First 7 Parts of Disney's Summer Magic

Last Six Parts of Disney's Child of Glass

First Five Parts of Disney's Child of Glass

Cake

I made a cake for the kids' birthday party, a castle & a toy box. I spent 15 hours on it. I learned I still have a lot of practice to do on icing a cake and I need some fondant lessons! All my hard work fell apart on the way to Lehi. Lesson learned: Put together Castle cakes closer to end location!

Photograpy Experiments: Water

So I have always wanted to learn more about photography, have excuses to learn creative things and be truly good at it. I love to take pictures, but I guess I just really lack confidence in what I can do. So, I entered a series of photo contests under the theme of Water by The Pioneer Woman. I haven't had any success yet at having any of my photos make into the daily groups, but I'm not giving up yet. Here are a few photos a took playing with the theme water. Tell me what you think?

A Mother Day's Project

I wanted to do something different this year for Mother's Day. I didn't want to buy our moms giftcards or movies, you know the kind of things that we so often buy. I know the giftcards would be appreciated, and we actually all chipped in for one for Chris' mom anyway. No, this year I actually wanted to give something to them that was unique and had a lot of meaning and so, when I got the email from Shutterfly about photobooks being 20% off I knew I had found the answer. I was going to put together a photobook for both moms, but I was going to do it from my kids. So, I spent over a week gathering pictures trying to find the right ones and then it was all about the right placing. It was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be. It took me about two weeks to complete the project and I think in the end the hardest part was finding the right words to say, the right words to compliment each photo, each memory. I really enjoyed getting to use artistic talents I didn't know I had to create this beautiful book to be given to the two most important ladies in my life. We haven't been able to give this special gift to our Moms yet, but once Aidan & Aislynn get a chance to place their little handprints on the back cover in paint, we'll be making a couple special deliveries. Here is a small shot of the cover from the website. I'll post more photos later as I can.

APC Cake (Armored Personnel Carrier)

So, this is my latest cake project, which I made for my father-in-law's birthday. It's an Armored Personnel Carrier from Vietnam, which her served in the Army during that time. This cake was alot more complicated than the dragon cake, because it had a lot more intricate details. It took me fourteen hours and I could have used several more hours to have finished working on it. Needless to say, Chris' dad knew what it was right a way and he loved it. The APC was made out of rice krispie treats covered with modeling chocolate and all of the detailing was done with gum paste. Gum paste is alot like fondant, except that it actually hardens and it does it quite quickly. I hated working with it and I think next time I'll stick with modeling chocolate. I did have lots of fun working on it and we'll see what my next project will be.