Encouragement!, Candy Corn Cupcakes and Fall Wreath Idea!

Do you ever just feel like you are in a slump? or you let something wear on you?? I know i do! We know to put our faith in God but when it comes down to it do we??? It's alot easier said than done, but when you have a relationship with God you really have no other choice than to just trust him.  When we don't trust that he will bring us through, or provide or whatever it might be that shows disobedience to him....it's a sin. WOW that's a hard pill to swallow.  We have to come to the realization that we can't fix our problems on our own, we have to put it in Gods hand and TRUST he will bring us through.  We can't look to our money, relationships, or "status" to draw our strength.....our strength should come from him only.  I wonder if this makes sense.  It's just what has been laid on my heart.  Here is a good verse from Psalms 121:1-8

1 I lift up my eyes to the hills where does my help come from?

2 My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
3 He will not let your foot slip—
he who watches over you will not slumber;
4 indeed, he who watches over Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The LORD watches over you—
the LORD is your shade at your right hand;
6 the sun will not harm you by day,
nor the moon by night.
7 The LORD will keep you from all harm—
he will watch over your life;
8 the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forever more

and if you have NEVER heard this Psalm sung by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir youtube it!! it's so awesome!!!!! LOVE IT!!


ok now the Cupcake for today is

CANDY CORN CUPCAKE! this is alot like the rainbow cupcake a few post ago.

1 18.25-oz. white cake mix (I prefer Duncan Hines)


1 c. sour cream (the sour cream makes it great!!) right ashley!!

1/2 c. vegetable oil

3 large eggs

1 tsp. almond extract

Yellow and orange Wilton food gel (about a heaping 1/2 tsp. of each)

For Frosting use any kind of WHITE frosting!!

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 24-cup muffin tins with white paper liners (although you may not make it to 24 cupcakes). Combine all ingredients except for food coloring in a large bowl and beat on low speed for 1 minute. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and then beat on medium for 2 additional minutes.

Divide batter equally into two bowls; you should have about 2 1/4-2 1/2 c. of batter in each bowl.
LIKE THIS:

Mix about 1/2 heaping tsp. of yellow coloring into one bowl of batter and 1/2 heaping tsp. of orange coloring into the other bowl.


Divide the yellow batter evenly among the muffin tins. I used a standard cookie scoop, which measures about 1 Tbsp. I only had enough to make 20 cupcakes with the cups filled about halfway. Holding the edges of each pan firmly, bang the pan a few times on the counter to level out the batter. Repeat the process with the orange batter. Bake for 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean. Remove from oven and allow to cool for about 5 minutes in the pan and then allow to cool completely on a cooling rack.
Frost and when you cut them open they look like this!! This is so easy i promise! and the sour cream makes them so moist!!!

okay now for the FALL DECOR CRAFT IDEA




This picture is not that great, but it's a wreath obviously, and what i did was just bought a wooden wreath at walmart...which was either $2 or $3 , then i bought the fall garland for $5 and the scarecrow came from dollar tree for $1. I wrapped the garland around wreath and sat scarcrow in the middle! easy as that!! and cheap!!!