Artistic Tuesday : Duct Tape Laptop Case

Today I made this laptop case for myself with duct tape! The design is an origami horse made of neon colors. I put two horse snaps on the flap to keep it closed. This is the firsts case I have made, but I'm hoping to make more on order. I used foam on the inside to cushion the laptop and the bottom is three layers of duct tape to reinforce it. It took me about a roll of black duct tape and 4 hours to finish this case. 

Snow!

Iowa weather update! It snowed Monday. :( It is finally melting!!! It's still freezing cold though, and I just hope it doesn't snow again anytime soon. I'm not ready for winter.

Artistic Tuesday : Bunny Collage

I have two pets bunnies at our farm. Their names are Caramel and Polka-Dot. As you might guess from their names Caramel is caramel colored and Polka-Dot is polka-dotted. We have some very creative names! Our bunnies are sisters mixed between a mini Rex rabbit named Alice and a spotted meat rabbit named Roger. They are big, fluffy, and fat. We've had them for almost two years. They were born on Easter so they are our Easter bunnies! Anyway I was drawing bunnies and I made this collage of different breeds of bunnies. It's pretty cute!

Home Ec: Banana Bread

Today in homeschool home economics class I am baking my amazing chocolate chip banana bread. The recipe I use is from an old 4-H cookbook titled Fayette County 4-H Club Cookbook. I thought since it is so good I would share the recipe with you. Here it is!

 Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Makes 1 large loaf

8 ounce package of cream cheese

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup margarine

2 eggs

1 cup of mashed banana or about 2 bananas

2 1/4 cups flour

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 cup chocolate chips (you could also use nuts)

1. Combine softened cream cheese, sugar, and margarine, mixing until well-blended.
2. Blend in banana and eggs. 
3. Combine flour, baking powder and baking soda together. (Don't mix up the amount of baking soda and baking powder. You're bread will not turn out well. I speak from experience.)
4. Add dry ingredient combination to the banana blend, mixing just until moistened.
5. Fold in chocolate chips (or nuts).
6. Pour into greased bread pan.
7. Bake at 350 degrees for about 1 hour and 10 minutes. Check to make sure it's done on the inside.
8. Cool 10 minutes then remove from pan.
9. Enjoy your delicious banana bread!
   
   Here's a picture of my bread!