Chocolate Heaven.

My friend Jess made this amazing dessert for one of her parties and then I begged for the recipe. My parents are having people over for dinner tonight and my mom wanted to make the chocolate trifle for dessert. Since she already had me make the brownies I wanted to do the rest just so I could say I made it.
Here is what you need:
1 Package of brownie mix
1 Package instant chocolate pudding mix
1/2 Cup of water
1 can of sweetened condensed milk
1 Eight ounce container of whipped topping
1 Twelve once container of whipped topping
    (both the frozen package, but thaw first)
Chocolate bar

So yesterday I made the brownies by following the boxes instructions, then I cut them into little 1 inch squares. In a mixing bowl combine pudding mix, water, and sweetened condensed milk, mix until smooth. Next fold in your eight ounces of whipped topping. Then I let that set in the refrigerator over night and finished this morning. I used a trifle bowl and placed half the brownies, half the pudding mixture, and half of the 12 ounce whipped cream. Repeat layers. Then I shaved a chocolate bar over the top layer for garnish. Refrigerate for 8 hours before you serve. Finally, enjoy and try not to eat the whole thing!






                                                                                         -Megs

Calvin & Hobbes.

The top.

I have always been a fan of Calvin & Hobbes my Dad has a bunch of the comics, and when I was little me and my sister used to read them. I still read them, I mean whoever doesn't think Calvin is the funniest kid clearly has no sense of humor. So this project started because I needed a dresser since for some unknown reason I let my dad put mine in the guest room and then was left with six drawers worth of clothes and no place to put them. I found a dresser I wanted at Good Will but my mom said it wasn't worth it. Fortunately for me my parents found a dresser on the side of the road. Just another way that shows God cares about the little things you want too. I got right to work and sanded it down. My original plan was to cover with fabric using modpodge but half way through I decided I really didn't like it. So then my new plan was created I was going to cover it with Calvin & Hobbes comics.

The side.

The Front.

First I stripped off the fabric which was not easy... Then I spray painted the whole thing black and got started. I cut out individual comics strips and used paper mod podge to apply  them to the wood. After I got everything the way I wanted it, my dad put a varnish over the whole thing to give it an even finish. Cutting out all the comics was pretty time consuming but totally worth it. Especially the top which I used B&W comics for the back ground and then pieced colored comics over top.