The Cake was a Hit!

So the cake was good, here are some pics of the inside!

Chocolate Peppermint Ice Cream Cake

Tonight we have a Christmas concert at church and we are going and then some friends are coming over for dessert afterwards. So I thought we needed a very Christmasy dessert. So I made this Chocolate Peppermint Ice Cream Cake. Here it is! We will see in a few hours if it tastes good!

It's Snowing/Sleeting!

Today when I left work, there was snow on my car!! yeah!!!!!!!!! I am so excited!!!! I do love a snow. And I love that it is snowing outside, toasty in our apt, and I can watch a new Grey's Anatomy while drinking some hot chai. What a perfect evening! and I just booked a facial for the day after I get done with fieldwork. I have never had one before so I am really excited. I am going to the Face and the Body and getting a Signature Spa Facial. They say it is good for first time facial go-ers. Nelson gave it to me for my birthday so I am quite excited to use it!!!

A Little Christmas Project

I decided that Nelson and I needed some stockings to go by our Christmas tree so I made some! It was great fun! Check them out!

Christmas Time is Here!

Today we got a nice wreath in the mail from Nelson's sister Ginny! Well, she didn't just send it to us, we bought it from her for a fundraiser for her senior trip next year. Anyway, it was just what we need for our door! It looks great! We are getting ready to do some decorating and put up our christmas tree! I made this little stocking on my machine and I am hoping to make a few more decorations, like those cool trees from Steph's blog. I also want to make stockings for Nelson and me, but I am not sure if I am capable of that!

Sewing Machine!

So here is my new sewing machine! I have really enjoyed trying it out but have not exactly had the best of luck so far. Well, I have made one pillow and that went pretty well. But I have a problem with cutting the fabric straight and sewing the stitch straight once I am going. I am going to go sewing class starting in January so that should be very helpful. I think I was feeling a little over confident the other night when I wanted to try a pillow with some piping around the edge. I got the piping and was putting it in but I couldn't really get the seam close enough to the edge of the piping. I didn't think it was too bad but then I went to sew the back to the front and I got half way around the pillow when I noticed that the last edge was about two inches too short! They were the right size to begin with but somewhere in all my sewing, I got the edges messed up! I gave up that pillow for the day, partially because I was sick and I couldn't think any more and partially because I was mad that I couldn't do it right. But I think I just need to take my lessons and then things will be better! and like my Steph was telling me, you gotta start somewhere and it is good to make mistakes and learn from them! So that is what I am going to be doing, a lot of learning from my mistakes.

Some Tasty Cupcakes!

Last week, we had a baby shower at work for one of the therapists who is due in early January. I was going to make a cake but someone else already volunteered to bring the cake but then fell and broke her arm and then we weren't sure if she was coming and bringing a cake so I decided to make cupcakes just in case she did come and bring a cake. So I needed a cupcake recipe! My sister-in-law came through for me, as she always does, with a great recipe, Billy's Vanilla Vanilla. They turned out pretty well and people seemed to really like them. I wanted to do a cute baby thing on top of the icing but couldn't think of what to do and didn't really have time to look into it so I just decided to dye the icing pink!