tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56255075903446244242024-03-13T21:17:03.158-05:00Imperfect HarmonyLife as a Child of God, Wife, and Mommy; and making it all work togetherAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14711289900824425426noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625507590344624424.post-80083845522428253352015-11-04T09:14:00.001-06:002015-11-04T09:14:12.035-06:00Our Halloween Weekend<div style="text-align: center;">
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So sorry for the break from the Blog. Last week was kind of crazy. My grandparents came to visit from Illinois for the weekend, and so the last minute cleaning frenzy was real! Then, of course, they never even came over to my house. Oh well, at least my house was clean for a little while. </div>
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We had a great time this weekend shopping and sharing some of our favorite restaurants with my grandparents. On Saturday, instead of going Trick or Treating, my church puts on a Fall Festival for the community. Hubby and I usually work at it, but we volunteered to set up that morning so we could actually enjoy the Festival with our son and my parents and grandparents. It was so much fun! </div>
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Little Man got to do his second hayride, and his first pony ride. I was so afraid of him being afraid of the pony, but he loved it! </div>
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Now, for what I promised last blog post! </div>
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Technically, this was from a week and a half ago, but here are Hubby and I's costumes! </div>
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These costumes were so fun! I was actually kind of shocked that Hubby let me paint him! He doesn't usually go for stuff like that. The facepaint was from Walmart. My blue wig and glasses were from the Spirit Halloween Store. The sweater and sweater vest were from Goodwill and were $5 each! (I regularly do my Halloween Costume shopping at Goodwill!), and the bowtie was from a seamstress friend! She had made them for a play her grandson was in, and she let us borrow it! I love having talented friends! Everything else was things we already had. All in all, these costumes were very easy to put together. The hardest part was finding a sweater vest. I found the ONLY sweater vest my goodwill had. lol. Trust me. I scoured that entire store! </div>
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Little Man's costume was even easier! </div>
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His pirate costume was found at Target. It came with all you see here, except the jack-o-lantern. Then, I just took some eyeliner and drew on the mustache and goatee. He was adorable! This picture is right after I told him to say, "ARRRRGH!" </div>
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Now he tells me everyday that he has to put on his costume! This weekend has been fantastic! Yesterday, I went to two events, and I can't wait to share them with you! Be looking forward to that post either tomorrow or Friday! </div>
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Have a blessed Wednesday! </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14711289900824425426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625507590344624424.post-72968314656234760302015-10-26T10:15:00.003-05:002015-10-26T10:15:33.905-05:00Brain and blood clot cupcakes<div style="text-align: center;">
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This weekend a friend of mine had her annual Halloween Party! Hubby and I left Little Man with the grandparents and had a great time! You will get to see what our costumes were on Wednesday. </div>
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A few years ago, my friend started having a contest for the yummiest, most grotesque looking food. This is the first year I actually participated. I found <a href="http://www.notquitenigella.com/2009/02/12/blood-clot-and-brain-cupcakes-happy-friday-the-13th-for-tomorrow/">this link</a> on Pinterest and decided that this was going to be my entry. </div>
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The cupcakes are a doctored up version of boxed French Vanilla cake mix. I promise I will do that post soon. It's really quite easy!<br />
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The cupcakes are then cored and filled with strawberry jelly. This is the blood clot part of the cupcakes. The tartness also helps break up all the sweetness of the cake and icing. </div>
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The icing is my standard buttercream recipe from Wilton, with Almond extract as flavoring. I mixed together pink, yellow, blue and a tiny bit of black to make the fleshy grey color of the "brains." These we're lot easier to do than I thought they would be. All I had to do was do a big squiggle on each side of the cupcake, and a smaller squiggle on top of each big squiggle. The squiggles were made with Wilton Tip #3. </div>
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And there you have it! They were big hit at the party, and although there weren't any prizes, I won the contest! We had a blast at the party, and are already planning what we will befor next year!! </div>
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Happy Halloween Week! See y'all Wednesday! </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14711289900824425426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625507590344624424.post-87345188787052607312015-10-23T14:20:00.004-05:002015-10-23T14:20:54.511-05:00November Sub - Give Thanks<div style="text-align: center;">
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Hubby and I are getting ready for a friends Halloween Party this weekend, so basically, I am getting ready for the Party. I have gotten all of our pieces to our costumes, and am baking cupcakes today! It's going to be awesome and you can expect pictures next week! :) </div>
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For now, you saw that title and were expecting to see a post about Thanksgiving, not Halloween! So let's get to it! </div>
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The November Sub actually came to me about 3 weeks ago, but I thought I would post about it a little closer to it actually being November. </div>
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Also, it's not my favorite sub. It's not strictly Thanksgiving, it's a VERY similar color palette to the <a href="http://lifeinimperfectharmony.blogspot.com/2015/09/oh-hello-october-sub.html">October Sub</a>, and there are a lot of stickers that I probably will just not get a lot of use out of. Let me quit yakking about it, and let you see what I'm talking about. </div>
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I do like that she remembered to include the Purchase Sub reminder sticker this month. If you didn't get the sub last month, she sells a sampler sheet that has those reminders on them,<a href="http://ohhelloco.com/products/22-oh-hello-stationery-helloigan-stickers-k7"> here</a>. I'm not thrilled about the <a href="http://ohhelloco.com/products/handmade-thank-you-card">card</a>, because I already have my own thank you cards leftover from when my little man was born (ENDLESS BABY SHOWER THANK YOU CARDS!!) lol. I don't foresee myself using the label stickers much because they are so wide! They take up a big chunk of the EC boxes. </div>
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I like the <a href="http://ohhelloco.com/products/thanksgiving-harvest-functional-boxes-half-boxes-c6">half boxes</a>. Those turned out really neat! The <a href="http://ohhelloco.com/products/8-inspirational-fall-autumn-quotes-d8">quotes page</a> looks awesome, but I don't really put quotes in my planner, especially not full box quotes because I want to fill it up with things I do. I like the idea behind the acts of kindness stickers because I think we should always strive to do kind things for others, but I never really plan out doing those kinds of things. They usually just happen. I don't know, maybe I'll use them. </div>
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The <a href="http://ohhelloco.com/products/thanksgiving-harvest-decorative-set-b4">Thanksgiving sticker set</a> is adorable. That one will most likely get used with the leftovers I have from the October Set! </div>
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Overall, I don't love this month's sub. I will still order a December one, so it hasn't deterred me at all because I have been ordering these each month since June, and this is the first one that I really just don't like. That is not bad at all. </div>
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Don't worry Kayla! I still love your shop, girl! In fact, I just ordered a bunch of washi from her website, so expect a haul once that shows up! :) </div>
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Have a great weekend, and I will see y'all Monday! </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14711289900824425426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625507590344624424.post-91752515522156788922015-10-21T10:04:00.000-05:002015-10-21T10:04:06.405-05:00Birthday Cake Fail, and Redemption! <div style="text-align: center;">
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As promised, here is the story of my dad's birthday cake. His birthday was Sunday. As you all have probably figured out by now, I enjoy decorating cakes. I took all four Wilton Cake Decorating classes last year, and have done a few special occasion cakes since. </div>
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Well, as my gift to everyone, I have been doing my family's birthday cakes. Except my husband......he never wants to make a big deal out of his birthday, and it's kind of hard to surprise him with a cake because we live in the same house. </div>
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Anyway......<br />
So I go to Pinterest and find <a href="http://www.landolakes.com/recipe/1759/candy-corn-chocolate-cake">this cake design</a>. It looks simple enough, and goes with the fall designs we usually do on dad's birthday cakes, so I got to work making it. It turned out beautiful!<br />
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....this happened. I. Was. Devastated!! That cake was simple, but time consuming! I felt so bad. And my dad, being the awesome dad he is, ended up comforting me on his birthday!<br />
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It's not as pretty as the original one was, but it didn't fall on the ground so I call it a win! Just to be sure, we had it at my house so I didn't have to try to transport it anywhere! And sorry for the blurry photo, not sure what was up with my phone that day. BTW, don't you just love Timehop? It's great when it brings up past cute photos and videos of my little man, not so much when it brings up past failures!<br />
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I like this cake because it is chocolate with chocolate icing. I filled it with Marshmallow fluff, which actually ended up soaking into the cake and just made it extra moist and yummy! When the slices are cut, each slice looks like a candy corn!<br />
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Dad was very happy with his cake this year, and is grateful that he finally got one! lol. Here's to hoping this doesn't happen again with any of my cakes!<br />
Hope y'all got a good laugh! Have a great week and I'll see ya Friday! </div>
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So...... I'm getting kind of bored of the planner posts, and judging by the number of views on my last one (a big, whopping 3!), you guys are too. So, I am going to take a break from those for awhile. </div>
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Today is all about the fun we had on Saturday! We took my son to an honest to goodness pumpkin patch on a farm for the first time! His first Halloween he was only 4 months old, so we didn't go anywhere to get a pumpkin. Last year, we went to one of the church pumpkin patches set up on the side of the road. It had a really cute area to take pictures, though. </div>
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That was my sweet boy last year! Adorable, isn't he?! </div>
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This year, we went full out! The farm had a playground for kids, a petting zoo, a mini hay bale maze for toddlers, a little tractor for kids to ride on, a hay ride, and a giant corn maze! We all had a blast! </div>
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We took my nieces, my Father in law, and my parents and crammed into my mom's minivan to drive the hour to the farm. It was actually quite fun! </div>
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We ran into some friends from church there, which was awesome, because Little Man ended up having his own friends there to play with! </div>
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This farm had many opportunities for pictures! </div>
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Hubby and I even joined in the fun! </div>
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There was so much to do, that Little Man didn't even fuss with missing his nap! The only meltdown we had was when we took him off the tractor ride. He wanted to do it again, but it was time to go. :( </div>
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This hay bale maze was flipping adorable! Little Man ran through it with his buddies for, like 15 solid minutes! That's like three days in toddler attention time!</div>
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Once the corn in the corn maze started getting taller, Little Man enjoyed riding on his Daddy's shoulders. It was so fun, because he would just giggle along while we walked through the maze because the corn stalks were tickling his cheeks! </div>
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We ended the trip with a big pumpkin to take home, and I do believe some carving adventures are in our immediate future! </div>
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Sunday was my dad's birthday, and I have a fun little story about his birthday cake, that you will just have to come back on Wednesday to read about! </div>
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This week continues the Halloween themes I've had going in my planner for the entire month of October! This week starts some pretty fun fall festivities, and I can't wait! </div>
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It's Freaky Fountain week! :) I have been looking forward to using this Darice Book for awhile now! Halloween is such a fun time, anyway, but when you add in the cuteness of a soda shop theme, this is bound to be a great theme!</div>
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As usual, the hydrate sticker is from Oh, Hello. The half box is from AWigsDesigns, and the rest are all by me! I am actually enjoying being able to slowly become independent in supplying my own stickers. It feels nice to be able to save money on everyday functional stickers, and it helps me justify purchasing some more elaborate stickers that I wouldn't be able to design for myself (at least not easily). </div>
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Appointment stickers and churches are from Oh, Hello. I used some of the fall stickers from the October Sub (posted about here), and again, the half boxes are from AWigsDesigns. So are the baking stickers. Everything else is my own designs! </div>
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As you can see, my dad's birthday is Sunday! I'll be baking his cake this weekend, and since his birthday is in October, he always gets a Halloween cake. I will be posting about how I made it next week! We will also be going to a Pumpkin Patch on Saturday so I will be posting about that experience as well! </div>
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So, I have finally done some more of my drawings! Here are days 8 through 14!</div>
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I hope you all enjoy these pictures! As long as it takes me to do them, it's because I actually want to put some thought into them. I enjoy doing these very much, and it's fun to have things prompted to you and try to figure out how to best do them! Next week, I will put up the next seven drawings! </div>
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This weekend was a wee bit crazy. My son and I were rear ended on Friday. We are ok, but my car is a little worse for wear. There may be a new (to me) car in my future, but I don't know for sure. Just kind of waiting on the insurance company to call back. Bleh... </div>
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Here is this week's Halloween spread! This weeks sticker book is Witches Way! </div>
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Not a super heavy week as far as happenings. Monday and Wednesday are kind of busy, but everything else is pretty bare. However, things are already starting to pop up, so I have a feeling it will fill up quick. </div>
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So, I love decorating my planner, and I love sharing the spreads with you guys. But after awhile, it gets difficult to think of things to say. Especially, now that the majority of my stickers will be self-made.</div>
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I might switch to doing one of these every month so that you can see my favorites. Or maybe, I will just post pictures without descriptions. I don't know. I haven't fully thought it through, but there may be some minor changes coming soon. </div>
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I was trying to save this for when I had more, but I have not been able to get out to Michael's yet (it's about 20-30 minutes away depending on traffic). Plus, I am not sure that there would be any out there if I went. My Michael's isn't as up with the times as others I have seen. </div>
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Plaid Pumpkin is the one that I have been REALLY wanting since I first saw it a few weeks ago on the Helloigan Facebook page. It did not disappoint! It is super cute! I think that one and the Give Thanks books are my favorites!</div>
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November will be featuring these four books! </div>
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This week is an exciting week in my planner because it is officially the beginning of my Halloween Spreads! It's also exciting because about 90% of the stickers used are stickers I made myself! Remember how I told you that my Mother in Law was going to let me use her Silhouette Cameo? I got to use it this week, and so none of these stickers were cut out by hand! Woo Hoo! The cut was a little off on some of them, but all in all this was not a bad first attempt. </div>
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The half boxes, appointment box, pencils, to do list, single strips (except the purple ones, and the bottom one on Monday), books, weekend banner, and TV show stickers are all stickers that I made myself! I LOVE the way they turned out. </div>
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The book sticker is similar to Oh, Hello's. I love hers so much, but can't afford to keep buying them in all the monthly colors, so I designed my own. They are slightly different because I didn't want to copy them exactly. </div>
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The <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/222274361/10-weekly-hydrate-stickers-b5?ref=shop_home_active_4" target="_blank">Hydrate sticker</a>, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/241122834/31-day-drawing-challenge-sticker-set-u5?ref=shop_home_active_1&ga_search_query=drawing%2Bchallenge" target="_blank">drawing challenge stickers</a>, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/227154216/20-church-stickers-k3?ref=shop_home_active_1&ga_search_query=church" target="_blank">church sticker</a>, and little Oh, Hello logo are all from the Oh, Hello Etsy Shop! Thursday her November sub goes live! Check it out! I know I will! :) </div>
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I found the washi tape at Walmart! 98 cents, you guys! It's amazing! </div>
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Well, clearly, I am not keeping up with this like I said I would. The downside of showing you my weekly layouts in my planner is that you can tell when I fail to get something up on time. I figured since I didn't get this post up on time, that I would get it up once I could! Sadly, this is as far as I have gotten, so I am almost exactly two weeks behind schedule with this challenge! Someone please motivate me to do this! </div>
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My future consists of Hubby and I relaxing on our personal piece of beach, watching the sun go down while sipping on sweet tea! We will travel many places in the meantime, but we will always come back home to the beach!<br />
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Fall is officially here! Today is the first day of the Fall season, and to celebrate, I have decorated my planner in all fall stickers and washi!<br />
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Here is last week's layout all finished! I like the way it turned out! Definitely better than it started.<br />
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It started out that the main theme was going to be Delightful Lemon's <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/239405174/70-falling-leaves-fall-sticker-set-erin?ref=shop_home_active_2" target="_blank">Fall in Love sticker set</a>, but I also ended up including stickers from the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/243701414/56-apple-picking-sticker-set-erin?ref=shop_home_active_12" target="_blank">Apple Picking set</a>, and stuff from the Oh, Hello October Sub (posted about <a href="http://lifeinimperfectharmony.blogspot.com/2015/09/oh-hello-october-sub.html" target="_blank">here</a>). I included some stickers that I made for myself.<br />
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I was able to find the sticker paper that is very similar to the paper Delightful Lemon uses (it doesn't feel exactly the same, but it is close enough for Government Work!). So, now I am able to make these really good quality stickers for myself. My MIL has a Silhouette Cameo and is letting me use it so soon, I will have stickers that I don't have to cut out by hand anymore! Yay! That makes my hands happy!</div>
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The TV stickers were of my own making again. The pencils are also mine. Everything else is either Delightful Lemon, or from Oh, Hello, except the hydrate sticker. That is from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageGypsyRoad?section_id=6445175&ga_search_query=hydrate&page=2" target="_blank">VintageGypsyRoad</a>.<br />
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As you can see, I have a solo at my church on Sunday! If you would like to see what I look like, and hear an awesome song about God, tune in to my church's livestream <a href="http://www.emeraldcoastfellowship.com/live-stream/" target="_blank">here</a>!<br />
If you are not an early riser, we also save our services in our archives. They are on the same page as the livestream!<br />
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I had to get creative with my weekend banner decoration. I didn't have any weekend banners printed out that would have gone with this layout, though I suppose I could have used the September ones that I had.<br />
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So Sorry this didn't make it live earlier today! I had the best intentions, but didn't have my pictures uploaded so that I could post. The Drawing Challenge Update will be going up tomorrow! It's already written, just have to click Publish! Have a great evening! </div>
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So, since we went out of town last week, I really didn't get the chance to post much of anything. Plus, it's not super wise to post that you are GOING to be out of town on the internet for the world to see. Especially in a planner where there are details. </div>
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That being said, I have decided to post last weeks spread today, then I will post this weeks spread on Wednesday. It looks fantastic, if I do say so myself! </div>
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Last week, I went with a Halloween Theme because Hubby and I went to Halloween Horror Nights! It was SO much fun! We used to go all the time, but haven't been since before I was pregnant with Little Man. It was great, but we were exhausted! Little Man has been sleeping through the night since he was about 2 months old, so we have not stayed up that late in awhile!<br />
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Here, you can see the Hydrate sticker from Oh, Hello, and the Drawing Challenge stickers, also from Oh, Hello. Oh! And the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/241734043/8-september-themedpurple-and-grey-row-of?ref=shop_home_active_8&ga_search_query=books" target="_blank">books </a>are from Oh, Hello too! All the pumpkins are from the spooky pumpkin sticker book. The Scale, and Pill Bottle stickers are all from AWigsDesigns. Little Man had a double ear infection and Pneumonia in his left lung so he was on lots of meds for that. Poor thing. Lucky for me, he is still a happy little boy no matter what! </div>
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This is my favorite side of the spread! I think it turned out great! The Universal and Islands of Adventures Stickers are mine, along with the Weekend Banner. I didn't write what we were doing at church last week because we weren't there. It's back to normal this week though. I found the road wash at Hobby Lobby and it is perfect for road trips! You can also see some of the October Sub stickers in this spread too! </div>
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I had lots of fun with this Halloween Spread, and I think it looks even better all filled in! Let me know if you would like to see a spread after it is all filled in for the week! I might be persuaded to post that! :) Hope your Monday isn't too bad! See y'all Wednesday! </div>
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I know, I know. You want to have me lynched because I haven't been on here since Friday! Ugh, I am disappointed in myself for that one. However, I plan on making you forgive me by posting about my October Sub from Oh, Hello! She has changed when her subs ship out. They used to ship out the 20th of the month, now they ship out the 5th! I got mine on the 9th! That was kind of awesome! </div>
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Her theme this month was Fall Into Autumn. Kayla said that this was her favorite sub so far, and being a fan of autumn, I kind of have to agree with her! </div>
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The patterned stickers are boxes and strips of varying sizes for decorating the Erin Condren boxes. The half boxes and meeting boxes are her usual ones just in fall colors. Then she included a sheet she calls the Fall Outing sheet. It is kind of a Fall Bucket List of sorts with things like, Drink a Pumpkin Spice Latte (already did that one! :)), Carve a Pumpkin, and Decorate for Fall (you guys know I have already started that one from <a href="http://lifeinimperfectharmony.blogspot.com/2015/09/pumpkin-spice-is-oh-so-nice.html" target="_blank">this post</a>, and <a href="http://lifeinimperfectharmony.blogspot.com/2015/09/fireplace-banner.html" target="_blank">this one</a>). The last sticker sheet is unlike any of her other sheets. It is entirely a decorative sheet with no functional stickers whatsoever. I love this because it is not something I would normally purchase for myself (outside of the Darice books). You can see all the animals, trees, pumpkins, apples, and leaves. There are even a few PSL's in there too! </div>
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I definitely have to agree with Kayla, that this is my favorite sub so far! the next one goes live on the 1st of October! She and her fiancé Alex are launching a new website on Sunday so be sure to check that out! </div>
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So, don't be mad, but Hubby and I are going out of town this weekend, so there won't be anymore posts until Monday. I promise I will make this up to you somehow! Maybe extra posts next week! </div>
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I told you it would become a feature in a post soon. I am going to turn this blank piece of wood into this cute sign for my mantle! </div>
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As you can see in the picture, it doesn't have to be perfect because I will be going over the inside with a darker color. For that darker color, I mixed brown, blue, and black. It made it come out to this really neat charcoal grey color! </div>
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Here is my finished fall mantle! I love the way everything turned out! The sign looks like a chalkboard, and in case you couldn't tell, I am absolutely LOVING chalkboards! The saying on it is also kind of tongue-in-cheek, which is totally my sense of humor! Soon, I will have some more fall decor for you guys! </div>
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This is the largest amount of stickers I have ever purchased at once! And it's only from two different shops! </div>
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Oh, Hello Stationery Co. had a Whoops sale last week, and, for once, I finally got some! A whoops sale is where the owner puts together all the stickers that are slightly less than perfect and sells them for a discounted price. The imperfections could be the cut being slightly off, the color being slightly off, or small smudges. Also, it's all random sheets. Kayla puts hers in packs of 10 sheets for $6. I managed to snag three! </div>
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This is the first pack I got from the whoops sale. The only ones I won't use are the cat box stickers. I don't have a cat, but I have managed to trade them with someone else who got some stickers I could use. Most of these just have the cut slightly off. The dinner stickers have a slight color problem, but nothing that makes them unusable. The donuts have a few smudges. </div>
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There was one repeat in the second whoops order. Again, I was able to trade them for different stickers. The half box to do lists had one section that the color was wrong, but I accidentally covered up that one section in this picture. If you scroll up to the first picture you can see the corner of one that the color is wrong. It is orange instead of a light red. The rainbow books are also off color. They are darker than they should be, but I still like them! </div>
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More boxes and churches. I got the makeup brush stickers to remind me to wash my makeup brushes! I just don't do it enough. The sampler at the bottom is the freebie that comes when you order from them. Though, now they have a fall themed one that is SUPER cute! </div>
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My last order was from a shop called Delightful Lemon. I am LOVING these stickers! I used them in my weekly layout this week, and they are just wonderful. The paper type is amazing! I plan on ordering some as soon as payday comes around! ;) </div>
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I think my favorite sticker sheet is the Fall in Love one in the center. The box on the left has a Fall Bucket List, and I fully plan on using the sticker and completing that Bucket list! I am going to use that sheet the first week of fall. </div>
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I had lots of fun with this weeks layout, which seems kind of silly when you see it. It is almost entirely functional stickers. This is the first week since I got my Erin Condren that I have done a layout without one of the Darice sticker books! </div>
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The majority of this weeks stickers come from a neat shop called <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/DelightfulLemon?ref=pr_faveshops" target="_blank">Delightful Lemon</a>. I LOVE the paper she uses for these stickers. I will be finding it, and purchasing some for my own stickers that I make myself (cue maniacal laugh!). The paper is thicker, but not so thick that it makes me worry about planner bulge. And it's matte, which is my favorite. You can write on it with literally ANY pens. It's just fantastic! </div>
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Can we just take a minute to look at that list of laundry that needs to be done? I am ashamed....and low on clothes..... anyway, back to things!</div>
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The pencils are back! Those, the Hydrate sticker, the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/241734043/8-september-themedpurple-and-grey-row-of?ref=shop_home_active_12" target="_blank">books</a>, and the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/241122834/31-day-drawing-challenge-sticker-set-u5?ref=shop_home_active_16" target="_blank">drawing challenge</a> stickers are all from Oh, Hello Stationary Co. The hydrate and college stickers are currently out of stock, but I am sure they will be back in no time. </div>
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The <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/235940906/laundry-set-laundry-basket-washing?ref=shop_home_active_1&ga_search_query=laundry" target="_blank">washing machine</a> sticker is from AWigsDesigns. </div>
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Everything else, is from Delightful Lemon's <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/242512909/september-monthly-planner-kit-set-of-200?ref=shop_home_active_5" target="_blank">September Set</a>. There is no satisfactory way to describe the paper for these stickers. You really just have to try them.<br />
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The weekend banner is one I made. The <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/227154216/20-church-stickers-k3?ref=shop_home_active_20" target="_blank">church</a> is from Oh, Hello. The football washis are from Office Depot. Everything else is from the September set again. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14711289900824425426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625507590344624424.post-67594650150257607102015-09-03T09:05:00.000-05:002015-09-03T09:05:07.532-05:00Fireplace Banner<div style="text-align: center;">
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Fall and Winter are my favorite seasons! They hold my favorite holidays, and I love the clothing way better than in summer (not big on showing lots of skin)! </div>
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Now that September is here, it is time for me to start changing up my decor. I usually start with my fireplace because it is the easiest to change. The reason it is the easiest, is because of this nifty banner I have! It is actually three banner sets purchased from <a href="http://www.joann.com/chalkboard-banner-shapes-w%2Ftwine/13273263.html#q=chalkboard%2Bbanner&start=2" target="_blank">Joann Fabrics</a>. I used my own twine (so it would be long enough) and strung all fifteen pieces together and it remains tied to my mantle all year long. I change what it says based on the season, or holiday. </div>
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So, I started with my most recent banner. This one was for summer. </div>
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Then I cleaned it off with a wet paper towel. What you need to know is that these are just little pieces of wood painted with chalk paint. The woodgrain still shows through, so some of the chalk (or liquid chalk markers, like I use) gets stuck in the grooves. After I clean the banners, I color over those spots with a black chalk marker. After it dries, I wipe it off and I am left with a clean slate to start with!</div>
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Trip between cleaning off the banner, and arranging it. The little wooden sign on top of the mantle will be a feature in an upcoming blog post. ;) </div>
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I have been enjoying the saying, "Happy Fall Y'all" so I thought I would include that in my decor this year. </div>
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Here is my spread for this week in my planner! </div>
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As you can see in the picture, I used the Darice Garden Royalty sticker book. I love this book, and I thought the green and purple would be perfect for incorporating the August and September colors together in one spread. This book is pure fairy tale goodness! I may have to use it again when Once Upon a Time premiers (Sept. 27th)! </div>
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There is not a whole lot going on this week, which is nice as far as relaxation goes, but for planner decorating, I just felt anxious. I didn't want to use up too much space on cute stickers, and then not have enough room in case something comes up. But I also hate leaving it this blank! #plannergirlstruggles #amiright?</div>
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Let me just say, that since I put this up so late today, I have already had the chance to not get things done that I put down in my planner. Guess what I didn't do? If you guessed Zumba at 8:30 this morning, you are CORRECT!! I just couldn't drag my sorry self out of bed this morning in time to be able to get little man ready to go. So, instead, we did a little shopping and got lunch out! It was actually kind of nice! </div>
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I was able to put the pencil stickers from the <a href="http://lifeinimperfectharmony.blogspot.com/2015/08/oh-hello-september-subscription.html" target="_blank">September Sub</a> to use this week as a way to mark my blog posts! So I guess you get a sneak peak at what is coming up on Thursday! </div>
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If you have really good eyes, you might have noticed my Oh, Hello Subscription reminder sticker! I am so excited that the October Sub goes live tomorrow! You can purchase it at 9AM and again at 3PM. These things go FAST people! Fair warning! </div>
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Wednesday nights are always busy for me. We have dinner at church, then I lead the children's worship, then I have praise team rehearsal, then choir rehearsal! It's crazy, but I love it, and it's my only night that is busy like that. </div>
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On Tuesday, I am starting a 31 day drawing challenge. The stickers are from, you guessed it, Oh, Hello! Kayla created an event in her Facebook group for this so we will all be sharing our drawings with each other. I think I will put mine in here, too, so y'all can see them! </div>
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On Sunday's, I like to write what anthem my church's choir will be doing. It helps me remember what to practice. It's also nice to show up on Sunday mornings, and not be saying, "Hey, what are we singing again?!" </div>
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This weeks weekend banner came from AWigsDesigns. She does a listing called <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/237679085/adopt-a-sticker?ref=shop_home_active_15" target="_blank">"Adopt a Sticker"</a> where you purchase a bunch of random stickers for a highly discounted price and there is something just slightly wrong with them. The color was a little off on some of the stickers on this sheet, but it was nothing that made them unusable. Win! </div>
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On Thursday, I will be posting about the banner I keep on my fireplace mantle all year round, and tweak for each season! There will also be more fall decor posts coming up soon, and planner updates! </div>
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So keep checking back, and have a great week! </div>
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When I first got into planner decorating, I tried to find something that would give me a good idea of what kind of stickers I would use. I didn't want to just order a bunch of random stickers and hope that I would use them, so I needed a plan. </div>
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That's where the Oh, Hello Monthly Subscription came in. Each month, Kayla and Alex (the owners) put together a subscription envelope with a different theme. It's a great way to try out stickers for the first time, or to expand your sticker collection! I have managed to get one every month since I started!<br />
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This month's theme is Back to School! I am not in school, but there are some pretty great organizational stickers in this subscription. I also help out my sister in law, who is a teacher, occasionally so I like to keep track of school holidays and such. </div>
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I think my favorite sheet is the meeting stickers! I have NO idea how I will use them yet. As a stay at home mom I don't really attend many meetings, but I will figure that out! Kayla also includes a little sticker for your planner to remind you to order the next month's subscription! I love it!</div>
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These sheets are currently available in her shop and will be linked <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/245247084/8-sheet-of-paper-to-do-lists-p1?ref=shop_home_active_1" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/245145179/8-rainbow-checklist-half-boxes-v10?ref=shop_home_active_2" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/245246880/college-sticker-set-o10?ref=shop_home_active_3" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/245246690/back-to-school-set-j5?ref=shop_home_active_4" target="_blank">here</a>, and <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/242641014/rainbow-meeting-half-boxes-v6?ref=shop_home_feat_4" target="_blank">here</a>!</div>
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Pictured above is my spread for this week. The animals and paper airplane stickers are from a sticker book titled Ride My Bike. The sticker books are $1, and can be found at Michael's and Joann's. Don't try to find them online, though. They aren't listed on the stores websites, and if you can find them online, the price is always grossly inflated.<br />
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The grass washi tape is from my <a href="http://lifeinimperfectharmony.blogspot.com/2015/08/washi-haul.html" target="_blank">washi haul</a> post on Saturday. </div>
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The <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/222269716/8-bright-dont-forget-stickers-o6?ref=shop_home_active_4" target="_blank">Don't Forget To Do Lists</a> and <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/241019971/8-horizontal-weekly-hydrate-stickers-t7?ref=shop_home_active_1" target="_blank">Hydrate Trackers</a> (this one is for the Horizontal Erin Condren Life Planner, but they will most likely have the Vertical ones restocked soon) are from the Etsy Shop, Oh Hello Stationary, Co. </div>
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The <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/225669793/s059-scale-weigh-in-reminder-stickers?ref=shop_home_active_10" target="_blank">Scale Stickers</a> are from Stickeriffic. </div>
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The trash can and day labels were made by me! </div>
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Both <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/205479413/25-payday-stickers-p6?ref=shop_home_active_2&ga_search_query=payday" target="_blank">Payday Stickers</a>, the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/241125514/14-appointmentreminder-labels-l9?ref=shop_home_active_4&ga_search_query=meeting" target="_blank">Appointment Labels</a>, and the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/227154216/20-church-stickers-k3?ref=shop_home_active_1&ga_search_query=church" target="_blank">Church Stickers</a> are all from Oh Hello Stationary, Co. (in case you couldn't tell, that's one of my favorite shops!) </div>
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The <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/228893847/baking-stickers-cooking-stickers-planner?ref=shop_home_active_17" target="_blank">Baking Stickers</a> are from AWigsDesigns</div>
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The labels and Weekend banner are made by me also! </div>
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All other stickers are from <a href="http://www.hobbylobby.com/Scrapbook-%26-Paper-Crafts/Stickers/Create-365-Don%27t-Forget-Stickers/p/80639027" target="_blank">This Sticker Book</a>. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14711289900824425426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625507590344624424.post-87754090738581465122015-08-22T13:23:00.000-05:002015-08-22T13:23:21.421-05:00Washi HaulHey y'all! So I mentioned that I have a lot of random hobbies and interests, right? Oh, good. Well, one of those interests is planner decorating. I know what you're thinking, "OMG, that's a THING?! What a weirdo!" and for the longest time, I would have thought the same thing. However, this is such a weirdly therapeutic thing to do, and it is the closest thing I will EVER do to scrapbooking.<br />
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I have an Erin Condren Life Planner vertical edition. Each week I choose a theme, and pick out washi tape and stickers to go with that theme.<br />
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If you would like to check out and/or order an Erin Condren Life Planner, use my referral link below and you can get $10 off your first purchase! (FYI, not a sponsored post, though this is beneficial to me as well. If you get $10 off, I get $10 off. Thought I should let you know in all fairness :) )<br />
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I got mine at two different stores. The first store is Michaels. They finally got their Halloween washi tape in, so, of course, I went a little crazy. The skinnier rolls come 2 to a pack, and the wider rolls come 1 in a pack. Each pack was $2.99, but there are always coupons you can use in the <a href="https://www.michaels.com/mobile-apps/ca-mobile-apps.html" target="_blank">Michael's app</a>, or if you sign up for their emails.<br />
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Babies, babies, and more babies! There are FOUR women pregnant in my Sunday School Class right now! Pregnancies are a good thing for me. In addition to the promise of a cute new baby coming soon to play with (squee!), it means that baby showers and gender reveal parties are coming soon. And these things mean one thing....CAKE! </div>
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I bake cakes and cupcakes as a way to help pay for my hobbies (one of which is baking), and I have started to get pretty good at it, if I do say so myself. </div>
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Last Saturday I had a gender reveal for a dear friend (and family member!).</div>
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I baked 2 dozen cupcakes and made one cake that would reveal the gender when cut into. </div>
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The cupcakes were very simple: Lemon cake, box mix doctored up to be a little more rich (that's another post for another day :) ) with vanilla custard flavored buttercream. </div>
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The buttercream is your standard <a href="http://www.wilton.com/recipe/Buttercream-Icing" target="_blank">Wilton Buttercream Recipe</a>, with half the vanilla extract replaced with the <a href="http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?id=D33345F5-5056-0101-833B5582131FD160&killnav=1" target="_blank">Wilton Treatology Vanilla Custard Flavoring</a>. Oh my word, these flavorings are DELICIOUS! This was the first time I had used one, and I can't wait to use more to experiment with flavor combinations! </div>
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The cake is the same flavor combination as the cupcakes. After filling the cake with icing indicating the gender of the baby, I put a crumb coat of icing all over then set it in the fridge while I finished icing the cupcakes and rolling out the fondant. I use store-bought fondant, but if I ever have to do high volume of fondant cakes/cupcakes I will probably experiment with making my own. </div>
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Then, I cut out the letters with cookie cutters, then the onesie by hand. Before attaching each element, I placed them in the correct places to make sure they fit, and looked right. To attach, I used gum glue (no, not chewed up gum. Bleh! Gum glue is a thing. Ask a baker!). I finished off the cake with some painted details using luster dust, and Voila! </div>
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I am very proud of how this cake turned out. Hopefully, some of these ladies in my class will need cakes/cupcakes for gender reveal parties or baby showers! </div>
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I have been a Stay-at-home-mom since the end of December 2014, and I am starting to get back into a semi-routine where the house isn't a complete wreck all the time, and we actually get to have a little fun each day.<br />
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That being said, I am going a little crazy. I am used to always having multiple things going on at the same time, and I don't think I am made to not have a timetable that I have to conform to. Therefore, now is the time.......to start a new project for myself. That project is this lifestyle blog. I will be including DIY projects that I have done around my own house, things I do to keep my 2 year old entertained, some organization projects that NEED to happen at my house, and anything else I can think of.<br />
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This place will be me. It is all the random things that I love to do put into one place on the internet. Some of my interests cycle through several times (like sewing, painting, and making wreaths), and some seem to be around to stay for good (like singing, and baking). No matter which interests come into my life (or how long they stay), I will include them. Hopefully there will be some others out there that share the same interests!<br />
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Give me some encouragement as a newbie in the blogosphere (oh my word, did I just type that?!), and I will do my best to give you some gratitude and encouragement right back!<br />
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God bless you all!<br />
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