Super Slacker

So...where do I start. I have been really bad about blogging lately. The weather has been so nice and I am outside so much with the kids. We have done a TON of work to our backyard this year and we have our own little park back there. The kids love it.

And then we went on vacation and I have a beautiful garden that I just want to spend all my time in. Anyways...I haven't posted for a long time.

And technically I am really not posting too much now. At least picture-wise. I haven't taken any pictures of the stuff I've made. But I do have some other stuff in the works so I will remember to take pictures of those.

I was in charge of our ward's Christmas Craft Night at church last night. I am so glad it's over, but am so looking forward to next year's. We did 6 different crafts and had a quilt set up for anyone to work on. Again...super slacker didn't take a single picture of all the wonderful ladies crafting the night away. I remembered to TAKE my camera, I just didn't use it. You would think as a professional photographer that things like that would come a little easier to me. I was just so caught up in all the good times everyone was having and all the amazing things they were making. I didn't have time to make any of the crafts myself after helping everyone, but I plan too and will then take photos.

While getting all the crafts ready for the big night, I borrowed a friend's Cricut (thank you Cami) and fell in love. I really want one now. She also has Sure Cuts Alot 2 which basically makes it so you don't have to have all those cartridges. Awesome!! I had so much fun. Looks like I need to start selling some of my crafts or something to earn some money for one of those.

Well, like I said, this post is nothing exciting, but I just wanted to get something different on here. Amazing things to come. I promise!

I want one!

I would really like to win something like this. So many things you can do and you don't have to buy cartridges! So go check out this blog and try to win one, or don't, then I have a better chance of winning!

Thrifty Decor Chick

One More Pair

I made another pair of cute booties for a friend who just had a baby girl. Lots of babies being born. I was going to use the pattern that I made myself but I can't find where I wrote it down, so I'll have to sit down and make another pair, writing it down as I go. I got this pattern from HERE and it was pretty easy. I'll probably be using it again. I was pleased with how they looked. Very sweet.

A Few Random Things

I have a couple random items to post on here. Nothing too special...just stuff.

Some Scrabble Tile Pendants I made at craft group.

Some very delicious Carmel Delight Squares (yes like the Girl Scout Cookie). I was so excited to find this recipe and couldn't wait for an opportunity to make them. The chance finally came in the form of a church activity to which I was asked to bring 2 dozen goodies. I thought these qualified as goodies. So so good!

And here is a pic of some pretzels we made from some extra bread dough. Some with salt and others with cinnamon sugar. Also very yummy! 

So there ya go. Not too much, but just stuff I've been wanting to get on.

A Princess Cake

For Iris's 3rd birthday, she wanted pink and princesses so I decided to do a princess cake and some cupcakes with princessy stuff on them. So for the cupcakes I made strawberry cupcakes (pink) with cream cheese frosting. For the toppers I melted white chocolate and piped them into shapes like crowns hearts and stars. Then put sprinkles all over them. Pretty simple, but yummy too. Iris sure liked them.

For the cake I kept trying to figure out how I was going to bake it without buying one of those special princess cake pans. Then I woke up one morning with this idea in my head. Why not just use Rice Krispie Treats? Then I could shape it however I want and frost it just like a cake. Brilliant! And then I kept going back and forth with if I wanted to use fondant or not. All the cakes that I saw online used fondant and looked really good, so I decided to go for it. Of course I didn't want to use regular fondant because, well let's face it, it's disgusting and completely inedible. So I made the decision to try out the marshmallow fondant I've been hearing so much about. Looked up a couple different recipes which actually all turned out to be the same. I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was. I didn't follow the directions exactly as it said to add the coloring after it's all made. I added it to the melted marshmallows before I mixed it into the powdered sugar. I didn't want pink hands and I didn't have any gloves to use. It worked great that way. The color was perfect.

I used a little of the cream cheese frosting to make the front triangle shapes and to pipe to words and around the edge. The dots are Cupcake Gems Pearls. I just squished them into the fondant. I cut some hearts out of the rolled fondant and used those to put the candle in, since there isn't really a place for candles on the cake.

I was really pleased with the results. There are a lot of mistakes, but not too bad for my first time. Now that I know how easy it is I will probably be using fondant a lot more. And it does taste really good. So it's not all just gonna get thrown away.

 Iris loved it and was so excited the whole time I was making it. She was just so excited for everything to do with her birthday and party. So much fun! Can't wait for the next opportunity to make another cake!

The Dress

This is an adorable photo of the beautiful little girl, Gabbie, that I made the blessing dress for. She is so cute!

 

Another Award

I receieved this award from Angela at Comfy Country Crafts - THANK YOU !  That makes me feel so special!!

Wednesday May 19, 2010

1. Accept and thank the person who sent it to you.

2. List 10 things about yourself.

3. List 5 additional things you don't like.

4. Pass the award on to 10 other bloggers.

Here are some things you might not know about me:

1.  I love pickles!
2.  I hate to cook, but LOVE to bake!
3.  I love volleyball but haven't played for a long time. Anyone wanna play??
4.  I have a huge sweet tooth.
5.  I LOVE to craft and am always looking for new crafts to try. I get that from my mom and grandma.
6.  I grew up with 3 sisters and a brother.
7.  I own a photography business with my husband.
8.  I taught myself to crochet by reading some books that my grandma had. I think I was 10 or 11.
9.  I have 1 cat, 2 dogs, 2 goats, 2 ducks, 2 roosters, and 13 chickens.
10.  I love my family more than anything.

5 things I don't like:

1. Mushrooms.
2. Tuna fish.
3. Arrogant people or people who think they are better than you.
4. Being cold.
5. When I try really hard to make something and it doesn't turn out the way I invision it.

Now here are the blogs I am giving this award to:

Lily & Thistle

Sadie's Kitchen Adventures

Chocolate on My Cranium

Penguin Stands Alone

Boo Beary Binks

Little Birdie Secrets

Someday Crafts

Keeping It Simple

Make It and Love It

This and That