Second hospital stay

I did spend another week in a different hospital, had surgery, ended up with pancreatitis, a major infection, intractable vomiting and broke my ribs on the left side from all the vomiting. UGH! I am finally improving with more energy and more desires to accomplish more. It was a horrible time and I seriously thought I wouldn't survive the hospital stay, it was bad. Real bad! But I am slowly improving and am extremely grateful for that and for the power of prayer that sustained me through it all.

Multi-colored cupcakes

I had the bright idea of making Rainbow Colored Cupcakes for St. Patrick's Day but sadly my belly was not feeling great so I didn't get them made. I did make them the next day. They turned out great and were fun but oh were they time consuming. Would I do them again? I don't know. Perhaps with just 3 colors instead since it took so much time to make them with 5 colors. I even used the 1M tip from Wilton's which made them look professional. Well, as professional as my one handedness can make. ;-) (Although the nicely frosted one is not shown in the pictures sadly.)

I saw the idea for these on Our Best Bites

Apple oatmeal cookies

I had leftover apples from the mini apple pies and needed to do something with them. I had them in the refrigerator and they already had cinnamon, nutmeg, etc on the them. So perfect solution....Apple Oatmeal Cookies!! How were they? Pretty good. I would have liked them to be more moist though.

Recipe came from Food.com although I did add 1 tsp Baking soda instead of 1/4 tsp and some extra cinnamon.

Mini apple pies in a cupcake maker

I have all these apples in the refrigerator that are getting soft and I needed something to do with them. I decided to try to make mini apple pies in the baker. It worked out wonderfully and they turned out so cute. Would I do it again? You betcha. I would love to try mini Pumpkin Pies out next. Wonder how they would do.

Bookworm Ruby

Here is a card that I created for SCRS Challenge #75 using the beautiful Sparkle Creations stamp Bookworm Ruby. I made the card for my daughter-in-law's college graduation. I wish I knew how to take a better picture though. Image is colored with Copics, not the best job that I ever have done, and the papers, etc are random things that I own. I saved the picture the correct way, but it will only post sideways. Weird!