Baby Angel, Puddin, Eve....

So for the most part this blog is going to be about the projects I work on or have worked on but I have to show off my sweet baby girl. She is the coolest, sweetest, cutiest almost 2 year old I know. :) I love her more than words can write. I love making things or buying things for her. She is the joy of my life!

Fun with Food

So playing with food is kinda a craft, right? Now that I have Eve I LOVE making cute treats for school or parties. I found all of these ideas from other blogs and websites such as Southern Living and Parenting Magazine.

Owl Moon Pie Treats - these were for Eve's teachers at Halloween. I got the idea from Southern Living. Its a Moon Pie, seperate an Oreo, add a little icing to the center and put on 2 M&M's, add a little icing to the top of the head and add some chocolate sprinkles, then a Candy Corn for the beak.

Frog Mini Cupcakes - I made these for Eve's 1st Birthday to take to school with her. Just dye some white icing green, then pick out the green marshmellows from the multi-colored bag and dab a bit of black icing and you're done. Kids love them.

Spider Cookies - There I made for Treat Day at Eve's school. You take an Oreo and split it. Add a little extra icing then put back together. Break up the long preztels in half and stick 4 into each side of the Oreo. Then dab on a little icing to hold the M&M's. They were a hit! I'm sure all the kids think that Eve's mom is the coolest. :)

Cupcakes on a stick - These I made for Eve's 1st Birthday party. She had a Poodle / Cupcake party. These are just cake balls dripped in chocolate and added sprinkles and an M&M on top. Yummy!

And finally the Poodle Cupcakes! I had found a really cool Poodle cake to make for her 1st birthday but I attempted it and it was a nightmare! So I found this idea online. However on the original design it called for pink circus peanuts for the ears and I couldn't find pink ones anyhere! So I used a stick of gum and it worked pretty good. :)

I have also made Reindeer cupcakes and Frank-n-Stein cupcakes but can't find a picture of them right now. 

Welcome to Crafty Lain

So I have always thought that blogging seemed like a waste of time because who really cares what others do/think. But in the past couple months I have found some really cool ideas from others blogs that have inspired me so I thought...why not try to inspire others who might find me. :)

I am a crafty gal as many of the family and friends will attest to. I love the feeling of knowing that I made it plus its usually way cooler than what I could have bought in the store. Even though my sisters asks...so is my present something you bought or something you made. She is not the crafty one in the family. :)

However now that I am a full-time working Moma my time to make things has decreased A LOT but I still managed to squeeze time in to "play". Which you will see I always refer to my craft days/projects as my "play days". B/c that what it is to me.

I am working on a couple new projects around the house right now but also want to post some things I have made in the past that I'm proud of. So more of those to come. For now...its just a welcome to Crafty Lain!