Wedding Cake

What a week! I spent a good part of it making this cake. Wedding cakes take forever!! I must say that I cringe whenever someone orders a "simple" square cake. YIKES I should charge more for simple. People, we need decoration to cover the flaws:) THIS time, I discovered bench scrapers. It not only gave me a 90 degree angle to make the sides straight, but it also was a smooth enough surface to give me a pretty nice edge. UGH. I pray for a round cake next time:) Anyway, this cake was four layers. The top was chocolate cake with cherry filling. The next one down was chocolate with raspberry filling. 3rd layer was yellow cake with white chocolate, cream cheese mousse filling. Lastly, the bottom was spice cake with bavarian cream filling. YUM A NUM. It feels good to be all done. The reception was BEAUTIFUL. They used burgundy and dark chocolate colors. Cranberries were the theme all over. They made garlands, pinned them all over lil' styrofoam balls, filled vases. Very classy.

Scrapbook weekend at Mom's

Oooh, I had a fun weekend scrappin' at my mom's house. I had some yummy pictures that I got in the mail this week from Zenfolio. They do some amazing work. I love the metallic finish to their photos.

Last weekend I was at a scrapbook convention in Bellevue. I found some great things...and some even better ideas. Technique Tuesdays was a favorite booth of mine. I love all their layouts. This one was right out of their idea book. Funny thing...I was at Costco and saw this cute outfit that instantly made me think of my new neice. Then, I saw these family photos they had done - and there it was! The cutie outfit. Gotta love it!

This next layout was SUPER fun. I have been collecting western style paper, embellishments, stamps, etc for a long time. My boys love cowboy stuff. So, when I saw my brother's family pictures were taken with horses in the background...I knew I was set. I think the twine is my favorite part...or the sticker that says "Sassy Cowgirl!"

And last of all, this is my tool time page. My brother took the boys to a woodworking store and taught them how to make pens with a lathe. They really enjoyed working with their uncle and Papa. Dallin also made a beautiful picture frame and stand for me. Now, I just need a house to put it in:)

New Close To My Heart Christmas Paper

I wasn't too sure about this paper when I first saw it on the cover of our new catalog, but I love it now. It is so much better in person and I even made it work with boys:) It is called Jingle. I had fun with my "Evergreen" stamp, too. I have had it for a year and I am finally putting it to use...a few buttons, some glitter...and I'm down to 2 more layouts left in 07:) WOOHOO. I had a gathering this weekend and used this as inspiration for the card I taught. I'll have to post that later. The ladies had fun making it, but we ended up with glitter EVERYWHERE!:)

My Star of the Show

I loved making this page. I found this fun paper in NC when I was visiting. Archivers is WAY too much fun. I get really excited when I find paper that will work for boys. This was Dal's first recital in 07....yes, I am almost done with 07. Just a few more layouts.

Baby pages

Oh, I love getting the chance to make girl pages. Don't get me wrong...I love my boys and wouldn't trade them for anything. HOWEVER, as a scrapper, it is nice to be able to make froofy (sp?) pages once in a while!! So, I thank my brothers and in-laws that have girls so I can have the opportunity to add a lil' bling and shhhhwankiness to my books:) I was able to visit an Archivers store while I was visiting NC. These were some of the goodies I found.

vinyl lettering

My friend, Patti, taught me how to do vinyl lettering with my cricut. So, I played a little with it on our trip to NC. M.'s room is so girly and fun. I let her pick the design and words. It was a little tricky getting the transfer tape to cooperate, but it went pretty smoothly. I love how well it went on to the wall. I cut some extra flowers and dots and she got to put those on too. The best part is...it is removeable.:) If you're sick of it after a few months, then you can easily pull it off and do something else.

Birthday Surprise

A friend of mine had a birthday this week, so I thought I should get something made for her. It has been a while since I have been able to just create all day. I even got back into pj's half way through the day:) WOOO HOOO! This was a template that I got off of Papertrey Inc. I love the templates they offer...so easy to follow and very affordable.