Well its been kinda crazy around here. We are trying to get everything ready for the wedding and there is a lot to get ready! I decided to drink a beer, and make some tapas to remind me of a calmer time in my life when I spent a summer studying abroad in Madrid.
Here is one of my favorite tapas in Spain. The Spanish Tortilla.
And I made some spicy shrimp. Not sure I ate these in Spain but I wanted shrimp and dang-it I was gonna eat some shrimp!
and the empty beer…
Our patio is literally a slab of concrete that is edged by some bushes. Its nothing special, gets daylight at weird times of the day, and is mostly covered by the other apartments balcony above it. BUT, that didn’t stop my hunny from making it a really relaxing garden space for us. Not only did he plant vegetables and flowers but he also arranged the newly acquired patio chairs, and all of the potted plants just perfectly to really make it a quite little outdoor space for us. We “acquired” the new patio chairs from an apartment sale across the way and they fit perfectly at one of the patio. They were $20. The other adirondack chair was found by the dumpster – not IN the dumpster – and we decided it was a shame someone was throwing it away so we scooped it up and now it has a home on our patio. Here is a piture of the patio (both ends).
Here is a collage of some succulents, cucumber plants, and pea plants.
We also inherited a few plants from the same apartment sale where we purchased the patio chairs. We asked the seller if he was selling the plants on his deck and he said we could just have them! He said he was really worried about them, and was hoping to find them a home. We were thrilled to take the plants because they were gorgeous. We took a hibiscus tree (seen in the picture of the patio above next to the adriondack chair), a fern, and a 40 year old Jade tree. I am in love with all succulents and espescially Jade plants, and let me tell you this Jade is amazing. And here it is:
Another new addition to the patio is a really funky cactus, and growing sunflowers.
I have to say it is quite a lovely patio. Nice job hunny!
Awhile back I decided to try and make a version of a necklace I had seen on a model in a magazine. I decided to try and make this necklace because it would have been $500, and I thought I could make something similar for much less. So I got to work!
It took a lot of effort, and a bit of time but i think it came out pretty well. Most of the time and effort was spent searching for just the right spacing beads. I ended up with very flat purple crystal beads that spaced everything perfectly.The dragonfly is a broach I found at Macys. I added some more iridescent crystals to the face of the dragonfly pin, and added silver “caps” to the main clear beads.
I gave this necklace to my sister for her birthday. She was thinking about wearing it with her Maid of Honor dress but I am not sure the “see-through” nature of it will go with the tangerin dress. We will see!
I figured out how to wrap up the cake pops for my friends wedding.
I used a $5 flower container, a $3 Styrofoam ball,$0.50 worth of sparkly filler paper shreds, and $1 clear gift basket wrap with a (recycled) purple ribbon to tie it together. I should have taken pictures of the process but I am usually so excited to make the idea in my head come to life that I don’t have time to stop and take the pictures…I took a picture of the final product though and I think it came out really awesome!
The bride & Groom, 5 bridesmaid pops, and 3 groomsmen pops all blossoming out of the beautiful white flower bowl. Let me know what you think!
Yesterday, this afternoon and tonight I channeled by inner Bakerella and made some more cake pops. This is not my first attempt and I would like to say it’s getting easier BUT it’s not. Although I won’t get discouraged, I will keep trying to prefect these tasty little bites.
I saw an example of Bride & Groom brownie pops and I though I would try and make them as cake pops and see just how difficult it would be to make them. I did entertain the idea of making them as wedding favors for a split second…but after the first “groom” pop I quickly realized this would be way too time intensive for me. I ended up making two grooms, and two brides. Thats good enough for me.. for now.
I decided to make a bridal party set of cake pops for my friend who is getting married on friday. Her bridesmaids are wearing purple and so I made these purple (with white accents) pops to represent the bridesmaids.
And I made the groomsmen pops too of course. I made them in the dark chocolate (for their tuxes) with purple accents. Here are the beautiful boys.
So I will probably end up making a quick boqouet of them, or inserting them into some styrofoam (which I will cleverly hide) in a special box or something. I think I am mostly concerned that these will be a tasty little treat for my friend and her wedding party on their special day. Hopefully they will like them.
(I am bringing some of these delicious treats to my sister when she meets me this weekends for my second dress fitting. She has been demanding these pops since she had her first pop a few weeks ago. I will pass along a few for my brother too but, I am not sure if they will make it to him….my sister might get hungry on the way home and these are quite irrestible.)
This is the first post to “What’s all the Hub Bub?” Not sure what we will talk about here but, be assured there will be some design, some “knock-knock” jokes, delicious recipes, wedding updates, and family photos!
It looks like its going to be sunny and clear from here on out!
