New Adventures with Gum Paste

I decided to create my daughter’s birthday cake’s decorations from Gum Paste this year.  I’ve wanted to try it for years and finally dug in.  I made my own red and green gum paste from wilton’s glucose and gum-tex.  I made the…

Tomato Spinach Dip

This recipe comes from my cousin Janet.  When I first tasted it, I thought it was Knorr Vegetable Spinach Dip.  That is one of my favorite things but expensive to make–and requires a mix–boo.  This recipe is purely from the…

Fabulous Find

I was cleaning out my garage today and found something that made my day.. …a box of recipes.  These aren’t ordinary recipes though.  They are when you are at a social and taste something so fantastic that you track down…

Happy August!!!

  This is the best month ever!  We are taking a break from life in August.  No ballet lessons, no music lessons.  No sports, no camps, no travelling.  School can wait until September :).  Today we are headed to the pool–even…

This is what Grant…

…Thought of the projects I had planned for this weekend. I didn’t get as much painting done as I hoped.  It’s hard to keep a baby close with spray paint in the breeze.  We moved activities indoors and I finished up…

Painting Day!

It rained last night and brought the temperature down to 78 degrees this morning.  I’m off to get my painting clothes on and finish the chairs before it heats up.