Peanut Butter Bars

1/2 c margarine
1/2 c sugar
1/2 c brown sugar
1/3 c creamy pb
1 egg
1 t vanilla
1/4 t salt
1/2 t baking soda
Blend together add:
1 c flour
1 c quick oats
Spread in a 9x13 sprayed pan bake at 350 for 15 mins or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Let cool

 Spread a thin layer of pb over the cooled bars.

 Then spread chocolate frosting.

 To make the "professional swirls" take a butter knife and from one corner to the other spread the chocolate (see above)

 Then take the back of the knife and going from opposite corner drag the knife in a line (see above)

TaDa professional looking PB Bars :)

Note: the pictures are of a double batch spread onto a cookie sheet.

Simple Pillow case dress

So have you ever tried to get a 20 month old to hold still?? It's impossible :) Anywho this shot is not as bad as I thought it would be.

I got the pattern from http://littlebiggirlstudio.blogspot.com/2009/02/pillowcase-dress-tutorial-dress-girl.html which I found on pinterest I also took some ideas from a few others but this is the one with the printable pattern :)

After I printed the pattern and taped it together I grabbed one of Aubs other dresses and measured that so it would fit a little tighter and not like a huge thing drapped over her. I took 2 inches off the straight side all the way down. :)

The pattern calls for 3/4 yd for the body and a 1/2 yd for the ribbon. I could probably make at least 1 1/2 more if not 2 full ones. so I would say for this size you will probably cut that in half :)

I did not use bias tape on this dress 1 because I couldn't find the right color and 2 I hate sewing with it. I just serged around the armpit whole and then folded it over and sewed it flat. I also just used the ribbon to bunch up the top instead of elastic. I don't remember my ribbon measurements exactly I think it was 4 in wide and the same length as the band at the bottom of the dress. :)

Good Luck!