Scrapbook Convention

I’m so excited! I received an email from Creating Keepsakes. There’s gonna be an actual Scrapbook Convention in town! Imagine that! It’s gonna be at the Pasadena Convention Center on June 11-13, 2009. I hope I can get the day off so I can attend! Or it’s across the street from my work, maybe I can run every lunch time and during break….woohoo!

Pasadena Scrapbook Convention

Plush Show

I was following a link from Sara and saw this…

It’s a Plush Show by Rocks Paper Scissors! How cute is that! It’s in Silverlake. Not too far away from here. The cool part is DJ Lance Rock from Yo Gabba Gabba will be there for the opening night on September 25! Woohoo! Check out their site for more info.

Photo Mosaic

I’d like to thank Sara for inspiring me to work on this today. She posted something she worked on illustrator and I figured, I should brush up on my photoshop skills as well. I’ve used Flickr Toys before, but it’s nice to learn how to do things from scratch. This way, I can manipulate the image any way I want to.

Button Pencils

I didn’t realize how being a mommy of two can take so much of my time. I’ve managed to work on a little project this afternoon while the little one was asleep.

I made a pair of button pencils. They’re stackable pencils that I wrapped in embroidery floss, then I stringed some buttons and finished off with a small piece of ribbon.

I’m thinking of participating in a Scrapbook Blog party and donating some handmade prizes. Maybe I can even host my own giveaway here. Come back soon and see what I’ve come up with.

 

Butter Cream Recipe

I like this buttercream recipe they featured on Martha today….

Ingredients

Makes enough for 15 cupcakes

* 2 cups sugar
* 1 cup egg whites (about 6 large)
* 1 1/4 cups (2 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
* 16 ounces dark chocolate, melted and cooled slightly

Directions

1. Place sugar and egg whites in the bowl of an electric mixer set over (but not touching) a pan of simmering water. Whisk constantly until mixture is heated and sugar is dissolved. Attach bowl to an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment and continue whisking until cooled and stiff peaks form, about 7 minutes.
2. With the mixer running, add butter, one piece at a time, until completely incorporated. Continue whisking until a light, fluffy cream has formed. Stir in chocolate until well combined.

Bakerella Cupcakes

Hey! People have been posting about Bakerella in their blogs and why would they? Those tiny little cupcakes on sticks are so adorable! Anyway, Bakerella’s gonna be at Martha tomorrow… lucky! 

Bakerella

Michael’s and Joann’s

If you want to save on you next trip to Michael’s on Joann’s…

read more here

Birthday Prezzy

My hubby ordered these for me online and they finally arrived in the mail today! I’M SO EXCITED! 

out of it

We’ve been so busy with Aaron’s birthday that I haven’t scrapbooked…either digitally or on paper for about 3 weeks….I need to scrapbook!!!!!

Shopping 6/3/2007

Today was actually a productive shopping day….
I’ve been wanting a really good Rotary Paper Trimmer, since my old one (Carl DC100) broke…and i’ve spent so much money on buying some other ones to replace it, which turned out crappy… =( I looked for the Carl Trimmer for a long time, but i was disappointed to find out they stopped making them…

But today guess what I found…

Yes, I found them, again… at Staples.
Much cheaper than the fiskars brand they sell at Michael’s or Joann’s…
and much better too…
I was so pleased.

Also, at Joann’s, I was able to go ribbon shopping…
I got all these for $30 dollars…