Cuticles, Crafts, and Cakes, OH MY!

Personalized Christmas Gifts

2011-12-26T21:20:00.001-08:00

My mom has always loved nesting dolls. I came up with the idea to paint our family on blank nesting dolls. I found the blank ones on Etsy then got started! I'm not the best painter in the world (obviously) but I painted all the recognizable features :)

Easy As Apple Pie

2011-12-26T21:16:00.001-08:00

Yummy apple pie dip! It was sooooo good with our Thanksgiving dinner!

Pilgrim Hat Cookies!

2011-12-26T21:12:00.001-08:00

Super easy and super cute!

Gobble Gobble

2011-11-20T19:01:00.001-08:00

Not my best but this one was all on my own...no pinterest influence this time :)

Christmas is almost here!!!

2011-11-20T12:18:00.001-08:00

My first attempt at Christmas stockings. Hand sewn, no pattern used. Not bad for my first try :)

Look Whoooooo's On My Thumb!

2011-11-16T19:53:00.001-08:00

This took lots of time but turned out cute!

Halloweenie

2011-10-31T17:57:00.001-07:00

Rather than buying another bag of candy corn to be festive (yes, a second bag) I decided to festify my fingernails. Lots of fun!

CUPCAKES!

2011-10-04T18:44:00.000-07:00

Ok so I'm not a big fan of cupcakes or even cake in general, but I LOVE decorating them! I took a cupcake decorating class at Make It Sweet (formerly All In One Bakeshop) where we created Halloween/fall themed cupcakes. The instructor, Jennifer, was wonderful! I learned lots of fun techniques and bought cool decorating tools so I can keep it up at home. Check out my beautiful cupcakes!

Bewitching

2011-10-04T18:34:00.000-07:00

While looking for Halloween decorations on Pinterest, I discovered this fabulous decoration. The original had the family name in the center of it. Since I'm still a "Miss", I decided to write "Happy Halloween" so I can hang onto this decoration in the future when/if my last name changes :)

I may do variations on this depending on the holiday. The website that had the original also did this with an elf theme. I'm excited to try more!

My Kind of Gardening

2011-10-04T18:22:00.000-07:00

In April, I entered my school's Cake Decorating Contest. I searched FamilyFun again for inspiration for a cake and saw their cute garden cake. We had just begun our grade level garden, so I put my own spin on the garden cake.

The cake itself is four 8x8 chocolate cakes, frosted with chocolate icing. The "fence" is made of graham crackers. I crumbled up some Oreos for the dirt look. The grass was edible Easter grass that I found at Target (thankfully all their spring goodies were on the shelves).

The carrots were lots of fun to make. I took Circus Peanut candy and smashed it down, then took a knife and cut them into carrot shapes. I added a little edible Easter grass to the tops.

The onions were made from Laffy Taffy sticks. I bought sticks that are a lot like sucker sticks but thicker. Those are the things in the middle of the Laffy Taffy.

The marigolds were made from gum drops. I smashed them down as well and stuck them together with toothpicks.

The cherry tomato plant was made from cinnamon balls (not real sure what they're actually called...I bought the generic brand). I can't remember what the candy the leaves were made from was called, but I know it has the same kind of feeling/texture as Sour Punch Sticks, just wider. These are also held together with toothpicks.

Finally, the labels are sticks of gum. I used food coloring pens to write on them :)

This cake was so much fun to make AND was the winner of the "Teacher Favorite" category! I've got my work cut out for me for the next contest!

Gobble Gobble

2011-10-04T17:51:00.000-07:00

This is a very fun cake that I made one Thanksgiving. I found the recipe and instructions on the Family Fun Website. The cake was a huge hit!

All For Fun

2011-10-04T17:34:00.000-07:00

My new fascination with Pinterest has led me to creating this blog. I've tried all kinds of crafts, baked goods, and nail polish tricks and I want to share them with the world (the 2 or 3 people who may look at this). Hooray!!