A Sprinkle On Top!

Well, it is official! Amanda has named her business and created a blog. The blog is in its early stages and it will improve as time goes on. She is going to be offering some special promotions for Thanksgiving and for Halloween.

You can check out her new blog at www.asprinkleontop.blogspot.com!

Happy Birthday Matt!

Today is Matt's 14th birthday!

I got up this morning, just like every other morning, and Matt was at the kitchen table eating his breakfast. I said good morning and headed to my computer to check my email. I was thinking to myself that he probably thinks I have forgotten his birthday! I could never do that. I waited until he headed up to have his shower and then I made his lunch. I wrote a little note and placed it on top of his sandwich.

I heard him coming down the stairs and it was only seconds before he said to me 'mom, I thought you forgot'! I flashed him a smile and told him that I would never forget his birthday!

Tonight we will celebrate his special day with a family dinner at the restaurant of his choice. I am hoping now that he is fourteen, he will pick somewhere other than McDonald's!

Happy Birthday bud! I hope you have the best day ever.

A Busy October For Amanda

Amanda's baking business is growing and she is going to have a very busy month! She has several big orders coming up in October. Every time she gets a call or email for an order she calls me right away.

She has been busy testing recipes and her brothers and friends have been the tasters. She has developed a really fun looking cupcake for birthday parties and her brothers say that this is the best one yet.

The batter is created in many different colours......

Scooped into the baking cups.......

Baked to perfection.......

Isn't that amazing.......

Each one has its own unique look.

She adds some buttercream icing and a few sprinkles.......and you have the perfect tie-dye cupcake.

Amanda is going to be making a cupcake tree for a birthday party this Saturday. I will be sure to get photos and post them.

Body Surfing!

I am in week #3 of my course and this is the layout that I created using the sketch we were provided. I really changed up the photos and created some of my own embellishments.

The photos were taken on our holiday at Six Mile Lake! They are some awesome action shots of David (Jay's best friend, and my 'adopted' son). I really wanted the photos to make an impact on the page, so I enlarged one of the photos to a 8x10 and placed it over page 1 & 2.

David was not centered in the photo (don't judge......you should try taking photos on a boat) This actually worked out well for my layout. I was able to make David the focus on page 2, and then in the space on page 1, I added some close up shots and placed them right on top of the 8x10 photo! I sanded the edges of the photos on my layout to give them some texture and make them stand out a bit more. I used some foam adhesive to raise the small photos off the page.

I created some of my own embellishments using the chipboard stickers. A while back my hubby received a package in the mail and inside was this perfect piece of corrugated cardboard. I knew I could put it to good use! I used it to jazz up the chipboard pieces and made a tag and both of my titles!


My layout was not complete without a bit of stitching and I also added some stamping around the entire page when I was done.

If you are interested, here is the store behind the photos. David had this bright idea that he wanted to try body surfing while we were out on the boat. I thought he was crazy and never thought he would actually be able to do it. When we first took off, it appeared as though he was drowning (I knew he was safe because all he had to do was let go of the rope). All of a sudden, when we were going fast enough, he just popped up out of the water and skimmed across the top. It was amazing. I quickly snapped a bunch of photos (he was ready for the photo shoot......he was smiling in all of them).




It was an awesome day and David was so proud of his body surfing talent. He provided a ton of entertainment for us, as usual!

Under Construction

I am totally addicted to sketches......Allison Davis' sketches to be exact. I am in week #2 of my online class with Allison, and I am loving it!

Here is my layout using the sketch that was assigned to us. I changed things up quite a bit and also tried something I had been wanting to do for a while.

These photos are of my youngest son! Matt and I were on a field trip to Doon Heritage Crossroads (this is back in 2004 when it was cool for me to attend field trips. If I even step foot in their school now, they are so embarrassed) and he is making a something out of wood.

I decided I wanted to play up the construction theme and tried out the new Nuts & Bolts collection from 3 Bugs in a Rug. I wanted to add something that would really tie the theme of the page together and make a big impact.

I searched out some colouring pages on the internet and found some cute images that I wanted to use. I copied them into word and adjusted the sizing for my page. I printed the images out several times on the different papers and pieced them together.


I was really pleased with the overall look when I was finished. I considered adding some stitching, but I felt I had spent enough time on this layout.

I can't wait to see what we get to do next week.