Final Cake

Here are a few pictures of the practicing we did in class and the drop flowers and the roses I made for the cake. I was really happy with how my cake turned out. The blue turned out darker than expected, but I like it!

The Mustang

Dennis and Michael are fixing up Dennis' Mustang. The red is a before, the black and gray is now. So far they have put in a new enguine, black leather interior, have a new rear end and new wheels. I know there is more than that under the hood and a ton of other things. They have done a lot of work on it and it looks awesome. Still a ways to go to have it ready to show this summer!

Cake number two

Only one more class and cake to go!

San Diego overnighter

Me, Amber and Lindsay decided to take a quick trip to San Diego. I think we may have had a little too much fun. But that was the point. We went to the beach in Coronado, visited Amber's old stomping ground, went to Balboa Park and a museum. We also ran into a few famous people on the way!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

As if I don't own enough green already, today gave me an reason to be able to wear it. But I didn't. HA! I wore a gray Happy St Patrick's Day shirt and three green glow in the dark bracelets. Pretty darn cool.

Anywho, so as you can see I have pictures of a cake. I decided to take a cake decorating class with Amber. It's pretty fun. I was nervous at first cause it's really not as easy as it looks, but it's a lot of fun. You wouldn't think that trying to frost a cake is that hard. Well it is when you try to make it perfect. I made a ton of frosting and have a ton still left over. For the class I have to make 3 consistancies of frosting and different colors. Oi! It's hard to judge it right. There are only 4 classes, each 2 hours. So you have to cram in a lot. I'm glad that I decided to do it though. I like to have some kind of a knowledge in things like this. My creative side kicks in. Love it!

I'm moving to Virginia!!!!!!

Yep, I got the job! I will be moving there the end of May and it takes me up to the end of November. I'm way excited. I will be dressing for their Italy show. It's about a 25-30 min show four times a day. It's going to be a big change for me, but I think I can handle it. I met a girl last night at a friends house who just moved here from Richmond. She gave me a lot of insight and ideas on things to do. I've also had a few friends wanting to come and visit already. I talked to the branch president to see what housing is like out there. Just waiting to hear back. I have at least one day off a week. I'm going to try to use all the time I can to travel around and see the places nearby. It's going to be awesome having so many cool places and other states within a few hours of me. And Brandon and Tiff will only be an 8 hour drive. I can handle that. So now I'm just waiting for my info to come in the mail so I can get a few more details and get the ball rolling. I've never lived this far away from home. I would love to have someone I know come with me. It's going to be an adventure! And yes, I will miss you all! Here is to stepping outside of the box, burning it down and jumping on it! AHHHHH!!!!!

My latest project

So I have a bedroom set that I got years ago from my great uncle and aunt. There are 2 dressers, a mirror(which isn't finished yet) and a head and foot board. They were all a light oak color. I decided that I wanted to spruce it up a little. I wanted something darker. The wood was starting to degrade and splinter in a lot of places, so it needed a little help anyway. I called up my grandpa to borrow his sander and went to work. After a few trips to Home Depot to get sanding pads, stain, spray finish and brass cleaner, I was ready to go. I cleaned up all of the brass hardware, which suprised the heck out of me. It was nasty. It took me a few days to sand everything down. Everything had a finish on it that I had to get through for the stain to take. It took me a little over a week on and off to get everything finished. I got it all back into my room this week. It will be nice to have clothes in drawers again instead of boxes in the living room. Now I'm hoping that since I just got everything done, and my room put back together this week, that I will get the call for a new job and be headed East. I will then have to repack everything and head out. I would actually be ok with that. :) So here are a few pictures of before, during and after. I'm pretty darn proud of myself!