Another Cake Post

A friends son was turning 11 and she asked me to make his cake. The request was a LEGO cake. It was super short notice but I managed to throw this together. I think it turned out pretty cute! Although I wasn’t asking for any money she even paid me for the cake! My very first cake purchase! Thanks MJ!

Happy Birthday Anthony!

 

I Love Making Cakes!

I figured I would share some of my cake creations. 

A friend sent me the link to a blog and I thought it would be fun to enter their little giveaway. In addition to that I am actually making another neat cake tonight for my Mom's birthday that I would love to share too.

I've always been interested in making cakes. I started making them for my family members when I was about 10. However, it wasn't until I had children myself that I actually started really getting my hands dirty. I just recently started working with fondant which has been a blast! 

This was my very first fondant cake which I made for a baby shower:

The little guy sitting on top was by far the most challenging part. He sure is cute though, isn't he?

My second fondant creation was for my daughters 5th birthday party. Not perfect by any means, but I was still thrilled with how it came out.

For whatever reason I only took pictures of two sides instead of all three. The third side had another pretty bundle of flowers on it (seen to left in the picture above).

Some of my other cakes include:

Another baby shower cake for a friend.

This awesome dinosaur was for my sons 4th birthday party.

A fun pirate ship for my sons 5th birthday party.

This was a fun one! Wowsa was it work though! My sons 6th birthday cake for a camping themed party.

 I made all the decorations for the cake by hand. I used many different candies to construct the various different parts of this cake. TONS of work but oh so cute!

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Oh, and yes the bears are wearing clothes. Including but not limited to a life jacket and fanny pack. Hee, hee.

 And my last cake for today is a smiling little Dora for my daughter's 2nd birthday.

Thanks so much for taking the time to check my cakes out. They are far from perfect but I sure have had a lot of fun making them!

Some Serious Time Management..

I got this wonderful sewing machine from a mommy friend! I’ve been looking for a good working sewing machine for a while and just couldn’t pass this up. I’ve been super excited to use it for like months now…… :0)

 

I found these brand new Gap jeans for Jordan at once Upon a Child (a local children’s clothing store). Tags and everything still attached. They wanted $10 for them but I noticed that the seem was split so they knocked the price down to $5!! Woohoo!

I decided that these wonderful jeans would be my first sewing project as I have been trying to find something to sew on my new machine for far to long now.

The good news? The seem is fixed. Bravo.

The bad? It took me an hour and a half.

I mean seriously..how pathetic. I spend all this time getting everything set up, 35 minutes reading all the directions to sew for a whopping 30 seconds. And I’m serious it literally took me 30 seconds to sew the jeans.

Buuut…I read to whole entire manual and for me that’s a serious accomplishment. Oh and I completed my first sewing project. ;o)

Our Bathroom Light/Fan Works!!!

3/11 - WOOHOO! I know…I know….silly. But after almost a year of the most hideous screeching sound every time the light was turned on this makes me very happy! I was not happy when I came home to this: But after everything was put back together and it looked and worked wonderfully I was thrilled! :o) So much nicer then the old one.

Embrace Life

I found this on a friends blog and had to share it. It brought tears to my eyes every time I've watched it.
Wear those seat belts people! <3

Meal Plan 5/6

Week 4/22/.-4/25

Thursday - Chicken Fajita Chili and  Cornbread.
Missed this one again- Trying this new cornbread recipe. I might switch back to my old one but for now this is what I plan on using. The chili is a combination of a bunch of different recipes that I have found online. I will post the recipe on here later.

Friday - Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup

Saturday - Pizza

Sunday - Baked Ziti Salad and Bread sticks

Week 4/26-5/2

Monday - Chicken Caesar Pitas

Tuesday - Taco Soup

Wednesday - Barbeque Chicken Sandwiches and Veggies
Place 3-4 boneless chicken breasts in crockpot, they can be frozen, pour one bottle of barbeque sauce on the top, set the crockpot to high for 5 hours and thats it! Super easy!

Thursday - Beef & Rice Enchiladas with Pepper-Jack sauce

Friday - Kids Choice :o)

Saturday - Meat Loaf and Salad.

Sunday - Tuna Noodle Casserole with rolls

Stole This From a Friend's Blog...Funny!!

I so totally remember...haha!

You know you’re 9 months pregnant when…

• You can't roll over in bed without feeling like a whale.
• You constantly feel like you have to pee but get to the bathroom and you're disappointed that you peed so little when you thought you really had to go.
• when you spend more time in the bathroom than any other room in the house.
• your nesting instinct is really strong but you don't have the energy to do anything.
• You no longer care about having hairy legs.
• You cant paint your own toenails anymore.
• The only shoes you wear are ones that slide on.
• When everyone irritates you!
• Finding clothes to wear is a never ending battle, especially ones that cover the bottom half of your tummy.
• You let your 3 yr old go to bed without a bath because you don't feel like giving him one.
• your heartburn is more painful then the thought of labor.
• When you go through a roll of TP within 6 hours
• When even your maternity pants are too tight.
• ...you sincerely start sympathizing with bugs on the sidewalk that are overturned and flailing around to get upright.