And a picture of the decorated cake. Very simple decorations since the inside of the cake was so cool. And before anyone asks...I forgot to get a picture of the cake when it was cut. But trust me...it was everything a 10yr old girl would want!!!

Baker in Training Take 2

Olaina wanted to help make her birthday cake this year. So, she decided she wanted a rainbow cake. I showed her how to mix the cake colors and pour them into the pan to get a rainbow. She had a blast. She picked out each color that she wanted in the cake....and the order she wanted to put them in.

Isn't she just the cutest??

First of two layers in the oven. She always wants to help me bake now. I think I am going to start baking with her every Sunday. Then we can have fresh baked goods during the week and some really good Mother/Daughter bonding time.

Master Baker in Training

After watching many episodes of Cupcake Wars, Fabulous Cakes and Food Network Challenges with me, the baking bug has finally infected my daughter. She wanted to make and decorate her own cupcakes. Now for her first cupcake baking experience, I broke out a boxed cake mix. But she mixed it herself. By the end of scooping 24 cupcakes, her hand hurt from squeezing the scoop : )

Then she made Buttercream frosting from scratch.

And she decided she wanted to color the frosting green. We used Wilton gel food coloring in leaf green.

I showed her how to prepare the piping bags and how to pipe. We used tips 4B and 2D.

Her first cupcake!!!!

Didn't she do a great job decorating all these cupcakes!! Next she wants to try decorating with fondant.

The completed cupcake after she added the sprinkles. I must admit they were quite yummy!!!

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I made this quilt for an auction at my children's school. It's on my daughter's bed just to show the size. Each child in Olaina's class drew a self-portrait. I think it came out beautiful. I am going to make a pillow sham for the auction winner since I have left over material.

It was my first experience playing around with Photoshop. This project was my justification for buying it!!! It took me a couple of days to figure it out. Granted I didn't read instructions that came with it!! : ) But I used it to brighten up the drawings and remove an stray lines.

I think I am going to make something similar to this for each of the grandparents for Christmas...have the grandkids make self-potraits and other drawings and make each of them a lapquilt.

It's Friday!!

It's finally Friday!! After being sick all day yesterday, I am playing catch up with getting the house clean. It's winning. I started a new quilt Wednesday evening and all I want to do is work on it. Here is a picture of the first block.....

Hmmm....housework or quilting??? Which will win out??? And I won't mention that tonight is quilt night with the girls.....