You're Never Too Old

These past few weeks have been so busy! Work has been so hectic!  I only get a day or two of downtime before it gets busy again.  Besides work I was busy planning my sister's 30th birthday.  I didn't know what I was getting myself into when I decided to make a dessert table.  It took SO LONG!  The party was on Saturday and I started baking on Wednesday.  I made strawberry cupcakes, macarons, mini cheesecake, a cake, whoopie pies, and hello kitty cake pops.  Everything was hello kitty theme!  She rented a beach house, which was huge!  We paired up and played minute to win it games.  I now know if I ever tried to go on the game show I wouldn't make it pass the first round.  I lost every game!

 

Trying to keep three balloons in the air

 

 Pulling all the tissue out of two tissue boxes

 Trying to loop pasta through a spaghetti

You'd think I get a break after all this but work got busy again and I just finished planning the bf's birthday.  It was a success!  And tonight I'm leaving for...NEW YORK CITY!

I Like

 New black pumps from Zara

Pomegranate Oil Diffuser from Pottery Barn to make my room smell nice

Lantern from Z Gallerie that the bf bought for his place, but I ended up keeping hehe.  Possible book end?

Second attempt making macarons was successful!

Let it Snow

When the holidays start to roll around, I know I'll be doing some baking so I found this gingerbread cookie recipe.  I've never been a huge fan of gingerbread cookies though.  It might be because all the ones I've had are the hard kind and I'm more of a soft chewy cookie person.  I'm also not a fan of any baked goods that are too spicy or gingery tasting.  This recipe however, was just perfect!  The cookies came out soft and chewy and had the perfect amount of spice!  If you decorate it with icing they become delightful goodies that you can package and give away!  

Blueberry Crumb Bars

I haven't baked in a while and I wanted to use this new cake stand that I got for my birthday so I decided to bake some blueberry crumb bars.  It's probably one of the easiest and fastest things to bake and they taste so delicious!  I've been wanting a cake stand like this with a dome so that it covers what you put inside.  You also don't necessarily have to use it for cakes.  It works well for any baked goods.