Contest Winners!!!

The Winner of the Embellished Jeans is comment #35 Annette on the original blog post.

The winner of my new Embellished Remix Pattern is my Facebook Fan Amanda Scott!

Congratulations Ladies! Send me an email to pinkfigdesign@gmail.com so I can get your info.

How About A Treat....

Finally! I have updated my Pink Fig Recipe Collection (link is on the right side bar). I'm making cinnamon rolls today for a treat, so I figured this was a good place to get it going.

You need a bread maker for this recipe...Clone Of A Cinnabon...FIVE stars!

Ingredients: DOUGH

1 Cup of warm milk

2 eggs

1/3 cup of BUTTER, not margarine. melted

4 1/2 cups of flour (NO bleach)

1 teaspoon of sea salt

1/2 cup of sugar

2 1/2 tsp of bread machine yeast

Cinnamon Mixture:

1 cup of brown sugar

2 1/2 tablespoons of ground cinnamon

1/3 cup of butter melted

Cream Cheese Frosting:

1 3oz package of cream cheese, softened

1/4 cup of butter softened

1 1/2 cups of confections sugar

1/2 tsp of vanilla

1/8 tsp of salt

Directions:

1. Place dough ingredients in the bread machine pan. Select dough cycle, and press start.

2. After the dough has doubled in size turn it out onto a lightly floured surface, cover and let rest for 10 minutes. In a small bowl combine brown sugar and cinnamon

3. Roll dough out evenly into a 16 x 21" rectangle. Spread the dough with 1/3 cup of butter and sprinkle evenly with sugar/cinnamon mixture. Roll dough up and cut into 12 rolls. Place rolls in lightly greased 9 x 13 inch baking pan. Cover and let rise until nearly doubled in size, about 30 minutes. Meanwhile preheat the over to 400 degrees F, 200 degrees C

4. Bake rolls in preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes. While rolls are baking beat together cream cheese, 1/4 cup of butter, confectioners sugar, vanilla, and salt.

Let the rolls cool before spreading over the top.

OH MY! I hope you aren't on a diet :)

The Land of Creativity...

If you have ever been to Utah and stayed awhile, you would quickly learn that this is a land of creativity. Creativity is flowing freely here and pretty much everyone has it in one form or another. Even those who say they don't even have an ounce of talent, will eventually blow you away.

So I thought instead of going around St. George and just showing you the sites (there are a ton of them) I would also visit some crafty shops and boutiques to see what they are all about. That when you are driving through you will have in mind a few fun places to stop and eat. Here are some extra pictures from the adorable flower shop where I photographed the Embellished Remix Cover...

I love it! I felt like I was in Europe or something. I still need to go inside and see what they have, but I'm sure I won't be disappointed.

Now off to the fabulous store that hosted my very first St. George trunk show.

Deseret Book/Mormon Handicraft on Bluff Street. This is a wonderful book store/fabric store gift shop/art gallery and more! I stop by on a weekly basis to see what's new.

They have....

walls of fabric

amazing cookbooks

tons of books with pretty little covers

and beautiful artwork

They also have a sewing notions and gadgets, a knitting section, gifts galore, an art gallery and shop, a media center with loads of movies and music, and some really good homemade suckers! They just got cleaned out by me :)

Be sure to check it out when you're in town.

Oh! and here is a little picture of my Trunk Show...

I'll be teaching some sewing classes in November if you are in the area!