Breaking Dawn, Bella And Edward's Wedding Cake!!

Here are the pics of the reception celebration for "Breaking Dawn." The cake table had a magical forest feeling to it with twinkling lights and some outdoor elements! We used a large mirror and a tree stump under the cake, circled it with the twinkle lights, some moss and flowers. Jenna added a   

                            chess board with some decorating elements from the Twilight books.

We hung the banners and turned down the lights and it really was pretty!

 I had to take pics through the glass because we put the table in a place so everyone could see it. The Twihards began arriving about 5:30 for the midnight show, but entertained themselves until

the movie began. Like I said before, I had never really gotten into the series, but the movie was really good! I am even looking forward to part 2, now that Bella is a vampire herself! I think the best part of the whole experience was hanging out with my daughter!! She did a beautiful job on the cake!

Jenna working on the cake!

A Happily Ever after banner....

Edward and Bella banner.....

Jenna set up a chess board with some decor elements from the Twilight books

We used a lot of outdoor elements for decorating. This is the chessboard with the apple, tulips, red ribbon and chess piece, elements from the Twilight book jackets.

We put the cake on top of a tree stump and surrounded it with lights, moss, tulips and apples.

The cake topper! The dress I put on Bella was nothing like her dress in the movie. They kept it a secret so I had to guess. Edward has glowy eyes and he sparkles!

It was a lot of work, but so much fun! I met a lot of awesome people and made a few contacts for my new business! Jenna got some cake making experience under her belt for the bakery she wishes to open someday! Thanks to Mary at Hometown Cinema in Terrell Texas for letting us participate!!

Little white dogs and angel wings....

Thanks everyone for hanging in. I did the drawing last night, not the way I planned, but things rarely go as planned! I wanted our eight year old to do the drawing, but somehow he magically remembered homework on a Sunday night after having the whole weekend to do it. So, I did the drawing, cause I did not have homework :)

Here are some pics and the results. I will be having more give aways and fun stuff in the near future. Better planned out and better organized, I promise.

I wrote everyone's name on slips of paper..........

I folded them all up nice and pretty and placed them in a bowl.......

And then I mixed them all up and pulled out a winner!

And the winner of this give away is........

Congrats Candice. You can choose any banner in my Etsy shop, 16.95 or under!!

I apologize for not being around much......

We have had a bit of a rough patch at our house........

I have been MIA from facebook and my blog for the last week. In my "business" life I concentrated on my Etsy shop and just creating.

A week ago Saturday we had to give over our little white fluffy dog in an unimaginable way. I took him to the vet thinking he had gotten into something he shouldn't have, fully expecting to bring him back home. He acted like he had chewed on something, gotten grass burrs in his mouth or worse, eaten something that was not good. It was none of those. Our little 3 year old pup had a tumor under his tongue that was most likely cancer. Even if it wasn't cancer, because of the location, there was nothing they could do and we had to give him up.

We had a little backyard ceremony because this was the first loss for our 8 year old and I wanted him to grieve the right way and be grateful for the experience of having a little white ball of fluffy love.

P.T was his name, my daughter and son-in-law gifted him to us 3 years ago last month. He was mischevious, always happy, hopped like a bunny and some days drove me nuts. He never stopped being a puppy, enjoying every minute of life.

He was a little dog who leaves a big empty place in our hearts and home.

Wedding Banner, Chocolate Brown and Pink

So today "The Art Of Handmades" on Etsy, got a convo about an order for a wedding banner. Yay, order!!
The convo stated that the customer would like a banner in pale pink and chocolate brown, cool color combo :)  The convo was promptly answered with the information the customer requested. 

The word "chocolate" stimulated the chocolate part of my brain and tummy.  This led me to getting in the car and going to the store to buy this......

And because wine compliments chocolate so nicely,  this too.........

by the time I got home.....this happened

I was a good and obedient citizen, did not break the law and did not drink the wine while I was in the car, mostly because I live in the state of Texas and am afraid of execution......but as soon as I got home.......

                                                                  
                                                             this happened............

wondering if there is such a color as margarita, and if so, surely someone needs a party banner in that color........

Check out the shop for cute wedding, engagement and shower banners!! If you are looking for some unique wedding cake toppers, you can find them there as well!!

 http://www.etsy.com/shop/theartofhandmades?ref=si_shop