Showing posts with label Baking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Baking. Show all posts

Saturday, January 4, 2014

Cupcakes in a Jar

My daughter asked me to bake cupcakes for my granddaughter's birthday party. June wants a tea party so cupcakes seemed to fit better than a big cake. But I did make June a mini cake so that she can blow out her candles. I decided to go a step further and make Cupcakes in a Jar. My first attempt didn't turn out too well. I filled the jars up too much and there wasn't enough space at the top for icing.


So my next set I didn't fill the jars up as much. And they turned out much better. I had plenty of room to add icing without the lid squishing the frosting.





To make them pretty for the tea party, I used my Cricut to cut circles to insert into the lids and tied ribbon around the top.







Here's the mini cake I made for June to blow out her candles. I think it turned out pretty good too.






And in the middle of all of my baking and decorating, I put up my under the cabinet can opener. I feel like I really accomplished a lot today.

I did get my pictures from Snapfish today. I managed to upload and order during the special that was offered in December. I didn't find out about it until two days before it was to end so I spent every spare moment I had editing then uploading pictures to Snapfish. I did the 300 pictures for $29. Imagine my surprise when on January 1st I went onto the website only to find that Snapfish was offering the same special again until January 15th. Lesson learned - when downloading pictures onto my computer, immediately edit and upload to Snapfish so that when another special is offered I'm not frantic to take advantage of it. The things I do to get my photos done. Lol. Now I get to go through my pictures and organize them. I have to say Snapfish really does great photos and sends them out quick. I got them in four days and that includes a holiday in there.

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

2014 New Year Resolutions and Bucket List for January

Happy New Year!! It's a new year and a new beginning. A fresh start. I do have some resolutions in place.  Here they are:

Spend time with the Lord daily
Go to church
Volunteer monthly
Exercise 3 time a week
Do 1 Personal Bucket List item a month
Complete Project 52
Complete CaptureYour365
Complete 50 layouts
Sew 12 projects


I'm starting to get the "itch" to get some projects done. I've made a short list for the month of January to get me started.  I'm hoping as I cross items off I'll start to get really motivated and get the list, plus some, done.

Here's what I'd like to accomplish each month in general -
Scrap four layouts this month
Finish sewing one project 
Exercising 3 time a week 
Getting onto a regular daily schedule 
Keep up with my Project 52

Here are specific things I want to get done this month.
Finish Americana Wall Hanging
Finish Buttons & Bows Quilt Baking page
Scrap Cake Pop Baking page
Scrap Carl's Ice Cream page
Make Spice Cake Balls
Orange Cream Cupcakes