Playing Catch Up!

Between a full time job and my blog commitments to the awesome Sketch-N-Scrap and Scrap Your Scraps I have been pretty busy, so I figured I'd just put up some layouts I did back in May that I never got around to previously posting.

First Post Up!

My first post for Scrap Your Scraps is up and I'm so happy!!! Just click on my link to see the entire post, but while you're here you can see the final piece.

Sketch-N-Scrap!!!

I would like to announce that I am now a Design Team Member on the blog Sketch-N-Scrap!
I am so excited to be a part of this design team,  there are so many awesome ladies joining me on this team.  Now combined with my other contributions for the blog Scrap Your Scraps I will have to finish 4-5 layouts a month.  This will mean that I will actually get some scrapbooking done!!!!
If you are a scrapper please pop on over and check out Sketch-N-Scrap they have fantastic sketches and there are wonderful challenges going on all the time!

Now I'm a Cake Decorator?

Well, not really.  I just like cake, and I like making homemade cakes for my kids birthdays.  When I was growing up my mom always made my sister (twin) and I homemade cakes.  They were nothing special, just a two layer white cake with homemade icing, maybe some candles.  It's the type of cake though that I have grown up on and love.  The recipe is from my Nana and so is the icing recipe and now it's what I make for my kids.  I may not be able to have an all out crazy awesomely decorated Pinterest inspired parties, but I can at least make them a fun cake.  I don't usually go for shaped cakes or character can pans that you can rent, there is just never enough cake!  I try to go as simple as possible, but this was the first year I used fondant.  I don't know the first thing about working with fondant, or even how to make it, but I found some amazing recipes online and couldn't believe how quick it came together.  Now I did have to tweak it a bit to get it to turn out perfectly, mostly adding more icing sugar so it would stop sticking, but other than that it was great, and tasty too!

This video was extremely helpful when it came to making the fondant, and now for the cake reveal!

It's not bad if I do say so myself :)  Lily loves owls, and loves to point them out, and since she was a little too young to really have a theme she wanted we just did some colourful decorations and I made her this owl cake.  It doesn't hurt that mommy loves owls too!

Scrap Your Scraps!

So as of now I am a member of the creative team over at Scrap Your Scraps.  This is very exciting for me as this the first time I've ever been on a creative team and I'm loving it!  Every month I'll be blogging about a fun technique or trick or interesting way to use up some of those scraps, as well as organization tips and tricks.  Be sure to come check us out and take a look at all the fantastic ladies who are joining me to bring you some great layouts, designs, and ideas!

Here is a sneak peek of my first ever blog post!

Bath time fun and Birthday parties

So I've been extremely busy lately, what with jobs, projects, and a birthday party to plan.  It only seems fitting that I would forget to post a layout I did, like last month, so here it is.  Just a quick post and show today.

New Job, Less Time, More Fun

So first things first, I have a new job.  Well, not a new job, I'm working for the same company, but in a new temporary role.  I am now full time and am a floral designer.  I knew I would like the job, but I didn't know how much I would enjoy it!  I work 8 hours a day and it literally flies by.  I always want to stay longer and keep working and when I'm at home I'm thinking of new designs and arrangements.  I hope this enthusiasm continues for the summer, and the pay isn't too bad either!

On another note, here are two finished layouts created a little while ago.  I haven't had a chance to post too much new but I was at least glad to get these uploaded.  The first one is a picture of my daughter from last year during Easter.  I created this layout not having any clue where I was going, but knowing I really wanted to use those puffy stickers, so I created a big focal circle.  So happy with it!  My second layout was one I created about the day my daughter finally came home from the hospital after a month in the NICU.  Since the layout was more for me I decided to just go with stuff I love, hence the vellum, the colours, the style, the feathers, etc.

Hope to update more often very soon. I may also post some of my floral arrangements as well.

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A New Mom Again