I thought it might be fun to make a Christmas cake today. I did a vanilla cake with strawberry filling. You can never go wrong with Holly. ~wink~ I tried something new and for the first time on this one, I used a small paint brush to stroke in the frosting on the leaves for…
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2009 Gingerbread Fun
It’s that time again! This year the kids decided to do a Santa’s Village for our annual gingerbread creation. My daughter requested that we do it when her grandma and grandpa were in town so they could do it with us. Here’s how it turned out: The recipe and other years of gingerbread creations can…
Christmas Slide Shows
About this time of year interest is renewed in lessons and information on Jesus Christ for Christmas events, lessons, etc. It’s about this time that I start getting more requests for my slide show I did several years ago on the Savior, and I always run into snags with music copyrights. It’s hard for people…
Delving In
So my hubby spent a great deal of time talking to me last night about things he sees me doing. I wish I could borrow his glasses! *snort* It reminded me of the way he was talking to me 4 years ago about blogging and how much I would enjoy it and how sure he…
A Shared Love
I got an e-mail this morning with a link to an artist’s website. I’m only sad that I’ve not known this artist before this morning. His work is exquisite to me. I was so moved by his new painting “One Nation Under God” that I wanted to share it here. I have only captured a…
Cakes
Making cakes was just some of the fun I had while in Idaho. The Macbook cake was my first fondant cake. The second was my first formal cake made for a wedding. I made this fondant cake for my niece’s wedding last summer.
Wedding Fun
I have a niece getting married next week. I offered to help her with her invitations and cake. I have more confidence in the graphic design of her invitation than her cake but I’m willing to take a stab at it. Here’s the invitation: And here’s the first ‘test’ cake. I’m excited now that I’ve…
Something New
I’m doing some learning this week and I’m so excited with today’s results I have to blog it! Today’s sweet success was learning all about chocolate ganache. I’ll share more details later about the reason for the lessons, for now I’ll share how fun and easy the stuff is! A friend suggested that I try…
DIY Queen
My husband nicknamed me the DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Queen this morning. It’s true, I’ve got a habit of taking on all types of projects on a purely “learn as you go” system. From finishing my garage, putting down a new wood floor and building furniture to crocheting blankets, creating recipes and everything in between, I’ve been…
Create
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