All Pink Bridal Shower

CH's bridal shower was yesterday and her bridesmaids did an awesome job in decorations, games, and food! I was the charming camera lady for the day ;) The pictures turned out great! To start off, here's my card for the bride-to-be!

Happy Pink Bridal Shower Day!

Tools and Supplies used:

♥ Pink card stock (Butterfly Wings by Recollections)
♥ Southern Belle pink rose scrapbook paper by Recollections
♥ Ivory satin ribbon (from a wedding swap)
♥ Heart Lace Border No. 256
♥ Glitter glue in Diamond by Tulip
♥ Bridal-themed embellishment
♥ Scalloped edge border by Stampin' Up! (here)
♥ 1/2" Round Corner squeeze punch by Fiskars

Missy's and my gifts & cards for the bride

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Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween, everyone!

How did you guys spend your Halloween weekend? :) I spent my weekend with my friends and we did some fun Halloween activities! Gnomie, A, and I carve pumpkins. This is our third year carving pumpkins and I think they improve each year...not me because my cupcake pumpkin from last year didn't look presentable (lol). This year, I decided to carve Hoho the monkey from Ni Hao, Kai-Lan...I carved it for the little ones :)

From left to right: Batman, Angry Bird, Hoho the monkey

A for Apple, Tea for Treats

Some girlfriends and I were invited to a tea party hosted by AS. We were in a tent (it was very sunny today!) drinking tea and eating sweets at her fiancé’s backyard. It was my first tea party and it was exactly how I have imagined when I was younger: pretty dresses, sweet treats, yummy snacks, and good friends. Since it was my first tea party, I baked a lemon cake with creamy lemon filling! It was a good time to take out my cake decorating kit that was left aside for some time :P

The night before the tea party:

I need a bigger kitchen

Cake Decorating Class

This has nothing to do with handmade cards, but I want to share my other hobbies! ...I like to bake! :)

For the past 4 weeks, I've been taking a cake decorating class at Michaels with my new friend :) We registered for the Decorating Basics course and our instructor taught us how to decorate our cakes with icing tips to create pretty designs like rosettes, shells, pompom flowers, ribbons roses, and many more!


Sunflowers, Shaggy mums, pompom flowers, and a heart with shells borders.

The downside of this class is the amount of time spent in baking and making the buttercream icing. I usually don’t have fun making the icing because my arms usually get exhausted from mixing. Another drawback is the amount of money spent because students have to bring and/or purchase their own supplies and tools. They recommend buying the store’s Wilton Cake Decorating Kits and it's kind of pricey (good thing I had a 50% off coupon!).

I won't be continuing to Course 2: Flowers and Cake Designs. If I ever need to learn something, I will ask my good friends, YouTube and Google ;)

Anyways, here are some pictures from my class:


Close up

 
My certificate! and a ribbon rose

OH! There were two birthday girls this weekend, so be sure to come back to see their birthday cards! :)