Winner!!

Well, there wasn't many of you that entered in to the give-away, which is good for the ones that did enter since they have a better chance at winning! So I went to Random.Org and the winner for this Give-Away is...

Congratulations Nancy aka Homsclscrapper!!! Please email me your address (scrap_gal@yahoo.com) or send it via private message on facebook! Please stay tuned for the next give-away taking place next week!

Happy Weekend Scrappers!

Cake Class 2 Course 3

I'm absolutely in love. I love love love this new hobby! I have a new goal now (of the so many that I have) I plan to make 1 cake a week so I can take pictures and show them off ever so beautifully in a scrapalbum! So, since I know my husband and I will be getting tired of cake very quickly.. my family and friends are the ones that will be gaining of free cakes! hehehe! Here's what I learned last night!

Calla Lily

Rose

Carnation

Out of all the flowers, my favorite was the rose! I loved it! I'm so excited to start baking! But first I really have to get caught up with all the stuff I already have going on in my life! Geez! Life is so hectic.. but thankfully no complaints as of yet!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Scrapping!



Making Memories Jewelry Give-Away!

Yes!!!!!!!!!!! I'm not kidding! We finally have the display at Michael's in Modesto and if you read a couple of posts ago, only certain Michael's will be carrying a limited supply of the Making Memories Vintage Groove Collection by Jill Schwartz!

Here is a gorgeous little necklace I made for my friend as a birthday gift! She loved it!!!

Like I said this line is absolutely fab! And guess what?.... you have the chance to win some! All you have to do is become a follower and refer friends to my blog from your blog! Leave a comment with the link to your post showing to the referral on this blog post! You will be entered to win a small package of these goodies! I will be do two give-aways a month for the months of  October, November and December! You can enter every single time there is a give-away! This give-away's winner will be announced on the 15th of October! (Sorry only US participants will qualify for entry due to shipping)

This line is fab! So vintage-chic! And I love it's versatility to use on other crafts other than jewelry making! So don't miss out!!!!

If you are interested in buying some on your own please don't hesitate in letting me know and I can give you a list of Michael's that are carrying this very special outstanding line! Modesto, CA Michael's carries it!


Happy Scrapping!

And Once Again...

I have let you guys down! I'm just so absolutely busy! It's ridiculous! But I'm finally updating my blog and I will be updating the Challenges on SB.COM! Thanks to all you girls there that have been so patient with me! I wanted to share a couple of projects I have done lately! I finally finished my friend Amanda's Wedding Scrapbook! Here are some layouts that I made:

I also made this following card. I won't say who it is for until they receive, just in case they are reading this blog! But I absolutely loved how it came out!

And of course Khaminh and I already started our last and final Cake Course! We took the first class on the 5th! (which by the way was my hubby's bday) and we absolutely loved it! This time we are taking the class at Michael's which is very convenient and at the same time ENABLING! lol! So, Saturday aka Yesterday, I decided to make a cake for my uncle, my dad and my husband because they all have very close birthdays. We cut it today at my Grandma's house after a delicious bowl of Pozole! Yum!


This is the Fondant/Gum Paste bow I made for the cake.

Here's the cake after I stacked it and put in the Raspberry filling! Yummy!!!!

Here I already had iced it and covered it in blue fondant and then the final cake.

I absolutely loved the end result and so did my family! I was so very proud of myself. And the cake was good as well!

Please stay tuned to the next blog entry because I will be announcing how you can enter to win some new items from the brand new collection of MAKING MEMORIES VINTAGE GROOVE JEWELRY (only selling in limited Michael's)!

Thanks for stopping by and as always...


Happy Scrapping, Baking and Jewelry making!

Last Weekend!

On Friday the 24th we left to S. Cal to my Mom-n-law's dad's funeral. It was such a sad event (as all funerals are) And I wanted to share some of the pictures that I took on the way there.

This is the picture of us reaching the Grapevine which is a little past Bakersfield (which is about 3 hours into our drive)

Here we are passing Six Flags Magic Mountain. I've actually never been there but I do hope to go there soon.

And you know that you are in S. Cal (L.A. area) when you start seeing freeway over freeway over freeway)

Here is L.A. from the distance (we actually go to Orange County, which is about an hour away)

Here we are passing the Disneyland entrance in Anaheim.

If you ever watch the WE Channel then you must of seen the show called Amazing Wedding Cakes! This is one of the shops in that show. It's the Christopher G. Cake Store!

Here's hubby taking a picture of the statue that is always shown on TV. Gosh if you have never seen the show you should.. they make extraoridnary cakes!

And of couse before we headed back home the next morning husband wanted to try the famous donuts that are on the Travel Channels top 10. Personally, they aren't the best! But we took a picture of the joint!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Scrapping Everyone!

Last weekend and week!

Last weekend was such a fun yet sad weekend. On Friday, the 17th, my mom in law's dad passed away. It was very heartbreaking seeing him, how he was suffering, and everyone knew that the sooner he passed the better, even though no one wanted to admit it. God gave me a very strong mother in law and am very proud of everything she did to her power to make sure her dad was comfortable. We are all so very sad to see him leave, but he is definitely in a very happier place with his parents and with Jesus. God bless him and our family.

On Friday, we also had our great friends' Tyler and Megan's wedding rehearsal. It was fun and I got to meet a lot of great people. The soon to be married couple, announced that they are PREGNANT! YAY! My husband and I (as everyone else) were surprised and full of joy of receiving this wonderful news. We cannot say how happy we are for them and how blessed they will be with their new little bundle of joy and their new lifes together as husband and wife.

Saturday, the 18th, was their wedding and we had such a wonderful time. It was very bittersweet. Bitter due to the mourning that we had but sweet to see such a wonderful couple rejoice in their vows and love for eachother. We send them our prayers and best wishes and that their marriage be full of happiness and love forever. Here are a couple of pictures from the wedding:

My Handsome Husband, Roger.

:o) Happiest Couple Ever!

The Newlyweds! ♥

Their super cute favors! Picture of them on M&M's!

Sunday the 19th rolled around and guess what?!?! It was my birthday!! Yes! I turned 26 years old. I want to thank all of you wonderful friends and family that wished me a happy birthday via facebook, text, or phone call. That meant so much to me! Thank you so very much! Tuesday the 21st, I received a wonderful gift from my co-workers. They got me my favorite 7lb chocolate cake and a costco giftcard because they know how much I've been wanting my sewing machine.

Thursday came around and we started getting ready to leave to S. Cal the next day for the funeral but I was able to get my sewing machine and sign up for my 3rd and final cake course! I'm sooooooooooo happy with my sewing machine. I had seen it on the Martha Stewart Show (one of my fav. shows) and I never thought of researching it. And when I saw it at Costco and realized that that machine was the one that Martha Stewart recommended and realized that the price might actually be reachable with my budget, I got really excited. I can't say that it fit my budget, but having the wonderful friends and family that I have, they all pretty much pitched in with money so I can get it. And once again, I can't say enough how much I've been blessed! Here's my sewing machine!

I also received one of the most important gifts of all. The motivation to start Zumba and Cycling classes. My wonderful co-worker will be my rock and support through this. We had been planning to start this for the past 3 weeks. But due to some issues that kept presenting themselves, we finally were able to sign up for in-shape on Thursday as well. I'm very excited. I will not be dieting excessively, and I have asked my husband and family members to not be monitoring what I eat, since it discourages me. I want this to become a life changing habit.. there for I start with extremely small steps until I get used to it. It will take me a long time but I have vowed to my husband and to myself more importantly that I can do this and that I will do this and with the help and support of God, my husband, my co-worker and friends and family, I know I will.

Well, that has been my past weekend and the week. Thanks for coming by and reading about my recently hectic life. I know that with these classes I have signed up for (Cake, Sewing, Zumba, Cycling) my life will not stop being hectic but it will be joyful, since I will be doing "Me" things. Thank you all for your support and for stopping by! Love you all!

Happy rest of the weekend and I hope to get to scrap!



Cake Class!

Hi Everyone! Gosh! I've been so busy these last few months and I've been running behind with all the blogging and the classes and the challenges that I'm hosting over at SB.COM. I hope to get back to normal soon. I'll be posting various posts in regards to what I've been upto. One of the first things I want to share with you is what I learned to do in my 3rd class of the 2nd cake course! This Tuesday coming up I will be taking the last class and then on October 5th, the last and final course will take place! It also consists of 4 classes. I can't wait to finish it! So here's what I learned:

Rose

Daffodil

Lilac

Lily

All of them Together!

Next class is the final class and you'll be able to see the final cake design for it! I cannot wait to post about it! For now, thanks for stopping by!

Happy Baking, Scrapping, Crafting!

Vintage Groove: Making Memories

I had such a wonderful birthday! Thank you to all of you for wishing me a happy birthday! That means a lot to me. My husband made my birthday really special. He always treats me like his queen, but man, he was totally buttering me up yesterday! I am not complaining! I loved it! And I love him so much.

But anyways on to the fun stuff ;o)

I am so very excited to announce that our Michael's here in Modesto is one of the few Michael's that will be carrying the brand new Making Memories Vintage Groove Jewlery Collection by Jill Schwartz! I just got my first batch and let me just say.. AWESOME!!!!  I cannot wait to start playing with these goodies! They are so vintage chic and absolutely perfect for any jewlery maker or crafty scrapper. The charms are to die for. I think that they will go perfect on a mini album as a gift or anything of the sort. I will be posting my projects with these fab new goodies and I cannot wait to go get me some more at Michael's. If you do not live in Modesto and are wondering if your Michael's will carry them, please leave me a comment. Also, sometime in October, I will be doing a couple of small giveaways of this fab line so please please keep coming by and see any details I might post. Here's a preview of some of the new goodies!

Thanks for stopping by! And remember to keep checking back for random giveaways on this new collection! Also, any information that you might need let me know and I will be happy to help! ;o)

Happy Vintage Scrapping!