Sophia's Baby Blanket

Made this for my boyfriend's newest little niece, Sophia Juliette...the cutest little thing: Sophia, not the blanket. lol

Birthday Footballs Cake

Two co-workers had a birthday this month: Stefanie and Albert. We normally just do one cake a month to keep the sugar in take down and combine all the birthdays in one. So comes the task of picking a theme that suits each of the birthday peoples...in this case, FOOTBALL! Happy birthday, you two!

Grandma's Basket of Flowers cake

My Great-Grandma Dewey's birthday was yesterday. Made this for to enjoy with the family. I haven't done the basketweave on a cake since I learned it in class over a year ago! I'm surprised how quickly it came back to me. I loved it.

Flip Flop Cake

Made this cake for my manager's step-daughter's birthday. Quite possibly one of the easiest cakes I've done so far! I had lot's of fun making this one.

Present Wrapped with Rainbow Bow Cake

Made this for a going away party for three kids. I didn't know how else to incorporate all of their interests so I gave them a little going away "present", they seemed to like it pretty well. Lol

Racecar Track Cake

Made this cake for a Hotwheels themed birthday party for a 2 year old. The mom later added some cars to the top of the cake.

Texas Ranger Star Cake

As much as it pains me to say, my Daddy doesn't care too much for fondant so when it came time for his birthday, it was back to the basics with my frosting tips. Not that I minded lol. Daddy is a big Walker, Texas Ranger fan, I grew up watching reruns too. But there were only so many ways to incorporate that into cake using only buttercream frosting...so here was my interpretation... Happy Birthday Daddy! I love you!

Gabbie's SpongeBob SquarePants Cake

My little niece, Gabbie, turns 2 this month. Her bday party was last weekend where SpongeBob SquarePants was set on display and later devoured. This is my first "character" cake and I was super nervous. Although I know of a few things that I would definitely change if I was to do this again, I like how it came out. Although, I'd like to give a special shout-out to my BF, Stefanie...couldn't have done this cake without you! Thanks for all of your help! And, of course, Happy Birthday, Gabbie!!

XBOX360 Cake

Keenan's birthday is this Monday but because we are going out of town to celebrate, he got his birthday cake early...an XBOX 360 Console...gotta love them die hard video gamers, lol. Happy Birthday, Keenan!

Here's the cake next to the actual gaming console:

Kitchen Utensil Holder

My co-workers all go out together once a quarter for a little team building time and lunch...with all the talk of As You Wish, what are the chances that we would all agree to go there for our outing? Awesome! Unfortunately, I was a little uninspirted this time around so I had a hard time deciding on what to paint. I've been wanting a new container for my spatulas in my kitchen so I painted a vase and wrote my favorite quote: "Live, Laugh, Love".

Birthday Frame

After I finished my mom's Mother's Day frame, and with an old friend's birthday right around the corner, I figured, "Hey! This a great idea!" And so I painted another frame for her and completed it with a pic of me and her.

Mother's Day Present

Okay so, I feel like I talk about As You Wish, waaaaay too much, and if so, I'm sorry, but this place is just soooooo awesome! I just had to go here to make my mom's Mother's Day present. I painted a frame and completed it with with a pic of the two of us take at my wedding last year. I love my mommy!! Happy Mother's Day

Mother's Day Cards for 2010

My sister and I started this last year with doing home made cards because of all of the mother's in life that it seemed more sentimental to make our own cards (not to mention easier on the wallet!) Here is this year's products for my family and close friends:

Vacation Frame

I recently got back from a trip to Cali. We visited Santa Monica Beach and Venice Beach and I really had a blast. I knew that as soon as I got back home I had to go to As You Wish to paint a special frame for the memory :)

Pitcher Vase and placemat

As You Wish has struck again in my home, this time with a new vase for my kitchen table. I can't stay away from that place. LOL It took about 3 visits to the store for me to hand paint this, but I love it!

I made this to rest my new vase on, just a simple little crocheted mat made out of scrap yarn.

Life Saver Cake

Made this for my manager at work, Renee, to go along with a theme for "saving" customers who would otherwise discontinue our services. We've got paper life savers all of the wall for each customer we get to stay with us. Couldn't think of anything more fitting for Renee's birthday since she is so dedicated to this project.

Another Magnet

I plan to have cutesy magnets all over my fridge that I've made from As You Wish. Here's one I recently made:

Recycle a t-shirt into a tank top

So I was bored, and wanted a new shirt...and have been wanting to do an upcycle project for a while. So I dug around the closets and found this over sized t-shirt and went to work.

Here's the before and after products:

Before-

After-

Here are the instructions in case you would like to try it out yourself:

Step 1: Pick a t-shirt you don't mind experimenting with.

Step 2: Cut off sleeves and shoulders just under the neck line (save the sleeves for later):

Step 3: Trim the sides at an angle starting from bottom and cutting upwards to the corner to the shoulder. Repeat to the other side. This will create a slight flare with the bottom of the shirt being a little larger than the top of the shirt:

Step 4: With right sides facing each other, sew a seam along each side using the zigzag stitch on your sewing machine due to this is stretchy material:

Step 5: With right sides still facing each other, iron down flaps on both sides to prevent rolling:

Step 6: With shirt still inside out, fold flap on top of shirt down about an inch and sew using zigzag stitch. Be sure to leave enough room to run elastic through the inside. Sew all the way around except for about the last inch which will be used to insert the elastic:

Step 7: Measure the distance in inches around your chest above the breast. Reduce this number by about 2 inches and cut the length in elastic. Attach a safety pin to one end of the elastic. Slide the safety pin through the path created in step 6 until all the way through but be sure to hold onto both ends on each side:

Step 8: Hand sew the each end of the elastic to each other to form a complete circle and then sew the gap in the seam of the shirt.

Step 9: Using one of the sleeves of the shirt cut off the seam:

Step 10: Cut along the bottom seam to open up and cut along each side to make a straight edge:

Step 11: Cut 3 strips long ways about an inch thick from sleeve. Place each upon each other and sew along short end (regular stitching is fine):

Step 12: Stretch each strand, allowing to roll on ends and then braid to opposite end. Sew end of strands to secure. Repeat with other sleeve. These will be the straps for the shirt. Attach to shirt and sew on.

I love my new shirt, I hope you have success with your own projects! Let me know how it goes. :)