Birthday Cupcakes!

I really think that scrapbooking has encouraged me to try new things, even with food! I have made some cool cupcakes and cookies over the past several years. My daughter, when asked what she wanted to take to daycare for her birthday, said "Frog cupcakes again!" Well, like a scrapbook layout, I have a very hard time bringing myself to do the same thing twice. So I surprised her with cupcakes decorated to look like her favorite fruit....watermelon! These were soooo easy! I got the idea from the Wilton website (sure wish I was talented enough to do some of those cool ideas).

Here's how I did it: I frosted the cupcakes white and dipped them in a bowl of red colored sugar until they were totally coated. Then I piped green frosting around the edge (I used a ziploc bag and snipped the end off) and poked 10 miniature chocolate chips into the top of each one. The only time consuming part of it was the chocolate chips...I had to poke 240 in them before I was done because I made up 2 dozen. Still, it was worth it....she loved them! Here she is at daycare with her happy smiling face! Happy 5th Birthday Ashlynn!!!

Karon

Well summer is almost over and I have done hardly any crafting..whats new..huh..lol
I did manage to make some invitations for Neohemiah's birthday and the big swap at the TSI forum though. I made Neo's invites two different ways. I used my sewing machine on some an then I decided it would be fun to imitate sewing with my KNK. So which one do you like better?
Its gotta be straighter through the cutter than it is my sewing machine. Hahaha


Here are the other cards I am in the process of working on. I am a bit afraid to stamp on my orange/green ones.. I have terrible stamping skills...lol I may just make a title on the KNK and put it on instead of risking stamping and ruining the whole card..LOL
This was really fun to do, well, the transparency card was pure torture, hahah, but making all the parts of the cards in the KNK software was a blast! Can you see how the stamp matches the flowers on the above card. Now to actually find some time to get a few scrapbook pages done.
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School Supplies ALREADY??

I hate thinking of school already in July but this IS the time to get some GREAT deals on school supplies. I was listening to my local radio station and she gave a great example to even make $ doing your shopping! I always wondered how people did the "couponing". This website has a great example to get us all started!
Check it out here!
Happy shopping!
:O)

Check out some cool Moon pictures!

I have been playing around with my camera. (Canon Powershot SX10IS) I told myself no more just using auto, I have to be brave and learn what some of the other settings do. Anyway..Here are some pictures of the moon I took.

I have one I took in the daytime from my son's t-ball game:

I thought that photo was so cool I couldn't wait for it to get dark to take a night time one!

Double click on the picture for even a closer look at those craters!

My turn to post!

Karon has been so good about posting..She is ribben me a bit to get going..LOL
So here I go..
Hi all!
Hahhaha

1st Annual Walk Run Roll

I've been trying to get in shape this year and shed some pounds (haven't we all?). It has turned into a friendly competition at work and my boss challenged me to run the 5K with him on the morning of July 4. It was a fundraiser race for a brand new park that we are putting in our community this fall. I ran the full 3.1 miles three times before the big day to "train" for it but running on the track is nothing compared to running the hills and terrain at the State Park. It's been 18 years since I competed in Cross Country and this really brought back old memories. It was great fun though and I did finish the race with a reasonable time considering the course was not well-marked and we all ran an extra 1/2 mile. Here's a photo of my boss and I after running the race. Oh yeah, he beat me by 5 minutes....I'm never going to live that one down but he better watch out next year! But who knows, maybe I'll be ready to run the 10K instead? LOL!!! Did I say he's 55 years old? I'm really proud of him (he's lost about 40 lbs since February!). I've lost 25 so this has all been worth it.

Hubby being sworn in

I am so proud of my hubby! Here he is being sworn in as a legislator for his tribe!
I hope he can elicit some change within his government. They could use it