Have Your Cake and Eat it Too!

So I just wanted to share with every one just how amazing my mother is with making cakes.  She recently she made a wedding cake for my friend Cresence.  The cake turned out amazing! If you are ever in need of an amazing cake for any occasion this is the lady to see! 

These photos were taken by Carolina Portrait Designs!

Hey guys!
Sorry it has been such a long time since my last post! I was looking through my engagement pictures from this last fall and wanted to share a few with you! Our photographer was amazing! She really knew what to take photos of! Here is a little walk through of some moments of the day!

 I love this picture, because right as the first picture was being taken Ryan and I about got trampled by people coming out of the door!

 Love the tall trees!

 He is the love of my life!

This picture remind me of my first birthday that I spent with him where he played and sung happy birthday to me on the guitar! Awww...

A Bright Idea

This May 19th I will be marrying my best friend, and I can not wait! I am so excited that I will be spending the rest of my life with him, growing and working together.  Our wedding is going to be something so special, and something that I will always remember.  Therefore, I want every tiny detail about our wedding to be perfect! 

Of course, at the end of the night if Ryan and I are married then the day will be perfect.  

However, Ryan and I both want the wedding to be something that people enjoy and remember in a positive light.  Therefore, awesome decorations are crucial!  Our wedding reception will be taking place in a rustic barn, which I am so excited about.  However, the ceiling of the barn is pretty high, and I needed something to "lower the ceiling".  That is when I got the idea that I needed to rent a chandelier.  However, to rent a chandelier would cost a pretty big chunk of money that I did not really want to spend.  Therefore, I made my own chandelier.  

While this picture does not reflect it, the chandelier will be hanging from the ceiling horizontally.  

This DIY chandelier is very easy to make, and cost me less than $10.  

For this chandelier you will need:

1 Hula Hoop

White Spray Paint 

Tooling 

1 Strand of 100 white lights with a white cord

Any type of garland that you wish to use (I used some that was Christmas decorations with white berries)

First, take the hula hoop and spray paint it white.  While the hula hoop is drying, cut the tooling into squares.  Mine were about 3 inches by 4 inches.  Then, tie the tooling pieces in around each side of one light.  Next take the dried hula hoop and wrap light (with tooling) around the hula hoop securing with white twist ties.  Finally I added the berry garland, and secured it in place using hot glue dots.  

It is Magic!

I recently stumbled upon and AMAZING recipe for "Butterfinger" candy.  The best part is that it only takes three ingredients. The candy is fairly easy to make, however it does take some muscle power :).

For your homemade "Butterfinger" you will need:
2 Cups of Candy Corn
2 Cups of Peanut Butter
Chocolate Candy Coating (Chocolate Chips, Melting Chocolate, or "Almond Bark". What ever your preference is)

First, take the 2 cups of candy corn and melt in the microwave.  Melt the Candy corn in a pretty large dish for one minute.  Stir, and continue to melt candy corn in 20 second intervals.  Stir in between each 20 second interval.   After candy corn is completely melted, completely mix in peanut butter.  This step is crucial, because if you do not mix in the peanut butter good then the final product ends up with candy corn chunks instead of the butterfinger like center.
After mixing the melted candy corn and peanut butter press into a pan lined with wax paper. I used two 8X8 pans beacaus I wanted my butterfingers to end up thinner so they would not be so rich.  However, if you want a thicker butterfinger center, then only use one 8X8 pan.
The next step is your choice. You can either pour the chocolate on top of the candy corn/peanut butter mixture, or you can cut the candy corn/peanut butter mixture and dip in the chocolate candy coating.

This is my creation, and as you can see they are quite crumbly, but so worth it! 

When you make your homemade magic (the "Butterfinger" mimic) be creative.  I added a layer of crushed pretzels to one of the butterfinger pans.  This added an extra crunch that I loved!  Another idea is to add some chopped peanuts to the butterfinger!

Good luck!

Exciting News

So today I woke up, took a shower and brushed my teeth thinking that today would be just like any other day.  However, my day did not turn out just like any other day because I created my first blog! I am new to blogging, so if any one has good advice for me and my blog please tell me!  I do, however, have big plans for my blog, and once it is finished I am hoping to have many amusing post and many post on different craft projects that I am doing!  I am currently planning my wedding, so i am sure that I will be posting many things about wedding plans and wedding DIY projects.  Visit often and see whats new!