Friday, May 20, 2011

Personalized Art Folder

Both my daughter and my nephew love to create artwork so I thought it'd be great for them to have their own art folder where they could store their beautiful artwork. I thought it'd be even better to decorate the folder's with things they loved to encourage their creativity. I folded a poster board sheet in half to create the base of the folder. I used a piece of another poster board sheet to cut out the handles and folded another piece "accordian-style" and glued them on the border of the sides so that the folder could open wide and close thin.

Then I used foam sheets to cut out shapes and create the folder's design. I find that a glue gun works best for me when attaching the foam pieces together and to the poster board, although I'm sure foam glue would have the same effect. 







Tuesday, May 17, 2011

My First Fondant Cake

My inspiration for starting this blog comes from the cake I made for my daughter's very first birthday. It was my first fondant cake and I wanted it to reflect her birthday theme: Disney Fairies. I had so much fun working with my husband to make this cake that it opened up the world of baking for me. I have to admit: I loved doing this project!
 

The decorations were made out of gumpaste.
The top tier is a 6" double layer cake and the bottom a 10" double layer cake; both covered in fondant.  
I had a blast making this cake and everyone at my baby girl's party loved it! =)



The End Result: