Scissor skills

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We headed down to our favorite Black Wagon on Tuesday for our quick appointment with Karl Johnson, scissor master extraordinaire. In less than five minutes he whipped up Clementine's silhouette. But wait, there's more...

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He did Weezie, too!!

Yes, it was hard to get Weezie to sit still, she wasn't as interested in the ipad technique that mesmerized the little miss for four minutes, but we managed. I love them!

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Check out Karl's scissor skills on his web site. Maybe he'll be in your neighborhood!

cottontail cupcakes!

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Here it is, my excuse for buying a cotton candy machine...

the cottontail cupcake!!

Like I said earlier, I had a vision.

Here's how it developed:

cupcake + toothpick + cakeball (a donut hole would work too)

fluffy white frosting

edible candy grass = whiskers

large blue nonpareil = eyes

pink decorating gel = mouth

and don't forget the paper ears

 Hi there, cutie. You just need a fluffy tail...

a pink and orange easter

{with a side of bunnies, chicks, & candy dots}

This year we celebrated Easter all weekend. Saturday, the little miss had her friend over for some cottontailed bunny cupcakes and confetti egg fun, and on Sunday we had our traditional dinner.

My theme did start out as pink but eventually I added orange, one of my favorite color combos! I wanted it to be pretty and bright, but also whimsical.

I decided to make homemade candy button placemats that doubled as a table runner when put all together. Yes, that's a lot of dots! 1309 to be exact. It was actually much simpler than it seems. After dinner, you could just pick at your placemat for dessert!

I finally found an excuse to get a small cotton candy machine for home; I had to complete my vision of a cotton candy "cottontail" on a white bunny cupcake, I mean, c'mon, let nothing come between me and my easter vision!

Throw in some fuzzy chicks, more colored rice, lovely orange burlap, bunnies made out of blown eggs, sparkly pink carrots hung from the light shade, strings of tissue paper tulips hung from the ceiling, some vintage easter nostalgia, wheatgrass planted in little porcelain eggs, pretty blossoms, and presto! our easter table(s) came together!

a dozen donuts... april fools!

This morning the mister found a bakery box on the counter.

I told him it was a dozen donuts. A nice Sunday surprise.

He opened the box to find mini "donuts".

April Fools!

Honey, who shrunk the donuts?

I was inspired by something I saw in the Disney family fun magazine while at a friend's house:

Frost a round piece of cereal, like cheerios or apple jacks, and top with sprinkles.

Very funny!

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gold at the bottom of the rainbow {cake} and the rest of our st. paddy's day

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The little miss may not have caught a leprechaun, but it was fun to try! We know there was one in the house though; she had a green lip print on her forehead when she woke up and all throughout the day things kept turning green! As for the rest of our St. Patrick's Day, there were rainbows in all forms, lots of green, and of course, gold!

I have been wanting to make this rainbow cake forever! I didn't follow the recipe exactly, I put whipped cream in between my layers and used a homemade vanilla frosting instead of a lemon buttercream. The cake is super moist and delicious. Although I had to get the idea out of my head that I wasn't eating play-dough every time I took a bite! Chocolate gold coins graced the bottom of the cake...gold at the bottom of the rainbow!

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A crepe paper rainbow and a pot of gold were found in the bathroom.

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Caramel chocolate pretzel sticks, stickers, green nail polish, shamrocks, and glittery green hats.

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