I'm back finally!
It's been a busy month, so blogging has taken a backseat unfortunately.
BUT! Here I am!
Here's a peek into what's been going on:
I made my first wedding cake! It was actually my first cake that I've made in about three years. I had to do a lot of googling to find tutorials on how to make bows and burlap flowers and to learn how to smooth buttercream, but by golly, I got it done!
Props to my cousin for asking me to do this for her wedding when I had no experience.
She likes to live on the wild side....
We have a new kitten.
We may have acquired this kitten by me playing dirty using the super cute Sofia pout.
I'm a terrible wife, aren't I?
Our great state of Arkansas was hit with some wicked storms. It was a somber week as the images of the aftermath flooded social media. The stories from survivors were so personal and it was absoutely heartbreaking.
Fortunately all we had happen here at our house was a branch broke and almost fell on the car.
Really, after knowing what could have happened, this was absolutely nothing.
Please keep Vilonia and Mayflower in your prayers, friends.
Isaiah's birthday party was this weekend. He wanted a Dr. Who themed party and I happily obliged.
I mean.. come on...
It's Dr. Who.
I made chocolate dipped pretzels, bow ties made out of fruit roll ups, marshmallow adipose, and of course a Tardis cake.
It didn't turn out as well as I had hoped, so I won't share that picture. It would have turned out better, but I was caked out at that point.
This is my gorgeous niece! She had a DEBS dance to go to. (It's like prom for Jr. High) She asked me to do her makeup for the dance and I was so happy to do it!
Also.... She may take after me some....
I've entered a new business venture (yes, another one) and I've been making cake and cupcake orders for friends. This cake was made for a friend's daughter and I was fairly happy with how it turned out!
And I may have danced a little when the order was finally done...
This, friends, is my nephew. My sister's storage unit had been broken into, so we were cleaning up the mess when I persuaded him to joust with a Swiffer and tricycle. I even made him pose for 5 minutes while I got the picture just right.
I was laughing so hard the pictures were coming out blurry.
I'm such a good aunt...
And finally, this was my "Josh-is-gone-for-two-weeks-so-I-need-to-keep-busy project".
I've seen other tutorials that used a projector, but since most people don't have those hanging around, I had to improvise.
This wall originally was chocolate brown, so I painted it the same sky blue as the rest of our bedroom.
Then, I found a picture of a branch silhouette that I liked to use as reference. I used a pencil to free hand the branch and I printed and cut out swallow silhouettes, placed them on the wall with tape, then traced around them as well.
Then, used a watercolor brush to fill in the whole thing except for the thick part by the light switch (I actually got to use a normal paintbrush for that) with black paint.
It took forever since I had to use such a small brush, but if I had used any bigger, it would have been sloppy.
I'm pretty stoked at how this turned out.
Like, super happy. It made me smile when I woke up this morning.
So that's what this lady has been up to lately.
I would love to see some projects y'all have been working on!
Happy Wednesday, y'all!
-Heather
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