Monthly Archives: January 2011
Jan 29 2011

Craft Night! – Valentines Day Cards

by Crystalyn
Good friends + yummy treats + paper and glue = AWESOME ♥

I did it! I successfully hosted the first craft night! It was so much fun. This month we made Valentine’s Day Cards for Etsy’s Special Delivery: Share Your Love 2011. We made a total of 45 cards!

My favorite part of the whole day was getting to spend time with some of my all time favorite (unrelated) people. Being home now, I don’t get much non-two-year-old socialization and it just felt good to sit, relax and laugh with people I love. 

 
 
Even Juniper got in on the fun ♥
Now I just need to come up with a fun project for next month’s crafty get together! It will probably be the last Saturday of the month again, so mark your calendars for February 26th!

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Jan 28 2011

Week in Review – Episode 4

by Crystalyn

There won’t be any week in review photo collage today because I don’t think I’ve taken a single picture all week! I was sick for a couple of days last weekend, and while I was attempting to get some rest, apparently a tornado (named Juniper) came through my house. DISASTER. So I’ve spent most of the week trying to get it back in control. (And then I can’t get sick ever again so we can keep it in control.) Luckily I’ve got some awesome company coming over tomorrow so I have a little motivation.

After this week’s cleanliness disaster, I’ve been left wondering how on earth people do this. I am seriously no good at this whole ‘stay at home’ thing. And it can be depressing, because back when I was working I was awesome at what I did. (And I got paid!) Sometimes I just feel so useless! Can I just throw everything out? The house can’t be a mess if we don’t own anything right? I’ve decided that I just need to think of our apartment as an ongoing craft project. That way maybe I can trick myself into thinking I actually DO have time to be creative.

I do have some awesome ideas for blog posts though! I have a crafty DIY in the works, and some fun creative home projects to share, plus we’ve started getting the little guy’s nursery ready and I can’t wait to share pictures! (Of course, by nursery I mean corner of our bedroom) 

So let’s all hope for a better week this week. ♥

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Jan 24 2011

Week in Review – Episode 3

by Crystalyn

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Jan 16 2011

Week in Review – Episode 2

by Crystalyn
 
Has it REALLY been a whole week already? 

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Jan 8 2011

Week in Review – Episode 1

by Crystalyn

I’ve decided (Like so many other people!) to do a 365 project this year. My goal is to take more photos in general AND to take more photos of things that aren’t 2 years old and ridiculously adorable. (I think 98% of my photos for the past 2 years have been of Juniper. I can’t help it!!!!)

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Jan 6 2011

Mini Cake Challenge – January

by Crystalyn

Number 12 on my “26 Before 27″ list is to decorate a mini cake each month. And since Monday was my birthday, I decided this month to make myself a tiny birthday cake. It came out terrible.. I almost don’t want to post pictures of it!! The icing I used was WAY too thin. I’ve never really used icing tips before either, and I’ve learned that I don’t have a very steady hand.

Just so I don’t feel like a complete fail, here are some of the cakes I’ve made in the past. See, I’m not really that bad of a decorator!!

 Fondant with gum paste flowers
 Jason’s zombie cake (Had a little too much fun with the red food coloring haha)
Juniper’s 2nd birthday cupcakes
So without further hesitation, here is my hideously girly, super runny, see-how-many-icing-tips-I-can-use-from-my-new-set birthday cake. Lessons learned – 1. Next time use better icing… 2. I need some more food coloring options!

And of course it wouldn’t be a cake decorating night without my traditional leftovers cupcakes! Since the cake is so tiny, I use the leftover cake batter to make a small batch of cupcakes and use them to squirt all of the leftover icing from my piping bag. (I hate to waste something so yummy!) Is it sad that I almost like these more than the cake itself?

Just wait, by the end of the year I’m going to be a world-famous cake decorator.

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Jan 5 2011

26 Before 27

by Crystalyn
Yesterday was my birthday and it was a great day! We had a few good friends over for pizza and video games. (I love love love having company over.) Shaun got me some of the most hilariously random gifts that made me laugh so hard I started having contractions. I love my husband so much!

Inspired by this post over on A Beautiful Mess, I decided to come up with a “26 Before 27″ goal list. Here are 26 things I’d like to do before I turn 27.

 Getting started on #26 ♥

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