food!

So I have been completely obsessed with pinterest lately. It's my newest time killer like facebook, but so much more. The website is full of fashion, crafts, design and recipes! If you see something you like, you can pin it up to your board, like a bookmark and then go back to it whenever you want. I <3 the recipes.

The first recipe I tried was potato chips, first salt and pepper and then parmesan. Charles really liked the parmesan version.

I could never pass up a pumpkin recipe, especially when they look so good. These are similar to some pumpkin cupcakes I bake, but cookie form topped with a cream cheese icing. YUM! I made one batch and had plenty to share. Here is the recipe.

A very easy apple chip recipe. 100 degrees, sprinkle with cinnamon and bake for four hours. I turned on the oven today to roast some beets and the kitchen smelled like cinnamon from the last time I baked these.

I can't wait until we get the house and I have a kitchen where I don't have to scramble to find a pan. There are a couple of slow cooker recipes and a lot more baking I want to do!

Landon turns 1!

You might remember Landon from when I took his newborn photos and I was lucky to share his first birthday with him. Time flies by so fast. This quick little guy was already running everywhere. His mom and auntie worked on a fun Mickey Mouse themed party. Everything was so adorable but the cupcakes were my favorite.

 There was also a craft table where the kids could create masterpieces.

The birthday boy is all smiles. 

Here comes the birthday cake.

Poor thing didn't like the feel of his cake.

Present time.

Baby Landon and his auntie that helped put this party together.

I had such a great time at the party and got to chase Landon around. This party will be hard to top next year :)

wedding crafts part 2

I was able to borrow a camera to take some more photos of my wedding crafts. There were so many things I wanted to do but didn't have enough time to but was happy how the things turned out. 

One of the things I decided early on was making my own centerpieces and the theme of the wedding kind of formed after that. The flowers were made with tissue paper, pipe cleaners, wooden skewers and floral tape; vases were from ikea and the burlap was reused from a friends wedding.

The thumbprint guest was a hit at the wedding but my sister did suggest that I should have gotten a non-dye ink since everyone's fingers were either blue or green by the end of the night. Now I know for the next time I work on something like this.

Going with the theme of cloth flowers, I bought felt and made the groom, groomsmen and immediate family boutonnieres. From the same felt, I made large dahlia flowers for my hair as well as for my bridesmaids.

The last things on my list was to find some wedding dolls to attach to the car. Looking on the web, I didn't really find anything that wowed me. Charles and I both have domo dolls each of our cars, so I thought it would be cute idea to dress them up in wedding gear.