Books. Cakes. Design.
After getting a book of her own, Amy asked me to make a similar sketchbook for Taunda: an 8.5 x 11 hard-bound book with blank pages for sketching and journaling.
Taunda’s favorite color is purple, so I started there. I found some pretty cotton fabric in lavender, with a dark purple crackle effect.
It made a perfect [...]
With Valentine’s Day around the corner, it’s time to start considering a thoughtful, handmade gift for your sweetie. ((I can help!))
Two years ago, I made this book for my (then) boyfriend, who is now my husband!…not that the book caused that transition, mind you, but I’m sure it didn’t hurt either.
It was a [...]
I’ve had this huge roll of amazing black and white paper for a few years. Although I’d brainstormed about it, I’d never made the time to turn it into a book. I finally got the chance to do so when my friend Cindy Beall asked me to be a part of her “Week of Awesomeness”, [...]
This past Fall, I was flooded with orders for personalized journals. It was great fun to be so involved in so many people’s gift-giving for 2009!
I got a great email from a woman I’d never met before. Her name is Peggy and she wrote: “My children are grown and married [...] for Christmas I want [...]
Since I was already in the process of making a book for Ann, my friend Amy asked me to also make one for her friend Erin as a Christmas gift. Amy went to great lengths to find out all of Erin’s favorites…Amy even went so far as to create a survey for Erin to fill [...]
Not two words you usually hear in the same context: artist and organized. Why is it that everyone assumes that artists are scatter-brained, messy, easily distracted and ’starving’? I’m not sure why that is, but I’m probably one of the few artists you’ll ever meet who is able to be simultaneously creative and organized. In [...]
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 [...]
It’s SO fun to make a book for a fellow artist! And this gal, Anya, is also a fellow baker! She makes the most amazing creations out of fondant. Seriously. Her figurines are over-the-top incredible. Look at this adorable girl (complete with cell phone!) that she made:
CUTE CUTE CUTE!
So…what does every cake baker/creator need? A [...]
Hope you are all enjoying your family, friends, and some FOOD today!!
Check out these Thanksgiving cuties I found on a fellow baker’s website! Learn how to make them from Bakerella. She’s a VERY talented girl…I love how her baked goods are just as much art as they are food!
Happy Turkey Day!
I am very excited, because tonight I get to meet one of my blogging heroines, the one and only Pioneer Woman, Ree Drummond! I’ve been following her blog for a couple of years now and this week she begins her book tour to celebrate her new cookbook! I will be going to Full Circle Bookstore [...]