Sweet Treats

I know that I have been posting a lot of the stuff that I make at work lately, but it has become kind of all-consuming. Today was kind of neat because I started the morning trying out these hot chocolate cupcakes that my pal Kaylah shared on her blog yesterday.

I am not super good at fondant, but the more I practice, I'm sure the better I will get. I like the little lipstick on the edge of the cup! I definitely want to try these again, but make them a little taller and work on making my fondant clean and straight and smooth. We live and we learn!

I also had a birthday cake for a golf loving teenage. I think it came out pretty wonderfully. And modest little me doesn't say that often. i am mostly in love with the little details of the golf ball and the fondant flag.

Doug and I woke up at 5:30 this morning and went to Kobey's swap meet. He needed some supplies and I wanted to get some local honeycomb! So excited, because we usually go so late, the man is always out of it, but this morning, he had plenty. I ended up making these beauties right before the end of my shift.

I have been angsting to make some peanut butter honeycomb cupcakes since I saw this post on Elsie's blog for her bridal shower. Honey and PB is such a good mix and I am such a sucker for honeycomb. Like, I've paid $17 for a cheese plate at Blind Lady Ale House and justified the price because it had honeycomb on it!

Anyways, it's my dear friend's birthday tonight and we are going to URBN which is cool, since I haven't been, but sucks because I missed Ainsley's birthday party there last week. Then we are going to see Chris Hall at the Tin Can downtown. I wish I had tomorrow off so I could sleep in, but no such luck. Work at 7am..boo. So I'm going to take a nap right now.

What are you doing this weekend?

xo,

Bec

A Photo an Hour

6am - Making lunch for Doug

7:15am - Driving to work

7:30am - Filling my cases and coffee

8:30am - Hedgehog cupcakes

9am - Happy Birthday Walter, here is your cake!

10am- Sunflower

11:30am - Grasshopper Macarons

12pm - Pate a Choux

1pm - Banana cream pie.

2pm - Grocery shopping

2:30 - A late lunch

3pm - Working on tags for our consignment jewelry

3:30pm - Packaging a blouse

4pm - Sending a belated mothers day gift to Doug's mom and shipping items for the shop

4:45pm - Waiting for Doug to get off work and writing letters

5:30pm - Driving to the beach

6pm - Baby time

6:15pm - My best friend and the love of my life

6:45pm - Relaxing, finally

7:30pm - Dinner for grown-ups.

8pm - Computer time

I'm getting super tired so I don't think I have it in me to stay up any later and take more photos. So that was my exciting day! Ha! We have ALOT to do before our meeting tomorrow night. I want to finish making tags and Doug is finishing up some bracelets. Exciting! More on that later! Have a great night!

xo,

Bec

What I Did Today!

I thought it might be fun to document something I did today, and of course, since I was at work for 9 hours, it would be something that I did at work! I hope you enjoy this little story.

(and then my camera died, so this last photo is from my phone, but you get the idea!!)

What did you do today?

xo,

Bec

Half Frame

I have been meaning to try out this Canon half frame camera we got a while ago. I didn't put a lot of energy or thought into the photos because I didn't even know if the camera worked, and didn't want to get bummed out if the photos didn't turned out. So I wanted to share some of the photos that I actually liked. I can't wait to get more film and play with this camera more!

Today wasn't totally awesome, but I did have some success with my first go at French Macarons. I'm going to try again tomorrow and see if I can get a full batch without some of them cracking. I'm going to have to ask some of my pastry friends )or ya'll) why the shells crack so easily.

I am exhausted. Have a nice night!

xo,

Beca

From Start to Finish

I am working a double today, but had a few hours between shifts so I came home to hang out with our pups and try to be somewhat productive. You wouldn't believe how excited I was when the ups guy showed up on our doorstep with a big box full of suede scraps that I ordered last week. They are in the prettiest colors that remind me of a rusted cars, changing leaves and woven blankets. I was SO excited that I dumped the scraps on the ground, pulled out my sketch book and started drawing up some ideas. Here is a little photo progression from start to finish.

I start with an idea, a sketch, use paints to figure out the colors I like.

I then pick out the swatches I want to use.

After I find the right sized scraps, I start cutting. I cut everything by hand.

Cut, glue, punch, cut, glue and done.

A very patient model.

And the final product.

And a fun book to display with it.

I hope you liked this little project. I had fun keeping my hands busy and experimenting. I am not 100% happy with it, but it's a good start. Tell me what you think!

I hope everyone has a great day. I have to get ready for work now.

What projects are you working on? Share photos and links! I'd love to see them.

xo,

Beca Lew