FALL WREATH FOR GRANDMA

Dan's sweet grandma is 102 and just moved into an assisted living facility three weeks ago.  I made her this pretty fall wreath for her door. 

CARROT CAKE & CHOCOLATE OVERLOAD CAKE

Baking is my therapy.  It makes me happy and I love everything about it (well, except the dishes lol).  I made a yummy carrot cake and a decadent chocolate overload cake for a fundraiser.  They were grabbed up right away. 

LANTERN BIRTHDAY CARD

I haven't been making many cards lately as I've been having problems with my hands and fingers. It's getting better so I hope to be back at it soon.  For now, here's one I made a few months ago for a sweet friend who loves to camp. 

FOURTH OF JULY YUMMINESS

Fourth of July is one of my family's favorite holidays.  We love to shoot off fireworks (and we live out in the country - kind of), have weenies & s'mores over the fire, and just be silly.  My sister's birthday is also July 1st, so we celebrate it at the same time.  This year I made some cute patriotic treats - cupcakes, pretzels and delicious M&M s'more bars.

CHOCOLATE BOUQUETS

People just love getting one of these chocolate bouquets.  I have tons of chocolate molds so I make chocolate lollipops, chocolate covered pretzel rods, chocolate covered Oreos and chocolate dipped marshmallows.  Wrap them up and tie with a ribbon and then I arrange them in a cup that has a piece of Styrofoam in the bottom.  And, sometimes I even luck out and find some of the cutest cups to use for these at my local Goodwill.  I sell cupcakes and cakes now, I'm thinking about adding these and cookies to my menu.

EASY CRAFTY FUN

I love easy projects.  I have a hairdresser friend who asked me to make her some jars to store bobby pins, barrettes, etc... in - but she wanted them cute.  I went to Goodwill and found some glass candlesticks in different sizes, used some spray paint (I  prefer the Rustoleum brand) some mason jars and cabinet knobs I had hanging around and Ta-Da!

 

So, since the spray paint was out, I painted some frames.  Then, I put some prints that I had purchased years ago from Pick Your Plum (check them out - great stuff at unbelievable prices). 

 

EASY CARD

I love it when I find an easy card that looks great and that can be customized for different occasions.  This was one of those.  I think I may mass produce more so I can have them on hand when I need them.