my newest hobby!

So.... I've discovered a new hobby. I have to be honest- I don't know the last time someone used the word "hobby"....is that a word from the past? Well, anyhow I saw these adorable bee cookie cutters at crate & barrel and HAD to get one! I'm part of a book club, "Little Bees," and I just needed to make us cookies! My previous post was a test run for the bees....but this is the REAL thing. I was quite pleased with how they came out.

(I'm still figuring out the blogging site so unfortunately the pics showed up in reverse order, grr!)

Here was the final product @ our book club meeting. Too cute!

The bee has sparkly wings and 3 little stripes.

A group of bees!

Just added sparkles

short & sweet

what i learned today: when you write, tell your story from the heart and mind. it will be the best story you ever write.

Something I am discovering this summer is how much I love projects! What did I do before I owned my own house??? One day this past week I found my inspiration and painted my 1/2 bath. It's now a beautiful shade of grey and has a big bright sunshiny yellow picture in it!

On this same day I decided to tackle something I've been wanting to do for awhile. I've been researching online for months how to make "professional" sugar cookies. I've always loved to bake- especially in my beautiful kitchen- and I found out a lot of things I never knew about these "cut-out cookies." There was a specific reason I wanted to make them, but I'll have to blog about that later (it's a secret for now!). So, I made the cookies. This was a serious project! Most of my time spent making these was WAITING. Put them in the fridge and wait 2 hours. Cut them out and refrigerate them. Do one section of frosting and WAIT. After all the waiting, I was pleased with my result. Not quite "professional," but the next batch will rock!