New family spotlight!!!!!!

Well greetings friends,

Why did the chef get arrested??  

He was caught beating an egg.

Ok, well maybe I should be working more on my business and less on making everybody laugh.  On the other hand, I think it goes hand in hand.  One of my goals in my business is to make someone happy.  Whether that means adding some beauty to their home with one of my glass creations or making them happy through a fancy cupcake.  If we all want our business to succeed we need to remember why we started it...... to do what we love and give people things we love.  Sometimes it feels as though I am grasping at straws trying to find that perfectly successful item.  I have been painting, sewing and baking for many many years and am still striving to find which one to focus on.  One day I am going to specialize in mother/daughter aprons and then the next day I am trying to make sugar flowers to sell on my etsy site.  I truly feel that someday I will be able to quit my full time job and focus on what I love to do most and that is working out of my home and selling my creations but I have to try to not be so compulsive about it.

I also have another dilemma, I wanted to ship out some of my sugar flowers to my cousin to see how they ship.  Unfortunately after wrapping them loosely in bubble wrap and tissue paper carefully then arrived completely broken and smashed.  They are pretty delicate as they are made out of rolling gum paste thin and then shaping each petal individually.  My cousin suggested sticking them flower which is on a skewer into styrophome so that they do not touch each other and ship them that way.  I also thought about pushing a piece of the styrophome into a plastic cup and putting the flower in each cup and shipping that in boxes.  Let me know what you think or if you have had any experience in shipping these types of flowers.

Here are some more cupcake liners:

Ok, here is what some of you have been waiting for, the family spotlight.....






My wonderful daughter, Kaitlyn Anne Wilson, then

and now....

She is one of the most beautiful people I know and I am proud to call her my daughter.  She was born on May 29, 1995 most of my best days of my life.  I know at her age we butt heads sometimes, but I truly feel as the years go by we will be the best of friends.  We love to do things together such as go to Disney, shop, go to the movies or just kid around dancing in the kitchen.  She has (hopefully) inherited some of my creativity in her photography and I hope that continues to be a passion for her as my creations have been a blessing to me.  She blows me away alot with her pictures the way she captures the image and makes it her own.

Well, that is about it for now folks.  Hopefully I will keep up more often and keep you up to date on things.

More cake wrappers

Good day family and friends,

Well as usual I did not find the time to post a new wrapper every day like I wanted to.  I have to leave for work in  a few minutes, so this post will be shorter, but I wanted to post a new wrapper.  Here ya go.

More cupcakes

Greetings friends and family,

Well, I am finally able to add to this blog.  We just finished inventory at my day job and I haven't had time to do anything creative.  I have finally finished my cupcake wrappers.  I was going to post all 50 pics, but I figured everyone would stop following me if I made you scroll through all 50.  So, I figured if I did one per day it would also make me keep updating more than I do.  I am also going to start selling my sugar flowers.  They are made out of sugar gum paste basically like a Necco wafer.  I have to ship a couple to test before I can start listing them on my website so see about breakage as they are fairly fragile.   I also do sell my cupcaks in the local area for only $2.50 each.  Flavors include chocolate, vanilla, champagne cake with raspberry filling. carrot, red velvet or chocolate peanut butter.  Irrisistable with a little sugar rose on top or what have you.  Great for weddings, children's parties or a great thank you for that business partner.  The wrappers are 20.00 for a dozen and can be customized for your colors.  Ok, here goes the first pics of the sugar flowers and liners.

Happy baking
Never let go of your dream
A dream is a wish your heart makes and mine is full.

cupcake wrappers, cupcake wrappers

Greetings friends,

Well we have had a busy week.  Mom has been sick with a bout of minnears disease and she is down for the count.  She had her cataracts done which was a success so far but this disease is taking its toll.

On a happier note, I am making steady progress with my entire collection of cupcake wrappers.  I am halfway through the entire 50 wrappers for the collection.  I  have the day off with no big plans (shocker) and the kids have no school so I should be able to finish the rest of them since I have a new blade for my machine.  All I have to do next is embelish the ones I want to and then pictures, post them on my etsy site and blog and wait for the orders to pour in (again, wishful thinking).  I also found a new site for anyone who has not heard of it, it is Martha Stewart Dreamers into Doing.  This looks like an amazing site and I just joined it last night.  Check it out if you have never heard of it.

I am still trying to decide who to spotlight next for the family and friends spotlight.  I will post it tomorrow, so check back.  Here are some new product spotlights.

Handpainted little wooden bench

Small wooden bench handpainted with roses galore. This will fit a little teddy bear or that beloved childhood doll. This sweet bench measures 13" high x 12 1/2" wide x 8 inches deep.

Wooden courting bench

Wooden little rocking chair

Small wooden rocker handpainted with roses galore. This will fit a little teddy bear or that beloved childhood doll. This sweet rocker measures 12" high x 6" wide x 8 inches deep. All handmade in oak.

The chill of creativity

Greetings friends.  Well, I haven't kept up on my blog every day, but I am now gearing up for at least twice a week.  I have been busy working on some new crafts and cookies.  I got a cricut machine for Christmas and have discovered a cartridge for cupcake wrappers.  I love the look of them and am having a blast making them.  I am going to be selling them for 12.00 per dozen and I also have toppers that are a dozen for 6.00.  I can make them coordinating to any colors you need.  If you live in the Bradenton/Sarasota area I can also make you the cupcakes.  Someday I hope to open a bakery but have to wait until kids are out of school and the economy gets a bit better.  My flavors are a white champagne cake with raspberry filling, chocolate cake with Bavarian cream filling, carrot cake with cream cheese frosting or red velvet with cream cheese frosting.

I also made some Tarelles cookies.  I have a cake boss cookbook with some old Italian recipes.  So I decided to tackle the first recipe in the book and it was the Tarelles cookies.  Unfortunately they called for pastry flour but it has to be ordered on the Internet.  No problem.   So i got the flour in yesterday and made the cookies today.  They came out pretty good, but they were really great after I added the lemon glaze and some sprinkles to them.  I am going to sell them for 6.00 per bag.  There are approximately 2 dozen in each bag and they make a great gift.  They ship well, so you can purchase them and I will send them to you.  Here are some pics of the new products.  Make sure you scroll down to the family/friends profile to see who I have chosen this week.  You will be pleasantly inspired.


Tarelles cookies

Family/friends spotlight

The Leary's

The Leary's are a special family.  The woman in the picture is my cousin, Kerry Ann.  The man is her husband Jay and the beautiful little girl is Molly.  We lovingly call her Molly Moo.  Molly was born on May 4, 2010 in Boston, Massachusetts.  She was born with a heart defect and heterotaxy syndrome.  That is when her inside organs are in a different position than they should be to explain it simply.  She has been such a courageous little girl and has faced more obstacles than any one does in their entire life.  She has had several open heart surgeries and has had to have a feeding tube placed and she now has a tracheotomy with a ventilator.  She finally got to go home after 8 long months but had to be recently hospitalized again with a stomach bug and dehydration.
But everyone forgets everything when she smiles and lights up the whole room.  Her parents have been extraordinarily strong right beside her every step of the way, but that is what makes exceptional parents when you have such a sick child.  You drop everything in your life to keep your little girl as healthy and happy that's possible.  When life gets you down, just remember Molly and any insignificant problems will seem petty compared to what this family has had to go through.  I will try to keep updates on this blog periodically.  

Focus on the products

As I sit here thinking about what to post on my blog, (I love that word) I was thinking about what I most want to focus on.  My life in general is not that exciting and I really want to focus this year on creativity.  I hope to return to doing this full time and I have been racking my brain on how to go about it.  I think the most important part of that is networking and marketing.  If I don't set aside some time every day to make something I feel a little off kilter for the whole day.  I have finished reading the cookbook and memoirs of The Cake Boss.  He is the baker on TLC's The Cake Boss.  As I read his book it reminded me alot of the stories that my mother tells us of her Portuguese heritage.  Even though Buddy (The Cake Boss) is Italian it still was very similar to my mother's side of the family.  When I get a new cookbook I always make the first recipe in the book  no matter what it is.  So I start with Tarelles (vanilla cookies).  I had to send away for pastry flour, but as this is a main ingredient in most of the recipes I think this will  come in handy.  When I make them I will  post them to this blog.  Here are some new posts


Vintage inspired bonnets

I love the old fashioned bonnets and when my niece found out she was expecting I went on the hunt for bonnets and found.... none. So, I decided that there was a need for them after speaking with other moms who had the same need. No two bonnets are alike since I get bored making the same ones. some have pearls, some are mostly white, some mostly pink, but all are exquisite as I have been told. The are all made out of batiste and have adjustable backs and luxurious ribbons and bows. They are fully lined in batiste for added comfort. These bonnets will fit babies from newborn all the way up to 18 months and beyond. I hope you will enjoy them for years to come and they can be handed down from generation to generation.






Medical student tshirt

This little design is perfect for your favorite medical student. It is shown stitched on a green shirt, but it is better on a white shirt. Just let me know what size shirt you need and if you would like it personalized. At just 20.00 don't let this one slip away.








Porcelain Heart Plaque

This lovely heart or flower plaque looks just like an expensive Lenox piece, but at only $8.00 anyone can enjoy this dish. 
This hand painted plaque is lovely in that little narrow wall that just needs something. It has assorted beads as the handle and is just the right size. It is handpainted in pink or blue and would make a wonderful shower, housewarming gift or just a token of love. The pictures don't do this one justice. All of my glassware is painted with enamel glass paint, then baked for lasting beauty and everything is fully handwashable. Available in pink or blue or flower shaped with pink roses.


Well, that is about it for now.  I will post tomorrow.  Comment me if you have any questions.  You can also look at many more designs on my website at www.kristykreations.etsy.com