Happy Birthday Alicia!

Have you ever tried to eat a cupcake the size of your head? Well here's your chance! When I make a cake for someones birthday I try and do something that would be unique to them and when it was time to celebrate my friend Alicia's birthday this was the thing I really wanted to recreate for her. I was a bit worried because I think she was expecting something really different then this but in the end it was a big hit.

P.S. Yes there was a gooey cream filled center!

Happy Belated Birthday Jenny

I'm baking today for my friend Alicia's birthday so even though my sister's birthday was two weeks ago I'm just remembering now to post pictures of her birthday cake, oops! We had a wonderful (or maybe just completely silly) night filled with glow sticks and dancing. I'll spare you all the other strange pictures from that night if you haven't already been exposed to them on Facebook. Her cake was what is now becoming a favorite among my friends, the three layer chocolate brownie ganache cake, with white chocolate covered strawberries. Yum!

P.S. That's a round cake and a 39, I think you could tell in person.

No More Surprises

Well it's all over now and there are no more secret holiday presents hidden away or wrapped up under little trees. There were a few more crafty gifts but they weren't as easy to capture in a photo. One of them was a scrap book/box with jars of sand and labeled rocks and as strange as that sounds it was appreciated. This was for my sister who has everything and I never know what to get for her. So for the past couple of years I've been making little things for her. In the very least I will know she doesn't own one just like it.

Happy New Year!

It looks like I missed wishing you a Merry Christmas and Yule or even Happy Holidays as I'm sure those are winding down for most of you too. I guess I just needed a little break from the real world for awhile so I went into a little holiday coma to get myself ready for the new year. Thank goodness I managed to get my trees up before that happened or it wouldn't have felt either bit special here at all.

I'm vowing to spend more time in the studio over the next few months. It really is a must even though I don't see things being any less busy then they have been these last few months. I'm starting to be resentful of all kinds of good things going on in my life because they are taking away from my crafting and painting. I'm expending so much creative energy in other places that I don't have any left for my art work. So as much as I love dancing and I really really do I have to find some way to balance the two over the next little while. So I guess if I have a goal or resolution for the New Year it's to find balance.

Holiday Photo Friday

Yes that's right I put up three trees. I haven't had a tree in a long time and I guess I was feeling deprived. It is very me to go without for seven years and then come back with excess seasonal force. I hope everyone is having a Happy Solstice and a Merry Christmas.