Friends are Sweet Valentines too!

It's almost here..and it's for FRIENDS too!!

This is for my wonderful FRIENDS..some are not here anymore, some I talk to all the time, some I wish I talked to more of the time..Big love to you all..

I have a sweet friend Gail..she gave me this beautiful little rose colored flower vase when we were in Cape Cod last spring, it even has HEARTS all around it..it's a little hard to see, but I just adore it and have it filled with flowers all the time, it's in my studio and it's precious..I also have this very funny silly book, that's in my studio too

Thank you again Gail..I just wanted you to know I love it!!

CUPCAKES..Keeping Life Sweet

The BEST is New York Cupcakes in Bellevue, Washington..

as you probably figured I LOVE Cupcakes..my goodness who doesn't??

Well, the other day I was having some people for tea, and just had to pick up some fabulous cupcakes at my favorite store near me "New York Cupcakes" in Bellevue. Lisa the owner, and her Mom Chicky are always so helpful and make your experience ever SO sweet!!

Lisa has a great assortment of the cutest books on cupcakes, tea parties, cupcake journals, phone books, and much more!!

My ceramic cupcake clocks, night lights and trinkit box cupcakes are sold there too!!

Here's a peek into her shop..it smells SO good I wish I could install a "scratch n sniff" you'd fall off the chair...

Happy Holidays and Peace to all..

Wishing everyone a very Happy Holidays and New Year~

Thank you to all the wonderful people from all over the world this past year who visit my site and my blog, you inspire me constantly.

Last minute really cute GIFTS

Please join us for shopping with a twist on Friday December 11, 2009 as we present "Last Minute Gifts"Christmas is just around the corner, but there’s still time to find just the right gift for that someone special on your shopping list this year. Whatever her interests or tastes, here are some last minute gift ideas that will fill her holiday season with delight, and remind her that you think of her all through the year.A gift for the kitchen is always welcome. Perhaps a delicately embroidered kitchen towel to hang on the over door, a toaster oven cover in the prettiest fabric and lace, white farmhouse canisters for holding utensils or a floral bouquet, or a cupcake clock to add whimsy to her kitchen wall. For a new mother, or a mother-to-be, a baby blanket in soft white fleece or a cuddly bedtime friend for a little one to love. Gifts for the nursery might be a cute cupcake coin bank or a decorative wreath of childhood toys and treasures to display.Do you have a crafter or stitcher on your list? She would be delighted to find a new project under her tree this year. Beautiful quilting fabrics and patterns or a scrapbooking kit for her most precious memories. For the book lover, a vintage basket to hold her favorite books, or a carefully chosen book to give her new inspiration.To add romance and beauty to her home, there are pillows dressed in ruffles and roses, vintage vases and dishes for her shelf, silk flowers in colors that fit with any décor, a Victorian vanity tray to grace the dresser in her boudoir.Does she spend hours in her garden? Think hand painted birdhouses, cup and saucer birdfeeders for feathered friends. An outdoor fairy house to inspire her creativity. Or if she prefers to spend her time entertaining indoors, perhaps a pretty handcrafted apron, a pair of elegant candlesticks, a broken china teapot to bring out whenever friends come to tea.Your lifelong best friend deserves a gift as beautiful and unique as she is – a one-of-a-kind sterling bracelet, a vintage needlepoint transformed into a boudoir cushion, an antique pendant hanging on a ribbon chain. Cinderella shoes that make her dreams come true with heirloom laces, jewels and vintage brooches.
A last minute Christmas gift can hold all the love and friendship you feel at this season and always.

Joyce Lucas, FounderMake Mine Pink




Photo Contribution 1: Angel Heart Designs Photo Contribution 2: Sew Graceful Photo Contribution 3: The Polka Dot Rose

Cupcakes for the Holidays.Happy Holidays to everyone

I have been busy~baking lot's of new Holiday cupcake items, and designing more of my
"Keep Life Sweet" line. Ice Cream Cone Canisters are baking now, as well as ice cream cone chandelairs, and cake slices, and cupcakes. Happy Holidays to everyone

How sweet it is..

How sweet it is..these are some of my favorite things..lighting and cupcakes. My cupcake chandelier~ I'm creating new lighting with sweets on them, cupcakes, cake slices, ice cream cones, and more! Lot's of colors, and styles. I'm so excited!

My last 2 winners were Janet B. and Midi B. leave a comment to be entered in a drawing to win a ceramic cupcake light!

Sweet Treats and Tea

Something was bubbling inside the creative studio~ I wanted to to add a little something to my ceramic classes, and my theme this year~"Keep Life Sweet"....

I got out my linens, my original ceramic pieces, that just live in the studio with me..and came up with a plan to have some fun...

"Children's Tea Parties". Add some of my favorites , cupcakes, cookies, tea sandwiches, pretty linens, and paint your own ceramic piece..and it's time to have some fun.

The outdoor studio is 90% finished and plan to begin in a few weeks!

Pink October at Make Mine Pink

Pink October means different things to different people. Some of us have lost someone dear to breast cancer, some of us have dear ones that are survivors of breast cancer and some of us don't know anyone that has been directly effected, but still feel the need to contribute to a cause that touches so many lives.Many of the MMP members participate in Pink October. Please check with their sites to see what Pink October specials they're having and which charities they're supporting

The Perfect Present...I just fell in love with these, and had to buy some for friends, and for ME!

All priced under 10.00! Adorn them with a little silver Angel..and note written by you, or a ceramic rose~ They are very heavy, use as a paperweight, or just to look beautiful in your work area..because you are the present too!

The "perfect present" which is called "Forever Present" are made by "Rose" of Sweet Humming Bird Lane, and she has a lovely poem she adds to them as well~