Spring Holidays Hair Flowers - Now in the Molly Starlite Store!

I'm ready for spring; I don't care that there is still tons of snow on the ground here. Because I am so ready for spring, I have already started uploading my newest products to my Etsy shop: Spring-themed hair accessories! Easter, Mardi Gras, St. Patrick's Day, general spring pastels... over the next day or so I will be adding tons of new stock to my shop, so keep checking back. The first product available are these GORGEOUS hydrangea bunches in pale pastels colors of pink, yellow, and blue. I also made coordinating, detachable nests that clip to the flowers with alligator clips, so these hair flowers are perfect for Easter or any time, just by removing the nests!


I have tons of new products coming in the next day or so, so keep checking back, and I will try to remember to post here as I put them up for sale!

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Episode Seven: Cheesecake Brownies!

Yesterday was, of course, Valentine's Day, and my valentine is a choco-holic! How to satisfy his sweet tooth but still make something unusual? How about Berry Swirl Cheesecake Brownies?! In my latest episode of the Mid-Century Kitchen with Molly Starlite, I show you how to make this dessert that satisfies any chocolate lover but is not too sweet at the same time! The chocolate ends up soft and gooey and the cheesecake is just tart enough from the cream cheese. And, best of all, this dessert goes together quickly - I was done in about 20 minutes and then one hour to bake - which makes it delightful to put in the oven for later while you're getting ready for your Valentine!








Watch me make one here:

Here is the recipe (download a PDF here):
INGREDIENTS
3/4 cup cocoa powder
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
12 tablespoons butter (salted)
1/2 cup flour
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt

For Cheesecake Batter
8 oz (1 box) cream cheese (softened)
1/4 cup sour cream
1 egg
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt.

Berry syrup

DIRECTIONS
Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees. Grease an 8" by 8" square baking dish. Set aside
In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients for brownie batter and mix thoroughly, until all butter pieces are incorporated. Pour into baking dish and spread batter to edges. Set aside.
Rinse out bowl (or get a new one) and combine all ingredients for  cheesecake batter. Beat until all clumps are worked out of the cream cheese. Pour cheesecake batter on top of brownie batter and gently smooth to edges.
Drizzle berry syrup on top of cheesecake and swirl through with toothpick, making sure not to get down into the brownie layer.
Put in oven and bake for 1 hour or until edges of cheesecake layer are a soft, golden brown.
Allow to cool completely before cutting. Makes 9 servings.

Merry Christmas, Pinup Peoples!

Hope all of your holidays were merry and bright and you got everything you wanted!

This Christmas, I got to go to a Christmas party (I rarely get invited to any, being as I am a contractor), so I got to wear my Monica dress, finally. I bought this one from the final sale rack at the Pinup Girl Clothing web site; it was my very first (and still only) Monica. :) I had pincurled my hair, but I had also watched a tutorial online on how to do a 1950s sculpted hair style, and so I was following along, brushing and back-combing... and the curls started to come out. Like I said in another post, my hair is straight and it doesn't want to do anything other than be straight. The only way I can keep a curl is to just gently lift from the roots for volume, finger separate the curls, and then leave it alone. So, I wasn't happy with my hair, but I think it looked okay. Here's a pic:

A photo posted by Molly Starlite (@sixstringlass) on Dec 23, 2015 at 4:45pm PST

The roads were awful from our house to outside Coeur d'Alene where the restaurant was, but the steak there made it almost worth it. Seriously, it was cut-it-with-a-fork tender, perfectly cooked, flavorful... If you're in the Coeur d'Alene area, stop in to the Wolf Lodge Inn just off I-90. You won't be disappointed if you like steak.

But the drive home was hairier than the drive in, and my Tommy Lee and I were very happy to get home. I spent the evening with the kids, and I re-rolled my hair and put my little girl's hair in pin curls for the first time, too! She was so happy to match me:

A photo posted by Molly Starlite (@sixstringlass) on Dec 24, 2015 at 12:14am PST

The next day was Christmas Eve, and it had been snowing for the previous 5 days. It was supposed to have stopped snowing by Thursday morning (the 24th), but it continued to put down the white stuff pretty much all day Thursday. I decided to wear my white Niagara dress (also bought during a final sale or online yard sale - I forget which - from Pinup Girl Clothing) with red accessories to look Christmas-sy. I made a fabulous poinsettia and holly hair accessory that was glittery and big... it almost looked like a fascinator. I got a faux fur red shawl from Amazon for $10, and wore my red suede heels to finish off the look. And then I got the bright idea to add the perfect pinup shrug (also from PUG, another final sale item) and I was amazed by how the addition of that little jacket switched up the look of the Niagara dress from a 1950s bombshell dress to almost a 1940s, sophisticated ensemble. Here's a pic:

A photo posted by Molly Starlite (@sixstringlass) on Dec 24, 2015 at 11:57pm PST

Like I mentioned earlier, it had been snowing for days and days, and it finally all caught up to us Christmas Eve, as we were plunged into darkness shortly after nightfall. We went and grabbed our camping lanterns and candles and set those up in my Mom's living room, and I played guitar while people sang and snacked on summer sausage and cheese and crackers and beef stew Mom moved from her cooking stove to the fireplace to finish cooking. The lights came back on after about an hour and half, and we got to sing Christmas carols and unwrap gifts from each other. It was a good time.

Santa brought my little girl a pink lurex sweater that just matched my Jeanie sweater (also from PUG, but I got it on a swap & sell page on Facebook for $40), so I wore the sweater with the black Jenny skirt so we would match; she loves that.

A photo posted by Molly Starlite (@sixstringlass) on Dec 25, 2015 at 3:45pm PST

So, that was my Christmas, pinup style! I am looking forward to New Year's Eve, when I get to wear one of my Black Friday purchases: the Voodoo Vixen dress in pink lamè! My Tommy Lee is going to take me (weather permitting) to a 1950s dance in Coeur d'Alene, and I am so excited!