Have You Discovered Bakerella Yet?

You will not be disappointed with this one... Bakerella.blogspot.com has the CUTEST stuff! My friend Mikelle has been really into making Bakerella's cupcake bites and cake pops and they are SO delicious. I had to check out the site for myself. I almost died when I saw how cute her ideas were, the best part is she shares with you how to do it yourself.
These are just a tiny sampling of the creative cake pops. You can see all her cake pops and cupcake bites by clicking here. They are super delicious. The basic recipe is you take cooked cake, mix it with frosting, roll it in a ball and dip it in chocolate. Oh, yeah, they are fantastic!

These are cupcake/cookie/brownie hamburger and fries! SO cute! They look like it would be really hard to make but it turns out they are not. Check out her site and you will be lost in blog world for days!

Coming Soon from Cutts Creations.... Patches!!

I am addicted to applique patches and soon you will be too! I'm currently working on a new line of patches which will soon be on sale in my shop. I love patches!!! They are a great way to make an inexpensive (this little shirt cost me a grand total of $1.67) plain shirt adorable, cover up stains, and accent any thing you can think of. This little butterfly shirt has butterflies that are flying up the front too. Yay patches!

Lemon Berry Trifle

1 box yellow cake mix

2 boxes lemon pudding (plus 4 cups milk)

2 small cool whip containers or 1 large

Frozen berry mix, thawed

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1. Bake cake and let cool. Cut into squares.

2. Make pudding and let it set

3. Layer ingredients in Trifle dish.

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* You can use fresh berries but the frozen add just a little extra juice which spread the berry flavor further. If you are interested in making Chocolate Trifle click here.

** Also, did you see that adorable diaper cake in the background. No, you don't eat it, it is just made with little diapers as a cute decoration and gift for the mom. Again, this was Mary's creation. She might start selling them on etsy here soon so keep an eye out for them!

Tasty Chicken Salad Hors d'oeuvres

1 can shredded chicken
1/2 block of cream cheese, softened
1/4 c. mayonnaise
1/4 c. chopped red onion
1/8 c. Craisins
1/8 c. toasted almond slices
1 T. lemon juice
salt and pepper

1. Mix all ingredients together
2. place a small spoonful of salad on top of Ritz crackers.

Honey Dijon Spinach Salad

1 Large bag of spinach
1 can of mandarin oranges
1/4 of purple onion sliced thin
1/4 c. Kraft Honey Dijon Vinaigrette
1/8 c. feta cheese crumbles
1/8 c. Craisins
1/8 c. toasted almond slices

1. Toss dressing with spinach, onions, oranges.
2. Sprinkle feta, Craisins and almonds on top.

Missy's Baby Shower

My friends, Mindi and Mary and I hosted a baby shower for our friend Missy. It was a very nice shower if I can brag a little. Mindi had the idea to have a bunch of delicious soups in mini bread bowls. My favorite was her French Onion, yum. We also had an array of salads, fruit, veggies, petifores, cheesecakes, cupcake bites, trifle etc. I didn't get to take as many pictures as I would have liked but here are a few. I am posting two recipes with pictures and one without of the food that I brought in case anyone would like to make it at home. I did take pictures of Missy opening gifts but she is trying to minimize all pregnancy pics (I don't know why she is so gorgeous) so I deleted them. You're welcome. :)
This is the little snugly blanket I made for Max. It's the same theory as the birds except this is an elephant. This blanket is the perfect size for little ones to carry around or to just lay over a sleeping baby. There is no bulk to put the baby in a sticky situation. It has brown fleece on the back.

We got these wooden letters on sale at Hobby Lobby and we each took turns decorating a letter. B - me, M - Mary, K - Mindi. His name is Bryant Maxwell Kinney in case the initials were confusing. I also wish I would have gotten a better picture but Mary found a cute baby shower plate that everyone signed (you can see it at the bottom of this pic. You bake it and it is permanent so cute!

Just a full pic of the elephant.

Mary's husband got her this beautiful statue for Mother's Day. Isn't it gorgeous? Mary is Martha Stewart reincarnated and had a million cute decorations but this was my favorite, she used floral foam to stick the flowers in and wrapped each tin box with a cute ribbon. Love it!

A Little Birdie Told Me

A little birdie told me to make a million baby shirts with his face on it so here they are. You may recognize this first one from my family blog it was hand stitched for my friend Rachel and her baby Anna Kate. The rest are machine stitched with ribbon for feet. They will go to whomever has a baby next. These are so simple to make and oh so cute! It took less than an hour to make all three of the machine stitched ones.

Butterflies and flowers with striped wings on a onesie.

Purple and green vines with purple floral wings on a newborn button shirt.

Blue vintage floral with red floral wings and beak on a onesie.

Red and white dots with beige and red flower wings on a newborn button shirt.