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The Results Are In!

I know you all were dying to know how the Herbs turned out. Well, they are all growing like crazy and love their window sill! I'll be cooking with these in no time!

A Springtime Bag

So, I've been having what I would describe as Painter's Block. So, I decided to finish up some sewing projects. First thing on the list was this lined satchel/grocery type bag. I made it out of a linen type fabric. It's really soft and I love it. I printed my own little design on it using my Gocco printer (yes, finally!). It was a good first attempt, but I think I will make one more just to iron out the kinks.

In honor of our great visit to Megan's New Hope abode in honor of her birthday... Megan was up early creating more mini cupcake delights. Since this time I was able to eat them first hand, I can honestly say they were scrumptious little chocolate and cake concoctions, and they were adorable too!


(visit Bakerella for full instructions)

Each cupcake ball was placed in a mold filled with chocolate... that's right I'm talking chocolate AND cupcakes!



Then a little dippage in some yummy & pretty blue icing...





Topped with sprinkles and a candy heart...



And there you have the cutest little cupcakes for a fabulous bitesize yummy treat!!

Lollipops+Cupcakes=Glorious

After discovering this great blog: http://bakerella.blogspot.com/2008/04/make-your-cupcakes-pop.html, Megan decided to get busy crafting her own cupcake pops. The night consisted of rolling cake and cream cheese balls, dipping chocolate, and a lot of finishing touches.



The results are beyond precious!



Although I heard that even the hubby had to get in on the action!



These adventures are all about trial and error. The end results here were delicious (similar to a dunkin' munchkin') but Megan tells me she has a lot of new ideas to make the process a bit easier. I don't know about you but I'm looking forward to seeing what comes next!

Easter Festiveness

Leave it to Megan to step up the cuteness quotient for Easter!
These egg lanterns she found for a steal. $.99 for the small ones and $1.99 for the large lantern. Just goes to show you that you don't have to do much to kick it up a notch!

Painting Plug

Here's one of my new ones. I've been pretty busy! I'm not going to post all my new work here, but you can take a look over on annabergin.com for some painting treats!

St. Patrick's Festiveness

In honor of the green holiday Megan enjoyed some Irish treats this weekend. She picked up some green bagels from her local bagel shop, and in true Irish fashion baked her own Irish Soda Bread!! Reportedly, it's great with a lot of butter (isn't everything?)!!!

Birthday Bonanza!

I had a lot of fun crafting for Owen's 1st Birthday! I even got the husband in on the job by helping me with streamers! I decided to make party hats, streamers, and a cake.

I crafted the party hats out of cardstock.

Basically, I rolled a piece into a cone shape, cut around the bottom of the hat and used whatever shape was left I used as a template to make all the rest of the cut outs.

I then wrote on each one with glue and sprinkled on glitter. Waited for the writing to dry (if I didn't wait it would have dripped down the hat) and made each one into a hat shape and stapled.

I punched holes in each side and strung ribbon through each hole and knotted.

I also attached a few curled ribbon strands to the top of each hat with tape for a tassel.

With the leftover scraps of cardstock I made the streamers (mobiles). I cut out circles and in each end I punced holes. I attached the circles together with some craft/jewelry memory wire I had lying around. I taped each one to a string and strung!


I also baked a cake... which didn't go that well. The icing turned out deliciously with chocolate goodness... but the actual cake did not bode as well. I followed the directions precisely so either Betty Crocker is a loser... or I need a new oven!

The guests sure did look cute!!