Out of the Boudoir

Yummieness overload...mmm!

O.k, so I must either be very hungry for something sweet or too tired. But I just can't make up my mind on three or four pictures of my mom's beautiful Bday cake. Here are a couple of pics to get started...


I bought this scrumptious cake at Mariana's Supermarket for my mother's overdue birthday celebration...shame on me! My mom who is the most energetic, smart, helpful, sweetest, most wonderful person ever and who, may I add is really a supermom (term from the eighties for someone who can do it all!) had a birthday on december sixth, and when did I remember you ask? Well how's december 13th! I know...shame on me isn't enough. Anyway, on that day, I woke up early(7am) and drove to Mariana's to buy her a cake and flowers so we could wake her up with a birthday song.

She was surprised, and loved her cake. There's something about mexican pastry, and the way they do cake decorations that I just love. Every time I walk into Mariana's I walk by their pastry shop, just to see what designs they've done for that day. I'm always waiting for a special occasion just to buy one, but the truth is I don't need to! So next time I see I cake I like I'm getting it. I'll come up with the occasion later.

I have to confess, that I am being totally and completely superficial about these cakes. When buying mom's I did not care what it was made of, what flavor it was, wether it had feelings or not, oops! I meant filling. I just cared about the way it looked. Yes! I know, there is more to a cake than just how pretty it is, but I won't hear of it.



I tend to take a gazillion pictures of one subject if I have the blog in mind. I hope that with experience I won't have to take so many. So, if the last nine pictures didn't send you into a sugar high, I'm sure the tenth one will.

Rudolph the red nose... moose?

Why in the world did they do a moose instead of a deer I don't know. I'm talking about the beautiful stocking holders from Martha Stewart for kmart these came out a couple years ago in different finishes.

The church had a brass finish, the christmas tree, pine cone and moose a copper finish. Even though they look nice, I thought I would spray paint them all off white and give them a more vintage look to fit my style. I had a rough idea as to what to do, but didn't know specifically what they would end up looking like.

Well, that christmas I spray painted them and never got around to doing the detail work. They didn't get packed with the rest of the holiday trimmings because I thought oh! this won't take long I'll find time to finish them soon. Fast forward to this last xmas.. and they still did not get done! I started to pack again and just made them a priority. It was a four day project trying to get them done... not because they were difficult, but when your have a two year old with huge beautiful almond shaped eyes wanting to play with you, well the choice is easy.


I used acrylic paint for most of the detail work, a gold pen for the star on the tree and church windows.I painted the snow on first to see how the paint would behave, and I have to say I may have to come back and spray a top coat so it doesn't disappear should it get water on it somehow (project for next xmas...wink wink). I continued with the church,the tree, and then Mr. Moose, who was calling out for a red nose, and could not be ignored, Santa would love him just as much, he's different and that makes him a perfect fit for this family. The last thing I did was take a metal file from my hubby's tools and peel some paint off. Looking back, I wish I had done before and after pics for the blog. My mind isn't trained in blogness just yet.
Something to get used to.

Never too late for a xmas wish...

My life has been very busy since the middle of december...lots of changes in my life, some still happening...all good though.

As far as the new year I just now thought of a resolution....find the time to pattern my new bags, make the cloth doll I have had in my mind oh!...for the last three years!, and of course the staple on my list every year...excercise.

Merry xmas to all and a good new year!