Belated Merry Christmas and Happy Happy New Year to all!

Whew!  Can you believe that it's almost 2010?  I have been MIA 'cause there has been so much going on.  I've baked, and baked, and baked....and this is where all my creativity has been....in baking! 

Just a quick note to wish everyone a wonderful and safe New Year, 2010! 

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My son had no idea that I was going to kiss his cheek...

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My son and his friend are volunteering at the Insight Bowl game with the Boys and Girls Club right now. I am going to pick him up at our friends house and I made these cupcakes to take over there...

Happy New Year!

"Fondant" Cookies...and Baseball...

Okay, so one of the classes that I have recently taken was a Wilton Cookie Class. In this class they showed us how to make Christmas cookies with 'fondant'. You know, fondant is the thin sugar layer that you roll out and it looks so smooth over a cake...no wrinkles, no lines, looks so perfect! It was a fun class and we added cookie sticks so we could put them together in a bouquet. Since this was a trial run, I didn't make the cookie bouquet. However, I am making some of these cookies for Christmas gifts and will put the bouquet arrangements together then for each family. The Wilton sugar cookie recipe is quite delicious too!

Here is a picture of the cookies that I made (the one of the left is not finished, but those colors are pieces of fondant that I was playing with):

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Tomorrow, I'll share the fondant cake that I made.

Also, I wanted to share one picture from my son's baseball tournment this past weekend. This photo was Austin on first base and the other team was trying to pick him off...to get him out. Here he is sliding back to first base and NO that girl didn't tag him out. They tried to pick him off a few times and he was safe every time. He wouldn't have liked it if a girl got him out...there are very few girls that play competitive baseball, especially in the 14U age bracket..yay for girls!

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Valentine's Day Matchbook Treat Holder

Here is a close-up of the Valentine's Day Matchbook Treat Holder that I made (from the picture of Austin's goodies below). There are many variations of the matchbook, but this size fits perfectly to hold an M&M's bag, and I included a tag on the right side to write on for his treat holder. I received lots of inquiries on this from my Splitcoaststampers gallery, and it really is so simple to make...you just adjust sizes to fit your treats:

From Valentine's Day 2009

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Valentine's Day for AJ

Well Valentine's Day has just passed and Austin had a baseball tournament, so yes, we were out at Big League Dreams on Saturday and Victory Lanes on Sunday. Here is a photo of his Valentine's Day goodies:

From Valentine's Day 2009

Here is a photo of Austin from Center Field, getting a ball to the infield cutoff guy:

From Valentine's Day 2009