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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Grand Finale!
My last class was yesterday. We only had to bake one cake for course 2, but we put everything on it that we did throughout the course. However almost everything that you see was done yesterday because I didn't like the flowers I had made during the classes.
So here it is. The cake was supposed to be white, but I wanted a brown basket. If I were to do this again, I would probably make the top of the cake a different color than the basket...maybe white. However I do like how the basket weave turned out!
I think this is my favorite part of the cake. I was trying to make a little vine down the side.
The bird is supposed to have a black dot for an eye and an orange beak...but I left those out. I was so happy with the way the bird turned out that I didn't want to screw it up by adding stuff. I had made two birds, but the other one the beak broke off when I was taking it off the wax paper.
This is the mound of flowers on the top left of the cake.There is a MOUND of icing under those flowers...lol.
I didn't realize that was how it was going to all be attached.
Major sugar rush for whoever eats this piece.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
It's home!
So if you read back a few posts, you will read about my latest 10$ purchase.
This 1st photo is actually a sewing machine that was given to me by my mothers boyfriend. He had bought it for his daughter and she didn't really (need, use, want) it. I'm so glad that he passed it on to me...just had a friend show me how to make it work correctly.
However, the sewing table you are looking at is part of my latest purchase and has a different sewing machine inside...you will see it in the next few picture.
This 1st photo is actually a sewing machine that was given to me by my mothers boyfriend. He had bought it for his daughter and she didn't really (need, use, want) it. I'm so glad that he passed it on to me...just had a friend show me how to make it work correctly.
However, the sewing table you are looking at is part of my latest purchase and has a different sewing machine inside...you will see it in the next few picture.
This is her in her full beauty...nice!
So for those of you who are confused....this machine is acutally mounted to the table and when it is time to "clean up" the machine just drops down into the table and the top of the table (that is off to the left (with the sewing basket) ) folds up and looks like the first picture...confused more?
Here is an up close and person shot.
She came with an instruction booklet and many foot attachments.
This picture here shows that she is a knee press machine.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
So we did it!
The family went to Wally World today and got some helmets. What do you think Aunt Mimi? The kids helmets came with elbow pads and knee pads.
I really like my helmet...Very comfortable and on the back of it it the gray fades to red with a cute flower design.
The girlie girls.
The macho men.
Ari didn't like wearing his helmet...as you can see in the picture above. He kept trying to take it off which was basically choking him everytime that he pulled on it. Since we wouldn't be able to stop every 2 seconds to fix his helmet...we decided to take it off and just put it in the trunk of the cart...well, once we did that, Ivy didn't want to wear hers either. We are going to have to figure somthing out cause it would be better for them to have the helmets when we are riding around on the streets. It doesn't bother me so much when we are on the bike path, but with cars around, even though a helmet isn't going to do much if we get hit by a car, it would make me fell a little more comfortable for them to have a helmet.
Not to long after we got started Ari took a little snooze.
We bike rode to the library. Out side of the library was a tree with beautiful pink flowers. I took this opportunity to do a photo shoot with Ivy.
We had a great time today. I think we left around 2pm and finally returned home around 8:45. We will sleep well tonight!
Friday, April 18, 2008
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Don't worry you didn't miss anything! It's not really our birthday...just our birthday present.
Here is a little background. Last fall (i think...maybe it was spring) Nathanael and I were in Ohio visiting for the weekend. My Dad and Vicky were garage sale shopping and bought our family a bicycle trailer for the kids to ride in. When we got home we found that our bicycle was stolen while we were gone. So we put the trailer in the shed and it's been there ever since...until today.
Since Nathanael's and my birthday are so close (17 days) I thought I would surprise him with a bicycle, and while I was at it get myself one too...Of course I was going for cheap but in decent shape. A few days ago I decided that since the weather was SOOO nice right now that I would tell Nate about it and we could go looking together...that way he would get something that he wanted.
Today was the day. We started out walking to the gas station that is just down the street. We picked up a Tennessee Trader and while we were walking back to the house I skimmed it for bicycles for sale...Not much to choose from. We decided to go to the local bicycle shop and see what kind of prices they had there. We piled the kids in the car and headed out. When we got there we started walking down a row of bicycles (the kind that you see really "fit" people ridding in marathons or what not) and happened to notice the price on one of them was $3,000 +!!! My heart skipped a beat and I began to wonder if we should just leave or look on the other side of the store. We walked over to the "mountain bike" looking ones and noticed that the prices were coming down but they were still between $600-$1,000 . This wasn't in our price range...or anywhere close. I had decided that we wouldn't spend anymore than $200 total for both bicycles. We were just about to leave, but then I decided to go ask the man at the desk. I started off saying "This might sound ridiculous" and then proceeded to ask if they had something for closer to $100...He didn't laugh at me! He said that they did have some used bicycles down in the basement and he asked an associate if he would go look. I don't think that we were top on the list of customers to help because the man started helping a woman that had just walked in the door after he was asked to go look for us. The man who was originally helping us came back and asked if he had found anything...
Here's where the story gets interesting. So the original man started to help us and told us that he had a bicycle Nathanael's size that was originally $600, but that he was asking $200 for it, but would drop it to $175. Since we were looking for 2 bicycles and didn't want to spend more than $200 total...we declined. The man told us to hold on and then brought out a bicycle that I identified to be a woman's bicycle. He began to tell us how it was originally $200 new, but that he had received two identical bicycles from a man in Knoxville who told him to find it a good home...He talked about how it needed some service done to it but that it was a very nice bicycle for what we were looking at...and that it was basically free. So I said, "So how much are you asking for it?" and he proceeded to tell me that it was FREE....I couldn't believe ( I started getting choked up) and thought to myself "my mother taught me nothing is free" so I asked the man how much the servicing was going to cost and he told me that he had already done it that that he wasn't going to charge for that either. WOW! Praise God!... I looked at Nate and said..."Do you want to see that one for $175?" So we looked at it and while we were talking to the man about it the man said..."I'll give it to you for $150" that was without us even asking! So there you have it, we have 2 bicycles for under $200 and the kid trailer works perfectly!
Enjoy the pics...we didn't take a picture of Nate's bicycle...but I'll try to get some of those soon.
The little cart is so nice. It has a little space in the back behind the kids seat like a trunk.
So if we go to the library or where ever we can cart stuff around. There is a screen (as you can kind of see) that goes over the front so the kids can get a breeze...but no bugs.
There is also a plastic cover that goes over the screen in case it is raining.
Nathanael wanted to take it out for a spin.
For those of you who look for details...yes I know that Ivy isn't completely buckled in...but we fixed that before we started riding. It is nice because 2 kids can fit and as you can see there are straps that go over their shoulders and one that goes across their bellies. Or if just one child is riding he/she would sit in the middle and use the two middle straps over their shoulder and then of course the one across their belly.
I know it was a long post, but defiantly something worth sharing. What a blessing!
Here is a little background. Last fall (i think...maybe it was spring) Nathanael and I were in Ohio visiting for the weekend. My Dad and Vicky were garage sale shopping and bought our family a bicycle trailer for the kids to ride in. When we got home we found that our bicycle was stolen while we were gone. So we put the trailer in the shed and it's been there ever since...until today.
Since Nathanael's and my birthday are so close (17 days) I thought I would surprise him with a bicycle, and while I was at it get myself one too...Of course I was going for cheap but in decent shape. A few days ago I decided that since the weather was SOOO nice right now that I would tell Nate about it and we could go looking together...that way he would get something that he wanted.
Today was the day. We started out walking to the gas station that is just down the street. We picked up a Tennessee Trader and while we were walking back to the house I skimmed it for bicycles for sale...Not much to choose from. We decided to go to the local bicycle shop and see what kind of prices they had there. We piled the kids in the car and headed out. When we got there we started walking down a row of bicycles (the kind that you see really "fit" people ridding in marathons or what not) and happened to notice the price on one of them was $3,000 +!!! My heart skipped a beat and I began to wonder if we should just leave or look on the other side of the store. We walked over to the "mountain bike" looking ones and noticed that the prices were coming down but they were still between $600-$1,000 . This wasn't in our price range...or anywhere close. I had decided that we wouldn't spend anymore than $200 total for both bicycles. We were just about to leave, but then I decided to go ask the man at the desk. I started off saying "This might sound ridiculous" and then proceeded to ask if they had something for closer to $100...He didn't laugh at me! He said that they did have some used bicycles down in the basement and he asked an associate if he would go look. I don't think that we were top on the list of customers to help because the man started helping a woman that had just walked in the door after he was asked to go look for us. The man who was originally helping us came back and asked if he had found anything...
Here's where the story gets interesting. So the original man started to help us and told us that he had a bicycle Nathanael's size that was originally $600, but that he was asking $200 for it, but would drop it to $175. Since we were looking for 2 bicycles and didn't want to spend more than $200 total...we declined. The man told us to hold on and then brought out a bicycle that I identified to be a woman's bicycle. He began to tell us how it was originally $200 new, but that he had received two identical bicycles from a man in Knoxville who told him to find it a good home...He talked about how it needed some service done to it but that it was a very nice bicycle for what we were looking at...and that it was basically free. So I said, "So how much are you asking for it?" and he proceeded to tell me that it was FREE....I couldn't believe ( I started getting choked up) and thought to myself "my mother taught me nothing is free" so I asked the man how much the servicing was going to cost and he told me that he had already done it that that he wasn't going to charge for that either. WOW! Praise God!... I looked at Nate and said..."Do you want to see that one for $175?" So we looked at it and while we were talking to the man about it the man said..."I'll give it to you for $150" that was without us even asking! So there you have it, we have 2 bicycles for under $200 and the kid trailer works perfectly!
Enjoy the pics...we didn't take a picture of Nate's bicycle...but I'll try to get some of those soon.
That's my free bicycle and Ivy is sitting in the trailer.
We thought we would use her to test it out before putting Ari in.
We thought we would use her to test it out before putting Ari in.
The little cart is so nice. It has a little space in the back behind the kids seat like a trunk. So if we go to the library or where ever we can cart stuff around. There is a screen (as you can kind of see) that goes over the front so the kids can get a breeze...but no bugs.
There is also a plastic cover that goes over the screen in case it is raining.
Nathanael wanted to take it out for a spin.
For those of you who look for details...yes I know that Ivy isn't completely buckled in...but we fixed that before we started riding. It is nice because 2 kids can fit and as you can see there are straps that go over their shoulders and one that goes across their bellies. Or if just one child is riding he/she would sit in the middle and use the two middle straps over their shoulder and then of course the one across their belly.
I know it was a long post, but defiantly something worth sharing. What a blessing!Monday, April 14, 2008
So much to do, so little time.
Ok...so I'm in another cake class!! We only have to bake one cake this time and it is for the last class. We will spend about 70 min decorating it with all the techniques that we have learned this course...I'll post pics!
Took on the task of making bridal shower invites for Hadassah. I planned on having them done by now, but I ran out of printer paper, and didn't make enough invites the first time around...bummer. My plan is to have them finished and shipped by this afternoon.
Heather helped me operate my sewing machine! But I don't feel I have anytime to play with it now. I'm sure I will find time, but it's just been sitting on the record player since Friday night. Heather took me to the thrift store on Friday to show me a sewing table that they had there for sale. She thought it was going to be 20$ but when we got there we found it to be sitting and waiting for us for only 10$!!! It also had a sewing machine inside. We weren't sure if it actually worked...but I didn't care. It is a cast iron Kenmore which has a knee press to operate it, and after some research, Heather believes that it was made somewhere around 1928-1932. Pretty cool. We plugged it in and it actually works...might need a little tweaking, oil, and lots of cleaning, but I'm excited! It's not home yet...wouldn't have survived the car ride home with us, so Heather is going to bring it to our house for me sometime. I'll post pics when I get the chance.
Well I'm off now. Gots to go get crafting!
Took on the task of making bridal shower invites for Hadassah. I planned on having them done by now, but I ran out of printer paper, and didn't make enough invites the first time around...bummer. My plan is to have them finished and shipped by this afternoon.
Heather helped me operate my sewing machine! But I don't feel I have anytime to play with it now. I'm sure I will find time, but it's just been sitting on the record player since Friday night. Heather took me to the thrift store on Friday to show me a sewing table that they had there for sale. She thought it was going to be 20$ but when we got there we found it to be sitting and waiting for us for only 10$!!! It also had a sewing machine inside. We weren't sure if it actually worked...but I didn't care. It is a cast iron Kenmore which has a knee press to operate it, and after some research, Heather believes that it was made somewhere around 1928-1932. Pretty cool. We plugged it in and it actually works...might need a little tweaking, oil, and lots of cleaning, but I'm excited! It's not home yet...wouldn't have survived the car ride home with us, so Heather is going to bring it to our house for me sometime. I'll post pics when I get the chance.
Well I'm off now. Gots to go get crafting!
Thursday, April 10, 2008
My new toy.
So I now have Storybook Creator Plus from Creative Memories.
Here is my first attempt at digital scrapbooking.
Here is my first attempt at digital scrapbooking.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
New addition to the Moss family.
This was the baby announcement that I put together for Melissa and Brendan.
Front of Card
Front of Card
Inside Top
(precious pic of Libiya Audrey)
Inside bottom
The pictures aren't the greatest but I think you get the idea.
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