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Sunday, July 14, 2013

The Chaos that is My Life

It's been a while, yes it has. However, in that time I have been very busy! All kinds of floral cards have been made, a wedding, bridal showers, an engagement, vacation, and so much more! Yep - this is the chaos that I call my life right now (and I love it hehe). So, now I am going to take a moment and slow down to document some of my projects.








 
Yeah, so you can tell I have had some time on my hands (haha). Hey, I had to do something while David was working nights, right? I'm not going to lie, some of the designs I wasn't sure I was going to be able to pull off, like the red orchid above. but somehow with enough fiddling and glue it came out pretty decent. Everyone that I've given them to seems to have favorites, like David's dad liked the bird of paradise one the most, I think. I feel like I've had the most fun using differently made roses the most on the cards. They are one type of flower I have been able to reproduce in multiple methods and I like each method's look in the end. But anyhow, those are some of the cards I have been making :)
 
My brother recently has gotten engaged (YAY!) and they asked me to make them something special, with love, but also personalized for their engagement. They asked for a guestbook since they don't have many peoples physical addresses or phone numbers, so I was tasked with the mission to come up with a personalized guestbook that represented both of them within it, made with love and care, and as many colors as I could. And of course I like "shiny's" so I thought - why not bedazzle it?! Do I got out my glue gun and gems (not really, but the image is close to what really happened) and got my craft on :D
I have to admit, this wasn't a solo work - I did phone a friend and brought in a talented local artist hehe who helped me draw out the cover art. Then I took over on the bedazzling end and personalizing it for my brother and his fiance. I am pretty happy with what came out of this effort - I only hope they like it. AND since I don't think any of my family really reads this blog (haha :P ) I feel safe in including a picture here at this time.
 
 
Shiny, right?
 
And of course with our recent heat wave I had to bake something, as if it wasn't hot enough haha. Yes, that's me. That crazy lady who bakes when it's 90 some degrees outside and her air conditioner doesn't really cool anything off. That's me. It's cool - I'm also that lady with BAMF pizza rolls too. In my mind, if I put up with some heat to get in the end some pizza rolls when I have been craving a good pizza - then it's a no brainer. David on the other hand doesn't always agree with me. Poor him. But don't feel too bad for him, he happily scarfs down the pizza rolls. Don't let him fool you!
 
I decided to try and make them two different ways to see which would work out better. So one sheet pan got them all rolled up, and the other pan got to hold the pizza 'buns'.

In the end both were just as messy as each other, so that experiment was an epic fail in that regard. However, in flavor I achieved a big success! We ate through many of them that night haha. Only a few made it to the freezer for later. Speaking of . . . I think I need to get a snack about now haha! Now I am hoping that it doesn't take me another 3 months to post again...