0 Delectable Gooey Butter Cookies {Recipe}

Gooey butter cake is a St.louis thing that is now loved across to world but what about gooey butter cookies. I started making these a few years agon and have tried many recipes and variations before finding the "one". I have a half batch plain and a half batch with mini chocolate chips for the kids. I have also made starwberry gooey butter cookies with white chocolate chips that are to die for. Yum so good.

What you need:

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese

1/2 cup butter, softened (I use stick butter)

1  medium-large egg

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 package yellow butter cake mix

1/4 cup confectioners' sugar

1.Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.

2.In a medium bowl, cream together the cream cheese and butter. Add in egg and vanilla. Add cake mix, and stir until well blended. (add in your extra goodies here is you have any such as chocolate chips, fruit, nuts, ect)

3.Roll into 1inch balls and roll the balls in the confectioners' sugar. Place 1 inch apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet.

4.Bake for 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove from baking sheets to cool on wire racks.

It is important not to over cook the cookies. They are a soft dough but they are suppose to be.

I hope you enjoy these and remeber your not limited to just plain gooey butter you can use any mix-ins or cake flavors to switch it up. Germany chocolate is heavnly.

0 Are you on the Hot List {Giveaway}

Hot List parties have always been know to feature the best of the best. From businesses to socialites they are all here and now is your chance to be to. Alive magazine is hosting this years Hot List party poolside at the Chase Park Plaza May 31st. If you are in St.louis Missouri and would like to attend the party of the year leave a comment on this post for your chance to win 2 tickets.



ALIVE Hot List Party


Event DetailsJoin ALIVE Magazine and The Chase Park Plaza for a grand evening to kick off the summer season and to celebrate St. Louis’ best restaurants, boutiques, hotspots, cultural institutions and more! Sip, sample and see the very best St. Louis has to offer poolside at The Chase Park Plaza. Enjoy a fashion show by Fun in the Sun Sports & Leisure and some of St. Louis’ hottest entertainment.

Tickets on sale now!

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General Admission Ticket: $15 online presale, $20 at the door (if available)
Limited tickets available–this event will sell out.

0 Street Art with Sally Hansen

As part of a sponsored post for Collective Bias®  I created graffiti and pop culture nail art inspired by the St.Louis, Missouri Flood Wall.

Every year since 1997 over 200 street artist from across the country come to repaint the flood wall here in st.louis. It is a massive project and a ton of fun to witness. It is so inspiring to see each artist vision come together and even though every artist has their own piece of wall and none of the art is the same it flows together and is just beautiful.

I decided to create some street art of my own inspired by the multitude of talent I witness each year but on a much smaller scale. Nail art to be exact. Some of my favorite pieces this year are this panda piece:

And the eyes that are found in various pieces:

Aside from these I also wanted to include some pop culture and messy, tagged over many times graffiti.

To get these looks I used the following items:

I also used a dotting tool and some brushes which are not shown.

Using these items I achieved the following looks.

I love the way they came out. They remind me a lot of the flood wall in the way that none of them are the same but they have characteristics that make them similar and compliment each other.

If I had to pick just one I would say the little panda is my all time favorite but the eye is pretty rockin to. Why not pick up some Sally Hansen products to create your own nail art and while your at it follow them on twitter. Wanna see what shenanigans I was up to on my shopping trip? Check it out here.

By the way Sallys has some amazing sales going on right now at Walgreens such as:

$1off Sally Hansen Tools thru 5/25

$1off Sally Hansen Extreme, Salon Effects, Diamond & Insta Dri polishes thru 5/25