Baking up a storm!

Thought you might enjoy some pictures of a cake I made for a baby shower this weekend!

Happy Friday!

Quilting success!

Quilting was not as easy as I envisioned in my Martha Stewart mind. Please, picture me, my machine, and more thread than there are play-station cords in a college dorm. But I persevered and conquered the quilt. I even managed to attach the binding to the front of the quilt. The last step is to either hand sew or machine sew the binding around to the back. I must say that it looks pretty fabulous! I am so excited to finish it up, wrap, then deliver to my friend before the baby comes.

Happy Halloween! The Trick or Treater count is up to just shy of 40! Love all the costumes and the fact that two of my past students just came to the door! Awesome

Crafting up a storm

One of my wonderful friends here in Arlington is having a baby in December...so my craftiness got the better of me, and I decided to whip up a quilt for their little one yet to arrive. They are excited to be waiting until the baby's big arrival to find out what they are welcoming to the world...so the colors are a fun mix that will hopefully grow with baby from infanthood through childhood! It was smooth sewing today...I pieced the whole front. Tomorrow I am going to fuse the batting, front, and back...then I will be quilting away. I am going to try a straight stitch to quilt the blanket...I have been reading some handy tips online about using painters tape to mark your quilting lines. Hopefully tomorrow will go just as well. Then the final touch will be binding the whole thing together with the silky, soft, orange satin I scored at the fabric store.


Gotta love free time on the weekends...Happy Halloween!

Barbie Cake Adventure

A while ago for my bridal shower I got a pampered chef pan that can be used for making a barbie cake...and a flour sifter! After many laughs about how I would never use either...I am proud to announce that they have been put to good use. Although the flour sifter has been used for many years! Here are some pics of my latest cake creation for two darling twin girls! When Jill picked them up with Sydney her face was priceless! Ariel....love it!

Enjoy...now I am off to Sugarland with a stop through Little Big Town!!

Toby Keith...for your viewing pleasure!

What a weekend and week. It was awesome to have the whole family plus Steph's parents and brother Chris at the Toby Keith concert. What a show. We tailgated...made new friends...danced...drank expensive frozen beverages...and sang at the top of our lungs. Camera didn't make it into the concert for fear of being left behind...but here are some before shots!

Dusty boots...

New friend #1.

Neal.

Gotta love the bike police!

Neal and Dad...playing ladder golf.

Dave and Chris. Ladder golf father and son two.

Sara and Jill.

You know these glasses are fabulous...or at least I think this is what this picture was about.

And ridiculously close photo #2.

The shirt speaks for itself.

Sisters!

Neal and Mom. Love it.

General scene in the parking lot #1.

And #2...courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue.

Oh what a week!

So...did I mention that I love autism. I forgot how much I missed the lil ones. I might have the best class ever. I mean sure...we had a few transition flubs...a few calls for Mommy...but they are wonderful! Getting excited for the weekend. Toby Keith...the family...cowboy boots. Fabulous fun.

Night.

The baking...continued.

Loveliness! Sliced the cake in half...made a delicious raspberry filling...dirty iced...colored the fondant...and decorated! Not bad for my first cake. Now its time to rest before the shindig this evening!