some lovely oreos

made a bunch of these for appreciation gifts
for some leaders in my kiddos lives.
easy-peasey...
yummy...
and always appreciated.
because an oreo only needs more chocolate, right?
right.

enjoy your day!
-j

good morning

{yes...this was breakfast this morning}

Actually I think it is already the afternoon…
except perhaps on the west coast.

Was away all weekend at a scrapping retreat with my sister up in the mountains.
It was a wonderful time.
Getting caught up on some album re-organizing. My goal is to get this project done before baby…
along with all the other before baby projects I want to get done::
paint new studio space
move into new studio space
paint nursery
buy crib
decorate nursery
find the perfect rocker
paint the girls bathroom…

No worries…I won’t be doing the painting…but a whole lot of directing for sure.

So while I am adjusting to being back into the swing of things…
and cooking again (we eat so fabulously at retreat!),
I just wanted to say hello to you all.
'hello!'

Will be sharing projects from the weekend later in the week.

-j

little cakes

what is it about little cakes? so cute and tiny and edible. when ever i am at the grocery i have to go saunter over by the bakery just to look at the little cakes.

my little cake pictured here is a 6-incher. a very favorite and yummy size, i might add. this particular cake is carrot, by the way, and a gift for my daddy's birthday. just the perfect gift size to give away.

it's cute.

it's yummy.

it's just a whole lot of fun...in a cake.

just wanted to share my little cake with you.

have a great day! and go eat some cake.

the cupcake

Those of you who know me know my love for the brownie. I even made a layout declaring my love for that innocuous square of chocolate delight. However, there is something about devil's food with white buttercream. Maybe it's the supreme joy one experiences when a white frosted cake is cut to reveal deep chocolate cake inside.
Now shrink that reality down to a cupcake. An individual single serving of cake made for one. Well...don't shrink it too much. I'm often frustrated by how small a cupcake actually is at times. Large enough to tempt, but not usually enough to satisfy the need for chocolate currently in my soul. This leads me to a bit of experimentation in the world of cupcake liners.
I just could not get enough to love in the regular cupcake cup. So, I tried parchment squares. Have you seen these in the metro hip bakeries? I just did not get that to work efficiently. Maybe it needed the jumbo muffin pan to hold the paper better. So, on to the large cupcake liners made by Wilton. And you know...I think I like what that yielded. I still made it fit the regular muffin pan, but with the large liners, and a 1/2 cup of batter, this was a perfect proportion...for me, anyway.
In the words of Goldilocks, not too big, not too small, but just right.