Birthday Preview

Today was my daughter's 3rd birthday.

We're still cleaning up around here so I don't have time to chat.

But here's a preview:

 

Stay tuned...

My Thanksgiving 2011

Now that it's the last day of November I think I'll finally get around to telling y'all about my Thanksgiving...

I drove 11 hours to Houston
I ate
I shopped
I slept
I laughed
I drove 11 hours back home

Did I mention I ate??

This is a much smaller feast than last year.  I'm guessing my Dad was feeling less than his ambitious self this year...no Turduken...

At least there's greens

Good ol' fashion collards

And cookies of course

Just a small sampling....

I know this isn't a very in depth story about my Thanksgiving.  No cute stories or anecdotes today.  Just strait forward facts. Mostly because I need to get my (now larger) rear end back in the kitchen.  I have a 3rd birthday party to plan and a million Christmas cookies to make.  I am only slightly exaggerating about the million part.  Only slightly. 

I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday!

Thanksgiving Pies

and 4th of July pies too!

Remember these??

I made these for Thanksgiving last year. 

Since then I have seen pies like this everywhere...apparently people like them :)

Well, anyway, a while back I made a tutorial on how to make these pies and sent it to my dear friend Sweet Sugar Belle for her blog....by a while back, I mean July....

 

These should look familiar too...

The girl gets busy!  I can't blame her for not posting it until today!

That's right, you heard correctly.  The tutorial for this post is up on her blog today!  You should go check it out...I am sure I will see many more pie cookies in the near future.  :)

Fall

I have a love - hate relationship with fall

Things I love:
The leaves turning colors
The way it smells outside...admit it, the air smells different.  Fall has it's own smell
It's the perfect temperature outside for at least 2 or 3 days.
There's a holiday (and we're talking decorating holidays) almost EVERY MONTH!
It's chocolate covered cherries season!  (Yes, I am addicted)
The FOOD!!  :)

Things I hate:
I seem to get fatter around this time of year....
It's perplexing....

So there you go, my love-hate relationship with Fall

Although it's mostly LOVE :)

The Give-a-way is CLOSED!!

I want to thank everyone who entered!  I am thrilled!

However there can only be one winner....

 

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Julie H. said...

I would love Gwynn Wasson's pirate party design for one of my two boy's birthday. It is so cute!

November 1, 2011 12:37 PM

 

 

Congratulations Julie!  Please contact me to get your free items!!  

alibeesbakeshop@gmail.com

Golden Anniversary

I don't really DO cakes too often...

They are very time consuming, and tedious, and involve physics and  a PHD or something....I really don't get it.

Probably because I'm not immediately awesome at it.

But I went ahead and got suckered into making a cake for a 50th anniversary for a neighbor and family friend.

By the end I was glad I did it.  It was kind of fun.  I don't know what changed...perhaps it was because this time I decided to stick with what I know....

Now I want to take this moment to say: the idea of putting cookies on cakes...not mine.  I'm just not that brilliant.  If you want to see some more cakes decorated with cookies then head over to One Tough Cookie.  It's awesome.

However in this panicked moment of "you REALLY want me to make a cake?" the idea of using what I knew for this was a no brainer.

I am loving my airbrush...I just got a new airbrush...did I forget to tell you that?

For this cake I used a vanilla cake recipe and a cream cheese buttercream that I found over at Glorious Treats.  It's DELICIOUS!  You HAVE to go over there, make it, and then eat it, and then hide it from yourself so you don't make yourself sick on frosting like I did today.... it was worth it.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Sunday.  Next think you know it will be time to go back to work... (NNNoooooooo!!)

Don't forget to enter my giveaway!!  Monday November 7 at 11:59 Central is the deadline!

Festival of Tables

Every year the Women's Ministry at our church holds "Festival of Tables"

I made cookies for this last year.

But I didn't have a clue what it was.

From what I understand, each women or a team of women volunteer to decorate a table or two.  The fancy place settings and all that.  Usually with a theme.  Then they have a dinner and listen to a speaker or see a presentation or something of the like.

I made cookies again this year
I got a little carried away.....

I hear it's fun.  I say that I HEAR it's fun because even though I had a ticket to go this year, my hubby (God bless him for working so hard) didn't get home in time to relieve me from toddler duty so that I could attend.  *sigh*

So I guess I will just have to wait till next year....

Hey, as long as I have you here....be sure to go enter my give-a-way....wont you please?  I desperately want to give you free stuff.  Free stuff from Gwynn Wasson, Julia Usher, Karen's Cookies, and ...well me....I would like to bake for you if you would be ok with that.  The give-a-way ends Monday November 7th at 11:59pm central.

Then when your done with that go enter Sweet Sugar Belle's give-a-way.  She's giving away a mixer.  Then you should have all you need.  No excuses to put off your destiny of being as obsessed with cookies as I am.

After your done talking about how much cooler her give-a-way is than mine..."ooo but SHE'S giving away a mixer blah blah blah....." tell your friends to come back and enter MY give-a-way.  Don't forget about the little people here.  Hey, the odds are better for my give-a-way anyway...

I luv u Callye

Anyways... that's enough rambling from me.  I think I will go join my husband and try to squeeze a whole days worth of conversation into half an hour before he falls asleep.  :)

Night y'all.