Fondant! You are no longer so powerful over me!

Fondant was an intimidating creature!  I was so scared of it but I finally got a little courage and gift certificate to Michael's from a wonderful Uncle and decided to try it!!  My first try was a little bit of a failure but then the magic of youtube came to me!!  I always forget you can learn almost anything on youtube!  So I watched a baker who owned her own shop and its all about patience and alot of smoothing around the edges!  The real trick is to roll the fondant out much larger than the cake it needs to cover!!

I bought these edible wafer flowers on Etsy!  You would be surprised how much edible art you can buy on Etsy!!  I am sure you can see a theme to my posts and that Etsy is my go to source!!  When in doubt, Etsy!

A Cake for my son's Baptism

A close up of the beautiful flowers

Hope you enjoy!- Meg

Happiness Every Month

I have heard of receiving different flowers each month for the full year...or a new wine each month.. but octopus!!  I love the idea!!  This shop on etsy will send you a new octopus each month- how delightful!!

Cute Smiling Octopus Friends!

PS! the plural of octopus is OCTOPI!!!!!!!
http://www.etsy.com/listing/83589389/baby-octopus-of-the-month-club-6-month?ref=sr_gallery_27&sref=&ga_search_submit=&ga_search_query=baby+octopus&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_search_type=all&ga_facet=

Must Have Been The Roses

While picking out a necklace for the spring fashions I plan on rocking... I found this beautiful jewelry shop on etsy: Tamar's Shop: Nest Pretty Things!  Etsy is sooo overwhelming because there is just so much to choose from and everything is so inspiring.  This shop has captured my spring mood: the whimsy, floral, soft, and fun!

Next step... breaking open my piggy bank and buy one of these banging necklaces.

Etsy Shop of the Day: adventurevintage

Glorious vintage finds come to us today via adventurevintage a great little etsy shop that has some fun housewares as well as these great refurbished chairs. We also can't help but love these terrific clip-on earrings!

Etsy Shop of the Day

of paper and thread
Displays the designs and limited edition fabric by West-Australian based designer Danielle Smeets.
I'm beginning to think of projects now that could utilize this awesome fabric... Soon my dears...soon.

Etsy Shop of the Day

i made you a beard

Etsy Shop of the Day: Moo Cow

These knits look soft and cuddly and have great style!

Etsy Shop of the Day: Creation Nation

The Felt work of Julie Persons. I've always wanted to try felting but I'm too scared of stabbing my fingers!

Etsy Shop of the Day: Eyeshoot

These images are just fantastic!



The art and design work of Sarah Franklin is today's etsy shop of the day! We especially love these retro prints she has in her shop!
Check out her shop:
http://www.eyeshoot.etsy.com
Her blog:
http://eyeshootphotosandfood.blogspot.com
Her flickr page:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/multum-in-parvo/
and her website:
http://www.eyeshoot.co.uk

Etsy Shop of the Day: Unravelling

We are starting a new feature called Etsy Shop of the Day!
There is just so much fun to be had on Etsy that we need a reason to go on!


Today's Shop (with the added honor of being our very 1st shop of the day):



Fine art photography by Susannah Conway


We love her photos, and think this is a great reason for you to start collecting art today! Preserve summer!

http://www.unravelling.etsy.com/