Needle felted bunnies

Two little summer girls are heading out to find new homes at Shelby's Garden.

They are both needle felted from wool.

This little girl wears a dress made from Celia's old shorts.

Picking 4th of July flowers

Happy summer!

Tutankhamun at De Young Museum

My Egyptian Hieroglyphs

King Oliver and Queen Celia

outside De Young

Adel and I took the kids to see the Tutankhamun exhibit at the De Young museum in

San Francisco last night. It was a great exhibit. Oliver and Celia loved it. They were completely

grossed out by the fact that the Egyptians mummified the intestines of their kings and placed it

in boxes that we were looking at.

We saw a beautifully decorated coffin from one of the other burial places and lots of artifacts from Tuthankhamun and other kings and noble people.

We went to the twilight showing, so when we were finished looking at the exhibit we had dinner at the museum restaurant. A surprisingly good dinner. Oliver and Celia ran in the garden with the sculptures while they waited for dinner. Oliver discovered a statue of 'The Death Star' ( part of De Young museums permanent collection) which was according to him the coolest statue ever! Adel and I enjoyed a three course dinner before we all walked back to the car in the dark. Celia and Oliver were sound asleep in the back seat on the way home.

Kransekake for wedding

I spent some time this last weekend baking a Kransekake for a wedding. Kransekake is my absolute favorite cake.

For those of you that reads this, scratch your head and say "Kranse...what?" A Kranekake has eighteen graduated almond paste rings. It is made from almonds, egg white and powdered sugar. ( So both gluten and fat free).

It is the signature cake of Norway and a staple at anniversaries, birthdays, and holiday celebrations.

In this case the bride wanted to add some of her Norwegian traditions to the wedding and the cake was a natural choice.

Owl eyes...

My favorite part. Assembling. Decorating with icing.

The cake was dressed with pink paper flowers

ready for the ball

Hand painted furniture

I just finished a custom order for a hand painted desk, hutch a chair. It still needs varnish before it is going to its home. Now Celia wants a desk for her room... She is starting 1st grade

so it is time to start looking for a desk for her.

Chloe and Celia's birthday cake

Celia and Chloe in fondant

Chloe and Celia's birthdays are two days apart, so being best friends and cousins

they had a blast celebrating their special day together.

I used fondant to sculpt a figure of the girls. My sister in law Liz made beautiful

marzipan flowers for decoration.

The cake is covered in marzipan and has strawberries and custard between layers

of sponge cake.

MARSHMALLOW FLOWERS

I had so much fun making Marshmallow flowers for Celia's class. Pretty easy as long as you work fast (the marshmallow will set in the piping bag if you work too slow).

All you need is sugar, water, gelatin and a candy thermometer. And lots of sanding sugar for

decor. 

Celia just turned 6. We had a Bunny Petting Zoo at our house. Georgia from Bunny Central

came with lots of bunnies in all sizes. She brought three litters of  new borne bunnies, babies and adult rabbits. The kids loved it! The kids got to pet and feed the bunnies. Celia got to

walk one of the bunnies on a leash. She had so much fun, we all did.