Happy Birthday Relief Society Cakes ~ Props to all Mormon Mommy Bloggers ~

This past weekend my mom and I were invited to teach a cake decorating class at my friends church. The ladies were putting on a fun day of learning all kinds of things, gardening, hair cutting, furniture refinishing, CAKE DECORATING!! The theme was Shabby to Chic, and I couldn't help think of all my bloggy friends the whole time. :)


I was delighted to help out, and thought it would be fun, and my mom was so scared. I was too, actually, I've never taught a class before, and this was kind of a big deal. I had no idea where to even begin. Luckily it all went well, we did 2 classes, and all the woman who came were incredible. They were polite, understanding, encouraging, and very curious. I was amazed at the level of participation, it was very cool. 


We also made 2 full sheet cakes for the celebration, and wanted to share those with you really quick. We sat in for the presentation and history of this amazing organization, and was happy to have learned more about it. 

I worked hard at trying to create the emblem, and hope everybody was pleased with the way the cakes turned out. There was not even ONE single bite left. I know they were incredibly tasty. We made one vanilla, with a bavarian filling, and tons of freshly cut up strawberries, and pineapple. The other cake was a chocolate cake, with a chocolate mousse filling. Oh man. 

Enjoy, and once again for all my Mormon Mommy Blogger friends, this ones for you, too bad you couldn't actually taste it. 
Hugs, to you all, and keep up your good work, with all you do in this wonderful organization. 

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22 Days till I turn 32, I have 22 goals until then!!

These have to be simple goals, because knowing me, if it's too complicated, I will find a way to get out of it. No, really. I'm just being realistic.


So how about this list:
1. Cut my hair.
2. Workout daily, and start yoga again.
3. Drink more water.
4. Complete 1,000 crunches, and pushups.
5. Trim rose bushes.
6. Prune plants.
7. Sweep around house, and deck.
8. Store winter clothes.
9. Organize crafting supplies.
10. Make a jewelry organizer.
11. Clean baseboards.
12. Scrub floors.
13. Vacuum all corners, under beds, under furniture.
14. Replace some light bulbs.
15. Clean ceiling fans.
16. Wipe down all doors, and cabinets.
17. Go for nightly walks with the family.
18. Take care of my houseplants.
19. Wake up at 5:30 am, daily.
20. Take 1 bath, and do my nails.
21. Go for a hike with the family.
22. Make definite plans on when my ETSY shop will open.


Does this seem pretty reasonable?
I sure hope so, and I hope I complete it all, before my birthday.


Later on today, I will post my weekly meal plan.
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I just uploaded some of the more recent cakes we have done.
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GATOR Fans?? Look at this cake!!!

Check out this fun big BROWNIE I decorated for my oldest son, when he was 10. 

We are all GATOR fans in this house!

GO GATORS, and he wanted a GATOR cake. 

I don't have any tools, at my house, they are all at my moms in the bakery, SOOO I made do without and whipped up some quick marshmallow fondant, and started cutting out my gator. I did this all while the kids were skateboarding outside. This was his small little cake ON his Birthday. You know Grandma, made him a better one for the party. 

I was just going through some pics of cakes I have on my hard drive, and came across this, along with many others, but I really wanted to share this. 

ENJOY!!

I will be giving you all the marshmallow fondant recipe soon, when I can actually sit down, and start giving some tutorials. 

FUN STUFF, too bad you all aren't neighbors, who in the world is going to eat all these goodies I make. 

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Birthday Decorations using wrapping paper!

I wanted to do a quick post on how I decorated for my daughters bday last fall. She wanted a butterfly theme, and although I love the way a perfectly decorated party looks, I hate the idea of spending all that money and then decorations rarely if ever get used again. So in my never ending attempt to waste as little as possible, and at the same time not waste money. Here's what I came up with for her party!

I wanted something bold, and large, we have a huge wall that is empty as of now (eventually will either add family pictures, or kids art). It is the perfect background for decorating.

I found this wonderful pink metallic wrapping paper at walmart for $3.00, and it was a HUGE roll. SO I got 2 of them. I came home and got to cutting. I simply cut out huge lettters to spell out her name. I made huge butterflies, and smaller ones. Decorating them with craft paper as I went along. I also made a bunch of hearts, of different sizes and then we stuck them on the walls, all over the house, on the doors, in the hallway, everywhere I could. Our house was taken over by butterflies, but it was cute and exactly what I wanted.

After her party all I did was put some of the decorations on her walls in here room, and it's been almost a year now and she is still able to enjoy them. I am ready for a change in her room, so they will probably come down soon, and into the recycling bin they go. How awesome if that, hardly any waste, no plastic, or other things that will get dumped into our landfills. I think for the $6.00 I spent, this was definitely worth it, and she actually enjoyed it for far more than her bday party day.

I also am not a huge party favor mom, for the same reason as above. I hate wasting time, money and unnecessary resources, on something that kids get bored with and often break even before you get back home. So for her party, I did little flower headbands.

Attaching a few pipe cleaners, I made them big enough to fit around a childs, or adults head. I twisted the pipe around a flower and then added long colorful yarn to the other end. The girls loved pretending they had long hair. I got a bunch of flowers from the dollar store, and this was a very simple way to create a party favor for the little girls, and moms, and thankfully we still use these, as my daughter loves wearing it. Hopefully the other little girls, are still enjoying theirs too.

Heres some pics, and remember you too can decorate for a party using the simplest of materials, and still make a huge impression, only not on your wallet.

As always, ENJOY!

Bella

Here you can see her beautiful butterfly cake thanks mom
over at Euro Style Cakes for making my princess yet another fabulours cake.
Also check out her headpiece I was talking about, see her long pretty hair, so cute.

Pretty cool hugh?

Butterflies may not go with everything but hey, it worked.
The theme was carried out throughout the house. 

Almost got the whole wall in the pic.

Butterflies heading in the hallway.

Quick squeeze from Big B!

See all the butterflies still up in her room. She has been enjoying them for a while now.

Short and sweet. Hope you liked it, and if you did be sweet and leave me a comment on any quick cheap party decorating ideas you may have had.

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