Making Cakes

I have too many hobbies.

Making cakes is one of them.

Tedious, time consuming, messy, and


I
LOVE
IT

I had the pleasure of working on this one with a friend for her cousin's wedding. It was so much fun spending two days in the kitchen with my dear friend, baking cakes, whipping up some frosting, trying to get it chocolate-y enough, decorating it, and praying that 5 crazy children running around wouldn't mess it up (like they did the rest of the house).

I didn't get to see the finished product in real life, but according to the picture, I think it turned out quite nice.

I heard the bride cried when she saw it.

Happy tears.

That's always a good sign.

Giveaway Anyone?

Today on A Little Etsy Love, win a $20 gift certificate to my shop, Simple Serendipity

New In The Shop

I just listed this new flower pendant in the shop. I have lots more colors of these. I'll post a picture of the other colors soon. My camera is still dead. Well, it's on duct tape life support for now. Sometimes it works, most of the time it doesn't. :)

An Adorable Etsy Shop

My friend, Stephanie, just opened up this adorable Etsy shop, Paislee Lane

If I had little girls, I would dress them up in lovely things like

this



or this




I like that they are simple, and not too big. And I love the colors of fabric she uses.

Go check out Paislee Lane.

You can thank me later. :)

Life

I spent yesterday at the science center with the boys. It was a glorious, fun filled day with no agenda. (I love those days!)

When I was driving home in the city, I decided to pass by the school where my hubby did his graduate studies. It's only been two years, since we finished the student life phase. I was feeling a little nostalgia as I drove by.

Then I had to stop at a red light.

I looked over to see a mother in mom jeans holding a map, waiting to cross the street with barely-at-the-tale-end-of-the-teenage-years son standing a few steps in front of her holding a bag from the campus bookstore, trying to look cool.

Is it possible to look cool when you're on campus for the first time with your mother holding a map? I can't wait to do that to my sons!

Then I noticed the car stopped in front of me. In the back seat was a father sitting next to a newborn baby, with his wife in the front seat driving. Instantly my mind wandered back to the first years of graduate life, with our new little baby and the many, many times I drove our only car to pick up and drop off my hubby at school.

Life really does change fast.

I'm glad for the memories I have of the good times and the hard times.


p.s. I sure hope I can find a good pair of mom jeans when my boys get to the college age. :) Looking forward to that.

A giveaway!

You want another giveaway? Is that what I heard?
Why not? I'm in the mood.


Go check out this awesome creative blog,

733 blog

to enter a chance to win a gift certificate to the shop!

And while you are there, take a moment to browse her blog for great creative ideas. I'm thinking this blog is just the thing to help me get out of the creative rut I've been in since the baby was born.

My Interview

Wow, my first interview about the shop! Rachel Krech from associatedcontent.com contacted me about doing an interview about Simple Serendipity. I was happy to talk about myself. That's something I do well.

Wanna learn more?

Here's the link to it: Simple Serendipity

I have to say that I was a little bummed that the picture of my jewelry on her site was halfway cut off. Bummer. Oh well, the top half looked cute. :)