungprofessionals.com.

Don’t forget to mark your calendars! Susan G. Komen’s Race for the Cure is on November 7th.  To register for the race as a TYP team member or to make a donation:

Go to www.komenaustin.org
Click on ‘Komen Race for the Cure’ : Register
Click on ‘Join a Team’ on the right hand side
Type in ‘Team Name’: TYP Austin
Click on the team name to join and continue with your registration.

For more details about breast cancer and how you can help raise awareness please visit www.komenaustin.org.


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Emilie is growing up! | Kiddos

13 09 2010

My cousin’s little girl, Emmy, is 8 months old and growing up fast!   She has been crawling like crazy and getting into everything.  She’s gonna be a handful once she starts walking.  She loves to explore.

For Em’s shoot we played at a park just down the street from the house.   We went early in the morning so the weather was nice and cool.  She had a great time and she had quite the story to tell. 😉

Starting things off with my favorite pic from the day.

Isn’t she adorable?

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:  Holiday season is just around the corner and you know what that means…time for holiday cards!!  Get the fam together, throw on some cute outfits and let’s make some photo magic!  My calendar is filling up; book your session today!  Mention this post upon booking and get 25% off your package.


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Week 32: Shoe(s)

12 09 2010

“Who’s that chick that’s rockin kicks?”  Name that song!  Then tack it on my list of guilty pleasures.  It just makes me wanna dance!

But seriously, how cute are these little kicks?


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Week 31: Reflection

7 09 2010

This reflection is Austin’s skyline on Town Lake.  I was going for the “butterfly effect.”  You know, like when you were little and you’d create a design with paint on one side of a piece of paper.  Then you would fold the paper in half so the paint got on the other side and duplicated the pattern.  Then you would unfold the paper to show a butterfly or in most cases identical blobs. 🙂  Well that’s the effect I tried to create with this photograph.     

It was taken right at sunset.  I love the color the sun created as it bounced off the buildings.  So pretty!

I’m excited to photograph this skyline at other times and see the difference it makes in the reflection.  This time of night the water was still a little active from kayakers and tour boats.  

What did you think about the reflection being used for the butterfly effect?


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Categories : 2010 Photo Challenge, Scenic

Week 29: Color: Blue

31 08 2010

So I was going over ideas for this week’s photo when I came across some old fortune cookie fortunes.  These three fortunes always seem to inspire me and, as it turns out, they’re all written in dark blue ink.  Coincidence?  I think not.  They were meant to be shared.

And yes, I keep my fortunes but only the ones I like.  Other people keep them too, right??   Yes? No? Eh well, tack that on to my list of silly little quirks. 🙂

Anyone else keep their fortunes?   If so, please feel free to share your favorite/most inspiring fortunes or quotes in the comment section.  I would love to see them!

Want a fortune of your own?  Try out the Fortune Cookie Generator.


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Waiting for Sage | Baby Bumps

27 08 2010

Meet Taly, a soon to be first time mom and a fellow newbie to Austin.  She and her husband, Peter, moved to Austin a few months ago from Vegas.  They have settled in nicely and  are patiently waiting for their little bundle of joy, little Miss Sage Madeline, who is due the beginning of October. 

Taly and I had a lot of fun on this shoot.  She was the perfect model.  She was so laid back and did anything I asked!! Even if it meant laying on a picnic table with block letters on her stomach while people ran past us on the Town Lake trails.  We got a couple of funny looks but mostly awes.   Anywho.  Point of my rambling:  Taly was great, the pictures turned out awesome and I can’t wait to meet Sage!  Enough from me, enjoy the pics!

 

For those of you who follow my work, consider Goal#5 complete 🙂

 

I love how peaceful this picture is especially considering all the activity that was going on around us.

Below: My favorite pic! Peaceful and pretty with a side of great light.  Love it!

So about half way through the shoot we were faced with a major distraction…

We just meant to stop in for a quick wardrobe change but we were soon lured in by the hauntingly delicious aroma of the Cinnabon cinnamon rolls.  She, being a soon to be mom with cravings, and I, having little to no will power when it comes to sweets, decided it was inevitable; we surrendered to the Cinnabon.  It was the best dinner I’ve ever had, all 880 calories of it(and yes, although depressing, that is actually how many calories are in a regular size Cinnabon.  I looked it up) sigh.  Ok, enough with my Cinnabon tangent, back to pictures.

Below: So we ran out of E’s but we just had to, as Tim Gunn would said, make it work.

I would like to give a special thank you to Taly for being an awesome model!  The Austin heat was harsh but she was such a trooper.  Also, thank you to Cinnabon’s online nutritional guide for giving me ample movtivation to hit the gym!

If you’re a soon to be mom, a new mom or you have kids and want to do family portraits, whatever the need, send me  a quick e-mail (larimieleigh@gmail.com) or leave a comment and we can set up a shoot. 

For those of you stopping by to check things out, I would love to hear from you!  What are your thoughts?  Did you have a favorite photo?  Just let me know!  I look forward to hearing from you!


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