Valentine's Day

Sweets for the sweetest...these little petite cupcakes were chocolate devil's food and topped with vanilla buttercream icing and a small sugar heart and sprinkles.


The perfect answer for those of us who really
just want a "taste"!










Regular sized cupcakes....lemon cake, filled with raspberry preserves and topped with Lemon butter cream icing, finished off with spinkles and a sugar heart.

Yummy!





Hope you all had a wonderful Valentines Day!!!

Another Birthday Cake

Here's how it all starts....the cake....chocolate and vanilla....




The request was for a birthday cake for thirty people....the only caveat was that it needed to have the Brooks Brothers Logo on it and and Large forty.....hhhhmmmm where to begin....







Then the construction begins....Three layers of alternating Vanilla and chocolate...and vanilla buttercream icing...the hanging sheep/ram is actually the Brooks Brothers Logo...add a two layer Chocolate and Vanilla 40, create blue milk chocolate stars and a 'Tiffany's' colored bow...

and a cake is born!








add a few "40"s on the edges to solidify the milestone and it works~


A good time was had by all at the party and the cake went over well with the birthday "boy"!

Happy Birthday Scott!!!!

Another Present Post Christmas....

Made this scarf for a good friend! She found a cute hat in NYC and I decided to make her a scarf to go with it! The pattern is called Potato Chip.

It was fun to make, can't wait to see her face when she opens it.

I have to say a big thank you to my friend Yvonne who got me back crocheting and knitting again...I had forgotten how relaxing it can be!

National Chocolate Cake Day!

WooHoo...should be a National Holiday!!!
Check out this link for some cool information about National Chocolate Cake Day!
Have a chocolatety rest of your day!

http://www.punchbowl.com/holidays/2012/1/27/national-chocolate-cake-day

Trip to Gettysburg...

Sunday was the day to take Emily back to College
at Gettysburg....I was lucky enough to be asked along
for the drive...we visited some wonderful spots and
Stopped for some great pictures....this Covered Bridge
was one of those places....

Here is Karen looking great...we had some great laughs...


You can see a portion of Sach's Bridge in the background.









Emily and Karen posing by the bridge...the bridge was amazing...I don't think I could get enough of looking at it!


We had a great day and Emily arrived safe and
sound back at school!

Commission Cupcakes....

My friend Alan recommended me to someone who placed an order for a cake....that means he earned a commission of Red Velvet Cupcakes
with White Chocolate & Cream Cheese frosting...




he got one dozen delivered....







Since his wife doesn't like Red Velvet....

I made her some Mocha Cupcakes with
Mocha Frosting...since...yes you guessed it
Mocha is her favorite flavor!











Ginny the Cat...The "Finickiest of the Finicky" gave her seal of approval on the Red Velvet!

Taking a class.....

I decided to do something educational for myself!
Taking a class in Lightroom3, hopefully this will
be fun and get my photos in order and altered the
way that I would like to have them~!

Exciting!