I am still here!!!!

Hello,

Wow I have had one crazy month.... I have been super hectic lately with my job. I have been putting in 60hr or more work weeks and I am exhausted. There has been no rest for me not even on the weekends as I have been working. Sunday was only day off this week and I didn't get to do anything fun. I spent my Easter home in bed resting and catching up on my dvr.

All the work has taking a toll on my personal life and my buisness. I have been neglecting them both and I am very sad. Don't get me wrong I am very grateful to have a job. But I am just frustrated and venting.

Anyways enough already, I haven't really had a chance to craft but I have been baking a ton. The relay for life was a huge sucess and I got alot of business from the event. So I have lots of orders for Mother's Day and I will be taking pictures and posting those soon. I also had a craft swap and I managed to do get some of my crafts done before everything blew. I have another project for the craft show I am finishing this weekend and then I will be posting.

This weekend I will be off finally and after getting my hair done I will be crafting and baking my little heart out.

On the to do list:
Mother's Day Cards
Tags for the Marshmallow Pops for Mother's Day Breakfast.
Mother's Day Treat bags for all the mommy's in my family
I will also be testing a new cupcake recipe (Stawberry cupcake with Stawberry Buttercream).

One last thing: I will be having to giveaways coming up! Once I hit a 100 followers there will be a giveaway.
Also I have a new sponsor and I will they have agreed to give me an awesome prize to share with my readers so stay tuned.

Thanks

Melissa

My Adventures in Cupcakes

Hello,

Hope you are all have a fanatastic weekend! I am exhausted this weekend as I had a 60 hour work week.... The weather is not so great today it's raining but to be honest I love it when it rains. It's my excuse to stay home and work on projects.

Lately I am obssessed with cupcakes and baking. I have been baking my little heart out and I am loving it. I baked 700 cupcakes last weekend for the Relay for Life. And I have a ton of orders for upcoming parties and holidays. I am so excited to finally be back in business as I have been so busy.

As some of you know I am not only a crafter but a part time party planner. But business hasn't been great maybe it's because I haven't really worked hard. I am happy to say that things are finally starting to look up for me. And it's all thanks to the cupake fairy lol. I have been baking all kinds of different flavors and most have been hit. This weekend I am baking up a new batch of cupcakes for work and so I will be busy. Red Velvet with Cream Cheese and I might even do some brownie cake pops.....

Here is a look at some of the cupcakes!!!


Chocolate Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting!
Recipe from Martha Stewart

Boston Cream Cupcake with a Choclate Ganache Frosting.
Dulce De Leche Cupcake filled with Dulce de leche and a Dulce de Leche Cream Cheese Frosting
Recipe to come!!!

Pina Colada Cupcakes with Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting!
These amazing cupcakes are from the talented Glory over at Glorious Treats.
You can check out here recipe to make these amazing cupcakes.
WWW.glorioustreats.blogspot.com

Magnolia Vanilla Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese

                                                   

Mini Vanilla Cupcakes

I hope you enjoy!!!

Pink & Brown Babyshower - Inspiration

Happy Friday,

Today I am reposting this amazing shower I created last year! It has been such a hit that I wanted to share it again. I loved everything about this baby shower.

                                            View from the entrance of the rec room

Dessert Table

Dessert

More Dessert

Side View of Dessert table

Cake and Cupcakes

Marshamallow Pops

Preztzel Sticks

Another view of the setup

Table Setting

Centerpiece Hydrengas & Wooden Sticks

Candle Holder Favor

Sign in Table

Guest Sign in Book made by me using my Cricut

Hope you enjoy!!! Be back soon

My Life in Words & Pictures

Hello Everyone,

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!!!! This weekend was the Relay for Life and we baked about 700 cupcakes for the event. I am totally exhausted but it was a great event for a great cause and I had an amaziing time. I will be posting pics soon.

Ok so today I decided to share a little about myself. This blog is not a personal blog but I think every once in a while you should know a little about the person behind the post.

Here is a little about me:
I was born and raised in Florida my mother was cuban and my father is Dominican. I am a true latina at heart.
I grew up with my cuban family whom I love but refer to as my big crazy cuban family.
I am one of 4 and the only girl. So I a little spoiled especially by my older brother. I lost my mom when I was 16 and was raised by my brother who is my mentor and bestfriend. I have 3 boys from my first relationship and they are my world. My oldest son is 17 and is a junior in high school. I also have a 12 yr old and 10 yr old. I was a young mom....

I have been working in advertising for the past 15 years, I have spent about 12 in the same agency. My co-workers have become my family. I enjoy cooking, shopping, reading, crafting and most recently have found a love for baking. I am in my 30's but I have been through so much in my life I really feel much older.

Life has handed me plenty of Lemons and I have had to learn to make the best of it... Today I am much better I have learned alot in my life and have a great group of friends and family to help me along the way. I don't take anything for granted and believe that everything happens for a reason. Life is unpredicatable and also beautiful.

Ok that's it for now I will be posting more about me later now on to the pics!!!!

MIA for a minute

Hello!!!

I know I have been MIA for a while but I promise I will be back very soon. I have been really busy getting ready for this weekends event. As you guys know I doing the Relay for Life 2011 this weekend. I have a cupcake bar that will be on display for the event and I have been working on perfecting the cupcake recipes as well as the design of the table. Not to mention its been a crazy couple of weeks at work and I am so exhausted after working 10-12 hours a day. That when I get home all I want to do is curl up on my couch and watch TV or sleep LOL.

Ok enough blabbing, I will be giving you guys a sneak peek of the cupcakes for this weekend tomorrow hopefully if I can get my pictures. I will also be posting pictures of the weekend event on Monday when I recover.

Also I am partcipating on a Craft Show swap and so you guys will start seeing all those projects soon. There are also some other projects I have been doing that I need to post.

One final note I have a huge surprise for you guys coming in the next couple of weeks. I got a very cool giveaway coming up for an amazing sponsor.

Stay Tuned

HUGS

Melissa