Berry Trifle
April 21, 2009 by Vanessa · 14 Comments
Now that Spring is here my family loves to cook lighter meals - especially lighter desserts. Our Berry Trifle is such a no-stress and yummy dessert that you can make for any get-together.
Ingredients:
- 3 cups mixed berries (Strawberries, Blueberries, Blackberries, Raspberries)
- 1 Angel Food Cake
- 1 Pouch of Strawberry Glaze (You can find this in the produce section of the grocery store)
- Fresh Whipped Cream
Directions:
- Mix together your chopped or whole berries
- Chop or tear your Angel Food Cake into bite sized sizes
- Drizzle the Strawberry Glaze over your cake
- Fold in your freshly whipped cream and berries
Instead of mixing all the ingredients together you could layer them, although mixing all the ingredients gives it a pink spring color.
Written by Vanessa of I Never Grew Up
Spring Break
April 7, 2009 by Emily · 9 Comments
Little Window Shoppe is taking a Spring Break! 
We’ll be back next Tuesday or Wednesday with even more fun ideas for you to enjoy. Until then, feel free to stop by and enter our latest contest. We hope you have a wonderful week.
{Photo by tanakawho}
Win a Bossy Boots Design Scarf
April 7, 2009 by Emily · 312 Comments
Contest Update:
We have a winner!! The randomly chosen winner for this contest is: #276 Cathleen - Congratulations! Thank you to everyone who participated.
When you wrap yourself in one of these soft, luxurious, hand knit scarves from Bossy Boots Design, you are in for a treat. Made with beautiful stitches and only the best yarn, these textured scarves are the perfect solution to the lingering Spring chill.
Discount:
Free-shipping for all domestic USA orders until the end of April.
Win It:
One lucky Window Shoppe Reader will win this gorgeous Dick and Jane Bluff Scarf from Bossy Boots Design! Hand knit with 100% Merino wool from England, the clean modern lines of this urban scarf are perfect for anyone! ($68 value).
To Enter:
Simply take a peek at the shoppe and then leave a quick comment letting us know which item is your favorite. This giveaway ends on Tuesday, April 14th at midnight PST. The winner will be chosen randomly and will be announced at this post Wednesday, April 15th. Good luck, everyone!! (Please feel free to read our contest rules for additional details - this contest is currently open to domestic U.S. residents only.)
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Geninne’s Art Store
April 3, 2009 by Michaelle · 9 Comments
I have been watching the work of Geninne, an artist from Mexico City, for some time now. She is just so wonderfully creative! Although she works mostly in watercolor, she is also gifted in other areas of artistry as well. She has even started hand-painting rocks!
My favorite creations of hers are her bright and beautiful bird prints from original watercolor works. The details are vivid and imaginative. Check out Geninne’s Art Store on Etsy for original art from this very talented lady. If you would like to see even more of Geninne’s work, you can visit her blog, Geninne’s Art Blog.
Written by Michaelle of Monkey’s Momma
Banana Split Brownies
April 2, 2009 by Kelly · 18 Comments
We have another new monthly writer - which is great - the more ideas, the merrier. Kelly is going to write for us once a month. To get to know her a little better, you can read more about her on our writer’s page or you can visit her blog: AlbanyMommy.com. Now, onto her post.
Banana Split Brownies are very easy to make and they are an incredibly delicious treat!
What you’ll need:
- Brownies
- Bananas
- Strawberries
- A really good bar of Milk Chocolate
- Long toothpicks
To start, make up your brownies however you’d like. Whether you want to bake your brownies from scratch or use a box, it works either way. (I made my brownies from the box on this one).
Let your brownies cool for about an hour, and then cut them into small squares, about 1 inch each. Holding your toothpick, place half of a strawberry on first, then a slice of banana, then a brownie square. It is really that easy.
When you have all your brownies and layers on the toothpicks, you’re ready for the topping.
To make your delicious drizzle, take your milk chocolate bar and melt it in the microwave. (This is the hardest part.) Make sure to only microwave it in 30 second intervals and then use a fork to mash/mix your chocolate in between each 30 second interval. Keep microwaving the chocolate at 30 second intervals until it is completely melted. It’s very easy to burn chocolate, admittedly, I’ve tried to shortcut it (microwaving for 45 seconds or 1 minute at a time) and have burnt my chocolate more times than I can count!
Arrange your desserts on a platter so you can easily drizzle the chocolate over them. This next part is what restaurants sometimes do to make your plate look even more appetizing!! And, it also makes this dessert over-the-top incredible!!
Dip a fork in the melted chocolate and then fling the chocolate over the brownie kabobs. Do this repeatedly until you have a nice, thin covering over all the desserts. Wasn’t that part fun?
I have always used short toothpicks, but you could use kabob skewers and make more layers too. You will not believe how incredibly delicious these are compared to how easy they are to make. They taste great with a nice glass of milk too. Yum!!
Written by Kelly of Albany Mommy
The Perfect Baby Handbook Giveaway
April 1, 2009 by Emily · 155 Comments
Contest Update:
We have five winners!! The randomly chosen winners for this contest are: #93 Jenny M, #72 Meg T, #123 Beth S, #112 Devon, #65 Christian - Congratulations! Thank you to everyone who participated!
Finally…perfection made easy! Can I just tell you how much I love The Perfect Baby Handbook? Seriously, it’s hilarious and had me laughing from the start. This book is a comic relief for anxious new parents and it makes you laugh at the pressures you may feel when trying to become the “perfect parents” and trying to raise the ”perfect children.”
This book will teach you important things like how to help your infant develop a signature walk, what to include in the perfect nursery, secrets to immortalizing your miracle on film, which baby names are flawless from places like IKEA and Ralph Lauren, how to baby-proof everything on earth and more…
I actually had the opportunity to interview the author Dale Hrabi himself! I really liked his cool and down to earth perspective - here are a few excerpts from our interview:
Me: What inspired you to write this book?
Dale: “Well, the idea started about three years ago, when all my three best female friends got pregnant at the same time in their early 30s, and, being a nosy, supportive friend, I wanted to know everything, and was told more than I bargained for. One friend in particular got me thinking about the pressures of modern parenthood. The books were freaking her out with their wildly contradictory advice.
Meanwhile, in the hothouse of Manhattan’s competitive parenting culture, she and my other friends were, by their own admission, falling prey to pretty irrational anxieties. Should we, in fact, invest $1000 on a stroller? That woman has four strollers…does she know something we don’t ? How can woman B do it all?
I used to try to tease my friends into laughing about it all, and tell them jokes to help them regain perspective. As someone who’s learned that anxiety is often the root of comedy, I began to see the material for a book that might provide comic relief for other parents going through the same thing.
As I began my research in earnest (about two years ago), I put together a massive file of news clippings, read books like Carl Honore’s UNDER PRESSURE: Rescuing childhood from the culture of hyper-parenting (or maybe that came later), The Price of Privilege, The Three Martini Playdate, and others. It became clear that my friends were just part of a much larger phenomenon, sometimes called “super-parenting” or “over-parenting.”
My book also, I think, satirizes the whole idea of giftedness—and, since I was kind of a gifted wanna-be as a kid, I’ve always been fascinated by concepts like identity, originality, precociousness, uniqueness. So the opportunity to work through that fascination was another incentive, too.”
Me: What do you hope parents will take with them after reading the book?
Dale: “Well, it is a humor-book, so I hardly expect it to be life-changing. Ideally, though, I’d say that I hope parents get at least a couple laughs, and maybe a little perspective on their more relentlessly over-achieving friends, or even themselves.
The ‘excessive motivation’ I talk about starts with love and concern–it’s just incredibly easy in this culture and especially the current economy to become anxious that your baby will ‘fall behind.’ So those Mommy & Me classes start to seem crucial…but then, it can escalate to the point where parents are running themselves ragged, driving their kids to 19 different activities every week without stopping to ask themselves: ‘Is this what we really want? Is this what our kids really need?’”
Win It:
Five Window Shoppe Readers (that’s right, FIVE!) will win a copy of this funny baby book! You know you want it, it’s brilliant!
To Enter:
Simply check out www.perfectbabyhandbook.com and leave a quick comment letting us know that you want to win. This giveaway ends on Tuesday, April 7th at midnight PST. The winner will be chosen randomly and will be announced at this post Wednesday, April 8th. Good luck, everyone!! (Please feel free to read our contest rules for additional details - this contest is currently open to U.S. residents only - we promise to have more great contests for everyone else coming up!)
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