Catching Up

Well, it's been a while since my last post. Work has been busy, we've been visiting with family, and life has just been kind of tiring lately!

We stayed in town for Easter again this year, and once again my husband and I did the Martha Stewart Silk Tie Eggs. I tried to be prepared this year, and instead of using ties straight out of the closet, I picked a few up at the PTA Thrift store for $1 each. Not bad. If you haven't tried this craft before, it really is a lot of fun.

We had dinner at Ben and Jason's again this year. I insisted on brining dessert so I could make myself practice the cake decorating skills. I used Martha's recipe for Meyer Lemon Anniversary Cake. Clearly, it was not tiered, but it was soaked with lemon simple syrup and was filled with homemade lemon curd. The frosting is Swiss meringue buttercream, which apparently doesn't take coloring very well. What was supposed to be buttercup ended up being peach....oh well. The bunny is in color flow, and was a generous gift from Laura D. The daisies are in royal icing.

A notable element of Easter dinner was the striking table decor. I'm not really sure where Ben found the time (or patience!) to weave yards upon yards of brightly colored ribbon on the table. I was flabbergasted. I will definitely be stealing this idea at some point.

My most recent cake was a birthday cake for my mother-in-law who happened to be in town visiting on her birthday, although we waited until the weekend to celebrate with cake. I had purchased teal icing color from Michael's and I was anxious to try it. I made a bunch of purple daisies a while back, so I wanted them to really contrast on the icing color. I basket-weaved around the sides as well. My penmenship needs some work, but other than that, I was pleased with how it came out.