A Craft Day!

Last Friday, I had a craft day with my mom, grandma, aunt and cousin. We made tissue paper pom poms.

My first expiriment.. A tissue paper flower.

These were so much fun to make! 

another little flower

My husband being silly :)

I hung mine in my room.

This is what I did with the little flower.

We had fun making these! You can find the instructions here- http://www.marthastewart.com/how-to/tissue-paper-pom-poms-how-to

A New Drawing

My husband's aunt commissioned me to do this drawing for her. It was completed using two different pictures.

This was the main picture

She wanted me to add in the above picture of her dad, in place of the man's face.

Here is the result~

Flower Photography

My listing for today- a set of 3 original matted flower photographs!

Bright and cheerful!

Custom Child's Pencil Portrait

My listing for today ~ Custom 8x10 Child's portrait. Here are the example photos I used…

New Listing!!

Here is my latest listing on Etsy~ A custom engagement/bridal portrait! Below are the example photos that I show on the listing...

Joey & I

Mandie and Jacob

Mark and Laena

Heather and Michael



My first custom listing! What do you think?


On a side note- last Saturday was my friend Mandie's bridal shower. I gave her a drawing. She loved it!

Me and Mandie

Jacob and Mandie

It was a beautiful shower!

Chocolate Caramel Cake Tutorial

CHOCOLATE CARAMEL CAKE

CAKE INGREDIENTS

1 German Chocolate Cake Mix

30 Kraft Caramels

½ Cup Evaporated Milk

¾ Cup Butter

1 Cup Chocolate Chips

FROSTING INGREDIENTS

½ Cup butter

4 T cocoa

6 T milk

1 tsp vanilla

16 oz powdered sugar

1. Prepare cake mix as directed. 

2. Pour half of the batter into a 13x9 pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.

3. Melt caramels, evaporated milk, and butter.

4. Pour over hot cake.

5. Sprinkle chocolate chips over caramel.

6. Pour remaining batter over the top. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

FROSTING-

1. Combine the butter, cocoa and milk in a saucepan. Cook until it boils. Remove from heat. Transfer to a mixing bowl. Add vanilla and powdered sugar. Mix.

2. Pour over cake and frost.

All finished! Enjoy.

If you try the recipe, let me know!

ENGAGEMENT!!

I just took some engagement pictures for my friends, AJ and Hannah. What a cute couple! Here are a few of my favorites-

This is just a few among the VERY MANY pictures I took. It seems that there are a lot of engagements and weddings this year ;)

On a side-note - my latest Etsy listing ~

Notecards