pretties!

Peonies!!! I made this for a gal at work for her grandparents. I loved the fall colors!! and...gumpaste came to the rescue again. These peonies and roses were all made in advance, so I could focus on the baking only.

Gold luster dust is FUN!

to feed the crowd, I also made 150 cupcakes. These took forever, but were fun to decorate. I used my new dogwood flower cutter\embosser for these.

during conference a few weeks ago, I got to sit down and scrap a lil':) ahhhhh. I sure love scrappin'.

clear embossing resist technique

beading fun

oh, no! I have been sucked in by yet another trap. The owner of our PO beading store came over one night to teach us how to make these. My first ones were with pearls and this one is with S. crystals for Mom.

Lately

Lately...I've been pretty stinkin' busy. I am not sure at what point I will draw a line in the sand and say, "NO MORE!" I know I've overdone my schedule, but I can't seem to "let anyone down." So, I trudge onward. Once in a while, I get to play. I forget how much joy it brings me to create. aaaah. My basement is my haven. Here's a little of what I've been up to.

I SO love scrapbooking. I love the happy colors, happy memories, and happy thparklies:)...always

Michael's birthday cake was a mini disaster. The gumpaste went wrong...I had cut out some amazing horses. They were so intricate and cool. The day of...they crumbled. GRRR. So, we pulled out the plastic. This was that lemon cream cake recipe again. Boy was it scrummy...all torted and everything.

So, just in case you are wondering...Fat Daddios is THE brand to buy when getting nested cutters. They are plastic, so they won't get bent out of shape...especially important for the bigger ones. These were 4"x4", so it   would have a tendency to bend. Fat Daddios was awesome. Say it with me..."FAT DADDIOS" I then used my texture folders to emboss the fondant. I must say, though, the fondant has a hard time really adhering unless you put that fondant on there right out of the oven. Another solution is to pop it back in the oven for a minute to seal that puppy on there.