Cherry pie

I'm enjoying making pies since....well, since last Thanksgiving actually! 

I've made 2 or 3 apple pies, a pecan pie, chocolate pie, couple of pumpkin pies and this time was the turn of a cherry pie. 

I must confess that even tho I make my own pie crust from scratch from a trusted and easy recipe, for this cherry pie I went with a can for the filling. 

It was good, proof is that the only survivor of this adventure was the empty pan. 

Still, I will love to try to make the filling from scratch as well one day. 

Any recommendations for good recipes?

Sweet father daughter moment

May I present you my hubby and my daughter caught in the act of sweetly singing to each other the dong "Darling I do" before bed time:

Enjoy!

 

Fare well Hostess

Well, it seems that a very famous bakery, Hostess, closed down and so a lot of goodies like Twinkies and Ding Dongs will not be available any more. 

Have you run to the store to pick the last ones yet? 

I personally never ate any of that stuff, somehow I thought I was missing of some great American culture thing, but I found out a lots of American weren't fans either. 

Still, I'm kinda of curious on what I missed and I'm going to miss it forever now, too bad! 

 Jokes aside, it's really sad for the 18,000 employes that lost their job after working many years at the bakery, specially so close to the holidays (not that would have sucked any less another time of the year): my heart goes out to them and their families.

More cupcakes in the house!

Do you know by know that I have a cupcake fetish, right??? 

And if you didn't, well, where have you been???? 

I've showed you how I decorated my full kitchen with cupcake curtains and table decor over the spring break (READ ABOUT IT HERE). 

Well, I found the cutest little towels to complement the look in hillsidebakery shop. 

 

Don't they look just......SWEET???? 

But what I like about Lisa's work is the care for details and the wonderful resistant stitching. 

Already thinking about the next set for the bathroom......

Wanna win something sweet??

Then go on facebook!! 

My friend at Sweet choice bakery is going to post a riddle for everyone in our area (sorry!!!) to solve. 

The winner will get freshly baked cupcake from Sweet choice bakery and a matching cupcake key chain from me! 

Don't miss out! 

YUM!

 

 What happens when it rain for 3 days and you're stuck home surfing facebook? 

You win yummy cupcakes like me!!! 

Thank you to Sweet Choice Bakery for the yummy price! 

If you live in Niceville and surroundings, you might wanna check out their facebook page! Every week they host a funny riddle and the person who solves it wins some yummy treats!! 

You don't wanna miss that!

Sweet pink earrings part 3

For me that I'm a cupcake lover, how could I pass up this sweet pink earrings??

Got this beauties from SWDesigns as well as the chocolate version

What goes well with ice cream earrings? But cupcakes ones of course!

Did I make you hungry yet?

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

I'm on the end of the turkey coma after a feisty lunch that included a turkey (of course), mashed potatoes, white rice, corn and buttermilk biscuits as you can see.

What did you have/are you having? I'd love to know.

My lunch was completed by gravy

and followed by left overs of chocolate cake, persimmon cookies with pecans and a fresh batch of persimmon bread

The kids were really excited about Turkey day and they helped me clean up after lunch and we started decorating the house for Christmas.

But that, I will leave it for another post :)

Sweet finds!!

I always get super excited when I get new cupcake/sweet finds, just like a child with a new toy!!

And when it's something useful, fun, super cheap and easy to find, I just have to share with all of you! What kind of blogger would I be other wise??? XO

The first item you are admiring a cupcake plate found at Dollar General for $1.50. Wasn't easy to pick one, 'cause they are all slightly different, would be fun to collect them all.

The second thing is a sundae ice cream topped pen, in blue, my fave color. And that's, my friend, is what I'm using to write down orders, thank you cards and notes.
I think I will be pretty sad when the ink runs out, but I figure that for $1 at the Dollar Tree (different from the Dollar General, because everything is $1 a piece), I can easily pick another one, probably a bit different but equally cute.

Do you have any similar picks for me? I'd love to know about it!

Time for a personal post

I realized it's been a while since I did an overall personal post, so I thought today might be a good time. It's raining and gray outside, weather like time brings me to sit and think about things.
I think I'm pretty much on a sweet spot right now (well, craft show failure aside lol)
My birthday is coming up Sunday, and that will make me 29 years old.
I have a new job, 2 wonderful children, a husband that loves me, a business that is growing (thank you all so much for that!), moved in a better place and got to know lots of new people. Some of them even think I'm awesome (they don't know any better lol)

Gabriel's recovery is still going forward and strong. Yesterday he surprised me with prepping the table for dinner and clean it up afterward.....I didn't even ask!
And again this morning he announced to me that he's too old to be walked in school by mommy, he wants to do it himself.
The teachers explained to be that these behaviors are normal for a "typical" 7yo (one without autism that is), so basically Gabriel conquered some new milestones and put his foot a little be more forward his recovery.

Michelle is growing taller and beautifully sweet! She will go to kindergarten in August and I still can't believe she's old enough for that.
She's growing a love for Barbies, so watch out for crocheted Barbie's clothes on here soon, 'cause I'm sure she will ask some customized one! She has a lots of fantasy and I'm sure she will come up with some wonderful suggestions for me.

And I actually have to run to crochet now. My dream of waking up with nothing else to do other than crochet is being a reality lately and I'm loving it any minute of it. So if you see me blogging less, it's just because I'm crocheting, without a worry in my head for once....

Monday cupcake Find

This Monday I'm going to introduce Mandie's Candies and her
Cupcake candies.

Large Cupcake Lollipops, $16.50 by
Mandie's Candies


These adorable cupcake lollipops are 2.75 inches tall and 2.5 inches wide! They are available painted or not.

The color combinations can be done with your party colors or in just a variety. All colored chocolate is white chocolate flavored.

Each lollipop is individually bagged and tied with a matching ribbon or a silver or gold twist tie.


Who's having a party?? Do you have more cupcakes for me?

Monday cupcake Find!

Hi there readers! I decided to start a weekly feature! Can you tell I'm a cupcake lover???? No????
Every Monday I will blog about a cupcake item and feature the seller, so you all can admire my findings. If any of you have a fave cupcake and wants to show to everybody, feel free to leave a comment with a link to the item and I will check it out :)

Today I'm gonna introduce you to Mandie shop and her tutorial for making cupcake candles on her blog Taking time for mommy.

If you are a DIY, you will enjoy her tutorial and if you're not, have no fear, she's hosting a giveaway for the 2 beauties above. So, don't miss your chance and go enter, ok?

These cupcake candles are so adorable and make great gifts for teachers, co-workers, friends, favors for baby showers, and more. These cute grubby cupcake candles are actually pretty easy to make too!

I think it's super awesome and someone might get it for Christmas!

Monday cupcake Find!

Hi there readers! I decided to start a weekly feature! Can you tell I'm a cupcake lover???? No????
Every Monday I will blog about a cupcake item and feature the seller, so you all can admire my findings. If any of you have a fave cupcake and wants to show to everybody, feel free to leave a comment with a link to the item and I will check it out :)

Today I'm gonna introduce you to kuteklipboardsbyamy shop and her clipboards.

OOAK altered decorated clipboard SWEET YUMMY GOODIES, $15

This is an altered art decorated clipboard measuring approximately 9" X 12". The front and back are covered in quality scrapbook papers and sealed with coats of mod podge as well as permanent acrylic sealer. Various ribbons decorate the clip at the top and there is also a hanger for hanging when not in use. The coordinating papers include sparkly glittered papers in pastel pinks and blues and white with a "sweet" them. Various cakes, cupcakes and other goodies adorn the front. So cute to hold recipes or messages in the kitchen!!

I think it's super awesome and someone might get it for Christmas!