Gingerbread Men

Before Christmas I made some gingerbread cookies with my mom and sisters.  I really enjoyed decorating them. 


I tried to make every one different and was quickly running out of ideas.  Then my mathematics knowledge kicked in. 

And my family thought I was just weird.  Becky said “you should add squiggles”  and I let her show me what she meant.  You see, it’s rather difficult to do minute details with the larger hole I cut for the icing bag and I knew it wouldn’t look good.

Hers is on the left, while mine are on the right.  Love you Becky!

P.S. I am just giving Becky a hard time.  She knows I'm kidding, and poking fun at her.  And if it would upset her I wouldn't have posted it.  I was just so excited that FINALLY I am starting to be good at this kind of thing.  Growing up (a decade younger) and trying to paint or scrapbook or make cards with my family was frustrating because my stuff was ALWAYS the worst.  It was hard to keep going when there was such a difference in quality.  It's just nice to see that the tables have turned ;)

Jean Quilt

I had made it a goal to finish piecing together the top of this jean quilt before we moved and I DID IT!  This blasted thing took MONTHS.  Not because I'm super slow and procrastinated it (which certain didn't help) but because these pieces all came from old jeans.  I had to cut the seams off these old jeans, then cut the squares out of the leftover pant material.  My mom had been saving jeans for YEARS and I cut ALL of the jeans up.  I could made many more quilts out of the cut material but this one is for my family.  I'm so proud of it!  Now I just need to figure out what to do with it.

Pretty isn't it?  And even though this one's fuzzy, my son was being adorable so I had to include it anyway.

Egg Decorating

Check out the Roots and Wings blog where I made this sweet egg! I'll have to get a picture up of the final, waxless egg.

Cupcakes

I've always wanted to try my hand at cake decorating and for my birthday this year Stephen bought me a ton of cake decorating supplies. My niece's birthday came up recently and it was themed a "Movie-Star" Party so I knew these would be a hit. I made funfetti cupcakes with gold wrappers, then I tinted some cream cheese frosting red (which took FOREVER!) Then I rolled out some fondant and cut different shaped stars out of it. Lemon extract and gold shimmer powder were mixed together to create a paint which was then painted onto the stars.

It was so much fun! I can't wait 'til the next birthday party!

Oh yeah, don't ask about the pie incident. I'm better off buying some things from the store ;)

My First Tutorial!!

So, today is my first time posting on my sister's craft blog. I was going to be a regular blogger on there, but I just don't have the time or the creativity. Go here to view it.

Post Edit: This was not my first post, but it was my first tutorial. Are you happy now Anjeanette? :)