Baby Shower Candy Guessing Game!

I've thrown several baby showers, and at each one I've hosted I absolutely LOVE this game. Why is this game so awesome you ask? Well for starters, everyone gets to earn candy bars from it! Plus, it's pretty funny figuring out which candy bar goes with which phrase! I had a gal ask for a copy of it recently, so I figured I'd go ahead and post it here in case anyone else would love to have fun with it in the future. 

Just right click on the image and save to your computer, then you can print as many as you want.  It's great too because it prints 4 to a page so it shouldn't use up that much ink! I found all of these candy bars except the zero bar at Walgreens. I found the zero bar at Quik Mart! That's right, you have to buy all of these candies to hand out as prizes for the game.

I normally hand one out to everyone and give them 5-10 minutes to fill it out (up to 10 since it's a baby shower and we all love chatting and catching up with each other even while filling out a game). Then you can go around and have each person answer one, or you could just have people call out answers. Since there are so many, everyone is normally pretty nice about making sure everyone wins a candy! Once someone calls out the answer, they get the candy they just answered. So if the word was 'twins' and someone calls out 'mike and ikes' then they get the 'mike and ikes'. Get it? Hope so! The answers are listed below in case your not sure about some of them :)

Twins - s - mike & Ike
Triplets - o - 3 musketeer
Conception - p - skor
Breastfeeding - e - Milky Way
Picking a name - g - watchamacallit
Boy - f - almond joy (boys have nuts, this normally causes some giggles)
Girl - i - mounds (same candy as almond joy, just without the nuts, yes, everyone normally laughs at this one)
Epidural - d - lifesavers
Hospital bill - c - 100 grand
Contractions - n - whoppers
Baby poop - j - rolos
Baby giggles - u - snickers
Umbilical cord - a - twizzlers
Pregnant belly - h - chunky bar
Parents - k - nerds
Preemies - b - runts
Delivery doctor - t - butterfingers
Nurses - r - sweetarts
Grandparents - l - smarties
Sleep - q - zero
Nap time - m - take 5

Let me know if you have any questions! Enjoy! -Cassie

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Double Chocolate Banana Zucchini Muffins!

Last week I was looking for a tasty chocolate muffin recipe similar to the amazing Costco chocolate muffins! Only to realize that all the "copycat" recipes require a cake mix, I'm not exactly a cake mix person. Growing up my mom always made delicious baked goods from scratch, so I blame it on my childhood. So grateful she shared her love of baking with me!

Okay, so back to searching for a delicious muffin recipe that didn't include a cake mix. I found this yummy Double Chocolate Banana Muffins recipe, BUT I didn't have enough bananas, I did have frozen shredded zucchini! So I did part banana, part zucchini, it turned out amazing! But they were a little denser than I wanted, and I wanted to add more zucchini, so I tried it again and changed it up some. I've already made it with the changes a few times, woohoo for a good freezer recipe! Love making baked goods, especially breakfast foods that I can easily pop in the freezer easily. I am SO not a morning person, so these are perfect to pull out of the freezer the night before! Fed happy kids makes for a happy mom in the morning!

Double Chocolate Banana Zucchini Muffins: 

3/4 c. Melted Butter (1.5 sticks)

2 eggs

1 c. packed brown sugar

1/2 c. sugar

1 1/2 c. Mashed bananas

1 1/2 c. Shredded zucchini (i used shredded zucchini that i had frozen, I pulled it out of the freezer and let it thaw a little, but not completely, so it was still a little icy when i threw it in)

1/4 c. Buttermilk 

1/2 c. Cocoa

2 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. baking powder

3 tsp. cinnamon

3 c. flour

1 1/2 c. Mini Chocolate Chips

1/2 c. Mini chocolate chips to top the muffins

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. I melted the butter in the microwave for 90 seconds, stopping every 20-30 seconds to stir, so it doesn't bubble over. Mix together butter, eggs, sugars, banana, milk and zucchini until well blended. Add in cinnamon, soda, powder, cocoa, flour and 1 1/2 cups mini chips. Make sure it's blended well. Drop into muffin pans, I use the large pampered chef scoop - LOVE it - it's the perfect size for muffins and cupcakes! Oh and once you drop it in the muffins pan or cupcake liners top the muffins with mini chips before popping in the oven. It makes them even yummier! Bake for 18 mins, makes about 40 muffins (so then you can share them with a friend or freeze them for future mornings.

You just top a few chips on top of each one before baking like so!

See how much yummier they look with chips on top!

Chocolate muffin perfection! PLUS, they're totally healthy right (wink wink)! Being packed with fruit and veggie, impossible to resist!

Hope you enjoy them as much as we do!

~Cassie 

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Necklace Giveaway!

CONGRATS BRITTANY FREEBAIRN! YOU"RE THE WINNER!
I have an AWESOME Giveaway for you guys today!

My Charming Treasures has offered to Giveaway one of her Personalized Charm Necklaces with up to 3 charms (a 58$ Value)! The charms are sterling silver and come on an 18 inch sterling chain.

 How cute are these! This would make such a fun gift for yourself or a friend, and right around Valentines Day! Be sure to check out her etsy shop and facebook page to see the other cute stuff she has to offer!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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500 Facebook followers Giveaway!!!

WINNER IS STACY WINSTRYG! CONGRATS!!!

(I tallied the votes on here and on facebook since a few people had issues posting on here. Thanks to everyone who entered! Look for more giveaways in the near future!)

Just wanted to say THANK YOU to all of you wonderful people that have liked my facebook page and allowed me the privilege of creating for you! I absolutely love being able to do something I love while still being home with my cute (mischievous) kiddos! I thought I"d do the giveaway a little different this time, I thought I'd giveaway some of my favorite crafting goodies!!! Things that make up my craft room! So hopefully you'll enjoy this giveaway!

-Giveaway ENDS Saturday November 8th at midnight.-

4 ways to enter:

1. Like my facebook page Bedtime Crafts! (comment below when done)

2. Share the link for the giveaway on facebook! comment when done)
3. Pin the Goodie basket image on pinterest! (comment with the link)

4. Leave a comment with your must have crafting goodie!

(leave a separate comment for each of the 3 ways to enter)

Here's a pic of the goodies together! 

(Basket not included, just everything inside it)

 Small Hanging chalkboard sign, little green notebook, black hook (I use chalk on mine), feather earrings, tile necklace supplies.

 Ice cream cups, roll of red bakers twine, package of cute polka dot popcorn containers, chalkboard labeled mason jar, cupcake wrappers.

 water bottle, elmers glue (i have a dozen of these in my craft room for kids activities, love it), black thread, sticky notes, fabric tape, a brand new pair of scissors (I have 10 pairs of scissors in my craft room, use them for everything!).

 Huge roll of polka dot ribbon (love!), Goo gone (a must!), lace footies (these are just so fun!), flowers.

 Gold ruffle ribbon, 4 washi tape (i have so many of these, they're just so cute to collect and use).

Okay, hopefully you all enjoy this giveaway as much as I do!

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December Kick Off - Christmas Quilt!

I thought it would be fun to share something "Christmasy", last year I made this fun Christmas Quilt for my son's Preschool teacher, she absolutely LOVED it, which I was so happy about. I'd never made a "real" quilt before and this was a super simple one. I had some fabric story block fabric, so instead of making a fabric book out of the fabric I made the quilt. I thought it was a super fun and cute idea. I even went and picked up some Christmas panel fabric last week at JoAnn's. I was so excited they still had one left since they seem to sell out of the Christmas panels fairly quickly. So hopefully sometime in the next few months I'll get another Christmas Quilt done that I can use next year :) Super excited for this Christmas Season, the month of December just always feels more magical!!! Definitely my favorite holiday!!!

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Recipe Day:Lemonade Layer Cake

Lemonade Layer Cake
Was supposed to post this yesterday but totally spaced, so it's just a recipe day instead of "Recipe Monday"

Lately I've been on this new recipe kick! I'm loving trying out new recipes! Pinterest has such a wide selection of wonderful recipes linked that I just want to try them all! So I'm trying out at least 1 new recipe a week, of course some weeks I try more :)
I pinned this recipe months ago and finally made it, definitely a keeper! We all loved it and it was the first layered cake I made that didn't break...very exciting for me! So if I could do it, so can you :) it's fool proof! Just click on the name of the cake and it will take you to the recipe!

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Hope you see this!!!

I just got a sweet message from a gal about my "Perfect Marriage" Sign and I get messages about it quite frequently, so I thought I would just do a quick post to let anyone that see's this know, the signs are available in my etsy shop HERE. They are 17$ each and are 10x11 inches in size (Shipping is $9). If you don't have an etsy account message me and I'll paypal you an invoice. Thanks!

To the gal that sent me a message this morning - I hope you see this, I was on my phone and my finger slipped and hit the delete button and I have no way to retrieve it. I hope to hear from you again soon!!!

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