Owl Cake

Recently I made a couple of cakes and decorated them with fondant owls. (Owls are very popular right now).  One of them I made for a staff''s "Baby Sprinkle".  I made a test cake and then the cake I used for the shower.  I used pound cake mix instead of a regular box cake. The shapes were cut out using cookie cutters or fondant cutters.  I taped a video to share with you.

Wine Glass Painting

I knew while on vacation a few weeks ago,we were going to have a wine tasting night. We usually go to a winery, but this year we decided to make a game of it.  Each couple had to bring a bottle of white wine and a bottle of red wine.  I printed out a  "How to Taste Wine" as well as a, wine tasting game from the Internet.
With all this in mind, I thought it would be fun to paint our own wine glasses. so the night before I set up a table with plain, dollar store wine glasses and a hand full of those "Sharpie Paint Pens". You can get them at any craft store. We each took a glass and a few paint pens and decorated our own wine glass. My goal, was to make them look like those expensive wine glasses you see in gift shops. It was fun and some of the wine glasses turned out better then others. They were painted and ready to fill with wine the next evening.
The wine tasting game was interesting too.  Our husband put an adult twist to it, but I wont go into that (keeping it friendly here).  Ha, Ha!  We had a blast!

A Toast, to a fun filled vacation.