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Friday, August 15, 2014

Use Your Words- August 2014: Short and SWEET!

Hello, friends!
Today’s post is a writing challenge created by Karen @ Baking in A Tornado. This is how it works: 11 participating bloggers picked 4 – 6 words or short phrases for someone else to craft into a post. All words must be used at least once and all the posts will be unique as each writer has received their own set of words. That’s the challenge, but there's a fun twist; no one who’s participating knows who received their words or in what direction the writer will take them. Until now.

 At the end of this post you’ll find links to the other blogs featured in this challenge. Check them all out, see what words they were given and how they used them. 

 My words are: 
Potatoes ~ hippopotamus ~ cannon ~ bug spray ~ orange submarine

They were submitted by: Sarah@ http://themomisodes.com   

A picture is worth a thousand words, right? 

Well, for this challenge, I decided to use all of my words in photos.  I was able to "USE" the words and "EAT" them :)

So, thank you, Sarah. Not only for the awesome words, but for giving me an excellent excuse to bake the day away with my boys.
            
I didn't have cookie-cutters for many of the words, so C. cut them by hand for me.

J. loves to ice the cookies. Lila loves to watch.

Without further ado, here are my "words".


Potatoes

Hippopotamus

Cannon

Bug Spray

Orange Submarine

Thanks again for the words, Sarah!

Have a sweet day, my friends :)


Check out the other participants in today's Use Your Words Challenge!
Baking in a Tornado                                       
Spatulas on Parade                          
The Momisodes                                      
Confessions of a part-time working mom               
Juicebox Confession                             
Evil Joy Speaks                 
Follow me home                   
Someone Else's Genius                       
Crumpets and Bollocks                       
The Bergham's Life Chronicles              
The Sadder but Wiser Girl                       

* sending love to Stacy @Stacy Sews and Schools, a regular contributor to these challenges. She's unable to participate this week for personal reasons. Keep her in your thoughts. We miss you, girl.


-Michele
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27 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 15, 2014 at 8:07 AM

    Always so crafty with your words. My personal favorite is the baked potato... I mean, look at that butter! You could've fooled me. Thanks for sharing your creativity with us. You rock!

    -A

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    1. Michele MarriottAugust 15, 2014 at 9:38 AM

      Haha, Alex. You are too funny. Thanks for coming over and helping ice the "Henry" cookie. Baking isn't the same without you :(

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  2. TamaraAugust 15, 2014 at 8:10 AM

    Awesome idea!
    Love, love, love how you used your words :-)
    Sweet, Michèle!
    And your boys did a wonderful job, way to go!

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    1. Michele MarriottAugust 15, 2014 at 9:40 AM

      Thanks, Tamara. The boys are growing too fast; I don't know how much longer I'll have with them wanting to hang out with their mom...I guess as long as there are free sweets, they'll stick around :)

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  3. Karen @ BakingInATornadoAugust 15, 2014 at 9:29 AM

    Your creativity never ceases to amaze me. And how lucky you are that your boys help you bake.What a delicious way to use your words!

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    1. Michele MarriottAugust 15, 2014 at 9:41 AM

      Thanks, Karen. It took me a lot longer to bake than to blog, but I enjoyed it. I had to plan a whole day earlier instead of procrastinating! Haha. <3

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  4. DawnAugust 15, 2014 at 9:41 AM

    I LOVE that you made cookies with your words, very creative and cute.

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    1. Michele MarriottAugust 15, 2014 at 2:17 PM

      Thank you, Dawn. I'd like to say it was the most caloric thing I've done this week, but... :)

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  5. menopausal mamaAugust 15, 2014 at 10:35 AM

    OMG I'm so hungry for these cookies! Can you mail them to me, PLEASE????? Hey Michele---off topic here, but I put up a serious post today--I think this is one you will like--as per MANY of our conversations in the past. <3

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    1. Michele MarriottAugust 15, 2014 at 2:19 PM

      I'd send you anything, Marcia!
      I took my time getting over there because I knew how raw it would be. Just got back from reading it. Thank you for writing about something so painfully close to my heart. It's amazing and sad to know I'm not alone. <3

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  6. Michelle GreweAugust 15, 2014 at 12:20 PM

    You just totally made the sub look tastier than fast food, even though they'd taste the same, but the orange on the submarine looked so appealing to my mouth.

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    1. Michele MarriottAugust 15, 2014 at 2:20 PM

      You know what? That icing was orange flavored; I can guarantee you it was wonderful to eat :) The Spree port holes didn't hurt!

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  7. UnknownAugust 15, 2014 at 1:58 PM

    They are all so adorable! And having to cut them out by hand? You are braver than I am. The bugs and bug spray are my favorites. :)

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    1. Michele MarriottAugust 15, 2014 at 2:22 PM

      My middle child had to help me with the shapes (especially the hippo). I'm glad you like them :)

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  8. Battered HopeAugust 15, 2014 at 5:32 PM

    Were you born this talented? Unreal. You should see my cookies :(

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    1. Michele MarriottAugust 15, 2014 at 10:40 PM

      Thanks, Carol. Now, I need to see those cookies :)

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  9. MrsWixAugust 15, 2014 at 8:01 PM

    Awesome! Your talent never fails to amaze me. And C did an amazing job helping out.

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    1. Michele MarriottAugust 15, 2014 at 10:41 PM

      You're sweet, Ann. We had a lot of fun. Of course, if it were girl scout cookie season, I wouldn't need to be baking at all! :)

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  10. MarkAugust 15, 2014 at 8:13 PM

    I'm so hungry now after reading this post. This is one time I won't mind eating "words". So what time do we eat? All three of our children will be master bakers due to their time spent learning from you. The only thing they will learn from me when it comes to food is to be master eaters. Hey, I guess I did help clean up some of the baking supplies so that entitles me to a bite of submarine and maybe a little hippo too, right? Thanks for the fun post and look forward to the next one (and hopefully more cookies)!

    Love,
    M

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    1. Michele MarriottAugust 15, 2014 at 10:42 PM

      I don't think there are many cookies left! Thanks for the clean-up help. That is always my least favorite part. I'm teaching the kids these skills so they can bake for us when we're too old to move. One step ahead, man. <3

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  11. Sarah NolanAugust 16, 2014 at 7:40 AM

    What a sweet and creative way to use your words! Love it, Twinnie!

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    1. Michele MarriottAugust 16, 2014 at 9:14 AM

      Thanks, Sarah. I'm glad you liked it :) It was a fun challenge to do <3

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  12. Jules BAugust 18, 2014 at 1:18 AM

    Holy sweet mother of creativity!!!!
    Absolutely amazing!!!!
    You aced this challenge!!!!

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    1. Michele MarriottAugust 18, 2014 at 8:45 PM

      Holy Hannah! Thank you, Jules! The cookies are finally gone :)

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  13. AnonymousAugust 18, 2014 at 5:35 PM

    I love it!
    And how far you've come from the days of us making No Bake Cookies only to eat the gooey chocolate goodness straight from the pan.
    Yep, you've come a long way baby...er, FF. ��

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    1. Michele MarriottAugust 18, 2014 at 8:47 PM

      How about making suckers in the snow? Asking Mrs. Brown for sugar? We were destined for take-out :) I love when you visit the blog, Nick Nack. Thanks for being my amazing friend <3

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    2. AnonymousAugust 22, 2014 at 7:15 AM

      Awe Mrs.Brown! I bet she had a stash just in case we stopped over to borrow something. Bless her heart!
      I loved visiting! Wishing it were in person. 😉

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