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I was doing a little blog hopping this morning and saw this post on a blog I like to follow....

April Kennedy of Funky Vintage Lovely

wrote a post called "Put down your... ice cream"

This is an important subject to me as well...I couldn't agree more with her idea and challenge!

So, I am challenging you to play along too...

Tomorrow I am going to share a very personal and "REAL" story with you as to why I feel so strongly about this type of thing.

Hope to see you back!

Happy Thursday! I am going to do a little treasure hunting with my Lil' today...no school for Kindergarten today! It will be like old times!

What I wore or should have...

I have a serious Wardrobe Crisis!

I am linking to Jeanne Oliver's "I'll show you mine, if you show me yours..."

Well...I don't have pictures of what I wore all week because I apparently wore the same crummy clothes all week and it is embarrassing!  Example of my wardrobe crisis....I had a clothes pin in my hair all day yesterday and the only person who seemed to notice was the Senator! At dinner!
I also like to be comfortable at home and I also ALWAYS change right when I come home. I hate to wear my "good" clothes around the house....all though after this little trip down memory lane, I'm not sure I have any good clothes! I only get "dressed" to run errands....I guess I really didn't leave the house that much last week!

I wore these pants at least 2 days...probably more...they are my favorite pair and the only pair that fit me comfortably anymore!

As a matter of fact, here is an example of an outfit I know included these pants!

Sunday: Art Guild meeting, these jeans

White Tank top: Target

Mustard Yellow Check Camp shirt: Old navy

I wore this attractive pair of pants probably 4 days...I change into them when I am going to "work" in my craft room or on any projects. Since I have that show coming up in two weeks I'm working A LOT! So....I might have worn them more than 4 times....gross!

PATHETIC I tell you!!!

Here are a few outfits I wish I wore....

Image from Pinterest I think...

These would be nice....

This would be cute! Seems I am leaning towards the Country look these days...

But, because I am a SUCKER for some stripes....I would LOVE any of these..

This is about the perfect Running Errands outfit for me....

Alright...well that was fun! lol...I think I am going to go shopping  now.... Happy Wednesday!

Tute Tute Tuesday

I LOVE cupcakes...I really really do...

I Miss cupcakes....I really, really do....

I am missing my weekly batch of cupcakes that I usually make...replacing our oven has become a little more extensive than we realized it would be! Like needing a mini kitchen remodel to get it replaced! I personally am FREAKING out about it...its been forever!

Store bought cupcakes just don't do it for me....usually!

...don't get me wrong, I am not going to turn it down if you bring me one!

OK..back to Cupcakes....I have been craving them so I thought I would find a few fun cupcake tutorials for you. Going Old School...not even using Pinterest! haha...

First I found this beauty! Wouldn't you flip if someone gave you this! I would! It is beautiful!! This is made by a talented lady named Norma...never met her but that is lovely work! Her blog, From My Craft Room, looks like it is mainly paper craft lovelies! Which I do love....



Next I thought I would revisit a tutorial that I tried a while back. I can't remember if I posted it here or not...

I made this cute little cupcake headband for Lily. She LOVES cupcakes too and she also has several outfits that have a cupcake theme. I like to accessorize you know....

I couldn't find the EXACT tutorial I used the first time, but I will tell you that I found these two, and thought they were VERY close to what I had done! Click on either picture and it will take you right to their very informative tutorials!!!

Little Bit Shoppe Blog

 Viv out on a Whim

For MINE I didn't do the base part of either tutorial because I was using mine as a headband....

What I did do, as you can see in this horribly lit picture, is take a small balloon and pipe the spackle right onto it.

 After it had set a bit, I popped the balloon and turned it over to air dry.

Then I cut a piece of felt in a circle and glued the finished cupcake topper to a headband and backed it with the felt! I cut a berry from a Christmas pick to make my cherry.

Lily gets soooo many compliments on her cupcake topper! It has held up really well too....

Thirdly, I thought I would actually torture myself with a REAL cupcake....

Don't these look DELICIOUS!

It is the type of frosting I use and everything....I don't like greasy frosting! YUCK!!

Courtesy of Martha Stewart...

Coconut Cupcakes with Seven Minute frosting and coconut flakes

Sorry, had to go with Martha...there are sooo many blogs to choose from, but Martha can make a good cupcake. Or at least her staff can....lol...

Click the picture to go directly to the recipe.

I am officially tortured now for a cupcake!

Have a great Tuesday!!!