Baby Belly Pictures

I took a bunch of pictures of Erica for her baby shower invitation, and I played with them in photoshop...here they are.

Baby Shower Invitation

Here is the invitation that I am sending out for my friend, Erica! I took lots of pictures of the beautiful Mommy and made the invitation in Photoshop. I love to do this kind of thing!

Fun Stuff To Come...

but you are just going to have to wait to see it!

I am planning a baby shower for my best friend, Erica...it is the second week in October...and I've started to make some really neat things for it...I can't tell too much in case Erica happens to pop in and read my blog.

Some teasers:
Lots and Lots of Pink and Brown, diapers galore, darling cupcakes on a stick, fun, fun, fun!

I cannot wait!

My Hubby's Work

My husband, Mike is a finish carpenter which comes in super handy when I need things done around our house. We've been wanting a new entertainment center for quite sometime, and I've been collecting pictures from Pottery Barn for inspiration. I showed him the pictures and he says "I can build that!" So, here is the progress... It is not finished yet, it is just primed, we have been contemplating which color we should paint it...black or white...I choose white...so I'm sure that will win! We are also going to put doors on the bottom middle shelves to hide the electronics. I am also in the process of adding decor to the shelves...but I didn't want to do too much until after the paint.

Note to self: Next time pick up the floors before taking pictures!

Here was our inspiration; of course with our own twists:

Here is another inspired piece of furniture that Mike built:

Entryway Bench Seat

Inspiration: Pottery Barn...again

Next project:

New desk for the office!

I apologize

I have been procrastinating a bit about putting up some projects that I have done in the past months. Some of these are from Christmas time and I never posted them. So here goes nothin'.

This was a gift exchange project I did, it's a little storage box and a matching notebook.

I decorated this picture frame for my sister, who is impossible to shop for. That's us in the picture!

A notebook for my nephew, Thor, who is into skateboarding!

A little name display for a friend's little boy, Drew.

That's it for now, hopefully, I won't be too far in between posts next time.

Faith and Grace

I am so thrilled to share my latest project with you. An old acquaintance from High School contacted me on myspace to make some name plaques for her two little girls...their names are Faith and Grace...aren't they lovely names? I happily went to work...and here is the end result...
Enjoy!

(Thanks Manda!)

Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies

I've been busy, busy, busy...I can't believe I haven't made any posts since the last one...as for the craft bazaar...it went pretty well...I sold 6 dozen out of 12. I now know that people are not willing to pay me for my labor. But hey, I used it as a learning experience. Time to think of other ideas for next year's Christams bazaar!

Now onto the topic at hand...Chocolate covered cherry cookies...have you ever heard of such a thing? I needed to find a unique cookie recipe to take to a cookie exchange tomarrow and I found this one online. Let me just tell you they are sinful!!! If you like chocolate covered cherries, you will love this cookie...but just one is enough to push you over the edge. You may need a glass of ice cold milk to wash it down.

This was a pretty simple recipe...I'm very pleased how well they turned out.

*Ingredients for Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies
1/2 cup Butter

1 cup Sugar

1 Egg

1 1/2 teaspoons Vanilla

1/2 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder

1/4 teaspoon Baking Soda

1/4 teaspoon Baking Powder

1/4 teaspoon Salt

1 1/2 cups Flour

10 ounces Maraschino Cherries (save juice)

*Frosting Ingredients

1 cup Semisweet Chocolate Chips

1/2 cup Sweetened Condensed Milk

4 teaspoons Cherry Juice

Mix butter and sugar. Then add in vanilla & egg. Then mix in cocoa powder, salt, baking powder,baking soda, then flour. Roll into 1" balls and place on ungreased baking sheet. Poke a hole in the middle and place a maraschino cherry. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. When cool frost with frosting~ put chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk and cheery juice in a pan and slowly heat until chocolate is melted

Makes 24 Cookies