Monkey Bread

Serves 10 to 12

• 4 (7.5-oz.) cans refrigerated biscuits
• 2 cups sugar, divided
• 3 Tbsp. cinnamon, divided
• 1 1/2 sticks butter or margarine

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Combine 1 cup sugar and 2 Tbsp. cinnamon in a zip-top bag.
3. Cut biscuits into quarters, add to bag and shake until coated.
4. Transfer biscuits to a greased 12-in. tube pan.
5. Melt remaining butter, add remaining sugar and cinnamon, and bring to a boil. Pour over biscuits and bake until biscuits are puffed and liquid is caramelized, 35 to 40 minutes.
6. Remove from oven and cool completely.
7. Invert onto a plate and serve whole, allowing people to pull apart.

Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott’s Monkey Bread, People Magazine, February 6, 2012

Knit Blue Bird from Lion Brand

In Lion Brand’s email yesterday, they sent this super cute blue bird pattern. For anyone who loves birds, they will adore this. I couldn’t resist sharing it for anyone who may have missed it.

Lola

This one is really cute:

Hair Freebies

• Free Redken Clean Spice Shampoo for Men
• Dove Hair Conditioner
• Herbal Essences Shampoo

Enjoy the samples!

Knitting & Football Season

Due to my busy work schedule and wedding planning, It’s been way too long and I am ready to start knitting again!!!

Friends Don’t Chain Friends…

Lola’s 4th of July…

Lola at the Formal Dance

Knit Graffiti

As I was browsing the Lion Brand’s website, I ran across a comic called, “Tag, You’re Knit”. Even if you aren’t a comic lover, but love to knit, you will like this. The comic is based on knitted graffiti. Check out the comic:

http://cache.lionbrand.com/comic_pages.html

If you are not familiar with what knit graffiti is, check out the following link which includes some pictures:

http://deputy-dog.com/2008/11/urban-knitting-worlds-most-inoffensive.html

The video below is about a crew, by the name of knitta please, who enjoy the process of knitted graffiti. There is a huge amount of work that goes into something like this.

Knitting Mobile

This was in my TKGA newsletter in November 2009. A yarn shop has this “yarn bus” that picks up people in Manhattan and takes them to yarn shops. How cool is this…

Lola is Thankful…

Lola and her Yarn Stash

Knitmap

I came across Knitmap today which shows all the yarn stores around the world. Some of the features include being able to follow them on Twitter, rate and review the yarn stores, as well as see the stores that are offering classes. Seems pretty good; check it out.

Upromise Guest Shopping for Melissa

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For the love of animals…

I enjoyed watching this video and how the animals reacted around this guy, a animal behaviorist. The kind of talent and ability with this type of wildlife is truly amazing! YouTube has many more videos of his interactions with the lions and I hope you’ll take the time to check them out.

All kinds of freebies…cat food, hair care, and more

• Free Pull-ups
• 2 Nexcare Bandages
• Hawaiian Tropic
• Fancy Feast cat food (This is from Sam’s and you do not have to be a member.)
• Bag of Popcorn from Yahoo.
• Free Samples featured at Wal-Mart
• Prilosec OTC
• John Frieda Root Awakening

Happy Mother’s Day from Lola…

Animals are Truly Amazing

After I watched this video, I was amazed!

Lola-Knit Flowers

Knitting is Good For Your Health

It is proven that knitting and crocheting is good for your health. I found an interesting video from CBS discussing the topic. Maybe this is why I got sick this month, because I haven’t knit in a good month because I have been preoccupied reading the Twilight Saga. I’ll save that for another post. Well, I am going to continue to knit on for my health and because I love it!

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