Well I have been working on Teacher Gifts for Wonderful Wednesday. This morning I was going to make bracelets then I decided to make bookmarks instead. The beaded ribbon bookmarks are pretty popular I have seen them in gift shops, book stores, Etsy, pretty much anywhere that you can think of. One thing that I … Continue reading
When your daughter is turning 5, has a HUGE obsession with Littlest Pet Shops and you ask what kind of cake do you want for your birthday – be prepared for the obvious answer a Littlest Pet Shop Cake. I will say I set guidelines for this cake (no birds) because I didn’t want something … Continue reading
Quick post because I have people arriving in 2 hours for my daughters party. This is a picture of her birthday cake – I finished last night at 11:30pm: Side of the Littlest Pet Shop Caterpillar Cake Front of the cake Side of Caterpillar Top View I promise I will do a giant “how to” … Continue reading
So after going to bed at 8:30pm last night (okay I went to bed at 10:00pm but I fell asleep on the couch at 8:30pm) and loading up on every vitamin conceivable I feel amazing today. As you probably gathered the Thankful Thursday post was written yesterday when I felt like crap. My daughter is … Continue reading
I don’t feel like typing a huge post today… so this post is going to be short, sweet and picture heavy. Happy Birthday Ken (my father in law) – hope you have a great day! The cake I baked him a couple of years ago. Cherry picking June 2009 Ken and Jeff – June 2010 … Continue reading
So yesterday I got my first phone call from the school nurse, my daughter had thrown up on the playground. I drove to school to get her (I left my son with my husband, who was getting ready for work). I walked (really, really fast) to the office and stood there absolutely panicked because I … Continue reading
Today I’m not going to do a huge blog post or a project post. It is my mom’s birthday so today is all about mom! My mom and I – 1982 My mom and I – 1984 Mom holding her grandson I hope you have a great birthday mom! Sorry I don’t live closer to … Continue reading
There aren’t too many things that make me question my sanity but this cake made me do just that. My son turned one this weekend and I wanted to do a special cake. At first I was thinking I will make a Thomas the Train Cake he loves Thomas, then I had a dream about … Continue reading
I never make my husband a Food Network Type birthday cake for his birthday, why? Because it is usually just the two of us (and my daughter) and it is way too much cake for us. This year my daughter told me we needed to make daddy a birthday cake. I asked her what kind … Continue reading
I didn’t believe my cousin when she said, “Good luck keeping up with all that scrapbooking when you have your second kid.” I thought no way, I love to scrapbook. I will dutifully fulfill my motherly duty and scrapbook just as insanely as I did with Jillian. Fast forward to today as I am typing … Continue reading
Who Are You Calling Crafty? 