Well, the my son and his beautiful wife are now enjoying married life. The wedding was wonderful, the honeymoon is over (haha)...better said, completed - and they are working on all the excitement of where to live and face things like "wow, this queen bed is small" (believe it or not - they have never slept together before the wedding).
My mom has been making beautiful cakes for 40 years. She says this is her last cake - she is almost 80. She keeps saying that and then does one more. She was doing all of the super cake stuff WAY before Martha Stewart and all of the cake shows on TV. In fact, she could show all of them a thing or two. I helped make a few of the fondant pieces just for fun, but she didn't even mention working on this - she drove it 2 hours to my house for the wedding and then proceeded to put all of the bouquets together (in some sort of flash, record speed unknown to common man).
I am going to pick up acorns with her today - I am thinking we will work on some crafty thing to do with them which is of course my tease for the next post!
It was super cute, but also very delicious. Some did not understand that it was a Hobbit Hole from Lord of the Rings, but those who did, stood in awe - haha!!
I have been busy doing some really exciting things this year! One of which is the joy of leading up a 'Painting for Paisley" two night event that raises funds for a wonderful family. I admit, I have some years experience teaching middle school age kids, but never have tried this kind of thing with adults. I noticed during the event, nobody (that I caught anyway) kicked each other under the table, or tried to paint on someone else's canvas (much like middle school), so that part was refreshing!
I saw some really nice art (we painted owls) that inspired me, so I went home and on my snow day (double back flip) from school, I painted this guy. I have another friend in a fierce battle with cancer, and this is her favorite verse. Mr. Who hopefully will grace her wall and remind her of the great Love of Christ and also that many people love and care for her.
It is March, but it is snowing...my daffodils are hovering...come on out soon boys!
I am having so much fun making soap these days. I admit, I am not a cook - I am more of an artist, so I don't measure very well - I add color and fragrance until I like how it looks and smells. Today I made this beautiful soap! I discovered (the hard way), to buy suspension formula melt and pour. This is just a white, olive oil soap base from Hobby Lobby. I added orange essential oil and Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Fragrance (from Nature's Garden), along with grated orange peel, oatmeal, and pecan meal. It smells super fantastic! Put in a plastic loaf pan and wait awhile....Now, I must rush off to Hobby Lobby for more soap and my next adventure!
