Chef Hats-the sequel

Pittsburgh has a cooking school or maybe two for that matter. So seeing chefs is not unusual. What I do find unusual is the popularity of the chef hats I started making. I just did 4 more that all matched Easter ones for an order. They are for the same person who got the St. Patrick ones and the other Easter one. They love them and have so much fun with them where she works.





I can't wait to see if there are more hats and what they will look like!

Craft Show Day!

Craft Show Day!

Craft Show days always start out really early for me. Most of them have an 8Am set up time. The big Easter show has a 7:30 set up time. I was able to pack the car the night before so that was a good thing. I got to sleep in! Hubby woke me at 6 AM. Got ready and out the door by 6:30 took him to work and stopped for a quick breakfast at Cracker Barrel. I highly recommend the breakfast skillets! They are filling and delicious. Hubby said the easiest way to get to where I was going from Cracker Barrel was through Carnegie. OK I am not the familiar with Carnegie but since he said it was easy and I couldn't mess it up OK we will try it. I even just did it earlier in the week with one wrong turn but fixed it really quick and only had to go around the block. Not to bad! Well after making a different wrong turn and driving around for 10 minutes I got back to where I needed to be and got to the place at 7:45 no big deal need to be set up by 9:30. Well this is the only show I have a bunch of extra stuff for because of the candy. SO it takes me the longest to set-up and tear down. I actually got set up with 5 minutes to spare! WOOHOO!! And let the games begin. Since I had a request for pictures of my display I got some of those as well as my Chinese auction donation.



Smelly Jellies! On Sale right now even!


Solid Easter Candy shapes and samples



Candy display up close and personal



Candy Display



Smelly Jellies, puppy scarves, dog treats and cat toys



Pins, Pillows, flower arrangements and jewlery



Plant pokes, Jewelry and candy


Candy



Chineese Auction Donation......Candy!



This is an upclose look at the bags I used for my candy.

Needless to say I was exhausted by the time the show was over. Ran home unloaded and went and got the hubby from work. Threw a frozen pizza in the oven for dinner. While the pizza was baking I set on the counch and didn't move. Hubby came dowstairs and asked why I hadn't turned the tv on. I was to tired to find the remote. He laughed at me. It was beside me. After we ate I sat and watched the end of a movie and woke up int the middle of a bad movie but didn't want to move to find the remote. I am headed back to work in a few minutes. I feel like I spent my entire vacation working! Becasue I did!

Candy Candy Everywhere!

Candy everywhere! That is what I am still thinking. Well my Big Easter Craft show is over and I am still exhausted. I promised some people some pictures so here is some more of the candy!



Hand formed and hand dipped peanut butter eggs



White chocolate Marshmallows



Oreos and nutter butters..Looks like the Dark Chocolate ones to me



Stain Glass Windows



Solid Milk Chocolate Bunny



Stain Glass Windows



Mallow Cups-(Thank You Cj for figuring these ones out)

This is by no means everything I made or everything I can make! In fact it is still not to late to order candy for Easter. I filled and Easter order today and wouldn't mind one or 2 more to help with the extra show candy. Ordering now and taking what is in stock gives you special pricing while supplies last! I hope you enjoyed the candy pictures. in the next few days I will post pictures of my show display since I had a request for that. I also have pictures of the Easter Chef Hats I made today. Well I am off to post a new recipe for the week and then probably bed since I am still tired and my vacation is over!

Easter Candy making time!

I know I have been quiet lately but I promise I have good reason. It is Easter candy making time! That means lots of hours in the kitchen getting ready for Saturday's show. Since several people have said I needed to post pictures of the candy I am. Keep in mind this is by no means everything that I do and the camera seems to have had some problems focusing on the chocolate. So let's take a look!




Milk Chocolate Coconut Carmel


Dark Chocolate Coconut Carmel




Milk Chocolate Marshmallows (on a stick! LOL)



White Chocolate Coconut Bird's Nests



Milk Chocolate Coconut Bird's Nests

I have many other things I have made such as carmel eggs, Peanut butter, coconut, nutter butters, and Oreos that have been hand dipped. I even made some stained glass windows and as I write this I have mallow cups setting up. I will admit it is late and I am tired. However I have about a dozen or so mallow cups to do and I am done! so it is worth my staying up to finish this tonight. I promise to get more pictures up tomorrow. I will probalby split them into 2 more posts that way it is easier to read. After this show I have an Easter order and a graduation party to do. And yes for those inquiring minds it is not to late ot order candy for Easter!

Marching into Spring

The past couple of day shave been so warm here! I love it! It is like summer! much better than the 7 degrees we had in the last week and a half. It is crazy how warm it has gotten. It has been so nice that I h ave not been in the mood to do much in the way of crafts. I do have a show on Saturday so I really have no choice. So I decided to try something different. Flower arranging! I had a couple little watering cans with bunnies that are actually butterfly's on them. I know it sounds weird but they are really cute I promise. I found some daffodils stashed up stairs so I figured I could come up with something for the show out of them. This is what I managed to come up with.








As much as I was not into crafting this did help my mood. It was 74 degrees yesterday and 63 today. That is plain old nuts. Kind of like me! I hope you enjoy the warm weather while it lasts. If it is still cold where you are I promise warm weather is on the way!

not enough pictures

Well I have been told I do not blog enough about my adventures in craftland. I also have been told I do not have enough pictures that are not food related crafts on here. Now you have to realize that it is not that I do not want to blog and post pictures. It is just ..well........I don't think about it. I mean when I get in the crafting zone I forget to eat and sleep. How am I supposed to remember to blog and take pictures? Well I promise I am going to try to do better. Most of the stuff I do is pretty boring. Just the puppy scarves and other items for craft shows. I do have pictures of items in my etsy store. I just do not think about putting things here. Well today I made something I thought came out really cute so before I packed the order up fro delivery I thought I would share.

Chef Hats!

I had an order for 3 chef hats for a cook of the month contest. I am not sure about the contest details. I am only sure about the hats that will be given to the winners. February's winner got A Steeler Chef hat. I of course did not take a picture of that one but I do have 2 more upstairs so maybe someday I will remember to take a picture of them. The winner for March wil get a St. Patrick's Day Chef Hat and the Winner for April an Easter one. Do we see a theme here? Anyway what do you think of the hats?