Dear World
I really do love baking. I devour different baking websites and blogs drooling over all of the wonderful things I have yet to attempt to make. The Holiday season gave me plenty of excuses to consume try my hand at making different treats. It's been a bit of a dry spell in the baking realm of my life since then. Thankfully a birthday is the perfect excuse to bust out the pans and turn on the oven! Kayla (one of my three roommates) turned twenty today. I asked her earlier this week what she would like for her birthday treat. She requested a cheesecake (because they are delicious) but I have already made a few of those this year and I was looking forward to trying out something new. I asked if there was anything else she might like and she suggested vanilla cupcakes w/vanilla frosting; if that doesn't get the creative juices flowing I don't know what else would! haha I began wondering what I could do that would be new to me and still please the birthday girl. Cheesecake cupcakes obviously!! Not a revolutionary idea, I know. It was a new recipe for me though (which is why I ended up with TONS of leftover graham cracker crumbs.... fruit crisp tomorrow? definite possibility). I needed to let the cream cheese sit out a bit longer but they still ended up being pretty tasty. Kayla loved them and that's what matters to me!! 
Not done Getting Crafty!!!!
Over the weekend.....
I really wanted to make something for Kayla's birthday gift rather than buying her something she may not want. I love making gifts for people when I can. My mother has a craft room, that's right and ENTIRE room decorated to crafts. I am not complaining! I have a bunch of plain canvases in my room so I decided to try and put one to use. Kayla loves orange, keith urban (and country music in general) and dolphins. Step 1: I painted the canvas orange, starting strong! Step 2: I stared at an orange, almost blank slate. I stared some more. I stared some more, then I looked at pictures of Keith Urban, then I stared some more. Finally I ended up with this creation....
I think she likes it! It's always a challenge to make a decoration for someone specific, at least it is for me. The flower element was something that I was really pleased with (I made it by folding individual strips of paper). At the very list this fits perfectly in her orange room :) Thanks Kayla for giving me excuses to flex my crafty muscles!! I hope you have an Amazing Birthday.
-feeling celebratory
Andrea
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