Oh My Crafts Giveaway-Winner

What a great week of Giveaways! Thank you all for participating and becoming a follower of my blog. I really look forward to getting to know you all. This is the last of the winners. Thanks to Oh My Crafts for the great stuff.

The winner of the paper crafting pack is...

Pam is the winner!!!

Pam please email me at bayberrycreek@gmail.com with your address so I can send you your prize.


Thanks again to all the sponsors for the giveaways!


~Rachel~

Cookie Recipes

These are 2 of my most favorite cookie recipes.
There is a little story behind them. I got the recipe for the Snickers Cookies from the mother of a girl that I taught at my old church. Thank you Marylin! I made them for my husband when we were dating. The best way to a man's heart is through his stomach right? It was around Christmas time and I love to bake during the holidays. Well I gave him a few and he took them home. One of his older sisters came to visit and saw the cookies. He told her how wonderful they were. She made a comment something like this "Who does this girl think she is coming into the family and taking my one talent away?!" (imagine that in the most playful over dramatic voice). I guess I won over my husband but not his sister. I love her and quickly shared the recipe with her. I think we are past the baking rivalry now and like to swap baking tips.

So here are the yummy cookies...


Chocolate Chip Cake Cookies. So easy, quick and yummy. It is a recipe I have memorized.

(recipe card to print)

Chocolate Chip Cake Cookies
Makes about 40 cookies
1 box chocolate cake mix
1/3 cup oil
2 eggs
6 oz. mini chocolate chips

Mix all ingredients with large spoon add chocolate chips last. Using a spoon, scoop dough and roll into ball with hands. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Make sure to leave about 1 1/2 inches between each cookie. Bake cookies at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

Snickers Cookies. I took a bite out of one so you can see the snickers inside.

(recipe card to print)

Snicker Cookies
Makes about 60
1 cup butter
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
60 miniature (bite-size) Snickers candy bars
white chocolate chips
semi sweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 F. Cream butter, peanut butter, sugar and brown sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients and add to peanut butter mixture. Take 1 tablespoon of dough and flatten into round shape in palm of your hand. Place Snickers bar in center and fold dough around it. Roll in palms of your hand to form a smooth ball with the Snickers bar totally covered with the dough. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet and place on a wire rack to cool. While cookies are cooling in a small sandwich bag place 1-2 cups of semi sweet chocolate chips in microwave for 10 sec intervals until chocolate is melted. Drizzle over cookies. Repeat with white chocolate chips.

All you Craft Envy readers can use these cookies to put in the canister I did a tutorial on yesterday. Bayberry creek Crafter readers stay tuned. Saturday I will post the tutorial so you will have a fun way to give these cookies as a gift.

~Rachel~

Rod Works Giveaway-Winner

I am really sad to see this cute Rod Works basket leave my house. I really love it and I am so glad you know about their awesome store and locations.

Well I better announce the winner so you don't think I did keep if for myself

The winner the cute summer basket from Rod Works is...

Anne is the winner!!!

Anne please email me at bayberrycreek@gmail.com with your address so I can send you your basket.



If you didn't win this one you have one more chance to be the winner if you entered the Oh My Crafts Giveaway.


~Rachel~

Blog Swap-Craft Envy

I'd like to introduce you all to Vanessa and Nicholette from Craft Envy. I love their blog! They are brilliantly talented and make, do, and craft amazing things.


Hello Bayberry Creek fans! Nicholette and Vanessa here with Craft Envy. We are sisters-in-law who are homemakers sharing a crafting addiction! We love to craft just about anything--especially if we can recycle and repurpose. So be sure to come visit us some time!

For now, we would like to share one of Rachel's fav tutorials from our blog, the Pirate Nightlight! Hope you enjoy!

What you will need:

-Cheap-o night light (one that you can take off the front...mine was Santa) $1

-2 liter soda bottle

-Fabric scraps

-hot glue gun

-permanent marker

1. Cut out a trapezoid type shape from the plastic bottle to use as the shade.

2. Print off a picture to trace onto your shade. I chose a non-threatening, non-creepy, very innocent-looking skull and crossbones.

3. Using some spray adhesive, take your shade outside and spray the front and let set for one minute. Then, place your fabric onto the shade.

4. I also used some strips of fabric to twist and hot glue around the edges to give the shade a more finished look.

4. I cut out a little connector piece to hook onto the actual light and glued it to the shade.

Like this...

then I connected it to a little one dollar nightlight with a removable face.

There ya have it!

Thanks Vanessa and Nicholette for sharing this fantastic idea with my readers!!!

MemoryMixer Giveaway-Winner

Okay can I hear a round of applause for MemoryMixer? Aren't they just awesome for giving a 15% discount to all of us. You can still use the code to get this discount on anything in their online store. It expires August 4th at midnight, so hurry!
Use Coupon Code VgnmFx.

So I am so excited for the winner to start using their software.

And that winner is...







Congratulations Heather! You are going to have
a whole new world of digital cuteness opened to you.

Heather please email me at bayberrycreek@gmail.com with your address so I can send of your software

If you didn't win this one make sure to stay tuned we have 2 other Giveaways to announce winners for. So check back to see if that is you.

There is still time to enter in one of the other giveaways...
Oh My Crafts(today is the last day to enter)

~Rachel~