Project of the Week: Santa Birthday Cake

Sorry I haven't posted anything in awhile. The holidays are always so busy, but this year something extra special happened! Meet my new niece, Ms. Natalie Grace! Born 12-15-10! Santa Baby! I'm a very happy Auntie Em! Now I have two beautiful nieces! But anyways, I have been working on a couple of projects over Christmas. One was a birthday cake! I also did some Christmas...

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Christmas Ornament Giveaway Project

I know it's been awhile since I have posted some projects, but it's not because I haven't been busy working on any! I just had to wait until they were finished to post them!  At the end of October, I had a giveaway for a hand painted ornament from Pottery Works. Paulette from my work won the contest. After talking with her a bit, it became quite obvious what the theme...

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Recipe Review - Alton Brown's (From Good Eats) Roast Turkey

About a month ago, I came across this recipe for roasting a turkey: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/good-eats-roast-turkey-recipe/index.html I showed the recipe to my boyfriend, Will, and he decided to try it this year. We figured it would be worth trying for two reasons: 1) We love the show Good Eats on Food Network. Alton Brown knows what he is doing! 2)...

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Ho Ho Ho!

Well Thanksgiving is done, and now it's my favorite time of year! We decorated our Christmas tree yesterday, and I wanted to share it with you! I bought twinkling lights for the tree! Will and I decided last year that we would collect ornaments in two ways. We would buy ornaments on any vacation we go on. We have ones from Vegas, Key West and the Bahamas. We also decided...

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Happy Thanksgiving! 25 days of Thankfullness!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  In honor of this holiday, I decided to share what I am thankful for with you! Starting November 1st, I started writing out one thing I am thankful for each day up until Thanksgiving day! It helps to remind me how truly blessed I am! 1. My wonderful, amazing, awesome best friend and boyfriend, Will  Words can't express how blessed...

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Project of the Week: Baby Shower Cake and Diaper Cake

Wow... So... Last week I was MEGA busy preparing for my sister-in-law Katherine's baby shower. I am excited to say that it went very well, and everyone seemed to have a nice time! The theme was baby animals and neutral colors since we won't know the sex of the baby until it is born. I seemed to favor the giraffe though... :) Well, needless to say, I kind of went over the...

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