My Frozen Cake...

I made a Frozen cake for my granddaughters 8th birthday. It took me all day, but that's probably because I haven't made such an elaborate cake before. I am pretty happy with the way it turned out. Most importantly Brylee loved it:)).  I used recipes from Pinterest on making the ice shards and also got ideas on making snowflakes from white chocolate. I used snowflake sprinkles, sugar crystal sprinkles and tiny white round sprinkles. I was lucky enough, after searching every store I could think of, to find the Frozen Ornaments in the after Christmas clearance section at Target. That was luck indeed!

 

 

 

 

Below is a picture of my candy ice shards. They look like old green glass to me. I followed

the directions I found on Pinterest and used blue food coloring but it came out greenish. It still 

looked cool on the cake.

 

Here's where I found my recipes and ideas. The chocolate cake recipe is mine and I will 

list it below also.

Ice candy:  http://www.pamspartyandpracticaltips.com/2014/01/elsas-ice-candy_17.html

Buttercream frosting:  http://thedecoratedcookie.com/2008/11/cookie-dough-and-frosting-recipes/

Snowflake template:  http://www.sheknows.com/kids-activity-center/print/snowflake-template-2

And here's my chocolate cake recipe:

 

Deep Dark Chocolate Birthday Cake

 

2 cups granulated sugar

1 3/4 cups all purpose flour

3/4 cup cocoa

1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

2 eggs

1 cup milk

1/2 cup vegetable oil

2 teaspoons vanilla

1 cup boiling water

 

Preheat oven to 350.  Grease and flour pans or prepare cupcake liners.  Mix dry ingredients in a large

mixer bowl or mixing bowl.  Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla.  Beat on medium for 2 minutes.  Add

boiling water and stir.  Mixture will be thin. Bake in pan for 35-40 minutes until toothpick comes

out clean.  Cupcakes take less time, I wanna say 20 minutes or so,  just keep an eye on them and check with toothpick.

 

Cool completely then frost with the Buttercream frosting.

 

Yum!!

Christmas...

It I thought I would share some of my Christmas. My son-n-law, Ryan and my daughter, 

Rhiannon, made this lighted monogram plaque for us. It looks really neat all lit up. I had it

In the center of my mantel for Christmas Day, but the decorations have all been put away 

now and I had to find a new place for it. I've put it above my television inside the cabinet. 

It glows so pretty, the photos don't do it justice! 

I love it!

 

Below are a set of dachshund oil and vinegar bottles. They are so cute! From Ryan and 

Rhiannon too.

 

My youngest daughter handmade this pink elephant jewelry holder for me at school in her ceramics

class. It turned out so cute and she even painted it my favorite color, PINK!

 

My oldest daughter, Stephanie, made these tile coasters using photos of my family.

I have such creative and talented kids!

Our Tree:)

 

My daughter, Bryanna, and our dachshund, Rexy.

Rexy :)

 



I found these cute snowman chair covers at Kirkland's this year. I thought the

grandgirls would like them.

 



 

Shabby Cupcake...

I found a cute pin on making this really sweet shabby

cupcake. Here's my version using what I had on hand:)

You can find the video tutorial at tubeyoumaster1.

Thanks for visiting:))

Cupcake Cards...

 

I made these using papers I printed from Iralamija's Etsy shop

and other papers I had on hand.

 

 

 

 

Painted Canvas Porch Pillow...

I wanted to share the pillow I painted the other day for my

side porch. I bought the canvas pillow cover a few years back 

not knowing what I would do with it but it was super cheap so I 

bought it!  All I wanted on it was my house number. I think it's

really COOL!

 

 

Bunny Cards...

I recently purchased a few printable papers from Iralamija's Etsy shop.

I printed them out and made these cards using her beautiful floral tags 

and printable floral papers. The pink stripe paper is from Hobby Lobby.

I also used my hand dyed buttons and some of the resin bunnies I made 

and painted. I found the yellow doilies at a local flea market, I was so

excited!

 

 

 

 

 

Amazing Mold Putty...

Last week I came across a pin on Pinterest about making your own molds with Amazing Mold Putty. I thought it was a neat idea so I set out to try it. First I bought my supplies at Hobby Lobby, including Amazing Casting Resin. I followed the directions on the packaging, made a few molds and poured in my resin.  After the resin hardened I took my pieces out of the molds. I painted some and dyed some with Rit liquid dye. After my painted pieces dried I sprayed them with either gloss or matte sealer to protect the painted finish. The process, in my opinion, is very simple and really a lot of fun! My favorite pieces are the bunnies, ice cream cones and the roses.