Sunday, January 22, 2012

Just call me Martha Stewart...

I have always enjoyed to be a bit crafty and domestic.  Maybe that's why I enjoy cake decorating so much!  A few months ago I discovered Pinterest.  Oh. My.  Gosh.  What fabulous craft/diy ideas!!!  I was so inspired that I asked Chris to get me a sewing machine for Christmas.  So, this post is going to be dedicated to some of my lastest projects :)

1) First I'll post my cake that I made for this weekend.  My step-sister in law Jenna is having a baby girl, Blakely Monroe, in March.  Over the past year I have had the pleasure of making her bachelorette cake, wedding cake, and now her baby shower cake.  The shower had an owl theme so I re-created the cake I made back in August for another baby momma to be.  Here are a few pics:




2) Sticking with the baby theme, here are some pictures of the burp cloths and bib I made for Jenna's shower.  I found both the ideas on Pinterest.  These were my first sewing projects and both turned out better than I expected! 





3) If you have ever been in my house, you know that our living room has a "Maine" theme.  We got a really nice Bulova clock for our wedding and for a while it sat on our mantle.  But, about a year ago, it stopped working.  I had nothing to replace it with on the mantle so I just left it there.  But, thanks to Pinterest, I found an idea to replace it.  You see, on our first trip to Maine as a married couple we found a starfish (actually I think my nephew found it for us).  We brought it back to NC and let it dry out.  It has been sitting on the mantle among the seashells.  But, now it's our centerpiece!  This was the easiest project.  I just took a plain old pictures frame, wrapped the glass in scrapbook paper, and hot glued the starfish in the middle.  Voila!  A centerpiece for the mantle that I just love!


Stay tuned...I'm sure there will be more Pinterest projects and cakes to come soon!

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