Birthdays, Bookmarks and Baseball
There's not much that keeps me from crafting, baking and creativity in general. However, baseball is one of those things. We have two kids in regular little league and one kiddo who plays for a tournament team that has more games during a much longer season. And while I love baseball, this could mean 3 games in 3 different towns on any given day and conceivably a game every day during May and June and All Star Tournaments in July. Craziness. It also means that I have a lot to do where my creative work is concerned to catch up.
Here is catching up looks like...
Graphic design
Since Cafepress changed the way they do business a year ago, I've been gradually moving my newer designs to Zazzle instead. I have over 800 designs at CP but will probably only move about 200 of them and put any new creations at Zazzle as well. Zazzle isn't as popular as CP yet and I don't love what I feel are limitations, but I have hopes that once I get my designs listed, it will be better.
Cre8ivegifts
I've recently branched out into the world of wire bookmarks and cell phone charms in my Etsy store. I'll be uploading more every day and will update here with pictures too.
Cakes
This year I was preparing to make 3 cakes the same week as the district tourney for All Stars. Unfortunately (or fortunately... it's bitter sweet you know), the boys lost early in the tournament ending their All Star season. 3 cakes due 3 days in a row is crazy even without baseball.
I prepared, I planned, I started early... I forgot to pre-make one of the major details in the first cake and the third cake theme was changed from horses to Twilight 2 days before and I ran out of time with some of the more minute detail work. Being for my daughter, I wasn't as worried about that, but I'd have liked to have seen the cake in my head show up in my kitchen. Such is life. And I learned by crash course how to make chess peices, a flower and a really small apple. (-: I was very pleased with the three finished products.
I thought I'd be caked out for awhile, but work up this morning with the urge to make maple bacon cupcakes after seeing them on Cupcake Wars last night. Maybe a good snack to bring with us when we hit the highway on our upcoming road trip.
Here is catching up looks like...
Graphic design
Since Cafepress changed the way they do business a year ago, I've been gradually moving my newer designs to Zazzle instead. I have over 800 designs at CP but will probably only move about 200 of them and put any new creations at Zazzle as well. Zazzle isn't as popular as CP yet and I don't love what I feel are limitations, but I have hopes that once I get my designs listed, it will be better.
Cre8ivegifts
I've recently branched out into the world of wire bookmarks and cell phone charms in my Etsy store. I'll be uploading more every day and will update here with pictures too.
Cakes
This year I was preparing to make 3 cakes the same week as the district tourney for All Stars. Unfortunately (or fortunately... it's bitter sweet you know), the boys lost early in the tournament ending their All Star season. 3 cakes due 3 days in a row is crazy even without baseball.
I prepared, I planned, I started early... I forgot to pre-make one of the major details in the first cake and the third cake theme was changed from horses to Twilight 2 days before and I ran out of time with some of the more minute detail work. Being for my daughter, I wasn't as worried about that, but I'd have liked to have seen the cake in my head show up in my kitchen. Such is life. And I learned by crash course how to make chess peices, a flower and a really small apple. (-: I was very pleased with the three finished products.
I thought I'd be caked out for awhile, but work up this morning with the urge to make maple bacon cupcakes after seeing them on Cupcake Wars last night. Maybe a good snack to bring with us when we hit the highway on our upcoming road trip.
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