Kitchenaid Giveaway

I love to bake and I love my Kitchen aid mixer.  It's my favorite kitchen tool by far.  That's why I'm oh so happy to be a part of this awesome Kitchenaid giveaway hosted by Takkido.  But wait you can't have a lovely Kitchenaid mixer without an extra bowl and beater blade. I don't even have a beater blade so I'm just a tad jealous. To top it all off this giveaway also includes a sweet mini gingerbread house cookie cutter from Fancy Flours. 

This giveaway has no affiliation with Kitchenaid.  Just a bunch of bloggers and companies getting together to spread some baking love.  

Bloom Designs Online, Sweet Dahlia, Paige Simple Studio, Party Patisserie, Fancy Flours, Sunny by Design,Sweet Threads Clothing Co, Paisley Petal Events, Best Friends for Frosting, Catch My Party, A to Zebra Celebrations, A Zesty Bite, Mother Would Know, The Hopeless Housewife, Eat2Gather LLC, This Mama Cooks!  On a Diet, Mexico in my Kitchen, and Cooks & Books & Recipes.

This giveaway is open to all residents of the United States and will be open until 
10pm PST, Monday, October 7th..  

If you would like to enter to win a Kitchenaid 6 quart Artisan Mixer, an extra bowl, a beater blade, and a set of mini gingerbread house cookie cutters from Fancy Flours, you may do so through this the giveaway tools widget below. 

Good luck and happy baking.  

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Mindy Cone's "Gourmet French Macarons" Book signing

Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting the talented and sweet Mindy Cone from Creative Juice.  Who also happens to be the author of the beautiful new cookbook "Gourmet French Macarons".  I have never met Mindy in person so when I found out she was going to be in Maryland for her book signing I jumped at the chance to buy the book, get it signed and meet her face to face.  

Lace and Pearls table by Cupcake with Character

Earlier this summer I worked with Shauna from Cupcake with Character on burlap and lace themed printables for a lace and pearls bridal shower dessert table.  It's so wonderful to see your work along with many other talented vendors.  I'm just a little excited to finally be able to share the beautiful photos by KTMoffitt photography. Here's what Shauna had to say about her lovely table. 

Never Forget...

I will never forget where I was on the morning of Sept 11th 2001.  
I will never forget what I was doing, who I was with or the sadness and fear that I felt at that moment in time.  
I will also never forget the way people rose up from the ashes and gave their lives as hero's.  
I will never forget the way we joined together as a community and a country to recover from this tragedy.  
This day has forever changed us and we will never forget.  

~Sunny~

Print, Cut and Assembly

I am happy to announce that I am now offering to print, cut and assemble your orders and ship them to you.  I've wanted to do this for a long time but living in Germany made shipping anything very difficult.  So now that I'm in the good old US of A, I can do it. 

Printing

Cut and assembly

I'm just starting out with this service so please be patient with me as I work out the bugs.
I'm offering the print and assembly services separately just in case you'd like to save some money or your are a crafty type person who likes to play with paper like me but doesn't have a reliable printer.  I hope to print something for you soon. 

~Sunny~

Apple Cinnamon Muffins

Fall is right around the corner but I just couldn't wait that long to start baking with apples. I mean really does it have to be fall to bake with apples?  I don't think so. So lets bake some Apple Cinnamon muffins please. 

Free printable Thank you card and envelope

Sometime during the day yesterday I hit 2,000 likes on Facebook. I'm excited and happy and a little smitten to have you all join me.  I know many have joined thanks to giveaways and I really hope you stick around with me for awhile.  To celebrate the big 2000 I'd like to say "Thank you" with a free printable thank you card and envelope.  

I designed these for a dear friend and can't think of a better way to use them.  You can always use a sweet thank you card.  

For those that are new to printables just download the files below and cut them out.  For the cards you just have to fold them in half and you can write a sweet thank you note on the inside.  For the envelopes I have some simple walk through instructions on how to assemble them here. 

Download your thank you card

Download your envelope

Instructions on how to assemble your printable envelope

ENJOY

Beginning Illustrator Lesson 1 Shapes

Welcome to my very first tutorial on Adobe Illustrator.  I am not an expert.  I've actually taken an Adobe skills test several times on several job board websites and failed, well I got an average score(they were super hard). I am a Graphic Designer and an illustrator and I pretty much fell in love with Adobe Illustrator from the first time I used it.  I have about 8 years of experience with Illustrator and I've mostly taught myself everything I know.  I did take a couple digital illustration classes in college but that was it, the rest I learned through trial and error and online tutorials.

Choose your prize Giveaway for an Apple bundle or PC bundle

I am involved with another awesome giveaway hosted by Cupcake with Character and a bunch of other lovely bloggers. It's a choose your prize Apple bundle or PC bundle.  I would love it if one of my followers could win this because you guys are so awesome.  

The Apple bundle includes an iPad mini, Apple TV and $50 itunes gift card. The PC bundle would include ASUS VivoBook X202E-DH31T 11.6" Touch Laptop. Nice. 

This is will be open from Aug 10th until the 20th so you have plenty of time to join in. The winner will be chosen through Rafflecopter and must be 18 or older. 

This is an independent sponsored giveaway and we have not received any compensation by Apple, or Asus.  This is not associated with Facebook, Paypal, Twitter or Pinterest either.  Just a bunch of bloggers joining together to offer some pretty sweet prizes to our followers.  For all the lovely details and rules please visit Cupcake with Character.  Good luck! 

  

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Blast from the past Pet Shop party

Year ago in house far far away there was a sweet little Pet Shop party that started it all.  
It wasn't the prettiest party and it wasn't the coolest party but it was really fun and it's what started my party addiction.  

Macbook pro Giveaway at Pretty My Party

Macbook Pro!!!!!  I think that's really all I have to say.  I know I would love one and Pretty my Party  has put together this awesome giveaway.  I and many other sponsors have teamed up with Pretty my Party to offer this Macbook Pro as a prize.  It truly is the summer of giveaways.  You may enter at Pretty my Party where you can see all the pretty little details.  Make sure to read the giveaway rules to ensure you qualify for the giveaway. 

~Good Luck~

How to change your Facebook Page Tab image

I'm a do it yourself kind of girl.  So when I saw Facebook pages with cute modified tabs I couldn't sleep until I figured out how to do it myself.  Thankfully it's pretty easy to do so I didn't really loose any sleep over it.  These simple change makes such a difference in the look and feel of your business page.  So let me show you how to do it. 

Giveaway at Cupcake Wishes and Birthday Dreams

My bloggy/ party pal Keisha over at Cupcake Wishes and Birthday Dreams is celebrating her 4 year Blogger-versary.  To celebrate she's hosting a giveaway all week long with something new everyday and today is my day along with many other fabulous vendors. So stop on by her blog any day this week until the 19th and enter to win some fabulous party prizes.  

Congrats Keisha!!!

~Sunny~

Happy Independence Day! (Our trip to DC)

I hope you are all having a wonderful 4th of July Holiday.  This year is our first year back in the United States for this special day.  For the last 8 years we have celebrated Independence day with other American's serving and working Overseas on foreign soil.  It's hard to put into words the emotions I feel being back in our home country during this time.  To our children this country is not home yet.  I hope with time and exposure to this beautiful country that they will learn to love it as much as I do.  

We are so blessed to live close to our Nations Capitol and many National monuments and historical places.  I know that right now at such a young age our children probably won't understand the significance of everything we share with them. Hopefully in time they will understand the sacrifice and hope and perseverance behind all of these memorials. If anything it will give them memories that they can carry with them the rest of their lives. 

Here are a few pictures from our recent trip to DC.  I hope it will inspire you as much as it inspired me.  

Lollipop love

I hope your summer is going well.  We hit the ground running with  Grandma and Grandpa coming to visit the day after school ended.  It was so nice having them in our home and the kids loved every minute of it.  They even got to learn how to make lollipops.  I think I was more excited about this than the kids were.  They enjoyed watching the whole process and certainly enjoyed eating the finished product.