Monday, March 30, 2009

Over the weekend we hosted birthday parties for my big girl and my boy; they're actual birthdays are this weekend, but with spring break happening, we decided to do them early. They were lot's of prep and lots of fun! Here we go...
7 year old rockstar fun...


and robots for a 4 year old...

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

it's party time!

My big girl and my boy both celebrate birthdays in March. We are having both of their parties this weekend! Eek! It's crunch time! Here is some of my inspiration for each of them:
My boy is turning 4 and decided on 'robots' for his party:


My big girl is turning 7 and can't seem to stop talking about Hannah Montana and High School Musical. These are definitely not things we encourage(for many reasons-poor influence and I just am not a fan of crazes like they are) or have ever let her view for that matter, so it has to be all school influence. Anyway, we decided on a generic 'rock star' theme for her party:


we do have it DOWN!

I love that as so many shelter mags are shutting down, that Canadian mags are being sought after! And getting such raving reviews!

Monday, March 16, 2009

vote for me!

Go here http://karenhunter.typepad.com/karen_hunter_photography/2009/03/let-the-voting-begin.html and vote for my daughter! I entered her in a contest that is being held by Karen Hunter Photography here in Winnipeg. It is not a beauty contest, the results are based on votes...get as many people to vote for your daughter as possible! The prize is a free photo shoot and a pair of James jeans from Madi Couture! Anyway, she is #4! Go now!

Saturday, March 14, 2009

color inspiration challenge

Every week over at kwernerdesign blog (www.kwernerdesign.com/blog) there is a color inspiration challenge. Her blog is all about paper crafting and so is the challenge. Create a card/scrapbooking page/whatever in the colors she chooses for the week. Since this weeks colors happened to be the colors of the party invitations I just finished, I thought I would finally participate in the challenge! Go over there and check out everyone else's entries!


Can anyone tell me how to rotate the second photo? Can't seem to do it and it looks pretty silly right now.

Friday, March 6, 2009

Aunt Mary crochets

Does she ever! My mom's sister crochets like a mad woman! She happened to send my mom a photo of her latest project (just made out of scraps she said) and when I saw it I was totally impressed! Check it out! The first photo is all the pieces not yet stitched together and the third photo is the afghan partially stitched together. I think something like this would look fab on a child's bed or to snuggle with on your family room couch. She also mentioned how many others she has made over the years-prepare yourself-54 adult sized and about 12 baby sized blankets.


Thursday, February 26, 2009

pink velvet cupcakes

These were yummy, like red velvet cupcakes, but pink and made with white chocolate. When I made them, the recipe made exactly 30 little cakes.




Makes 24-30 cupcakes
Pre-heat your over to 350 degrees
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 sticks (6 ounces) unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups milk
8 ounces white chocolate, melted
pink gel-paste coloring

1) Sift the flour with the baking powder and salt.
2) In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the butter at low speed until smooth. Add the sugar and beat until fluffy, about 3 minutes.
3) Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating for about 10 seconds after each addition.
4) Add the vanilla.
5) At low speed, alternately beat in the dry ingredients and the
milk in 2 additions.
6) Add the melted white chocolate and beat just until incorporated.
7) Add anywhere from 1/8 - 1/4 tsp. of the pink gel paste
8) Scoop batter into paper-lined muffin tins, about 2/3 full.
9) Bake 20-24 minutes. Insert a toothpick into the middle of the cupcake. If it comes out clean, they're done.
9) Cool cupcakes on a wire rack.
Frost with your favorite cream cheese frosting.