More Cakes

I've always had a love for all things desert...pies, tarts, cupcakes, cakes, cookies....brownies, ice cream!  Oh my sweet tooth!  As a kid, I loved helping my mom bake sweet treats, as a teenager I made a lot of cakes, cookies and even more brownies than someone should ever eat in their lifetime!  hehehe

While making the camera cake for Ilikea my love for baking flooded my being!  It was all I could think about, I wanted an excuse to make another cake.  That opportunity came with Tiffany's baby shower.  I not only made her a belly cake but I also made her a tricycle diaper cake.

some kid poked the boob!

 

my first tricycle diaper cake

After Tiffany came Susan!  She was having a girl so a pink cake was is order.  I tried making my own fondant...bad idea!  It was hard to work with and it didn't taste any better than the Wilton's fondant in a box. 

Then Kawika's Halloween themed birthday party!!  Most of the kids dressed up.  My favorite was the Papa Smurf kid!  (wish i got a picture with him)

Kawika was really happy with his cake even if he doesn't look like it in the picture!!!  I should have taken an after photo of the cake....the kids tore it up!  happily!!

I had so much fun making all of the cakes and they were really yummy!  I found a banana bread receipe online from cooks.com and I made cream cheese frosting and after my experience with homemade fondant, I used the Wilton's fondant for the mummy and frank!  I decided to go with a bread receipe because I thought it would hold up better,  I was right!  I love it when going with my intuition pays off.  

Happy Baking!

lights...Camera...cakes!!!

A few months ago my best little 17 year old turned 18! She asked me to make her a giant cupcake and I was happy to oblige. However what she did not know was that I had a surprise for her. I decided to channel the creative baker in me and created a banana cake shaped as a camera.

Daily Photo

Today I came across an interesting tweet by Alyssa Milano. She talked about this guy who took a Polaroid everyday for 18 years. I thought how cool! I've always been fascinated with Polaroid cameras. I remember having one as a young girl, taking a picture then waiting as the colors magically appeared to reveal the moment of my life that I chose to freeze in time. The difference between myself and this Polaroid picture taking guy is that he managed to save all of his pictures with the exception of a few that were misplaced or no picture was taken and I don't have even one.
This reminds me of DailyBooth. DailyBooth is a website where you post pictures daily or like some people whenever you want. You must go to their website, create a user name and password and you can upload pictures to your hearts delight! If you have friends, unlike me, they can follow you and are notified when you upload a photo.

I think the Polaroid guy was on to something!

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Since i finished the Twilight Saga in 2009 I have read 2 books. One is My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult which was made into a disappointing movie. The second is Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. I absolutely love this book. It took me a while to read the first 4 chapters but chapter 5, 6, 7 faster then I couldn't put the little 374 pager down til the end! Suzanne Collins is brilliant! Her writing is perfect, I can hear every word her characters are speaking and thinking too! If I can't hear the characters I can't read it!! I have fallen in love with Peeta Mellark. A gentleman that believes in love at first sound! A boy that would sacrifice his life to protect someone that doesn't trust him and will probably think of killing him in this game. When the game rules change that's when it gets even more exciting! Hence the not being able to put the book down til the end!! My only problem now is that I do not have the second book in the trilogy...I've "tracked" it down and will go in for the "kill" tomorrow after work! Catching Fire promises to be just as irresistible as it's predecessor.

Shutterfly Photo Cards

I got my cute orange package today!! Woohoo.

I was visited by the procrastination bug this season which means I didn't start making my Christmas card until Dec 27th!! Anyway I uploaded and created a photocard on Shutterfly. The process was easy!! The most difficult part was trying to decide which layout to choose out of the hundreds they have available.

With creditcard in hand at 8:13pm on the 27th, I uploaded photos and even personalized my card, input all my information and paid for them. At first I was sad when Shutterfly told me that the estimated time of delivery would be between Jan 3rd and 7th!! I thought...darn it that's so late but then I realized who cares....better late then never!

Flash back to the present time, it is Dec 31 at 10:54am, I hear a knock on my front door. Knock, knock, knock. I open the door and there he is our glorious carrier of letters man with my beautiful orange package!!! Im so excited because it is not even the 3rd yet and my photocards are here right in my hand!

Thank you Shutterfly for your speedy delivery! Thank you United Post Office people for getting my package to me almost as fast as it would take me to run a marathon! I'm so happy and pleased with Shutterfly and the USPS!

Now I'm off to address my envelopes and drop them off at the post office so my friends and family can see how much I love them by sending a beautiful photocard with my picture on it!!!

Have a wonderful day.....

Happy new year

Confetti Countdown Filmstrip New Year's

Create custom new year's invitations with Shutterfly.

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Baby Clothes Bouquet

Last weekend I had to go to a baby shower.  I knew I wanted to make something really cute but I wasn't sure what I should do.  I had already made my sister a wonderful diaper cake so what could I make that would be easy but still very cute.....I made a Bouquet out of baby clothes and blankets.  To my surprise there are many people on the Internet making these types of bouquets.

There may be an easier way to make it but here's what I did:

To make your bouquet you can use:

receiving blankets
onesies
socks
wash cloths
shirts
pants

How big or small you would like your bouquet depends on how many articles of clothing and blankets you have.

Other materials I used is:

rubber bands
floral tape
floral wire
wooden dowels
floral foam
small bucket
few sprigs of fake flowers with leaves
tissue paper
little book

I rolled the blankets and clothes to  resemble flowers, then I put a rubber band on to hold it in shape. Then to attach the "flower" to the stem.  I wrapped the floral wire around the cloth and then wrapped the remaining wire to the wooden dowel.  (The wooden dowel needs to be pushed into the center of the rolled up clothes)  Once the wire is secure take the rubber band off.   You don't have to wrap the dowels with floral tape but I did.  It helped secure the fake leaves under the "flower."

Do that with all the articles of clothing and blankets you have.

Put the floral foam in the bucket and start arranging the wooden dowels to create your bouquet.  Once you are done putting all the dowels in the foam, stuff the bucket with tissue paper, this will help to fill up any empty space.  Then add in the fake flowers to add a little extra to the bouquet.  I also added a little baby book and a small stuffed animal.

I also used a Styrofoam flower that I had in my craft box to make the card, I attached it to the wooden dowel and stuck in the foam.

I wrapped the entire bucket with cellophane and added a cute bow.

This is really basic and with your imagination the possibilities are endless.