Ain't he precious!

Ain't he precious? My baby's got skilz! See why I love him so much? We are so much alike its scary (well almost) he finds beauty in someone else's junk. I used to make fun of him because he NEVER wanted to throw anything away, when we were remolding our first home he would come home everyday after work and dig through the dumpster to make sure nothing was in there that he could use. Back then I didn't share in his visions. Now my heart swells with excitement when we see a yard sale or make a day at the flea market. He had me at "I brought home a tv stand someone was throwing away" its been true love ever since. Although he wouldn't be caught ALIVE in a thrift store he will patiently wait in the car while I run in REAL quick like and will listen to me go on and on about what a bargain it was. He has learned to keep quite at a yard sale when in the past he would say "do we really need another one" or "where is that going to go" OR THE WORST TWO WORDS  you can say to a women like me.."HURRY UP" Those days are long gone! He is like a piece of clay that I have worked into a beautiful piece of pottery. There is no other like my Weems! He often says a married man can either be right or happy but never both....see, skilz, looks & brains. What a lucky little lady I am!                             

Not so pretty cinnamon rolls

Since my family loves sweets I am always looking for new things to bake. Well I was on one of my favorite websites Bakeralla and saw these rolls, she got the recipe from Pioneer Women (you ain't bloggin' if you haven't heard of Pioneer Women) anyhoo.....this was a lot of work and a lot of time. I made 6 small pans and 12 cinnamuffins that we ate tonight. Gene, my 16yr. old LOVES cinnamon rolls for breakfast BUT he will only eat Laura Lynn (Ingles brand) I don't know...it must be his daddy's side of the family!  These took forever to make and I realized half way through that I had thrown away my baking powder because it had expired. So mom in love, being the love she is, had to take a trip around the world to get me 'sum. Yeah Nana saved the day and even she said they were delish. The hubby gave them two thumbs up and Gene demolished what was left (moved over Laura Lynn). I had a bite of one and they were to die for. The dough was extremely soft so they weren't too purdy to look at but once it was drowned in frosting they all looked mouth watering. There is nothing better than a melt in your mouth, full of butter, smothered in sugar and cinnamon, cinnamon roll. All that is missing is a cup of hazelnut coffee.

I will post pictures later of the final product.

Peace of Cake

I had a teacher when I was in school (back in the day) who used to wear bell bottoms we, being teenagers, made fun of her and she would tell us...it all comes back around...well today some years later, she was right.............2010 and its all about the peace signs and hippy loud colors. Its a 4 layer chocolate with chocolate butter cream and chocolate fondant with fondant peace sign and flowers. All made from scratch except I used 2 doctored up cake mixes. YUMMY!

Isn't she a beauty?

Shopping at a local thrift store the other day and came across this beauty. She was just sitting there waiting for me like a long lost friend. She is a heater and I was told that she still works. I have yet to plug her in because I am scared I might shortage out my electricity and Big Jim would be mad. I don't care if she works or not she made herself right at home and the best part of it is that she was only $10.

This cake I was being to believe was going to be the death of me...when I was asked to do a cake for a teacher that's daughter wanted a tea cup cake I thought "No problem I can do that, it looks easy" HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA I am still laughing at that statement. This little adventure keep me up at night. Thank god for the ladies at cakecentral.com who's cake I copied. She was a lifesaver who answered all my annoying questions without fail. To bad she wasn't with me when I went to deliver...the handle broke apart right after this picture....thank goodness I had extra gumpaste...I quickly rolled out another one and said a silent prayer that it would dry by the time they had the party. I was NEVER so happy to get rid of a cake in my life. Everything aside this was, so far, my favorite adventure yet...She did turn out pretty didn't she?

Callin Cuppie Cakes

This was a dozie of a job! The sweet thang that wanted these beauties requested them three days before she needed them. 60 cupcakes...vanilla with chocolate cream cheese filling & chocolate with vanilla cream cheese filling. Needless to say I was a baking A fool BUT I got it done! Also it has fondant flowers on them...aren't they cute?