Picnic Cupcakes

Yummy cupcakes, that are perfect to take on an "Old Fashion Picnic". The picnic basket was a treasure I found a few years ago at a flea market.  I just love it.  Okay, back to the cupcakes.  My daughter and I made these cupcakes and kind of stuck with a picnic theme.  We used butter cream frosting and chocolate and confetti vanilla for the cake part. I especially like the yellow crystals we used on top of the frosting. My son in law made some refreshing home made lemon aid to go with our treat.

So, who is ready for a picnic?

Relay for Life Cupcakes

Nicole & My Beginning

Relay for Life Cupcakes

Father's Day Rocks

My daughter Nicole came up with this craft.  Painted garden rocks, they will mark each row of vegetables in dad's garden. You could do the same for a flower garden too.  Nicole just used acrylic paints and painted the rocks to coordinate with the veggies.  Then she painted the name of the veggie on the rock. You can spray them with a lacquer to keep them from washing off during a rain.  What an awesome father's day gift this turned out to be.

How cool are these garden rocks?
I will post a picture of them once we place them in the garden.
Great idea Nicole.

New Mommy's Gift Basket

I love making up gift baskets.  I made this basket especially for my daughter in law, and gave it to her at her baby shower.  The new baby gets so many gifts and sometimes the new mommy gets forgotten.  So, I like to make "a new mommy basket", full of items that the new mommy can use to pamper herself.  I love how this one turned out.

Supplies I used.  Candles, body lotion, body wash, blue towels, socks, face wash, little make up bags, some candy and a few other odds and ends.   You can add whatever you like.

  I just stuck with the blue theme, since the baby is going to be a boy.

I usually put rolled up towels to build some depth.   Then add the items around the towels.
It's a good idea to use glue dots to secure the items to each other.  That way everything will stay put and not fall out of the basket.  In this case the basket is a blue bowl.

The Finished product.  Of course, my crazy Vera must be involved. 

A close up.

I finished it up by putting clear wrap around the basked.

Here is the basket, tucked in with the other gifts.