They Say It's Your Birthday...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HUBBY!

Growing up, my family always had cake and ice cream on someone's birthday. It was usually a cake mix in a pan with frosting and the traditional candles. For my husbands birthday I wanted to do something special and have his family over for dessert. He loves Reese's candy so this cake was perfect!
I found this amazing cake on pinterest. It took me to Pam's Peanut Butter Cup Cake recipe. I used a delicious chocolate cake recipe with her peanut butter fudge filling as well as the peanut butter frosting. As you can see, you can decorate it with as many reese's as you would like. It is VERY rich, however, it is extremely delicious as well.

I was impressed how well it all came together. I'd never tried making any kind of cake like this. I honestly thought that the cake would not turn out (on my first attempt anyway). Luckily, it did! I was so excited to show everyone. And to be completely honest, to gloat a little bit as well. It was a big hit with the family.

Paper Flower Wreath

I love Pinterest! It has so many cute ideas and fun DIY projects for me to try out. I talked my sister-in-law into trying out these cute paper flower wreaths with me. I should have gotten a picture of hers as well but I didn't think about it.
I saw a picture similar to the wreath I made on pinterest but it was on etsy and had already sold. I thought it was super cute though so I ran out and bought me some cute scrapbook paper, a wire 14" wreath base, and some beads. I used burlap material to wrap around the wire form and after I got the flowers cut out and glued together all that was left to do was arrange them on my wreath. Half way through my project I decided to take an ink pad and darken the edges of my paper flowers. IT MADE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE! Not only did it compliment the patterns on the paper, it made the whole project look cute instead of a like child's project.

         

Monogrammed canvas

I keep seeing monogrammed decor everywhere. So I thought instead of buying something monogrammed I'd make something. I chose to wrap the letter in yarn instead of using paint or mod-podge. All it took was a 12 x 12 canvas, a letter of choice, yarn, and material. I chose to use burlap and utilized the left over fabric to make a cute little flower to pin to the letter. Tack everything on and you're done! Super easy, a little time consuming but not much and you have some cute new decor. And it only cost $13.

 

Change of pace

At first, this blog was going to be specifically for my designs as a florist but I recently decided to put a variety of things in my posts. I got a sewing machine for Christmas and I was dying to try it out. I wanted to make something that would require a little more sewing than usual so I could get familiar with my machine. Growing up, if we needed anything sewn we went to my grandma who, more often than not, just did the project for us. ha ha it was nice at the time but now I wish I knew how to do that myself. After searching online for ideas I decided to make a rag quilt. I love anything turquoise! So when I picked out fabric that was the first thing I was drawn to. It ended up being turquoise and red. I bought four different fabrics and asked the lady cutting it how much I needed. It was so much easier letting her figure it out instead of not getting enough or way too much fabric.




This week I made some kitchen curtains that I LOVE (with the help of my mother in law... I am not much of a sewer). I got my inspiration from a pottery barn picture. They were so easy and I think they turned out really cute.


Inspiration (Left) Finished product (right)