Baby, It's Cold Outside

Yes, baby, it is cold outside, but it's a bit warmer with the fabulous gift our fabulous friend Martha knit you!

Violet wore her ice cream sweater for the first time today and boy, is it awesome.

I don't know if there is too much more to say. I think this picture speaks for itself.

Oh, a big thank you to Martha for knitting it for Violet and to Gail Pfiefle of Roo Designs for the gorgeous pattern and her generosity of sharing it on Knitty.

Instructables Homemade Magic Shell

Marsha recently sent over a recipe from Instuctables on how to make a homemade "Magic Shell" for ice cream by scoochmaroo (who also has some more pretty cool Instructables, so check them out!) Since I am a huge fan of Dairy Queen's cherry dip cone, I am going to have to figure out how to make this in cherry! For now though, I'll settle for the chocolate!

As a bonus, today only, Deals.Woot has a Cuisinart soft serve machine on sale for $39.99 + $5.00 shipping. (Thanks to Marsha yet again for this tip!). If you miss the deal no worries, you can get the soft serve machine here. With the machine, a box of wafer cones, and the Instructable, you can have a Dairy Queen chocolate dip right in your kitchen!

Ooooh, this might also be an interesting variation instead if the whipped cream frosting on yesterday's cake!

[Scoopalicious is celebrating National Ice Cream month with a Post-A-Day throughout the month of July!]