Button Frames

My sister-in-law and I had fun making button frames tonight.

Mouse Cookie

Megan and I made these cookies. We made our own version based on one we had seen that my Mother-in-law was given.

Here are the parts:
Base: Oreo cookie with the top cookie taken off
Mouse Body: Maraschino cherry (no pits) dipped in chocolate (if it has the stem on it then use the stem as a tail.)
Tail: piece of licorice (the pull apart kind)
Head: Hershey's kiss
Ears: mini marshmallows cut into small pieces
Eyes: icing dotted on with toothpicks
Snow: sprinkle with icing sugar

We had lots of fun making these and then we placed them on the table at Christmas at each place setting. This one shown with the baby mouse (the body was a mini marshmallow dipped in chocolate) was for my sister-in-law, who had just had a baby.

Quilted Christmas Table Topper

I quilted this table topper for my Mom for Christmas. My Mother-in-law helped me with this one and the table runner below.

My December Quilting Projects

This is the table runner I quilted for my sister-in-law. I added the old buttons to the end blocks as a special touch.

Holding it Together

Birthday Cake

Here is the latest birthday cake I made.

Cake Contest

This is the cake I designed and made for the final cake class in which we had a decorating contest. I made it for my hubby's birthday.

Another Cake...

A cake for my hubby's grandmother's 85th birthday

Happy Easter!

Another of my cakes from my cake decorating class

The flowers are made from Royal Icing. I learned the basket weave technique this week.

More Cakes

Here are my most recent cakes. A St. Paddy's Day cake - made after the actual holiday so I just made it a "Happy Day" cake! A Whale Cake - more painting with piping gel.

An Easter Bunny cake - where we learned to sculpt the cake.

You can see the rest of my cakes in a previous post.

I-C-E H-O-T-E-L in QC

This was definitely the highlight of our trip. It was phenomenal!


They build the fireplaces in some of the suites; however, they are built so that the heat escapes. It only makes the room about 5 degrees warmer. It adds atmosphere though.

The main entrance. The ice actually has a blue colour to it and it has to do with the water they use.

The theme for the whole hotel this year was biodiversity. There are 36 hotel rooms there you can rent. The more expensive suites are all decorated within this theme.

This is the front of the chapel where people can get married. The chapel was filled with ice benches covered in furs.

One of the main rooms with their impressive key piece - the chandelier and some tree pillars.

The bar where you can buy drinks in ice glasses.

This is part of another bar area where you can buy apple cider, hence the apple blossom of the wall. Check out the beautifully carved ice chair.

Colour Burst

Fabric Flowers

I was feeling a wee bit crafty today and made some colourful fabric flowers.

Cake Decorating Course

I'm taking a cake decorating course for beginners.
Here are my first 3 cakes:

Cake # 3 : A baby theme cake where the booties are made from cupcakes

Cake # 2 : A spring cake to practice learning some flowers
(My icing was too soft this week so my details weren't as defined as I would have liked.)
Cake #1 : A Valentine's Day cake to learn control with star tipping