I made Mike a cake for his birthday last week and here is how it turned out...


Red velvet, his favorite. I will admit that I used a box mix but it's only because the last time I attempted red velvet cupcakes from scratch I used a whole tube of red food coloring and they were definitely not red. I don't think box mixes work well with Ener-G egg replacer, FYI. It was definitely a dense cake. Oh well. The frosting recipe I used came from here and it was extremely light and fluffy and delicious.



I want to share a couple of pictures of Ben's new puppy, Dot. She and Maverick love each other and are now best buds- in the beginning he wasn't too sure what to think of her, as you can see.


But now they're inseparable. More pictures to come soon.

Things of Interest

Here are a couple of things that I have recently discovered and really like...


Pyrex dishes- "Friendship" pattern





Vintage cookie cutters


Amy Butler fabric


I have been very inspired to be crafty lately and am currently in the middle of several projects (Amy Butler's Birdie Sling Bag pattern, some pot holders and kitchen towel sets, and a couple of other small things). Currently I don't have my own sewing machine so these projects are being completed a little bit at a time whenever I go home and am able to use my mom's machine.
I love the vintage cookie cutters that I have been looking at on Ebay, not only for cookie use to but make salt dough ornaments and crafts with too.

No word yet about the Disney internship...

M-I-C-K-E-Y...

Tomorrow the representatives for the Disney College Program will be on campus. I'm really hoping to get an internship with them from August through January. I have been to Disney World so many times and am in love with the place, so what could be better than working there for a few months? Great name on my resume, warm weather, and it's a chance to maybe do some networking and give me some time to stall on getting a career-job while the economy pulls itself out of the toilet.
I applied to the Teach for America program and was kind of crushed when I wasn't even invited to have a phone interview after jumping through hoops to send my resume, letter of intent, and an essay about a challenge that I have overcome. It was a let-down, but that just means I will find something better in the future.

My Disney-fied family... (Mom, Jeff and Britt, Megan, me, and Dad)













Keep your fingers crossed for me, my interview will be in the next couple of days.