Put a fork in me!

I came across these adorable personalized silverware/server ware items and had to share! Etsy seller monkeysalwayslook (and really...when I read the store name I was thinking...am I now a monkey?!) creates these vintage pieces with any personalized saying. I am ooh-oohing (monkey sound)... For $22? I thought that was a bargain for something you will have forever!

It's Giveaway Time!

Did you notice in my last post I said Angie (the cake pop lady and mastermind of Bakerella) signed my books? That's right! I bought one book for myself and one for a lucky blog reader!! While I was waiting for my number to be called (I was 85 of like 300) I browsed all the shelves at Williams-Sonoma. I picked up quite a few goodies to get started on testing out my cake pop skills...but I was thinking of my dear readers as well! 


So, here is what you could win this month:

Cake Pops - The Book!

Signed by Bakerella (here she is signing my copy!)

And...here is the 2nd copy signed for you!

The lucky blog winner will also get 4 Sanding Sugars from Williams-Sonoma

Colors are: Red, Black, Pink and White

HOW TO ENTER:

• You must choose to follow my blog PUBLICLY! 
• For a SECOND entry blog about this contest and leave an ADDITIONAL comment to let me know you did that with a link to the post (I will check!)
• For a THIRD entry twitter about this contest and leave an ADDITIONAL comment to let me know you did that with a link to the post! You can find my twitter page here

5 BONUS ENTRIES: Grab my Blog Button and add it to your page (leave an additional post with link to let me know you did this!) and get FIVE bonus entries!

As always, you can get 8 entries into this giveaway! Yay!

This giveaway will end on: October 31st at 5pm PST and the winner will be posted shortly there after!

What you win: 1 signed copy of Cake Pops and 4 sanding sugars from Williams-Sonoma

Value of giveaway (including shipping to winner): $60.00

This giveaway is open to only those who reside in the US 

Meeting the Cake Pop Pioneer

Today, was an interesting day! I made it down to South Coast Plaza to Williams-Sonoma because Bakerella was doing a book signing and demonstration (at least that was what the email said). I walk into the store, which already has 80 people standing around waiting for the Cake Pop lady herself...only to be told there isn't a demo (bummer! I thought we would get to sample cake pops!) but instead a 15 minute Q & A session. Ok, well I can stand in the crowd to get a glimpse of baking royalty! 

There she is! Beautiful, fun and oh so...sweet! Her name is Angie Dudley and she is the pioneer of the cake pop...those wildly popular 2-bite cake balls on a stick! She doesn't sell them direct, but she does show you and tell you how to make them - on her blog and in her new book.


She gave some helpful hints on things to use like:

Gourmet Writer 

Food Decorator Pens

You will also need some sucker sticks. These are fairly inexpensive:

Paper Sucker Lolly Lollipop Sticks 50 Count $1.89

Wilton Lollipop Bags - $1.87 for 50

It was great to hear her talk about them - and see how excited everyone was to make them (myself included!). I bought all the little goodies I could find at Williams-Sonoma and this will be my project for Halloween! Here's a pic of Angie signing my books!

Vintage Wedding

The vintage theme is still hot for modern weddings! I like the look and feel of the vintage touches added to weddings - the palettes are usually very soft and feminine. For example, this wedding gown has a gorgeous back with cascading ruffled lace:

Bonny Wedding Gown, Style 043 Price about $700

The gown looks gorgeous with the multiple strands of ivory pearls, but the back has a rhinestone clasp so either jewels would pair up with this gown. Some other favorite finds in this color scheme:

Peacock and Ivory Feather Hair Fascinator with a Vintage Crystal and Pearl Art Deco Jewelry Piece, Happily Ever After Gift Tags, Flowers (unknown), and Wedding Decor Cone

Also found this little cute FREE Vintage Save the Date card on WeddingChicks.com:

No matter how you look at it....if you are planning a wedding HE will be the MR and SHE will be the MRS! I have found a few items to show off those new titles you will forever be known as...

Mr & Mrs Cuff Links and Earring $30.00

Mr and Mrs Sweetheart Table Letters $5.50

Mr and Mrs Chair Signs $29.95

Cake Pops

I am totally in love with cake pops! I actually ordered some from My3lilcupcakes to give out as "Thank You" favors at my daughters 4th birthday party! It seems like they are gaining in popularity too! When I first heard about Cake Pops it was while reading a blog that mentioned Bakerella. I fell in love with these little guys from there. Bakerella focuses on fun and easy baking. You will find recipes, desserts, decorating and lot's of directions on how to do it yourself....like these:

Which you can turn into this....

Pretty cute huh? Do you want to attempt these? The recipe and directions can be found here! So, I bet you can imagine how excited I was to get an email from Williams-Sonoma telling me that Bakerella was doing a book signing and demonstration at their South Coast Plaza (Orange County, Calif) store on October 11th! If you want to see if Bakerella will be in your area - check the schedule here!

And the winner is.....

Thank you all for entering our giveaway! We are very happy to announce that random.org picked the winner....I know, I know....it's an easy way to get a winner - they do all the work! ;) So, while I know you are just checking to see if YOU won....well, you did if you made THIS comment:

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Congrats to you! Now, just send me a little email with all your info and I will get the little hankie mailed right out. You hanger will take a little bit of time to be made by LilaFrances - so also let me know what you want from her shop so I can get it ordered right away! ~~~~~Congrats Again!~~~~~