Posts from ‘December, 2009’

A sweet gal I know named Deleise wanted to order her friend Amy a “biggish” sketchbook for her birthday. Amy and her husband Josh run an amazing ministry called “The Tapestry Project”, which, as described on the site, “is revitalizing a deteriorating neighborhood through renovation, restoration, and connecting people in need to the resources that [...]

In September, I started a cupcake adventure. If you haven’t read about it yet, you can do so here.
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This is the second batch of cupcakes that was made for my mom’s birthday: Black & White Cupcakes. According to the book, these are a familiar dessert to native New Yorkers (anyone?), but are usually in cookie [...]

A very MERRY CHRISTMAS from our home to yours!

Do you ever lie awake at night, trying to fall asleep, but instead are bombarded with ideas for new projects, solutions, experiments to try? That happens to me often. (Or at least it did before I became pregnant a couple months ago. Now, the second my head hits the pillow, I’m pretty much out.)
The following [...]

In September, I started a cupcake adventure. If you haven’t read about it yet, you can do so here.
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The next several batches of cupcakes you’ll see on the blog were made at my parents’ house over Thanksgiving. For her birthday, my mom requested several batches of cupcakes that she could take to the school where [...]

Here’s a “blast from the past” cake…I made this over a year and a half ago for a friend’s little boy. He was turning 4 and the theme for his party was “Pirates!”
I started with a 12″ two-layer chocolate cake, frosted a pale peach/skin tone color. I used a red fabric bandana and a plastic [...]

My friend Mary wanted to get handmade journals for two of her best friends for Christmas. She bought a square Red Velvet one from my inventory, and wanted a custom one for her friend Julie.
Julie is a designer and photographer, so grids and frames are very important to her. I chose the inside papers to [...]

In September, I started a cupcake adventure. If you haven’t read about it yet, you can do so here.
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Over the course of the past few months, I have acquired several kinds of chips:

But today’s recipe calls for just these two: Special Dark and Mini

And a dozen or so of these babies. Mmm. Fluffy, sugary goodness.

A [...]

Before football season even began this year, OU was on my mind. As you can imagine, just thinking of OU is a disturbing idea in our household, as I am from Nebraska (Go Huskers!) and my hubby is a huge OSU fan. But sometimes you make sacrifices to help a friend, and since my buddy [...]

The lovely Donna D. requested that I make a journal for her Aunt Eileen for Christmas. Eileen has always wanted to write her family’s history, and now that her eyesight is failing, time is running short. Donna told me that Eileen loves feminine prints and colors, but not anything overly floral. I was so excited [...]