a little pop up shop and a day full of scones...

well hello there!

how are things in your little part of this big ol world? daily icing land has been... good. i would like to say busy, busting at the seams with, well, things. but i cant. to be honest ahem... genuine. I would have to admit things here have been up and down. isnt that life though?

i have been busy making. art. pretty things. messes. yummy things. just making.   its been lovely.
and now here we are, easter weekend is upon us.

we arent really doing much this easter, which seems strange. just dinner. weird.

what are you up to this holiday? anything hippity hoppity? fun?



i made scones for breakfast this morning... ermagerd.

 

 

i always forget how simple scones are to make, for real. why dont i make these more?!

 

 

Ingredients:

 



2 cups all-purpose flour 1/3 cup sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt

8 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold

1/2 cup cranberries

1/2 cup sour cream

1 large egg

 

icing:

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1/4 tsp almond extract

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/4 cup milk

 

Directions:

 

♥ preheat oven to 400

 

♥ In a medium bowl, mix flour, 1/3 cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. cut butter into flour mixture (mixture should resemble coarse meal), then stir in raisins.

 

♥ In a small bowl, whisk sour cream and egg until smooth

 

♥ Using a fork, stir sour cream mixture into flour mixture until large dough clumps form. Use your hands to press the dough against the bowl into a ball. (The dough will be sticky in places, and there may not seem to be enough liquid at first, but as you press, the dough will come together.)

 

♥ Place on a lightly floured surface and pat into a 7- to 8-inch circle about 3/4-inch thick. Sprinkle with remaining 1 tsp. of sugar. Use a sharp knife to cut into triangles; place on a cookie sheet (preferably lined with parchment), about 1 inch apart. Bake about 15 to 17 minutes.

while scones are baking  mix all ingredients in bowl till smooth, if icing is to thick add about a tablespoon of milk till it thins out to how you like it...

Cool for 5 minutes and drizzle with icing ... voila!

 

* i added white chocolate chunks {about half a cup} and a bit of lemon zest... yum!

 

these are so good. i doubled the batch so the tiny diva could have high tea this afternoon..which has lead to me munching on scones all day. i aint complaining.

 

 

 

this is also happening this easter weekend...

do you instagram? i do. and this weekend on instagram you can find California Jane Pop Up Shop { @californiajane_shop } all weekend long i will be offering awesome deals, grab bags & even a giveaway!

i hope everything is wonderful where you are! are you loving spring? i love it! little buds are popping up here and there, the days are long and warming up nicely. i could do without the allergy attacks, but i guess we have the good with the bad.

have a happy easter!

love y'all 

 

 

12 days of Cookies... plus a giveaway!

Join me in celebrating my 2nd Annual CookiePalooza!

Its time again for the 12 Days of Cookies recipe swap & giveaway!

One of my favorite holiday traditions is our family's Christmas Eve Cookie swap... each year on Dec 24th the {extended} family gathers at our home for the big Christmas Cookie Swap and Stocking exchange... its a fantastic way to see everyone for the holidays and leaves Christmas Day for just us to lay around and play with all of our new toys! {A win; win situation in my opinion ;) }

Its such an awesome time, I thought I would share it with all of you! 

This year I will be offering 12 cookie recipes, with printable cards here on the blog... so make sure you are checking back everyday for each new treat!

And to add just a bit of Christmas Cheer... On Dec. 18th I will giveaway a printed version of the whole collection of recipes {plus a few more}  PLUS a lovely box of each cookie baked up just for you!

Here is how it works!

#1 grab a button... and put it in your side bar

<a href="http://dailyicing.blogspot.com/" target="”_blank”"><img src="http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r250/badablingg/12daysofcookies-1.jpg"/></a>

#2 Follow Lollipops Sugar Shoppe on Facebook & Twitter {cuz there will be even more fun stuff posted through out the "palooza" and mini giveaways as well!}
#3 Tell your friends! Tis the season for sharing!
#4 Leave a comment... and let me know about your all time favorite Christmas Sweets!
      {each Cookie Palooza post comment you leave will enter you in the big giveaway on Dec 18th!}

Easy Peasy!

Now adjust your waist bands and lets get to baking!

Happy Holidays Friends!

Be Good to Each Other!

and the winner is!.....

Hey guys!

Have you been waiting on the edge of your seats?
Have you been up nights hoping and praying that it will be you?

Will you one day tell your grandchilden where you were the day you won the Cupcake L♥Ve giveaway from Oh! Lolli Studios?

I know I have been all a TWITTER about it! {See what I did there? LOL! ;)}

Okay so drum roll please....

{through random generator...} Comment number 12...




Mommydoll13! Congrats!

Be looking for my email so I can get your address to send you all your fun goodies!
Have fun making yummy cupcakes!

A HUGE thanks to everyone who participated!

And dont cry... there is still a chance to win something extra yummy from Lollipops Sugar Shoppe! GO HERE! My sweet blue faerie is hosting a simply chocolatey giveaway!

Have a sweet week and be good to each other!

♥ Tawny

Cupcake L♥Ve giveaway!

TGIF friends!

its been awhile since I have hosted a giveaway, and seeing as how Friday is THE best day of the week... I thought why the heck not!

So with out further adieu... New from Oh! Lolli Studios {but not on the site yet... gotta get more pics and stuff}

CuPcAkE L♥Ve


YOUR kit will include:

♥ 12 pink polkadot cupcake papers
♥ 12 pink mini cupcake papers
♥ 12 "Enjoy!" flag toppers
♥ Jar of our very own HANDMADE sprinkles... NEW from Lollipops Sugar shoppe!
♥ Cupcake tip & decorating bag
♥ Sweet spatula and measuring cup/spoon set
♥ Fun polymer cake testing wand
♥ Vanilla Cupcake recipe card


Isn't that FUN!

So here are the rules...

1. Post a comment... any comment! Do you like the idea of cupcake kits in the shoppe? What would YOU like to see in them? any themes you would like to see?

2. Follow the blog!

3. Become a fan on Facebook

4. Join me on Twitter

5. Spread the word! Link back to this post on facebook or twitter!

ALSO... not only can you win here... but the 100th fan on my facebook page will recieve a cupcake kit!

I will draw a winner Sunday evening!

Have a wonderful weekend friends!
Be good to each other!

♥ Tawny

If Im Willie Wonka.... where the heck are my Umpa-lumpas!

Hey there, Hi there, & hello there friends!
Did everyone have a bewitching time at the Practical Magic Blog Party this weekend?

I know I did!!
It was so awesome to see all the talent that just covers the interwebs!
So, with one party under my belt... and the lovely Miss V's party in a few weeks... I had hoped to be able to take a bit of a breather... but alas instead I am up to my wee bitty nose in chocolate orders!!

Im so excited that Lollipops has been received so well! & its online success is just the first step to getting my dream traveling sweet shoppe!!

So can I take a second to brag??
I know its unbecoming... but Im so the proud Momma!!

My little Sugar Shoppe hit the front page today!


Im kvelling!!
I can not believe how fast we are growing! Its like i need a river of chocolate and hundreds of tiny singing men to get it all done!

New Holiday Flavors and Specials are coming next week!
And if you havent gotten your holiday orders in with me yet please do so as soon as you can! I am booking up like crazy!!
oh!! & join my new mailing list for all kinds of Daily Icing AND Lollipops info!

Well Im off to chocolate land!

Be blessed & love one another!
♥Tawny

PS
Dont forget you have till friday night at midnight to enter the giveawys!! I cant wait to see who wins!

He will hear my call a mile away. He will whistle my favorite song. He can ride a pony backwards...

Welcome back friends!

You know... there really is a little witch in all of us... it just takes an open mind, and a pure love to hear her...or at least thats what I believe...

I wanted to share my own very magical, very Sally moment with you...

I was 19 years old... it was 1996, so before the movie even came out... years later when I saw the movie in theaters I was floored by the scene with Sally casting her love spell... you see those few years before I had done almost the same thing, but not with hopes of dodging the heartbreak of love, but with the hopes of recovering from loves heartbreak...

Like I said, I was 19, alone... and a mother of two precious little boys. People ask me all the time if I could change the decisions I made back then would I... and the answer is no, my boys have made me who I am today... but thats another story.

One summer night in July of 96, I was at my lowest... my face was finally healing from the rage that had been inflicted upon it, but my heart was another story.

I sat into the wee hours of the night in tears, swearing I would never let another man hurt me... would never again let another man into my heart, & this certain night had found me face down crying out to whatever God would listen...

I knew that for the sake of my children I needed a male role model that would teach them to be the man of my dreams... the man I had always been searching for... the man that would never leave another little girl in the state I was currently in.

So I told the universe that IF I was to ever fall in love again, these were my requirements...
1. that he loves my boys from the moment he lays eyes on them
2. that he treats me like a princess
3. he must bring me flowers for no reason
4. he needs to understand that sometimes I go a little crazy & love me through it
5. he MUST cook, cuz I burn toast
6. he has to make me laugh

I know these were very selfish wishes... I knew how selfish they were at the time, thats why I said them... I thought if the universe wanted me to be happy then damnit, I was going to get prince charming!

I left this place of mourning and continued on my life... with really no thought of that late night "break down".

Then it happened... my best friend came to my door one night, holding a note... and a single rose. I was perplexed needless to say. Then she began to explain... a friend of hers had sent me the rose... he knew a little about what was going on in my life, and really only knew who I was from a picture he had of me that was taken at a dinner party I had attended at his home... {where he had made the whole meal} He said he was drawn to my photo, & asked my friend to send me the flower and the note, which read: "I know your going through some things right now, Im here if you need to go a little crazy, you can call me anytime."

I was floored... & a little freaked out. With no thought of my earlier prayer I thought I would simply stop by his house, & tell him thanks for the flower but I was not in a healthy place to start even a friendship let alone start dating.
The next evening, with the boys in tow, I knocked on his door preparing to do just that... needless to say, from the moment he picked up my 5 month old baby into his arms & spun him around we were not seprate a day... till the night before our wedding. That was 15 years ago.

And though it hasnt been all rainbows and lollipops, he does make me laugh... and he does treat me like a princess... and from the moment he laid eyes on my boys he fell in love.

And now for the give away....



Rowena of Crafty Pagan offered to donate a set of her simply delicious tags.

If you are familiar with Rowenas work you will know how magical everything in her shop is!!

Now... How to enter:
1. be a follower here on my blog
2. leave me a comment on this post about a time when you realized there was a little witch in you.

Dont forget you have till Oct 2nd to enter all 3 giveawys!

Be Blessed
♥ Tawny

Can love really travel back in time and heal a broken heart? Was it our joined hands that finally lifted Maria's curse? I'd like to think so. But there are some things I know for certain: always throw spilt salt over your left shoulder, keep rosemary by your garden gate, plant lavender for luck, and fall in love whenever you can.


{sorry this post was so late, I had a family emergency that kept me away from the computer most of the day}

And this is what comes from dabbling....

Another quick giveaway!!!

Etsy Seller Wish Fox has graciously offered one lucky Daily Icing Follower a $10 gift certificate to her shop!!



Her goatmilk oatmeal vanilla soaps sound fantastic!! & I LOVE how she packages them!!



The rules to enter are...

1. Comment on this post
2. follow this blog
3. visit Wish Fox on etsy

Thats it!


And dont forget to check the other giveaway post HERE

♥ Tawny
...thats what love is like. It makes
your heart race. It turns the world upside down. But if youre not
careful, if you dont keep your eyes on something still, you can
lose your balance....

"...He really loved my mint-oatmeal shaving cream. He couldn't stop eating it..."

Well hello my friends!!

Hows the party going??

I ment to pop on here much much earlier, but motherhood responsiblities called!!
But now I am all snuggled in, fresh batch of brownies in the oven... the little one cuddled up by my side... and Practical Magic on the screen... {of course!!}

And I thought this would be the perfect time for our first giveaway!!!
Your excited arent you???... I knew you would be!

One of my favorite parts of the movie is Sally's botanical shop! It was always a dream of mine to have a sweet little boutique, in a quaint little town... preferably one where people dont shout at me or think Im going to curse them with chicken pox!! LOL!

So honor of Sally & her wonderful little shop Verbena here is our first giveaway!!




Etsy seller Toki of Sea Shore Paradise has been kind enough to offer up to you my sweet friends a batch of her yummy chocolate sugar body scrub!!!
I can only imagine how delicious this smells... and feels on your skin!


So here are the rules...

{1} To enter once... comment on this post

{2} To Enter twice... become a follower of my little blog!

{3} To enter three times... {are you noticing a trend here?}... go to Toki's shop & tell me what other yummy bath products you find!

{4} Fourth entry... Become a fan on my facebook page

{5} Fifth entry... put one of my buttons on your blog!! {{You can choose which one}}

Thats 5 chances to win!!
{I know... im totally awesome!}

Be sure to let me know in the comments how many times you entered!

Winners will be announced Oct.2nd!!

More giveaways coming throughout the whole weekend! So keep coming back!

♥ Tawny

Of course you're going to see me again. We'll grow old together. It's going to be you and me living in a big house... these two old biddies with all these cats. I bet we even die on the same day.