WELCOME ROYALS!

*Seeing the welcoming ceremony for Will and Kate on the News made me miss London so much!
I had so many flashbacks as to when I was there =] I also spent the afternoon recapping on their wedding. I cannot wait to look back and say to my children that I witnessed this 'day in History'. It is also great that they are on Canadian soil!

Summer Fun, Here We Come!!

My To-Do list

So far I have 60 things to accomplish!

WISH ME LUCK

Belated First Day of Summer!

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SUMMER EVERYONE!

In order to get me excited for my first summer spent in Cow Town for the past 4 years I have decided to not let myself waste this summer...get wrapped up in work...or get stressed! For this to happen, I have created an exciting Summer 'To-Do' List filled with activities for memories to be created =]. I am so excited to start checking the boxes! My goal is to look back on this summer and say that it was the best one yet!

Tea Parties

Whenever I see teacups I am reminded of the days where I would raid my mother's makeup bag for lipstick (it was off limits EXCEPT for tea parties!), put on my dress up pearls, pull out the long gloves, and wear my best dress in order to attend an annual tea party with my sister,mom and sometimes grandma.
This made drawing teacups even more meaningful! And now I have a great memory to add to my room =]

Sparkles from the ceiling

I have always been captivated by chandeliers and looking through my Cali pictures I noticed I captured a few pictures of some!

In the future I want to have one but I know they can be quite expensive! Therefore, I will make one =]
There are some pretty easy DIY chandeliers out there...just a matter of attempting this challenge.
Here are a few ideas:

My Favorite! All you need are strands of pearls,
string, hot glue, and a wire coat hanger =]

Perfect for a little girls room! All you need
are paper/foam butterflies, fishing string, ribbon, and a wreath
of some sort (or just use a wire coathanger again).

I would put this outside on a deck or sitting area.
All you need a tealight candles, mini jars,chains,circular
cooling rack, and string.

Cupcakes Galore!

So I am happy to say that my baking collection has GROWN a lot during the past week!
I have introduced....
-Silicone reuseable cupcake cups!
-a can of 'spraypaint' icing
-colorful/patterned cupcake cups
-book of 150 cupcake ideas
-Cake decorating triangle (diff. ridges on each side to make a neat design
in the icing on the side of a cake)
-more piping bags & cuplers
- Neat cake wires to hang ornaments from

and lots more!

You may not share in the excitment that I have but it has motivated me to get some
baking done! Thankfully I have an amazing boyfriend who late me bake for 3 hours at his place
(he even did the dishes!). I got some cupcakes ready for tomorrow night's vancouver vs. Boston
hockey game...having some people come over to watch!

A great Sunday Afternoon =]

Of course you HAVE to watch 'Cupcake Wars'
while baking! =]

My 'Work' Space

First batch: Lemon!

then comes the chocolate!

3 hours later..they are ready for game day!

Such a sweetheart =]

Also, I baked some cupcakes for easter that have been my favorite so far!

Great family dinner (minus nathan)

(now minus dad!)

We also celebrated my beautiful mother's birthday!
Both Ashley and I baked her something =]

completion!

All I need to do is go in with black and
line/shade areas!

After the finishing touches!

Big debut beside my other art pieces!

dollar store find

STEP ONE
Find a cookie jar (or any other solid color jar!).
Got this for $2 from the dollar store =]

STEP TWO
Pick a pattern of your choice and lightly
draw it on with a pencil. I chose a damask
pattern (to go with my bedding!)...you can
barely see my sketch

STEP THREE
Fill in!! I started with permanent marker
and then went over it with acrylic paint.

STEP FOUR
Marvel at your wonderful,easy, and
cheap creation!

awaken from slumber!

        I have finally found some time for myself! And since my room hasn't had a recent painting added to it I decided to fix that! I fell in love with these flowers....how simple they look but yet whimsical with all the popping colors! I am slowly working on it and will post the finishing masterpiece soon! =]