Beautiful Branson

Last week I took a girls trip with my coworkers to lovely Branson, Missouri. This was my first trip to Branson, and let me tell you, it's underrated! Let me restate that, PARTS of Branson are underrated! We stayed at Big Cedar Lodge, and it was it was just beautiful! It was perfect weather, the leaves were changing, there were fall decorations everywhere and it was just so pretty.

Here are some pictures I took from Big Cedar....one of the many streams that you drive through (literally): Truman Coffee & Cafe, where we had coffee every morning; some fall decorations; The Worman House, where we had an amazing dinner, serenaded by a Rod Stewart look/sound a like; the beautiful horses, that were sadly all booked for riding; our view from breakfast.

We faced our fear of heights and went zip lining. Seeing this tower when we first arrived was terrifying....but we did it and had a blast!

Driving "The Strip" was quite entertaining! So many crazy museums and restaurants. So much to do there! We did some shopping at Branson Landing and watched the fountain show while we ate dinner on the lake.

I would recommend a trip to Branson for those of you who have never been, and Big Cedar is a must!

-Whitney

Super Adorable Sophia Grace + Rosie

I just can't get enough of these little girls singing Nicki Minaj's Super Bass! You have probably seen this youtube with Sophia Grace (8) and Rosie (5) from England. It has had over 9 million views, thats just crazy! Well they were just on The Ellen Show, not sure if you caught it or not but it's the cutest/funniest thing ever! Just like in the original video, Rosie is Sophia's little sidekick. She doesnt really say anything just stands there and looks cute!

Here is the second half of the girls on The Ellen Show, when they meet their Idol, Nicki Minaj. Warning: tear jerker!

It amazes me how obsessed an 8 year old can be with an artist like Nicki Minaj...I'm glad that their dreams came true!

 Their shopping spree came true too! This might be every kids dream. They are lucky girls, and wow can Sophia sing!

Quilting isn't just for Grandma anymore

Contemporary Quilt Making, sounds like a joke to me however, Luke is doing it and doing it well.  Residing in Seattle this unique artist is making fully functioning art that is also easy on the eye.  His bold colors and perfect use of shade and shadows make his quilts truly...contemporary. These intriguing works of art are really brought to life after watching this video of Luke making a small portion of one of his masterpieces.

LUKE time Lapse from LUKE Haynes on Vimeo.

Projects:

Commission- These are projects made for commission 

Innovation-Renovation

Children Laughing

Gifts- These are pieces made as gifts.  

Bra  (made for Simplicity Creative group for their breast cancer awareness challenge)

America Nostalgia- This is a set of quilts made a few years ago for an exhibition

Hamburger

Man Stuff-  Responding to the traditional role within the Quilt media

Elk Head

Me- Self Portraits because he enjoys the "marketing of himself as an icon."

Cover

LUKE as an artist is really inspiring, he is thinking above, around and outside of the box. 

-Megan

Mashup Monday

Happy rainy Fall Monday. Hope the weekend treated you well! Here are some mashups to help get you through the week. Enjoy!

DIBELLA & YONI- Dancing in a Starship (DallasK/Jasper Forks/Cobra Starship/Dev)

MANILLA KILA- Leth Danth (David Guetta ft. Usher vs Temper Trap vs Skylar Grey)

DJ EPIC- Get One (Krewella vs Foreign Beggars vs Skrillex)

NAMMO- Walking on a Gucci Replica (Kreayshawn vs Empire of the Sun vs Steve Aoki vs Daft Punk vs Afojack

DJ BURNOUT- Changes (Eminem, Tupac, Chingy, and Mims)

No Carb Pizza!

No carb pizza...excuse me what? Yes, that was my reaction too! We found this recipe for a cauliflower crust pizza on Lauren Conrad's blog and we had to try it! We thought this could either be really good or just horrible...and lets just say we wouldn't be blogging about it if it was horrible!

Cauliflower Crust Ingrediants:

1 cup cooked, rice cauliflower

1 cup shredded lite mozzarella cheese

1 egg beaten

1 tsp dried oregano (we used Itailian seasoning because we didn't have oregano)

1/2 tsp crushed garlic

1/2 tsp garlic salt

Pizza Sauce, shredded cheese and your choice of toppings! 

Directions:

To "Rice" the Cauliflower:

Take 1 large head of fresh cauliflower, remove stems and leaves, and chop the florets into chunks. Add to food processor and pulse until it looks like grain. Do not over-do pulse or you will puree it. (Cheese grater will work too). Place the riced cauliflower into a microwave safe bowl and microwave for 8 minutes. There is not need to add water, the cauliflower has enough natrual moisture to cook itself.

One large head of cauliflower should produce about 3 cups of riced cauliflower. The remainder can be used to make additional pizza crusts.

To Make the Pizza Crust:

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Spray cookie sheet with non-stick cooking spray.

In medium bowl, stir together 1 cup caulifower, egg and mozzarella. Add oregano, crushed garlic and garlic salt, stir. Transfer to the cookie sheet, and using your hands, pat out into a round crust.

(Optional: brush with olive oil to help with browning)

Bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes.

Remove from oven. To the crust, add sauce, toppings and cheese. Place under broiler at high heat until cheese is melted (3-4 minutes).

*Note that toppings need to be precooked since you are only broiling for a few minutes.

Enjoy!!



-Jane & Megan

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Pretty Food

A food stylist and a Photographer met realized they had a lot in common and Spoon Fork Bacon was born.  This food blog not only has fabulous looking recipes but the photos are to die for take a look yourself.

Cherry Hand Pies ... Yum City!

Roasted Baby Artichokes ... Holy Yum!

Flavored Ice Cubes ... Yum Yum baby

Coconut Shrimp and Mango Salsa ... Nuts Yum

and need I say more about the styling, these pictures are truly inspiring.

Penny and Bacon Bark Dog Treats ... Yum Woof

Pretty Penny even found a recicpe for herself on Knife Fork Bacon...They think of everything!

-Megan