Coming Soon....

Well, I had big plans for this weekend.  I have several projects that I've been hoping to tackle soon, and then post on here for your reading pleasure, and I was super motivated to get at least one of them started this weekend!  Unfortunately, I sustained a back injury at work yesterday and, as my chiropractor is not in the office over the weekend, I am stuck, mostly immobile, in bed.  Very frustrating.

While I hate posting about unfinished (actually, not yet started) projects, I figure I ought to post about something, so I have decided to give you a little preview of what's coming soon.

Project #1
Spice Storage Solutions

Currently I store my spices/baking supplies in a bottom drawer of my kitchen island.

Here's a close up of how messy it's become.












I get made fun of a lot for this by my darling husband... he thinks it's completely impractical to keep this kind of thing in such an inconvenient place, and he's probably right.  It worked really well for me when we first moved into our house and had less supplies to keep down there, but now it's getting hard to find anything when I need it, therefore it's time to find a different solution.

This is what I had in mind.  Only instead of paying $119.88, I'm going to attempt to make it myself for a lot less money.

Please comment and let me know what you think about this idea, suggestions on how to make it work, or whatever!



Project #2
Adventures in Curb Appeal

I'm having trouble uploading pictures for this project, so I'll try to update it later once I've figured out the issue.







 

April Showers bring... Sunflowers!

Introducing... my first blog-project!

A lovely sunflower cake...

made with...

...adorable Peeps!

It was really easy.  I made a chocolate fudge cake according to the back of the box, let it cool completely, then frosted it with chocolate icing.  Then I just arranged the Peeps around the outside to look like a sunflower!

I can't take all the credit for this idea.  My friend Ellie told me about this a couple of years ago, and I think she got it out of some kind of creative baking recipe book.  I finally got around to trying it, and I LOVE the way it turned out.  So cute!

If you are going to try it also, NOW is the time... I almost didn't find any yellow Peep chicks left at Walmart.  So go buy some Peeps (I would suggest two packages if you want them spaced like mine, three if you want them closer together.) and get started, and then let me know how it went!  :)

Stardust Caught

The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening. It is a little star dust caught, a segment of the rainbow which I have clutched.
~Henry David Thoreau, Walden