Gap Casting Call!

This is not Cupcake related . . . But they are cute as cupcakes! Gap is having its annual Kid Casting Call!

http://family.go.com/gapcastingcall/?cmp=OTC-Gap-GapKids-HPBanner-Entry

I have decided to enter All Three of my Kiddo's! Yes, even the one that does not like taking pictures but I figure what the heck!

So here they are!

Naomi J. Baby Girl ID: 752682379 Houston, TX Fan Favorite Votes: 0 Vote for me so I can be the Fan Favorite Shalom J.

ID: 62682199 Houston, TX Fan Favorite Votes: 0 Vote for me so I can be the Fan Favorite

Reece J. Baby Boy ID: 382682342 Houston, TX Fan Favorite Votes: 0 Vote for me so I can be the Fan Favorite

Now I know the baby girl is camera shy but I could not leave her out! But honestly! Don't they LOOK like Gap Kids?

Please vote!!!!! You can vote daily until November 17th!

The Color Purple

Me and My Best Friend

My best friend and I went to see the Color Purple The Stage Play!

Here we are by the sign

We even had someone to take our picture! I was so excited! This was my birthday present. We were supposed to go last year but the hurricane came and well . . . that went right out the door! But this time we got to go! And my terriffic husband keep the twins! We don't get to go out that often so this was a special treat. Can you tell I was excited? My hair looks short in this picture, doesn't it? I also look really tall compared to Ann! She is only 5'2! She is also an athlete! She competed in the Goodwill Games and went to the olympic trials! She is also the Godmother of my twins and one of the best friends a girl could ever have! She is like my sister!

So we went to the play held at the Hobby Center in Houston See for yourself! A very nice theater, if I do say so. Then there were the costumes . . . They were outstanding! And the acting . . . AMAZING! Let's just say they knew their stuff!

Do you remember where they were at Harpo's Jute Joint? Well I hope this jogs your memory!

And what about the time when they were in the church yard gossiping? (love the lingo?) And what about the picnic at the end when Ms. Ceily meets her kids because Mister atoned for his sins . . . And everyone lived happily ever after? Well that is the Jist of the play. I enjoyed it and so did my best friend!

Thanks Ann!

Giddy up!

Natasha Martinez's Baby Shower September 26, 2009

This is Natasha Martinez and that bump is her new baby boy, let's just call him JJ.

This is Natasha's new family And here we are - the girls! Yvette, Carmen (pregers) Natasha, Ann and Me (the Cupcake Chic!)

Well I was doing research for her baby shower and since I am an avid follower of The Hostess with the Mostess and Bakerella, I got some ideas from their sites. If you EVER want to find good ideas go to their sites. http://www.bakerella.com/ and http://www.thehostesswiththemostess.com/

So here is what we came up with . . . Inspiration!

Since we had the shower at Ann's - the theme was Western. Decorations were easy since Ann is an Elementary School teacher we went to the library for western books and added little touches here and there!

I used some scrapbook paper to make napkin with her initials on them! They were so cute, people did not want to use them!

This was the table setting, it was cute! I even made the table runners. If you look at the picture behind Natasha you can see it better! Let's talk about food. Bar-B-Que of course!

Brisket - made by me @ 7am this morning! Green Beans! Yummy to the Tummy. It is so hard to find good tasting green beans! Baked Beans and Red Skin Potato Salad. Need I say more . . . Yes! And since I am addicted to McDonald's sweet tea - any Texas BBQ worth its salt has Sweet Tea! Look at the cute jug - Bed Bath and Beyond! You can even put ice in the bottom! Too Too cute! Let the Games Begin!

Talk about COMPETITIVE! These people were serious! We played about four games and what did they win . . . Cute huh? Thanks Bakerella! So who was the first to win? Carmen! She is due in January! So we will be planning another baby shower soon! Did someone say cupcakes? You knew they were coming, right! Look how cute they are!

The little toppers were made by me, I wanted to try something new. I think they turned out cute! Family and Friends Nothing makes a baby shower like 'em!

Natasha's Family More Family JJ's New little Cousin! Oh! We had helpers too! Shalom And Kayla Happy Trails! I was in chuch when I came up with the parting gift! Ha! Inside is Trail Mix, a custom water bottle and beef jerky!

Now all we have to do is wait until November 22-25 for this little Buckaroo to arrive!

Git along little doggy!

I'm Back!

OK, so I know it's been a while. Where to start? Hmmm. . . OK, let's start with the cupcake workshop I had to give this summer. Did I tell you about that? This summer two of my co-workers and myself gave a workshop on how to have the perfect cupcake fundraiser. And who would know better to do that than me! So we all went to Charlotte's house to decorate cupcakes! Boy did we have fun.

So here they are in their natural state - undecorated. AFTER I must say Charlotte and Karen had a ball decorating these delish cuppies! They were like kids in a candy store. Here is a closer look of what I call the Party Girl! Just a plane cuppie - all dressed up with goodies! Sprinkles, a lolly pop, some smarties (because girls are smarter ;) and a now or later). Too cute if I say so myself! But we did not stop there. I showed them how to make chocolate covered pretzels. Can you believe they didn't know???? Imagine that! But never fear the Cupcake Chic is here!!! Now where did I put my cape? This is the Shopping Queen - Charlotte, who graciously let us use her kitchen for this project. She is so sweet and her house is amazing! She was the first to make her own pretzels. I now call her Sprinkles because she got sprinkle happy when we were decorating them. This is Karen! She is AWESOME! She was a natural in the kitchen!She whipped out those pretzels in no time flat! You can see she was having a BLAST! They were kids in the Wonder Emporium! I could not pull them away from them. They wanted to do more and more and more and more! See what I mean! Aren't they beautiful? Did I ever tell you I was allergic to chocolate? It's true! If I eat it, I feel like I'm having a heart attack. So I love to play with chocolate but I do not dare eat it! So we get to the conference and we have to set up, right? Well here is the end result! Ta-Da! Aren't they pretty! Who doesn't love a cupcake? And you don't have to feel guilty about eating it! Wanna closer look? Come closer my pretty. . . Wow! What big sprinkles you have! The bigger the better! Mmm. . . With M&M's? Are you serious! Why yes, yes, I am! We also had to show how we packaged them! Yes, there is a cupcake t-shirt, cupcake toys and a cupcake apron! It's official! I am cupcake crazy!