Cupcake Invitation Cards

More photos from the past 2 years! Did an updated version of cupcake invitation cards for my daughter's 7th birthday party. I love my trusty Sizzix Big Shot!

The party had a cupcake theme, of course! The girls made mini cupcake fridge magnets and also got to decorate real cupcakes. I gotta go find the photos of their colourful creations - will post them when I find them.

Meanwhile, here are the pix of the cupcake cards and the birthday cake that I made - a giant cupcake, what else!

Have a lovely week!

Hello blog, it's been awhile!

Busy. Living. Life. Three words why I haven't blogged in a lonnnnnngggg time. But no blogging doesn't mean no activity. I've actually been posting stuff on Facebook (although I'm sort of on a deliberate break from FB to get my life back, haha) and on Twitter.

So for a start, there's going to be a lot of photos posted that were taken a while back. And I'm going to go back to my original intention of focusing on my various craft stuff, baking, cooking and the like. And any quirky bits that strike my fancy.... like my escapades as a mother. Hee!

To kick off my return to my blog, here's a photo of some needle-felted bunnies that I designed and made to put in the goody bags for my daughter's 8th birthday party last year! (The party had a magician and his rabbit theme.) Poked my fingers don't-know-how-many-times but the girls liked the bunnies so it was worth it!

Have a fab weekend!

Last year's Birthday Cupcakes!

Now that I'm in birthday party prep mode, I realised I didn't post last year's cake or rather, cupcake confection.

N asked for cupcakes last year so I baked about 60. I also baked and iced a small "flower pot" that my girl could cut after the birthday song was sung! :)

Am now wondering what kind of cake to make this year.... last year's cupcakes match this year's cupcake invitation cards, LOL! No specific theme this year, just a generic party. Simple is good this time around.

Suggestions anyone?

Birthday Party Invitations

Was a bit behind this year in getting the invitation cards ready for my daughter's upcoming 6th birthday party. So am really glad I had my Sizzix Big Shot and the really cute cupcake n pocket dies.

Still around.....

Haven't blogged in months as I've been totally swamped with work, both school projects and other creative stuff including a few commissioned altered art projects and costume jewellery.

And of course, my daughter's 5th birthday party in early June kept me busy with all the prep - baked and decorated 60 cupcakes and packed goodie bags for 24 kids! Will post photos when I get round to uploading them from the camera. Maybe I can this week as a bit of my school projects have been suspended or postponed in light of the H1N1 situation.

As I run around so much, my iPhone is now my main tool to e-connect - am writing this on it right now, it's really my lifeline! And lately, I've been tweeting more than blogging 'cos it's so quick.

If you want to look me up on Twitter and follow my tweets, look for Karen L a.k.a. Twittymama (my DH thinks that's so dorky, haha).

Have a fab week ahead!
Karen

Creative Escape 2009

So glad I did this last Saturday - it was great. Imagine an event hall filled with a whole lot of scrappers (I think there was about 60-70 of us), 3 fantastic top-notch designer teachers, lucky draws with lots of goodies given away, buffet meals. A day of solid scrapping, laughter and a wonderful sense of camaraderie among us scrappers!

And with the exception of adding in photos and some minor touches here and there, my projects are pretty much done so it was definitely a productive affair.

Thanks so much to the girls at Laine's for organising this - all of you worked so hard, to Kah Mei Smith, Donna Downey and Tia Bennett for sharing so freely your ideas, tips and techniques (and for being so entertaining to boot!), and to my fellow scrappers, especially the girls at my table, for good company!

Am off now to make a necklace as a gift for my daughter's friend's 5th birthday.

Cheers, happy May day and have a fab weekend!

Karen

Blue striped ball dangly earrings

Finished making this pair of earrings for myself yesterday while keeping my daughter company at the dining table as she took an afternoon snack!

Two good things I like about beading and jewellery making - it can be quick and easily portable. Then a quick snap with my iphone camera and upload here via shozu.... so cool... I like. :)

Have a good week ahead!

Sugarpaste Modelling

Had fun last month at a sugarpaste modelling workshop - made Teddy Bear with a Bouquet and a Love Bunny!



Poor little Bunny's eyes got a little smudged in the humidity when I brought him home.


Sugarpaste modelling's really very enjoyable and also rather therapeutic with all that kneading and shaping - felt like a kid playing with playdoh!

Have a good weekend!
Karen