PERSONALIZED PAPER DOLL MAGNETS (with dry-erase speech bubbles!)

I made a set of paper dolls for my little sisters for Christmas...each doll representing a member of the family: Dad, my step mom, the twinners, Andrew and me, Becksterooni, and Miss Aurora. 

They were drawn on heavy duty water color paper, colored in with Prismacolors, and outlined with a thin black permanent marker. In hindsight, I would have used some nice Chartpak markers for the color instead, to avoid so much texture. I was out of town at the time that I drew these, and only had the colored pencils with me. 

Then I drew speech and thought bubbles to go with each doll, laminated everything for durability, and super glued magnets to the backs. Now they can hang on the fridge or a white board.

The speech bubbles are my favorite part. They add an extra interactive element that I think the entire family can enjoy. What's great about them, is that the laminating makes it easy to change what the dolls are saying and thinking with a dry erase marker. 

 Just think of all the possibilities! So many fun ways to apply it. The Mom doll can be telling the children about their chores for the day. Andrew can whisper sweet nothings in my ear. And I can tease my dad about his fashion choices over and over again. 

CINNAMON CRUMBLE MUFFINS (sugar, gluten, dairy free!)

I have been experimenting with this recipe for over a year. Each time got better than before, but it wasn't until this weekend, that along with a few minor changes, I got the idea to add a crumble topping. That made all the difference. What a happy general conference breakfast it made!

I would recommend doubling this recipe. Otherwise, it will only make about a half dozen muffins and believe me...you're going to want to want more than that. 

MUFFIN

2/3 C almond flour

2/3 C gluten free brown rice flour (minus 2-3 Tablespoons)

1/3 C gluten free oats

3 T coconut flour

3 eggs at room temperature

1/4 C almond milk (unsweetened)

1/4 C olive oil

1/4 C coconut glycerin or yacon syrup or honey

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp sea salt

1 packet of stevia

1 tsp vanilla

1/8 tsp ginger

1/8 tsp netmeg

1 tsp vanilla

CRUMBLE TOPPING

I just eyeballed everything, so these measurements are estimates! 

1/8 C gluten free oats

1/8 C unsweetened coconut

1/8 C coconut sugar

1/8 C cold coconut oil

1 T coconut flour

1 T cinnamon 

pinch of stevia

pinch of sea salt

Add cupcakes liners to muffin pan. Fill each liner 3/4 with batter. Cover each muffin with desired amount of crumble topping. Bake in preheated oven of 350 degrees F for 20 minutes. 

I like to cut it in half warm and smother both pieces with ghee.