Bunny Cakes

Weekend Baking

The boys' school had their annual *Mardi Gras Carnival* this weekend.  This meant Friday night and Saturday were spent baking and packing up goodies for the Bake Sale and Cake Walk.  I used the same bake sale packaging as last year (except I added a new sticker design for the bottom right corner of the treat bags).  I actually felt a lot less rushed this year than in previous years.  I guess I am mellowing out.  I did bail on the M&M covered pretzel rods at the last minute though.  The boys were disappointed, so I promised to make them again next year.  Here is the cake we made for the Cake Walk...unfortunately we didn't come home with one.  I guess there is always next year.

-K

J. Lo's Crib

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony's home was recently featured in Veranda magazine.  I just love the colors they have in their house...soft blues, grays, sliver, gold and pink! The interior design by Michelle Workman is stunning!

-K

St. Patrick's Day Cards

Every year we usually send out a few St. Patrick's Day cards to our family.  This year I wanted to do something a little different than last year, but I didn't really come up with the design till after I had ordered my photos.  Since the design called for 3 pictures, it turned out that I didn't order enough...so I had to create two different kinds of cards.

The first card used #10 cards in chocolate and envelopes in paper bag from Paper Source.  I ordered 3 different pictures in wallet sizes from Mpix.com (Mpix will die cut your wallets so they end up with nicely rounded corners).  Then I applied the 3 different photos using double stick tape to the card stock.  To make sure your photos align nicely, use a clear ruler.  A St. Patty's Day message with applied with a rubber stamp and then the boys signed the cards.  Also, because the envelopes had the string and button closure, I had to have the post office hand cancel the cards (which looked really nice, so I was happy to have it done).

The other cards were very similar to last year's.  A photo decorated one side of the card and the other side had stamped St. Patty's Day motifs.  The scallopped cards are also from Paper Source.

-K

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!!!!!

-K

P.S.  I didn't even wear green today!  Didn't quite feel like St. Patty's Day to me.  I will have to make up for it tomorrow.

Lollipops + Cake = Family Day Cake

Last weekend our family celebrated being a family.  We do this every year on March 5th.  Its like a birthday celebration, but with no presents.  Cake, good cheer and baby pictures are the only ingredients to our 'Family Day' tradition.  This year I struggled with the cake, as I didn't have any ideas or time to come up with something creative.  As I sat in the kitchen trying to figure out how make the frosted cake festive I spied our Valentine's Day loot.  I raided it for all the heart-shaped lollipops and stuck them in the middle of the cake--voila, the perfect Family Day cake!  The boys were most impressed with the cake plus lollipop concept and I was happy for the easy decorations.

-K