Wobble Over Wednesday Time!

My friend Amanda over at My Life With Rats and More is hosting another Wobble Over Wednesday! I'm linking up with her, so be sure and stop over at Amanda's blog and check out all the great blogs that are linking up. Remember if you follow me, I'll follow you back!

Cheesy Double Chocolate Mint Oreo Cookies

I'm linking up with My Life With Rats and More for Wobble Over Wednesday.

I just love adding cream cheese to baking, yum! I made these cookies with Sloan in mind because she loves mint and Oreo's. I thought the chocolate cream cheese cookies were a good base for the mint chips and Oreo's. These cookies are nice and chewy in the middle but crispy on the outside, Yumo! I brought them along for our canoeing trip and everyone gobbled them down.

Cheesy Double Chocolate Mint Oreo Cookies

1 cup sugar

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup shortening

1 8oz package cream cheese, room temperature

3 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla

3 1/2 cups flour

1/2 cup cocoa powder

1 1/2 teaspoon soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 cups mint chips

1 cup crushed Oreo's

Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl whisk all the dry ingredients.

In a mixer cream the sugar, brown sugar and butter for 2 minutes. Beat int he cream cheese and eggs. Mix in the dry ingredients then the chips and crushed Oreo's. Scoop onto cookie sheets with a cookie scoop. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Cool on wire racks.

Wobble Over, Works For Me and Lemon Bars

I'm excited to link up with Amanda over at My Life With Rats and More for Wobble Over Wednesday! Be sure and check out my giveaways while you're here, you'll find them on the top right of my blog!
I'm also linking up with We Are That Family For Works For Me Wednesday. Here's my little tip for the day. I know it's a simple one, but sometimes we get in a hurry. Read through your recipes before you begin to bake. I still get ahead of myself, but this time I read through the recipe I've used for years for Lemon Bars and found that you need to beat the egg mixture for 3 minutes, Voila! The best lemon bars ever!

These lemon bars have a nice hint of lemon. We love the shortbread type crust. These make a nice refreshing treat!

Lemon Bars

1 cup flour

1/2 cup butter, room temperature

1/4 cup powdered sugar

2 eggs

1 cup sugar

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons lemon juice

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray an 8x8 inch pan with Pam.

In a mixer beat the flour, powdered sugar and butter. Mixture will be a little crumbly. Press into prepared pan. Bake for 20 minutes.

Remove crust from oven.

In clean mixer bowl beat the eggs, sugar, baking powder, salt and lemon juice for 3 minutes

Pour over hot crust. Bake for 25 minutes or until no imprint remains when touched. Cool. Sift powdered sugar over the top and cut into bars.

Tote Bag Made Out Of A Drop Cloth!

Linking with Tickled Pink No. 504 Main Fridays!

I'm linking with Bobby Pins Boardwalk for the Boardwalk Bragfest!

I'm linking up with The T~Shirt Diaries for Upcycled Awesome, be sure and check out the other projects!

I'm joining Kara's link party over at Creations By Kara for Look What I Made!
I'm also linking up with My Life With Rats and More for Wobble Over Wednesday! Be sure and join us and meet some new friends!

I'm linking up with Tea Rose Home's Link Party! Here's my latest project~

I made this tote bag and small zippered pouch the other day. It's made out of a drop cloth and the rosettes are made out of the hem that I cut off the edges of the drop cloth. I've been making pillows out of drop clothes with similar pattern and I thought it would make a fun tote bag!

I lined both of the bags with muslin and the tote bag has two inside pockets. I want to make a few more, so I was wondering if anyone is interested in a tutorial?