More lovely lace headwraps shipping off today!! ♡ Classic Cecily in Ivory, Autumn leaves, and Vanilla cream. :)
A few pretty packages…
A few pretty packages ready to ship! :) Friday afternoon postoffice run. ♡
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.”
Proverbs 9:10
if God so clothe the grass of the field…
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Matthew 6:30
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Shipping day!
It’s a shipping day at Garlands of Grace. ♡ Exquisite vintage lace, rosy pink stretch, and rich green! Order yours here: Cecily’s Trellis Rose & Katherine’s Tea Lace
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.-John 8:36
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Mochachino Cupcakes!
How about another recipe? I made this recipe up in honor of National Dessert day because you really can’t miss that day! ;) Chocolatey cupcake topped with a spicy latte frosting(Okay, I used eggnog in the icing but milk will work wonderfully too). Add an espresso bean on top for a perky presentation! Enjoy. :)
Yields 18-20 cupcakes
cupcake
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons instant coffee granules dissolved in 1/4 cup hot water
- 1/2 cup milk(I used eggnog!)
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Icing
- 1/2 cup butter (softened)
- 6 oz cream cheese (softened)
- 1/3 cup milk(Okay, I used eggnog! It was simply delicious!!)
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 2 tsp instant coffee
- 4 cups powder sugar
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line muffin tins with muffin liners. Mix together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the dissolved coffee and buttermilk. Pour batter into prepared muffin cups.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 12-15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean. Let cool completely!
- While cooling prepare the icing!
- Dissolve instant coffee in milk, Beat together butter, cream cheese, vanilla and milk until smooth. slowly incorporate powder sugar until frosting reaches desired stiffness.
- Pipe onto cooled cupcakes.
- ENJOY!
“O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. ”
Psalms 34:8
And they’re off!
Our Mocha Trimmed headwrap in lovely spiced rose, caramel, and spruce are shipping today!
“Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.”
2 Samuel 7:22
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Pretty Vintage Dot Twists Shipping :)
Our vintage polka dot headwraps are finished and ready for their shipment today! ♡
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end”
Jeremiah 29:11
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Pumpkin Dinner Rolls
Tonight I made my first batch of Pumpkin Rolls this season. :) Couldn’t help but share the recipe with you all!
Yields 24 rolls!
Ingredients
- 2 TBS active dry yeast
- 1/2 tsp white sugar
- 1 cup warm water
- 6 TBS butter (melted)
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 TBS salt
- 4 eggs
- 1 15 oz can pumpkin
- 5 or more cups flour (I did a 50/50 wheat to white ratio)
Directions
- Activate yeast in warm water with 1/2 tsp white sugar. Once activated add butter, honey, salt, eggs, and pumpkin. Mix well! Slowly begin incorporating flour until dough is slightly sticky but workable.
- Place dough on a well-floured surface and knead for 6 minutes, adding flour when necessary. Place in lightly oiled bowl and allow to rise until double(about 1 hour.)
- Punch down, divide dough into 24 pieces, and form into round balls. Place dough in buttered 9×13 Pyrex and allow to rise until double again(30 or so minutes!) Preheat oven to 375°(f).
- Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown!
- Enjoy!!
“And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.”
John 6:35
Thankful for YOU!
The amount of excitement I feel when parcels are ready to ship is beyond describing! So thankful for all those who bless us with their orders. It is our hope and prayer the items you order from Garlands of Grace are a blessing to receive and wear! ♡
“I thank my God upon every remembrance of you”
Phil 1:3
Pretty Polka Dots! :)
Shaping up to ship off. Polka dots are quite popular this week! :) PUMPKIN & MOCHA DOTS shipping today. ♡→ Cecily’s Fall Tour
“O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.”
Psalms 118:1
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FALL || WINTER Collection…
View our new designs here!
“For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.”
Is 55:12
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12 hour countdown!!
Our Fall || Winter collection will launch in just 12 short hours, October 1st, 2014 at 11am(cst)! Many hours spent modeling/photographing new designs, late nights editing, and coffee have filled the last few weeks and we are beyond excited to share the new collection with you all!
“Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.”
Psalms 150:1
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October 1st….
Beyond excited to announce our Garlands of Grace Fall & Winter collection will be debuting October 1st!! Breathtakingly beautiful designs combined with timeless elegance.
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven-Ecclesiastes 3:1
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Pumpkin Spice Latte Cookies with Caramel Cream Cheese Icing!
Y’all! Fall is almost officially here(1 day away :)!! Sharing a new recipe just in time for fall with you all today. These are too good not to give a try! Pumpkin Spice Latte Cookies with Caramel Cream Cheese Icing! I added instant coffee to a festively spicy pumpkin cookie not too sure how they would taste. The end result? An extra-ordinarily moist pumpkin cookies with a hint of espresso topped off with a irresistibly rich espressonated caramel cream cheese icing! :D They were a hit at my house. Super quick recipe and a delightfully delicious fall treat! Happy Fall!
Yields 25-30 small cookies
- 1 cup butter {softened}
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 heaping tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 TBS instant espresso or coffee
- 1 8-ounce can pumpkin
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
Frosting
- 1 stick butter {softened}
- 4 oz cream cheese {softened}
- 1/2 cup caramel
- 2 tsps instant espresso or coffee
- 1 TBS vanilla extract
- 4-5 cups powder sugar
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl beat the 1 cup of butter with an electric mixer on medium speed for 30 seconds. Add granulated sugar, baking powder,baking soda,salt, cinnamon,and the nutmeg. Beat until combined. Beat in the egg, dissolve espresso in 2 teaspoons of vanilla, and add to batter until combined. Beat in pumpkin. Slowly add flour until combined and scrape sides of bowl to incorporate all ingredients!
- Using a small ice cream scoop or cookie scoop, drop dough by heaping teaspoons 2 inches apart on ungreased parchment-lined cookie sheets. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until tops are set. Transfer to wire racks to cool.
- For frosting, dissolve instant coffee in the vanilla. Beat butter and cream cheese until combined. Add Caramel and powder sugar along with instant coffee & vanilla. Whip until fluffy, adding more powder sugar to achieve desired consistency!
- Once cookies are cooled, generously ice and sprinkle with cinnamon.
- Enjoy!!!
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Psalms 119:103
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Off to the post office!
So excited to see these headcovering orders headed to the post office. :)
Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. -Psalms 145:2-3
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