Tomorrow, Isaac will get one more chance to celebrate his birthday, at school, with his class. I threw together yet another batch of cupcakes and after much pleading, agreed to make hoggy decorations. Again. The kid is obsessed I tell you. Anyhoooo… This time I went with all buttercream and no fondant. It’s faster. Cheaper. […]
party time. excellent.
so, yesterday, we had two big bashes for ike’s fifth birthday. first, 6 or so of his best buds joined us at bounce u for some running, jumping, sliding, wrestling and general mayhem. i never get good pics in bounce u. too much motion. terrible lighting. iphone camera. it all adds up to a bunch […]
iphone game cupcakes
today is ike’s birthday. we are between parties. and between cupcake themes. he wanted “hoggy”, an iphone app that he is very obsessed with. but, i figured none of his friends would have a clue what that was AND i really wanted to make angry birds cupcakes. he gave this plan his stamp of approval. […]
quilt for baby girl s
Somehow, in the last week or so, I managed to throw together this little quilt for my friend carlye’s (and mike’s) baby-girl-on-the-way. I originally planned to mail something closer to the due date (they recently moved to the Midwest 🙁 ). But, she’s coming back to town this weekend for a baby shower, so once […]
jesse’s monkey watermelon cake
despite a few setbacks this week, i still managed to get a cake put together for my pal, jesse, who turns four tomorrow. (ok, isaac’s friend. i’m more friends with his mom). first, isaac got sick. then, anna pulled my cooling cakes of the counter and carried them into the living room. then, anna got […]
sickie.
On Friday, Ike got a nasty cough. It’s made for some rough nights. And then he has these episodes where he coughs violently for a few minutes and then vomits for his grand finale. So there’s been a lot of steam cleaning and laundry. Then this morning, annababy woke up coughing like a smoker, and […]
calvin cougar club cupcakes
Last Wednesday, I was the “guest speaker” at Ike’s school for their calvin cougar club (on Wednesday, they stay an hour longer and have guest speakers, demos, etcetera). I talked about making and decorating cupcakes. I also provided cupcakes, frosting and sprinkles for them to decorate their own cupcake. And eat it. 54 preschoolers. 🙂 […]
Swoon-along
after waffling about my next quilt, i decided to crack open a fat quarter of tula pink prince charming fabric and make the super popular swoon quilt. after being told of a flickr quilt-along for fellow swoon makers, i hopped on board. i made the first block yesterday: some things: 1. i decided to make […]
meeting max
Over the weekend, the lid kids and I loaded up and rode to Raleigh to meet max. As expected, he was cute and tiny and wrinkly and very much a brand new baby. He liked his quilt: Sarah’s parents stopped in to see us all and met Anna for the first time. We strolled down […]
max’s quilt.
my high school bff, sarahpowers, was supposed to have a baby boy on january 8th. my plan WAS to take a little post-christmas breather, then gear up to knock out a quilt for mr. max. however, in all of the christmas excitement, he decided to get born. so, in the wee hours of december 26th, […]