Cakes!

                                                                         CAKES!!!

      I don't know about you--but i think the best part of the party might just be the cake!! I seem to always rush the party down to the cake...or at least thats what my sisters say...hehehe.. I LOVE to make the cake myself for any and every occasion..I just DO NOT like store bought cakes. I honestly think they taste like medicine..what did they put in them childrens cherry cough medicine? My specialty, I guess-would be TRES LECHES covered in my strawberry cream cheese icing w/ strawberries and kiwi fruit! I get asked to make that one alot, and for dessert Cheese Flan!! OMG--I didn't tell you I was a CHEESE FANATIC...DID I?

Anyways, the top one is German Chocolate Cake. yummy!
                             These are marshmallow pops dipped in chocolate with sprinkles!
                           My daughters' 1st Bday cake and our first time working w/ fondant!!

           Alot of work!! Had triple fudge chocolate w/ mocha/coffee cream cheese filling and also strawberry w/ strawberry/mango cream cheese filling!
                               Made this for my nephews 3rd bday--he loves fishy's ! Got this off a magazine  I think...
                  My first try @ homemade buttercream icing cake...delicious!! I have a Spiderman fanatic in the house!!! Do you?
           Bringing out my daughters 5th bday castle cake...I did alright...
                                      AWWWW...she had such a great time!!

Hubby's Racecar theme 30th!

         This is my family...my hubby, my 2 little girls, my son and my stepdad (the clown!).I made my husband a Surprise big 30th bday in a Racing theme...He likes to race...likes fast cars..Loves 5.0 MUSTANGS!!! so not so much the nascar racing thing but  this was as much of a Racing theme i could come up with. As you can tell by my posts...I love going ALL OUT when it comes to parties and celebrations!! I went and bought me a Racing Costume--but covered myself up with some pants..(cause you know--them things are T*I*N*Y*) hehehe..then I went out and bought me some fabric and ribbon to make my girls Pillowcase dresses and matching bows, I also made my son a t-shirt w/ a "tie" applique from the matching fabric, once my husband got there he used the bandana that I used to cover his eyes and wrapped it around his neck like a bandit..hahaha..so we were all matching "picturePerfect"---is that even cool?? oh, well , it sure worked here and I'm pleased..what do ya' thinK?

                                         This is my husbands' cake table, (yes-I made that delicious cake!! lol)I'm kinds stumped that I did not take that many pictures focusing on the details--like the centerpieces I had, banners, etc. but I guess I'll just show you part of it...better than nothing huh?

HotPink & Zebra Babyshwr!

Hi, so this is me in my 3rd trimester w/ my daughter

Arianna, and I was super-duper Excited to be having

another little girl--they are SO much fun!! So, I had to have something

that screamed "little girl" in EXCITEMENT! Therefore the Hot Pink

and Zebra Print theme came along! I had sooo much fun doing this with the help of my sis'. Ugghhh....I can't believe I didn't take a pic of the gift table!! It's super Cute..covered in Zebra Print and Pink Tulle w/ Hot Pink Satin bows tied off with a Cute lil' wooden Zebra...well if you look really hard you may be able to tell...in the back to the right of me in the picture...You have got to check out my games section...you'll really LOVE the games I make my guests play...LOL...I mean if you're not the shy type like me!! :)

Once, everyone got here--this is where we put all the food.

As you walked in the house..this is what you saw.
Yes, of course i made the matching corsage/mum to my diaper cakes!

Close up of diaper cake..very girlish!
The DiaperCake @ the gift table.

The Diaper Wreath I made for outside.

Baby showers!

close up of diaper cake

Our diaper cake table with a personal touch-
the babys' name "Zeke"

Another angle..

simple yet beautiful--centerpieces.
made different ones with different paper!

Baby elephant diaper wreath

Graduations!

well, this was already just about the end of the day so most of the balloons were giving up already!

2009 graduation centerpiece

2009! These are just some of the decorations I've made for graduations.

Arianna's 1st Bday!-HotPink&LimeGreen-& Cupcakes

centerpiece

yea-she got a cellphone for her bday..can u believe that!!
(no-not really-got you!)

Made some marshmallow pops also..

then wrapped them up nicely and displayed them!

Had to have "some" cupcakes!

Cupcake centerpiece w/ feathers!

One of my centerpieces..really cute!!
Cupcake made with Cricut machine using
a free template on the internet.

Grama and her Rocker Princess!

Our balloon column...we're hoping to decorate
alot of our time in birthday parties--making awesome
balloon decorations..they're awesome!

Hard at work-decorating..yes-I put my hubby to work..LOL!

So, this is our cake table and a little scary...Our beautiful cake in which my sister and I worked alot-way into 2am that morning..got ruined when I had to slam my on my brakes on my way to
the party and well there wasn't anyone there to catch it...It was sitting on the passengers side on the floor..yea- not well thought out..it probably was my fault. Anyways once you take off all the mm fondant..it was delicious--strawberry and poundcake layers with strawberry/mango creamcheese icing and then the bottom was triple fudge chocolate with a mocha (coffee) cream cheese filling!!yum!

This is before the party started- I figured I
take a photo of this before everyone starts
eating it. I got this idea from Mrs. Patino's blog..
Its super cute isnt' it? Also very good for harsh
hot weather..I didn't want to upset anybody's stomach
with any other kind of food, because I don't know
about you but I seem to get sick w/headache & stomach
ache when it's too hot and I eat brisket or chicken with
all the trimmings..:(

Meet Arianna! Poor baby--she is so sweaty
trust me that day was so HOT! She's looking
all cute with her homemade "1" onesie
and tutu, with her "bling'' ed out converse!

So this is the pinata & centerpiece I made for her birthday! Well, let me tell you-when I got to the park it was Super Windy & everything kept flying off the tables..and I was like "Lord, please let this wind stop.." and it did :)...but then came the Rain w/ Thunder!!hahahaha...I Was freaking out a little but thankfully it did stop and then the Sun came out and with it ALOT of Heat--'cause trust me it was HOT!!!

Cupcakes&Birthdays!

So, I'm making my youngest daughters' 1st BDAY!! and i am very excited!! (i even feel a little bad because i don't remember being this excited for my other 2...is that bad? LOL...it's just you have to see my little one..she's sooo tiny) Anyways i'm doing HOT PINK & LIME GREEN filled w/ lots of CUPCAKES!!! i am making all the decorations including invitations and the pinata handmade..that's the only way i know! hehehe..so check out the pic of my pinata..i will post more when i'm through with it!

Why start blogging? & what's in the title?

Hello and Welcome to my First official Blog...This is more like an introduction as to why I've started blogging and Why the Title? First off, I want to say that I've really enjoyed viewing everyone elses' blogs and so I finally figured..why not make my own? I have alot to say (trust me) and alot to give..I love being inspired..so why not Inspire someone else..As you can read from my about me or my profile i have alot of interest or "hobbies'' and i'm hoping to share that with you..Also i always seem to have a Take in Almost Everything and i ramble alot ( even maybe when i shouldn't) This will be like my little "outlet" -where i hope to not hurt anyones' feelings and just let me be myself and express myself as i wish...I'm not the kind of person that likes to hold in emotions...it's very hard for me to do...I don't think that's healthy...: )Now unto the title..what's in it? I Believe in Gettn' the best out of Life..because you know..We ONly have ONE Life to live ..so why not get the best out of it ...why Not Want the best out of it? Now, i'm not just talking "Material" things because that comes and goes..I'm talking about Life itself and what we go through...Gettn' the best out of Happy times, Sad times, Angry times(yea-i don't know how you can get the best out of that..LOL..maybe you'll Learn not to get as Mad 'cause you ended up doing something ridicuolous --remember that time...)Poor times, Rich times..etc..you get the picture..How do we get the best out of those times? We Learn, We improve ..We can Share with others..We Vent..We Trust...There's Alot more when we really think about it...So stop frowning...stop feeling depressed...you know sometimes we do that to ourselves and not the world...so get up..get inspired..GET THE BEST OUT OF LIFE and do SomeThing!!!!