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!!!

Good Morning Monday

Another Rainy Monday here on the East Coast... I would actually really enjoy it if Summer vacation had started for the kids because then we could all be lazy and cuddle together!

But, I sent the kids off to school and I am going to run to one of my favorite little junk spots! It is only open on Monday AM's...not the most convenient! Still one of my favorite spots though!

Here is my Monday recap of last week....

Spent a few mornings at Pops

Baby Geese are everywhere! Usually we don't like the geese in the yard because they Poo everywhere, but...when they have little babies we are a little more lenient.

It was a gaggle of geese parade! Three sets of Mama & Daddy with their babies, all different ages.

One set, lost one of their 3. I was there on Tuesday and they had 3 little ones and by Thursday, only 2...sad. 

This poor Mama was down 5!! She started with 10....sad....

I was just trying to enjoy a cup of coffee and Izzy wouldn't stop staring at me...while perched on my lap! Worse than a little kid I tell ya!

Speaking of kids...this was my Saturday AM...trying to get around this group while doing laundry and "chores".

Little Birthday party for one of Lil's classmates. Lil LOVES to bowl! lol...

Trying to get ready for the art guild show....I have SO MUCH to do...

Hope last week was Picture Perfect for you!!

~Heather

Sketch, Etch, Solder

This seems to be my Mantra this week...

Sketch, Etch, Solder...

Sketch, Etch, Solder...

Sketch, Etch, Solder...

I am not kidding, I was walking around my house today repeating it in my head!

Baseball is still running my life, and with it being National Police Week in D.C. it makes my life a wee bit crazier than usual!

Which is OK, I'll take the crazy schedule as long as my husband still comes at the end of his shift every day!

I am working on a new collection that I will be featuring in the  upcoming Muddy Creek Artist Guild Show the first three days in June.

Feeling a little pressure...it's my first showing with them....

I never call myself an "artist"..."Artisan", yes...artist...no.

Yesterday at the ball field I was watching the game and doing some primitive sketches...

and I do mean primitive! I get an idea and throw it down on paper but I really don't know what it is going to finish up with until I can lay my hands on the pieces!

It was hard to take my eyes off this guy though...he is pretty stinking cute!

While I was sketching, so was Lily...this has to be the funniest thing I have seen in ages! I'm sure my oldest daughter isn't going to agree...you can decide for yourself!

That's Phonetic spelling of "Bree in her Bathing Suit"....

Still chuckling over this...

OK, Time to get back to my

Sketch, Etch, Solder...

I veered off course a bit in blogland!