Creating

Sticky floor, sticky arms, sticky feet, even a sticky ceiling. That is what you get when you can anything, even if it is not a sticky thing. We ended u with 70 jars of beautiful golden peaches. Sounds like a lot, but it is not rare for us to go through 3 bottles for a meal. My kids love them. This year I really reduced the sugar and you can't even tell. I also mustered the energy to do 20 bottles of peach raspberry jam. Thanks to Amber for the wonderful recipe I use every year. The best thing about canning this year is that everyone I know was interested in learning how. I got to teach quite a few women in my neighborhood how to can and we all felt so productive. I owe a great big thanks to my mom and grandma's who wisely passed on this homemaking skill. If you don't do it, try it! Just one fruit or jam/jelly. Your family will love you for it!
Here are a couple things I have been working on.This is a banner my sisters helped me put together for a friend's baby shower. I like how it turned out. I made a few extra triangles and made the letters removable so I could change it into a Happy Birthday banner for Cooper's upcoming birthday. I like that I can change it for any occasion. I think I will make a girlie one too.
I saw these tissue paper balls on Martha. They look much more difficult than they are, but they dressed up the shower nicely. I will be making several more for a business launch party this weekend.
Here is the most recent cupcake order. It was for an 89th birthday party. Flavors included: Coconut with coconut cream filling, Lemon with lemon curd, Chocolate with chocolate pastry cream, Vanilla with vanilla pastry cream. They turned out yummy! I am doing over 200 this weekend for the launch party. I was thinking I need a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, or a pumpkin spice. Any flavor suggestions? What is your favorite flavor? Help a girl out.