*Holly Bake*

Of course, I found another cute idea on Pinterest that I

NEEDED 

to make for the Super Bowl.

These Football decorated cupcakes are from The Baker Chick. 

So Cute!

For the white cupcake I made Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes...

YUM, YUM!  The recipe is below. 

The chocolate recipe is one of my favorites and you can find the recipe here.

So during the Super Bowl I ate cupcakes and painted my living room. 

Since my husband was sitting on the couch watching the game, he could help me move furniture as needed!  Worked out perfect!

 

This is my new cupcake carrier that holds 3 dozen cupcake.I highly recommend this carrier if you are a cupcake baker.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes

Cookie Dough Batter

1 1/2 cup flour

1/4 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. salt

1/2 cup butter-softened

1/4 cup sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 egg

2 tsp. vanilla

1 cup mini Chocolate Chips - I used regular choc. chips

Cream butter, brown sugar and sugar together. Mix in egg and vanilla until fluffy. Add flour, baking soda and salt and mix until combined. Stir in chocolate chips. Form into Tablespoon size balls and freeze on baking sheet for 2 hours.

Cupcake Batter

1 yellow cake mix

1 1/3 cup water

1/3 cup vegetable oil

3 eggs.

Mix cake mix, water, oil and eggs together until combined. Fill cupcake liners 2/3 fulls and drop in frozen cookie dough ball. Bake at 350 degrees for 18-20 minutes.

Frost with favorite frosting.

*Pinned It, Did It!*

I saw this cute camera case awhile back and pinned it to a board on Pinterest. That sight is the best, though I do admit I waste too much time on it!!

I have been needing a case for my new camera so of course I had to see if I could make this one.

So I had to make 2.  One like the original and one with color.

I lined the inside with batting and a cute fabric.

This is my personal favorite.  I can't wait to experiment with more colors!

Oh, and this one will be in the U.S. Mail soon and heading off to my favorite photographer in San Francisco...hope she likes it!

*Holly Paint*

This chest was brought to me by a client for a makeover. 

I forgot to take a before picture but here it is all fixed up!

I painted it a metallic pewter and added glass knobs. 

It is super pretty, can't wait to use this paint on another piece!

Sorry for the awful pictures.  I snapped a couple, quickly, before she took it home! 

*Holly Paint*

This nightstand was a commissioned piece for a return customer.  

She bought it at a thrift store and wanted it to be painted white.   

She even brought an antique knob for it that she found at a local antique flea market...gotta love that!

Such a great piece with nice lines...so it was an easy transformation!

Primed, painted white, lightly distressed and waxed for protection.

  I sprayed the handle a satin nickel. 

The drawer was lined with a printed contact paper.

*Holly Paint*

I came across this color palette picture on Pinterest and was itching to paint a piece of furniture with these colors.  

If you know me well, you would know that I HATE anything red...

but when you put Red with Turquoise, I can put my hate aside!! 

My friend graduated college last year and as her gift I offered her a piece of furniture for her new place.  Well she found this dining table set and asked me to make it over.  She wanted something fun with a punch of color...so I showed her this inspiration and she said "go for it!"

Color Palette

Well...here it is BOLD and BRIGHT!  I can't wait to do more with this Color Palette!

http://www.alchemyfineliving.com/blog/2012/01/18/sofa-gets-new-upholstery-from-trash-to-treasure-linky-party/

*Holly Sew*

Last year my sister-in-law and I were talking about our wedding dresses and discussing if they were worth keeping for memories or for our daughters.  I mentioned that I made my dress into a baby quilt for my daughter...it was the fanciest baby quilt around!  I loved it for church and other "dress-up"occasions. 

So she asked me if I could make her dress into a quilt for her to use. 

Her dress had a long train so I had plenty of fabric to work with...though it was super scary to cut into someones dress.  She gave me free reign on design which also made me nervous, I know what I like but would she like it????  

So after much thought and design plan I finally cut into and started the process.  

I worked on it throughout the year and finally finished it before Christmas!

 The final quilt is a throw size. 

I used satin-back crepe as the accent white and I also found (in my stash) a linen fabric that had a silver thread though it for the small border and flower applique. 

I used flower pieces of the lace and the rosettes from the bows as accents. 

When I cut the flowers from the lace the sequins and beads all became loose so I  hand sewed all of the "bling" back onto the  lace flowers. 

It was hard to get a good picture of an all white quilt 

so I took a lot of up close for the details.

The dress had over 60 buttons to use so I sewed them on the quilt to 

act as the "quilting" of the the quilt.

I used the satin-back crepe for the ruffle strips.

Rosettes and lace flowers for detail.  The vine was done with bias tape.

The back of the quilt is done with white minky fabric. 
I saved extra pieces of lace and fabric for her to use for other memories
(such as her daughter's own wedding).

This quilt was a challenge but overall I am happy with the final product!