I’ve been so busy scrap-booking lately, that my cooking seems to have taken, um, the *back burner* Pun intended!

Anyhow, another recipe that I have altered slightly to make my own! They are the best and easiest cookies ever! Very moist, not crunchy at all…my children LOVE them, and ask to make them with me daily it seems!

I like to use silicone baking sheets for my cookies. As with all cookies, be careful not to over-bake! When you take them out of the oven, they should look almost a little raw in the centre, but golden around the edges…

Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

3/4 Cup White Sugar

3/4 Cup Brown Sugar

1 Cup Margarine

1 tsp. Vanilla Extract

1 Large Egg

2 1/3 Cups White Flour

1 tsp. Baking Soda

1/2 tsp. Salt

1 pkg. Chocolate Chip (I like the PC Decadent Brand)

Heat oven to 375. Mix the 2 types of sugar, margarine, vanilla and egg well. Stir in flour, soda, salt, and chocolate chips. Dough should be firm.  If it isn’t, add in a touch more flour and mix thoroughly until it is firmer.

Drop the dough by rounded TBSP. about 2 inches apart onto silicone (or greased regular) baking sheets. Bake about 8 minutes until edges are lightly browned.

Grab a coffee, or a milk, and enjoy!

Creative Memories enthusiasts, scrap-bookers and photographers alike, please join this brand new Facebook Group:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=43945465328

http://guelphswapshop.com

This is my good friend Amanda Scott’s business : http://www.amandaleescott.com

Isn’t she talented?!? What a diverse portfolio, and a broad range of skills.  Her complany may just be the answer to your next design dilemma!

In addition to being a great friend, she’s also a very talented artist! If you need help with graphic design and web design work, or even photography, Amandaleescott.com is your source! Check her out!

I wanted to compile a list of must-haves for scrap-bookers! These are all things every scrapper NEEDS and LOVES! All of these items are a definite must for creating professional, stylish and beautiful pages!

10. Straight Trimmer - Trim your photos and papers with ease, with this quick and easy trimmer. Skip the scissors and do it right!

9. Shape Makers - Cut shapes from hearts, to circles, to stars with these fun shape makers. Use for scrap-booking or card making, or kids’ craft projects!

8. Picfolio Albums - Albums so quick and easy to make…some in as little as *minutes*

7. Power Sort Box - Stores as many as 2400 photos all in one box. Forget the shoe-box routine, and store your precious pictures safely.

6. Tape Runner - Precise photo and paper mounting in a fraction of the time of glues and tapes.

5. Stickers, Stickers, Stickers! - What girl doesn’t want stickers?

4. Cutting Mat and Blades - This was one of the first CM products I ever bought, and I LOVE it! You can cut so many sizes and shapes with this system, to make your albums decorative and unique.

3. Personal Trimmer - A great little cropping tool.

2. Beautiful Papers - Just like stickers, gorgeous colourful papers are so important to making your albums into personal works of art.

1. Corner Rounder - Turns ordinary pictures into neatly cropped ones in a wink!

Can you tell yet that I am excited about my new business? I am *so* excited about it, that I have begun a new Facebook Group in Guelph for Scrap-booking! It is an open group, and we’d love to have more members, so feel free to join!

I’ve also added a page at CatCanCook about being a Creative Memories Consultant in Guelph.

I hope you’ll stop by the sites and get involved with this fun scrap-booking community!