This is where I am today. This is where I’ve been all week. I’m second guessing all my design possibilities for a vineyard wedding. The save-the-date announcement was decorated with a wine bottle cork so I thought I would tie the cookies into the theme. The cookies will be attached to the front of the out-of-town baskets. No pressure to be front and center! The creative process has not exactly been flowing as smoothly as thinned royal icing. I started… [Read More]
I had some fun this weekend at my niece’s birthday party. I took my iPad along and took a video with a new app I downloaded called 8mm HD. There are different styles to film in so I used the 60’s and added a little film jitter, as it’s called, on the app. It’s where the film frame flicks up or down. The room was a little dark but it was fun to just experiment. Then to make the movie,… [Read More]
The team is ready to go. Can you feel the excitement in the air? The cupcake wrappers take the field. “Touchdown!” The crowd goes wild! And so did I when I saw this fun and spirited cupcake kit with 24 wrappers and toppers. So wild in fact, I bought one for myself with no particular party planned and went back a week later and bought another one for YOU! The kit is sold out on the Meri Meri website so… [Read More]
August.It’s just starting to hit me that time is running out and my opportunities for all my good intentions this summer are dwindling. Son2 will be back at college next month and how many good home cooked meals have I made? Not many. I need to change that. Son1 flies into town on Friday for a week’s visit which we’ll also have the pleasure of celebrating his birthday with him at home. This is a real treat. He deserves a… [Read More]
I’ve been a little busy picking up some blue ribbons … … and so has my college boy2. A chip off the ol’ cookie, if you will, and I couldn’t be more proud! I’ll tell you all about it soon! Have a blue ribbon – divisional winning – Best of Show, kind of day! We are! 🙂
The winning entry for the Autumn Carpenter Cookie Cutter Texture Set is… Miss Sweet Tea! Congratulations Angela! Send me your address, darlin’ and which set you’d like. Generator Min: Max: Result: 13 There were 17 entries for this cookie decorating specific give-away. Again, for some reason when I copy and paste the random.org info it doesn’t reflect the max. number. Oh well, it worked anyway. 🙂 Thank you for entering. I love coming across new products and sharing them with… [Read More]
I want to spread the rolled textured fondant-on-cookie love so I contacted Autumn Carpenter whose cookie cutter texture set I used for the wedding cookies. She has generously offered the give-away winner a cookie cutter textured set of their own choosing from her website. Here are just a couple available. This is the set I used. The Wedding Cake Set. Here are some posts I wrote about working with the Wedding Set this past spring and about working with the… [Read More]
True Random Number Generator Min: Max: Result: 56 Powered by RANDOM.ORG Congratulations to Simply Sara! You are the winner of the Vera Bradley“All Wrapped Up” jewelry case. There were 81 entries.I don’t know why the number ‘100’ lists when I cut and pasted the random.org info but that’s for someone much more technical than I to figure out. Thank you to all who participated and left a comment.It was fun! I’ll be hosting another give-away at the end of the… [Read More]
My Vera Bradley “All Wrapped Up Jewelery Case” Give-Awayends tonight so join in the fun by clicking HERE. I had a wonderful wedding weekend hosting a dinner for out-of-town family on Friday, attending the beautiful wedding on Saturday afternoon and hosting an impromptu breakfast for 29 on Sunday that we began planning during the reception! Son2 flies out today and some family remain in town until tomorrow so I’m still a bit busy today. I’ve had a complete weekend of… [Read More]
Surprise!Happy Monday morning! This week I’m hosting a give-away for the wonderfulVera Bradley “All Wrapped Up Jewelry Case”. Here she is!Isn’t she lovely? She’s shown in the boysenberry color and pattern. This is truly one of my favorite Vera pieces.She makes a perfect companion for a quick trip. I also keep a favorite pair of earrings in it all ready to go.Just in case. I don’t know why.A girl can always dream, can’t she? (fabulous jewelry regretfully not included) 😉… [Read More]
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