Saturday Cupcakes

Here are some lovely pink flower cupcakes. Enjoy.

- Cerise

Mother's Day Gifting

Mother's Day was so much fun this year. 9 hole, 3 par golf, dinner, and family time. My mom also enjoyed her gift I made. Last minute touches were painted on Mother's Day morning but fortunately acrylic paint dries really fast and I didn't wast time sleeping in too late. Here is the final project. Look forward next week to the how-to for this project and a similar one my friend made the same day.

- Cerise

Monday Wildflowers

Happy Monday, thought you might enjoy some lovely wildflowers to make your Monday sweeter.

-Cerise

Steampunk and Pirates

With the lack of a Portland Pirate Festival this year I'm scouting out other festivals. I've invested too much money in the last two months to sit on my creations. Hopefully the pirate festival near Lebanon, Oregon, will be well attended. Steamcon in Seattle is also huge on my radar but it's juried so I have to work extra hard the next two weeks getting things made and photos taken so I can compile a portfolio for my application. Here are a couple things in progress I worked on while home sick yesterday.

Happy crafting,

Cerise :)

More garden delights

The back porch is in full foliage and lots of plants are in bloom right now. My clematis came back in full force this spring. It's a terrible pink color in person. Last year it was white with splashes of a mellow pink (as pictured on the plant tag) but it went a little crazy this year. I shouldn't complaint too much because it's beautiful and healthy. One of our nurseries also has a lot of sale plants. I've picked up a few here and there and they are all doing really well. My gerber daisies pittled away quite quickly but popped out a new plant soon after. There are also sweet little carnations that are very happy in there new home and a lovely little vining plant with orange flowers that is going to live with the clematis. I obviously don't think about the colors working together or not! I would love to add more but I don't want to have to move or leave behind a bunch of plants in the not too far future if we move. My beautiful ginkgo will definitely go with me everywhere though!

Happy Blooming,
Cerise : )

Clematis

Carnations

Wysteria