Wednesday, March 28, 2012

CALL for Illustrators - New Book Project - 100 Illustrations - My Favorite Food...



Hi Everyone....as you all may already know I am the founder of 100 Illustrations and we have a super amazing project that is still open to new submissions....The new book project is called 100 Illustrations - my favorite Food and will feature the work of 100 Illustrators and Artists from around the world depicting what they deem as their favorite food.....

I have a lot of favorites....but one of my favorite things to eat is Chicago Style Stuffed Pizza!!! yummy!!!


What is your favorite food?


I want to extend an invitation to all of my Illustrator friends that are out there so please join our project!!! I love seeing all of the food submissions that come in.....

For details you can head over to our blog here.....you can also see some sneak peeks of food pieces that have been submitted and get all of the files specifications....I think this book will be a huge success....

Happy Wednesday and Happy Creating Everyone!!!

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Last minute Dinner Party.....dessert idea.....








Hi Everyone....

This morning I decided to host a last minute dinner party tonight....and instead of just picking up some dessert I decided to head to my pantry and see what I could make....I found....Italian Lady finger cookies....Chocolate Fudge Jello Pudding, rum and some espresso coffee.....so I decided to make a super quick and easy individual Chocolate Tiramius ........so I got some ramekins....made some espresso....you can even use instant espresso.....cut and dipped some lady fingers in the coffee ....sprinkled some rum on the cookies too....then place a spoonful of pudding to cover....then repeated the process....till the cup was full....so two layers of espresso dipped cookies and two layers of pudding.....when I finished these cups I wanted to decorate them so I looked in the pantry again and found our son's miniature marshmallows in beautiful pastels...and some coloured sugar...just yellow and green.....yellow for the centers of each flower and green to embellish the leaves........

I tool out my kitchen scissors and cut yellow marshmallows in half....then dipped them in the yellow sugar and used them for the flower centers....for the petals and leaves I cut the marshmallows on a diagonal ...when you cut them on a diagonal you get nice tips for the leaves and petals.....I used the petals plain...and then used green sugar for the leaves....placed them on top and I think they look so cute.....

I think they turned out perfect!!! will see what happens at tonight's Dinner Party....Hope they are a hit!!!

Happy Tuesday Everyone....and Happy Creating!!!

Monday, March 26, 2012

Just created a few glitter eyelash yarn Spring wreaths.....love these!


This one is for my Studio....it included my personal branding....love this!!!!


Inspired by a tutorial on Pinterest....I created my own version of a couple of Spring wreaths.....I love the way these look and they just scream Spring to me.....


for my wreaths I used the green styrofoam wreaths....one in 12 inches and one in 9 inches....for the large one I used 2 rolls of Martha Stewart Glitter Eyelash yarn measuring 39 yards each and 1 roll for the smaller wreath.....I then created some paper flowers with mini pom pom centers that I added with nail head pins...you can also use pearl head pins for added flair......I love the pin on flowers because I can change them out as I feel.....I also think I will seasonally add some of my fun Paper Dolls to these wreaths....for some fun!!!



The process...is super simple and the project is completed in no time.... Just tie off the start of the yarn around the wreath base....and just keep rolling it around....till you fill in the whole wreath......



make some paper flowers....or use purchased flowers....paper silk....fabric...you name it....


and voila.....a super sweet fun wreath that you can change up anytime you feel like it......



you can even make small ones and use them around candles....for special dinner parties....love the way these glitter and sparkle in the light......




Off to work on some more ideas that are brewing in my head....

Monday I am back at my cake decorating glass....so wish me luck and I will see you all back in the Studio this afternoon......

Happy Monday and Happy Creating Everyone!!!!

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Sunday Sketches....a row of houses....soon to be one of my printing blocks....





Hi Everyone....so great to see you here today.....I had a blast working on this printing block....I did my sketch first and then carved out my lines and am currently testing out some printing with this block.....what a super fun medium this is....I am still on my house kick and am having so much fun creating these fun little streets with the cutest homes.....imagining who lives in each and what is happening behind those closed doors!!!

I am sharing these sketches with all of my friends over at Sunday Sketches...hosted by Sophia.....a wonderful group of super talented people that love to sketch......

Happy Sunday Everyone....and Happy Creating!!!

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Sweet Saturdays Week 50 - come join in the fun and share something!

Sweet Saturdays

Hi Everyone!!! and welcome to week # 050 of Sweet Saturdays.....
Sweet Saturdays is all about blogging about something sweet in your lives...it could be art, illustrations, food, a recipe or a sweet photo....or a sweet find in your favorite shop...so create your blog post and pop back and share your link with all of us....

Welcome and we look forward to seeing your posts.....


Please make sure to add Sweet Saturdays to your blog post and post the URL address of that post and NOT your blog home page URL address as there are many late visitors who get confused as to which post is for Sweet Saturdays when they arrive at your website.




My Sweet Saturdays week 50 post....Making some cute Easter Treat houses.....




Hi Everyone....and welcome to week 50 of Sweet Saturdays....a place where we can share just about anything sweet on our blogs.....Today I am sharing a cute little treat box that I created with one of my new cricut cartridges.....Sweet Tooth Boxes.....and I think it turned out pretty sweet so I though it would be perfect for my share this week.....I have seen some amazing things created with this super cool cartridge....and will try to make some more Easter inspired pieces.....

Friday, March 23, 2012

Paint Party Friday....a little tall, narrow colourful house.......


Hi Everyone....

Here is my piece for Paint Party Friday this week....I am having so much fun working on strange little homes that are full of colour.....I always have a picture in my head of a whole street of homes all in full colour and they are always very narrow and tall....I will be sketching houses whenever I get a chance!!!

Sharing this with all of my friends over at Paint Party Friday.....Thanks for popping in.

Happy Friday and Happy Creating!!!

Thursday, March 22, 2012

A free fun project for you......Paper Easter Baskets for treats and decorations....




Hi Everyone....I was playing around with an idea and had to share it with all of my wonderful blog friends....I created a cute little paper basket PDF that you can print and create fun little centerpieces with or you can even add these to everyone's place setting and add a cute name tag!

You can head over to my website main page and scroll down till you spot the
Templates and Tutorials for you to download and use for your personal parties.....section and there I have stuff you can print off and create with.....

Hope you enjoy making these and filling them with cute treats!! Oh and pop back tomorrow....I have an idea brewing in my head that I think will turn out super cute!!!!

Happy Thursday and Happy Creating Everyone!!!



Wednesday, March 21, 2012

What's on your Workdesk? Wednesday 146.....










Hi Everyone....ok...a quick photo of some stuff in my Studio....and then we are off to the kitchen where I show you how I made my sweet bunny cupcake toppers and some fun artsy cupcake toppers....these can be stored and used whenever you need them....and come in handy...so when you have time to make a bunch of candy stuff or candy flowers it is a great way to save some time when you need something to add to a cake or cupcake....If you need a Royal Icing Recipe....there are a bunch on-line....this one looks good....I made mine a little more runny for smoothness....

I am sharing all this stuff today with all of my friends over at What's on your Workspace Wednesday......

Happy Wednesday and Happy Creating!!!

Monday, March 19, 2012

Bunny Phylis and her best friends....Lucy and Emily....



Hi Everyone....and Happy Monday....

Today I attended my Course III Day one class in Advanced Cake decorating and it was so much fun....but as promised I am showing you my finished piece as inspired by my Sunday Sketches here.....Meet Phylis the sweet little Gardener Bunny.....she has a lot of help from her two best friends....Chick Lucy and Chick Emily.....they are tending to their Spring Daffodils and getting ready for some tulips and other Spring blooms....

Hope you enjoy these!!!

Happy Monday and Happy Creating Everyone!!!

 
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