tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57301112537840878422024-03-14T00:52:02.131-07:00High Heels & ApronsThe Adventures of a Domestic DivaHigh Heels and Apronshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04575107118023251726noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730111253784087842.post-25878737778506866942010-09-29T18:26:00.001-07:002010-09-30T00:49:14.357-07:00Big Big News!!!<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hello!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have been neglecting my blog lately and I haven't been able to catch up on my favorite blogs either. I have a very exciting reason though....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I AM OPENING UP A BAKERY!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am delighted, excited and beyond ecstatic to start this new chapter in my life!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have linked my blog up to my new site so I can easily post and share recipes, but more importantly, I will be able to catch up on all your fab blogs that I have been missing out on over the summer!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Please visit my new site <a href="http://allysonjane.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Allyson Jane</span></a> and take a look around... we're having a GIVEAWAY!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Also, you can become a fan of Allyson Jane on our new Faceook page <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Seattle-WA/Allyson-Jane/152084698147341"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6;">here</span></a> !</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l20/allysonharvey/apronssig.jpg" /></div>High Heels and Apronshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04575107118023251726noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730111253784087842.post-1586404746321888332010-07-15T22:56:00.000-07:002010-07-15T22:56:58.732-07:00Apple Pie<div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Apple pie is my favorite. Most. Favorite. Ever. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Although I generally don't care for sweets, if I am left alone with an apple pie, it might not be there the next day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This recipe, hands down, makes the best apple pie I have ever tatsed. I wish that I could tell you that this is an old family recipe, but I actually found this on the Williams Sonoma website several years ago.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=18dKDqUoe6lqM9dFlFQnFmAfbv8Hun7_rf1Wgd2fE1pk&hl=en&authkey=CN6OjKIP"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Click Here</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for the recipe</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">If you can't find the apples listed in the recipe, I would try and use one sweet apple and one sour. Macintosh work well if you can't find the Pink Lady apples.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">If you and pie crust haven't made nice yet<span style="background-color: white;">, </span><a href="http://highheelsandaprons.blogspot.com/2010/02/cherry-pie.html"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394;">this post may be helpful</span></a>, or <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.79cd0d4bac77d1611e3bf410b5900aa0/?vgnextoid=9db145354bbb3110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default&rsc=header_9&autonomy_kw=pate+brise"><span style="color: #0b5394;">this video</span></a>.</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My neighbor Marcie is so sweet. She's so friendly, always has little fancy things for my daughter and is just so cool. Everyone should have a neighbor like Marcie.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The other day I was making some of my homemade lemon curd to fill some cupcakes. Usually I have a ton left over so I decided to give some to Marcie!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To quote her: "Allyson, your lemon curd is to die for."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AT5AOPkuDO9BZGN2cmZtdnZfMzRkODYzY3ZnNA&hl=en"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394;">Click Here</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for the recipe</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lemon curd goes great on toast, as a compliment to fresh raspberries, as a cake filling.... if you like lemon, you'll find something to use it for!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center"><img src="http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l20/allysonharvey/apronssig.jpg" /></div>High Heels and Apronshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04575107118023251726noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730111253784087842.post-51220364863084240982010-06-14T21:36:00.000-07:002010-06-18T00:13:39.593-07:00Shrimp Etouffee<div align="center">Shrimp Etoufee... defintely one of my {go to} recipes when I am having company for dinner, but it's also a great, quick week night dinner!</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As most of you know, I really try and cook with only fresh ingredients. Usually, it makes for a very affordable dinner, and you won't hear me complaining about that!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AT5AOPkuDO9BZGN2cmZtdnZfMzNkZ2twc3dzMw&hl=en"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Click Here</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for the recipe</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Saute the onions and celery in butter, add the garlic, cook for a few, and then add the shrimp, cayenne pepper and salt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When the shrimp are pink, mix the flour into the water and slowly add to the pan. Wait until the sauce thickens, and then cook for 6-8 minutes. Add the scallions and parsley and cook for two more minutes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can certainly adjust the cayenne pepper up or down depending on preference. The amount in this recipe gives just the right amount of kick without being too peppery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I like to serve this over plain white rice, with garlic bread of course. Generally we have a salad, but opted not to tonight.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not bad for a Monday night dinner!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy 8th Birthday to my son Jake! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Being 8 years old, one of his favorite things are movies. Ask for a movie party and you shall receive! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My friend Shannon from <a href="http://scrapliftit.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #0b5394;">SCRAP LIFT IT</span></a> made these custom Movie Night invitations for me. Shannon is SO FABULOUS... I just told her my theme and she made 8 of these for me! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She has made all my kids' invites over the years, and she'll make some for you too! Email her over at <a href="mailto:luckygirl1207@hotmail.com"><span style="color: #0b5394;">luckygirl1207@hotmail.com</span></a> and get your order started! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I designed Jake's entire party around her custom invitations....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These are the goodie bags I sent home with the kids. Edible image cookies! I chose three of Jake's favorite movies : Indiana Jones, Star Wars and Mall Cop. There is one of each cookie in the bags. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wonder if these will make it all the way home?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Birthday Buddy!</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a cake that I made for a barbeque on Memorial Day Weekend. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I doubled my standard white cake recipe, and poured it onto two cookie sheets, to make a traditional sheet cake. It's frosted and filled with homemade cream cheese frosting, and decorated with blueberries and raspberries. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Using the left over frosting, I piped stars in between the raspberry stripes. To make sure that I had 7 red stripes and 6 white stripes, I measured the width of the cake and divided by 13. Then I made 13 marks with a toothpick and added the "stars and stripes".</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l20/allysonharvey/apronssig.jpg" /></div>High Heels and Apronshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04575107118023251726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730111253784087842.post-5035654493397862932010-05-28T20:15:00.000-07:002010-05-28T20:15:52.485-07:00Ice Cream Cookies<div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M0tx-Mhzev8/TACBj0CGHFI/AAAAAAAAD0k/1ZV__8e6GhM/s1600/P1010315.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M0tx-Mhzev8/TACBj0CGHFI/AAAAAAAAD0k/1ZV__8e6GhM/s320/P1010315.JPG" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">I was asked by a local photographer if I could make some goodies for her upcoming photoshoot. She's doing a "Summer Looks We Love" theme and she thought it would be cute to use some treats as props.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Her only request was to use a pretty blue color.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Kim from the <a href="http://tomkatstudio.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #0b5394;">TomKat Studio</span></a> remarked how perfect these would go with her ice-cream shoppe party circles inspired by Gymboree!</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I suppose she is absolutely right!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Little Miss Lindsey turned 8 years old this afternoon! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Since her mom and I are friends, I offered to make Lindsey any kind of cake she wanted for her birthday, and as you can tell... she chose Littlest Pet Shop as her theme.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Her mother had decided against traditional "goodie bags" so I made 20 little kids 20 cupcakes and 20 cookies to take home with them!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I bought some 24 ounce cups and lids and used those as the to-go containers for the cupcakes. Believe it or not, this is THE BEST WAY to take a cupcake to go. There's a little lip in the bottom of the lid that keeps the cupcake from knocking around.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center">Yeah.... these didn't make it all the way home. The kids ate them immediately.</div><br />
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<div align="center"><img src="http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l20/allysonharvey/apronssig.jpg" /></div>High Heels and Apronshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04575107118023251726noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730111253784087842.post-72521928282446244652010-05-12T20:42:00.000-07:002010-06-02T22:45:10.256-07:00Cookies for an upcoming dessert table!<div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">Practicing with some cookies for an upcoming dessert table! This one will be SO cute, can't wait to share some photos!<br />
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Disco Dust makes everything better, doesn't it?</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Remember <a href="http://highheelsandaprons.blogspot.com/2010/04/k-is-for-kim.html"><span style="color: #0b5394;">this post</span></a> about my girlfriend who has everything, and what do you get her for her birthday? Well to go along with the <a href="http://highheelsandaprons.blogspot.com/2010/04/k-is-for-kim.html"><span style="color: #0b5394;">"K" that I made her</span></a>, I also made this sign with one of my favorite quotes on it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I bought the wooden sign at Michaels and painted it hot pink. Then I printed out the words in the size and font that I wanted, and I used carbon transfer paper to trace them onto the sign. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Enter trusty paint pen (Michaels also)... those are the best things ever! Since this font is very girly, it's twisty and small and tedious. For this project, I used an ultra fine point paint pen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used a glossy finish spray and stapled a ribbon on the back. Of course I couldn't resist bedazzling it a bit with a little sparkle on the flower.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The leopard print on the "K" will go fabulously with the pink and black on this sign.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Birthday Kymmie!</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">What do you get the birthday girl that has everything? </div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Nothing.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">You make her something! Every girl likes their initial, right? </div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My girlfriend Kim just turned one of the bedrooms in her home into a closet, and this will fit right in!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">I can't get over how easy this was to make. I bought one of those 3D cardboard box letters at JoAnn's, some cute scrapbook paper (this one has a velvet-like texture), and some Mod Podge, which by the way, is the BEST STUFF EVER!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">I covered the surface of the K with Mod Podge and smoothed the paper down. Then I flipped over the K and used a small craft knife to cut away the extra paper. I painted the sides and back with some black paint that had little flecks of glitter in it.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">This letter is on the larger size at 24 inches. It will make a fabulous statement in her home. With a different scrapbook paper, this would be so sweet in your little girl's room.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Yay! I can't wait to give it to her!</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">We are celebrating my friend Rebecca's 30th Birthday tomorrow at lunchtime. She is going to LOVE these cookies I made for her!</div><div align="center"><img src="http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l20/allysonharvey/apronssig.jpg" /></div>High Heels and Apronshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04575107118023251726noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730111253784087842.post-70538516539934004722010-04-25T21:05:00.000-07:002010-04-25T21:10:52.443-07:00Summer<div align="center"><br />
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Wishing summer would hurry up and get here!</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These cookies will do, for now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l20/allysonharvey/apronssig.jpg" /></div>High Heels and Apronshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04575107118023251726noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730111253784087842.post-76313326205437016832010-04-23T21:06:00.000-07:002010-04-23T22:43:15.273-07:00Off Road Jeep Cake<div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">My friend's wife called me and asked us to make her husband's 30th birthday cake. She didn't really know exactly what she wanted the cake to look like and told me I could make whatever I wanted. Then she says "He REALLY likes his Jeep."</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I had asked my business partner to do a quick drawing of a "Jeep" cake and a few minutes later I called her and told her that I had an idea... why don't we make a mountain scene with a road running up the cake? She said that was funny, that's exactly what she already drew! </div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Great minds think alike!</div><div align="center"><img src="http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l20/allysonharvey/apronssig.jpg" /></div>High Heels and Apronshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04575107118023251726noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730111253784087842.post-9086484021569503312010-04-17T10:04:00.000-07:002010-04-18T11:43:36.353-07:00Dessert Table<div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We were invited to show off our goodies at one of the largest events in our area, "Girls Night Out". 650 tickets were available and they SOLD OUT prior the event.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We've added dessert tables as one of the things we offer and here's our very first one. <br />
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Since we were there to promote our business, <a href="http://girlygatherings.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Girly Gatherings</span></a>, we designed this table around our company logo. <br />
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Everything on this table is homemade, and although we had reserves, we could barely keep it stocked, things were selling left and right! </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some of things on the table were:</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">white cupcakes with lemon filling</div><div style="text-align: center;">chocolate cupcakes with raspberry filling</div><div style="text-align: center;">cake bites - chocolate cake mixed with cream cheese and drizzled with pink chocolate</div><div style="text-align: center;">Parisian macarons with white chocolate ganache filling</div><div style="text-align: center;">wedding cake with a damask print</div><div style="text-align: center;">cookies handmade with our company logo iced on them </div><div style="text-align: center;">homemade marshmallow</div><div style="text-align: center;">carrot cake with orange ginger cream cheese filling</div><div style="text-align: center;">banana cake with Jack Daniels cream cheese filling</div><div style="text-align: center;">red velvet cake with white chocolate cream cheese filling<br />
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The event director emailed me the next morning and had this to say (!!)<br />
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<em>"You guys were a huge hit last night. Everyone was talking about you. I took the banana cake back to my office and had to share it with 5 people. It was amazing! Not only did it look good it tasted incredible. Seriously one of the best cakes I have tasted. Way to go"</em><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">We had an absolute fabulous time and the entire event was a great success!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We <a href="http://girlygatherings.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #0b5394;">(Girly Gatherings)</span></a> have been invited as a vendor for one of the biggest events in our area and we are just beyond estatic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More to come, but here's a sneek peek.... I baked eight dozen sugar cookies and then another 140 of these macarons this weekend. These little beauties will be sandwich'd with white chocolate ganache. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you know anything about macarons (the DIVA of french pastries) it is an enormous feat for the home baker to get "feet" on them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">YAY!!! I got feet!</div><div align="center"><img src="http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l20/allysonharvey/apronssig.jpg" /></div>High Heels and Apronshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04575107118023251726noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730111253784087842.post-18898197733525074982010-04-04T09:01:00.000-07:002010-04-04T09:01:18.881-07:00Easter Cookies<div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We're going to Grandma's house for Easter today, and I just couldn't resist making these bunny cookies for the kids!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">PS: The sparkly stuff is Disco Dust. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I HEART DISCO DUST!!</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Would it be weird if I asked for an invitation to this party?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I haven't been able to post about my recipes for quite some time! I started this blog in October of last year when I had all kinds of time on my hands. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My little cake business goes on hiatus from October-December each year. From about March-September we are SO busy with cakes due to wedding season and birthdays!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This cake was for a darling little girl named Abby who turned 1 this week!</div><div align="center"><img src="http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l20/allysonharvey/apronssig.jpg" /></div>High Heels and Apronshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04575107118023251726noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730111253784087842.post-40824372406495520592010-03-19T17:54:00.000-07:002010-03-19T17:54:16.903-07:00True Religion Jeans Birthday Cake<div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This cake was ordered at the last minute for a 16th birthday. Her mother couldn't think of a cake design that she wanted, but she did say that her daughter loves designer jeans.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">I have to admit, I have several pairs of these jeans, so we knew exactly how to make the tag!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center">I hope she LOVES it! </div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">You only turn sixteen once. Wasn't it John Mellencamp that said "Hold on to 16 as long as you can... changes come around real soon, make us women and men." </div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">So true.</div><div align="center"><img src="http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l20/allysonharvey/apronssig.jpg" /></div>High Heels and Apronshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04575107118023251726noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730111253784087842.post-89566035853184514922010-03-17T21:30:00.000-07:002010-03-17T21:30:43.958-07:00Cupcakes For A Wedding Rehearsal Dinner<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These were ordered for a rehearsal dinner held in a banquet room at a restaurant. The restaurant wanted to charge $10 a head for dessert. For 50 people. Clearly, I am in the wrong business!</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">The happy couple has chosen peacock colors for their wedding. Without making the cupcake look like a peacock, I think these turned out pretty good. :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center">I have so much to share but too busy to do it!</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last year around this time we got two puppies, yellow labs. Their names are Max & Ruby. They're litter mates and absolutely inseparable.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aren't they cute?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is what my yard looked like before the puppies...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's Max & Ruby one year later. They are mammoth dogs. Well not mammoth, but they are BIG dogs!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_M0tx-Mhzev8/S5K0RaVxOQI/AAAAAAAADa8/Y2EOhrFOsyU/s1600-h/100_1969.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" kt="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_M0tx-Mhzev8/S5K0RaVxOQI/AAAAAAAADa8/Y2EOhrFOsyU/s400/100_1969.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is what my yard looks like a year later. :(</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, in order to restore our yard and keep it nice, we have started on a project. More about this later.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Made another cake last night.... this one was for a poker tourament. The cake was red velvet with white chocolate cream cheese (yummy!!) Everything on this cake is edible, including the cards. The event director said when the night was done, there was just one scrap of cake left! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The venue where the tournament was held is actually a catering company, who is interested in using us as one of their vendors! More about that later too. I am so excited!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's been unseasonably sunny for a few weeks so we've been outside taking advantage of it. We took the kids to the driving range....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Busy busy busy and lots to share, just no time to write it! Oh yeah, the hot yoga is going well, will share about this too.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I've decided to try my hand at hot yoga. Hopefully I will end up looking like her. :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have you ever heard of hot yoga? They heat the temperature in the room to a lovely 105 degrees. Then they pack the room full of people, probably mat to mat, and everybody sweats their ass off. Literally.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I re-joined the gym by my house, which produced an additional monthy expense. Yay. For first-timers, you can buy 10 classes for $10, which seems quite affordable. Then I asked how much the classes would be if I wanted to continue.... $95 a month, in addition to the monthly gym membership fee. Ouch!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The hot yoga classes have a two week waiting list, can you believe that?? It's ridiculously popular and people seem to say that it's the worst 90 minutes of their lives, but they LOVE IT! I've also heard it's quite addicting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can't believe the amount of money that I have had to invest in this, before I even get to start! I was told that I have to buy a "special" kind of clothing that wicks away moisture, a yoga mat, a "thirsty" yoga towel to cover the mat, then I bought a yoga bag to carry everything in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gym Membership $29.50 per month</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yoga Classes 10 for $10 $10.00 start up</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two Yoga Shirts And Two Pairs Of Yoga Pants $202.50</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yoga Mat $19.99</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thirsty Yoga Towel $24.50</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yoga Bag $24.99</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some of these are one time expenses, but still. I have spent $311.48 hoping that I too will become addicted to this and look like the girl in the picture above. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The ongoing expense will be $124.50 per month. Of course I can cancel the classes at any time, but what a waste of start up costs if I cancel!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've heard the classes are intense because of the heat. I've also heard that most people don't make it all the way through the classes until their third or fourth go around.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've obviously financially committed to this, so I have to make it through! My first class starts on Tuesday, wish me luck!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center">I have been asked to make the dessert table at an upcoming wedding clear down in Nashville... and I am absolutely giddy with excitement!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">The bride's colors are white and black. I have come up with a list of desserts that are black, white, and black and white. Now it's time to try them out! </div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">If you've never made <a href="http://highheelsandaprons.blogspot.com/2009/12/homemade-marshmallows.html"><span style="color: #0b5394;">homemade marshmallow, you should definitely give it a try</span></a>. It is so easy, it practically makes itself. Homemade marshmallow tastes NOTHING like the marshmallows in the bag. These are creamy little clouds that melt in your mouth.</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used what I had in the pantry for this one, which was milk chocolate morsels and a chopped mixed nut topping (that we use for ice cream sundaes). Melt the chocolate over a double broiler. Make sure you turn the heat off once you place the bowl over the water. The steam will melt the chocolate slowly and allow it to set and harden on the marshmallow. Some I dipped in the chocolate and rolled in nuts, and some I piped the chocolate directly on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My husband will be saddened to know that these are going to the girls in my office instead of him.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Like he needs another treat!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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