National Craft Month Inspiration

March 4, 2011 by · 1 Comment
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The last cupcake has been eaten, the balloons all withered away (just like my youth), and the music has stopped. However, we don't have to stop celebrating yet. My birthday is over but March is National Craft Month. If you ask me, an excuse to recklessly use your glue gun is better than a birthday any day. Our big project here at the house is over, which I will be sharing about later this week, so it's time to get my craft on.  Here's a few posts to help us all get some inspiration going and warmed up.  <  Don't forget that kids need crafts too. My favorite thing to do is … [Read more...]

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Cake Show Part 2

March 2, 2010 by · Leave a Comment

We are finally home from the Cake Show this weekend and my house is finally clean! So now I can show you pictures of what I have been working on the past few weeks but they are not the best pictures. In fact, I fired my photographer tonight. He didnt even take a picture of the front of the cakes, only from the sides? Luckily the cakes all made it home with us and I'm going to take better pictures tomorrow. So without any more interruption, here's my entries to the Sugar Arts Show this past weekend:My wedding cake entry into the Intermediate Adult category. It has lattice work, extension work, … [Read more...]

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Cake Show Part 1

March 2, 2010 by · 1 Comment

Here's just a few cakes from this weekend. More info. on the cake show will be posted after my kids go to bed but I'm breaking up the posts since there are so many pictures. These are not pictures of my cakes and I do not know who did them but they are all great!! Squirrel! Great details! Beginner cakeone of my absolute favorites... also a beginner cakeWe loved these cookiesThis looks so real! my #1 favorite cake of the entire weekend. The details and stringwork was amazing. … [Read more...]

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Cakes and things

February 8, 2010 by · Leave a Comment

You thought I had fallen off the face of the earth, didn't you?Well the good news is that I did not fall off the face of the earth because the earth is round. Kinda like my bottom half.It's that time of year again, cake time! I'm once again preparing for the sugar arts show in Austin and I am busy! busy.. busy.. busy... I am 75% of the way done with my first cake and have at least two more to go. I might throw one more in there when I get closer to the show. Who knows. I don't.I always have these perfect cakes in my mind, planned and ready to be made. However I always change my mind on the … [Read more...]

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