Pay it Forward.

I recently participated in a "pay it forward" via my friend Annie's blog. She sent me the cutest little clutch, a great truck for Miles, lip balm, gum, and a great waterbottle. It was all fabulous! James ate the gum, and Miles took over the waterbottle, but I don't think anyone will fight me for the clutch :)
I am excited to say that now its my turn to Pay It Forward. So leave a comment on my blog and I will pick three of you to send a care package to. You just have to promise to pay it forward to three more people.
Now I just have to figure out some great things to pack up!

Free Handbag!

Hey its worth a shot right?
www.handbagplanet.com
Good Luck!

New Couch

As some of you know and most of you don't (thank goodness) we bought a LEMON of a couch when we first furnished our house two and half years ago. Its cream leather...supposedly...and has a matching chair and loveseat. Now the chair and loveseat are great. love them. they're fabulous. But the couch is a disaster. It started tearing on the seat cushions. We tried to patch them with extra leather from underneath, and stitch them together, but nothing worked. We finally resorted to covering it with a beige throw. Unfortunately that solution did not last long since the back cushions decided to go south. It is seriously the strangest thing. You would think a tiger had been our living room and shredded out couch....so weird.

We are moving in eight months when James is done with school, and I figured that we would just grin and bear it. But James had other ideas, and after many discussions and looking on craig's list at many horrendously ugly couches we found one that worked....

Espresso brown leather that matches our ottomans, and low to the ground like our other pieces. But the best and most important part was that the arms detach so we could fit it through our 27 inch front door.....imagine how that limited us.
I figured that now that our "dirty laundry" was on the back patio, it was OK to air it out.

Aunt Christi comes to visit!

James' sister Christi came out for a little under a week to get some dental work done....well a lot of dental work done, poor girl. It was so fun to have company and get to visit with her. Miles loved having her around and all the extra attention he was getting.



We know that more dental work will bring her back to Philly. Hopefully its sooner rather than later. :)

Wedding Cakes....

It is definitely wedding cake season around here, so I have been lucky enough to keep busy with what I love to do (besides hanging out with my men)

Liz and Owen's wedding cake. this was sooooo fun to do because I had no limits at all. My boss was great, and donated all the supplies, and Liz just trusted me to make something fabulous.

Owen's grooms cake. It was a complete suprise to him and a nice little touch to the event.

A 60th birthday cake I did last week....apparently she wanted something "glitsy". Hope she was happy.


A wedding cake that I thought was hideous, but it must be the brides "cup o' tea".

A wedding cake that is commonly done at my bakery. The fondant ribbon at the bottom of each tier was giving me trouble since it was so humid that day, it made things awfully sticky.

Here is a topsy turvy cake that I started, but didn't get to put the finishing touches on. You can see it doesn't have a border yet and isn't quite fabulous enough to head out of the bakery....I have to say I love a non-traditional cake, and one's that look like they may fall over are my favorite!

A really simple design, but I like the mixing of shapes, it adds a little more interest than just round. Hopefully it got some fresh flowers on sight because it looks a little dull.

Oh, the traditional wedding cake.
Hope you all enjoyed the peek. I take all of these pictures and figure I should do something with them. :) If you ever want a cake for anything, just let me know!

Just for laughs..

Miles and I took some pictures while he was playing in my bedroom the other day.

Looking mischevious.

Gonna get me!

And here he is showing me the remains of his cracker...nice right!

Poke-A-Nose

Have I told you all that my parents are the greatest people ever! Well, if I have, you are going to hear it again.....so my parents are the GREATEST people ever!!!!
While James and I were up in the Cape for Liz's wedding my parents flew all the way from SLC to watch Miles. They rented a time share in the Poconos with my Grandma Checchio and stayed for the week.


Here is Miles and my Mom enjoying the grass outside. He had so much fun, and I am sure made my parents take him everywhere. He is always on the move.

My Dad and his siblings suprised my Grandma with a birthday party while she was there. Miles was probably thrilled since this party included one of those mylar balloons that they sell at the grocery store-he is always so obssessed with those.

It also included a rather large tray of Italian antipaste which Miles had my Mom push him around on while he sat in it.


It was so great of them to come do that. James and I were able to have a wonderful weekend with no worries, since we knew that Miles was so well taken care of. Thank you!!! oxox

Congratulations Elizabeth and Owen!!!!

Elizabeth and Owen were married in Cape Cod on the last day of summer. It was such a fabulous event overflowing with love, joy and laughter. They were surrounded by their closest friends and family, and you could feel all the love radiating from everyone. The weekend was incredible. All of the guests received welcome baskets filled with treats and snacks the day we arrived. We had an incredible lobster dinner after the rehearsal thanks to Owen's parents. Then the day of the wedding was a whirlwind of events. Topped off with incredible food...sea scallops, gorgonzola baskets, oysters, clams, lobster claws, miniature 5-guys burgers, lobster ravioli, beef tenderloin, and then tons of sweet treats, my favs being the caramel corn, and the cupcakes that were decorated with gold butterflies. The whole event was so beautiful, but nothing topped the smiles from the bride and groom. Good luck and congratulations! I adore you both!

What Princess are You?

Which Disney Princess are you?

I thought this was funny since I ended up being the hippiest princess of them all....good times :) What Princess are you?