and here's the fluffernutter!

good morning! and here's a photo of one of the cupcakes....vanilla, with peanut butter icing inside and on top with peanut butter chips and mini marshmallows. lucky me, I have some icing left over : ) ohmigosh it was delicious.

wish me luck for the Bake Sale - I hope we raise lots of cash for our charity ...YWCA Presents of Peace ...helping mostly single moms that really need help making Christmas a little brighter for their little ones.

have a great Wednesday ! : )

baking, baking, baking

Hi gang!


Well, the Christmas season is here...yay ! I have my outdoor christmas lights on as of today, some decorations are appearing around the apartment, and the baking marathon has begun. Tonight I am prepping for a charity bake sale at work on Wednesday this week. Beginning with vanilla cupcakes that will be filled and iced on Tuesday night (one set will be a Boston Cream with chocolate icing and sprinkles, and the other will be "Fluffernutter" - what a funny name - peanut butter icing with mini-marshmallows and peanut butter chips). Here's a pic of the liners awaiting their cupcake delicious-ness. :)

So now i'm on to baking the jumbo soft oreo cookies while keeping one eye on the Canucks game.

Hope you have a great week !

:)

Fun times

well it's been a fun weekend...Friday night was a Wrap Party for one of my teams (NCAA Basketball ) and we held it at Ceili's Irish Pub downtown. Drinks, food, karaoke and dancing til 2 am (or something like that) it was a total hoot. Saturday was luckily an easy day with no appointments or commitments, so it was a lazy day all the way.
Sunday was a Crop Day with the Scrapaholics ...lots of fun there! I did get some christmas tags done, and one lay-out of some schoolwork from my grade-school days ( my mom held on to almost everything but she has handed it over to me to get some de-cluttering done at her house). I won a door prize of some beautiful christmas papers and embellishments, and I won the 50/50 draw, $15.00!! :)
Now it's on to other house-work and getting ready for the week ahead with laundry and cooking. how exciting! :)
have a great week everyone !
thanks for stopping in,
: )

Amy and Demonica

hi ! here's a photo from my Halloween, as I mentioned I was going to the Flying Beaver in Richmond for their party....I dressed as Amy Winehouse (loved my black beehive wig :) and my friend Debbie was a demon-lady or "Demonica" lol!

good times!

have a great week, thanks for stopping in :)

J.

happy halloween!

hey all, hope you have a great halloween!

here's a photo of myself and my c0-worker Suzie from Friday - we dressed up as each other...!

tonight i'm off to the Flying Beaver in Richmond for their halloween-themed "Name That Tune" night with my friend Debbie...should be alot of fun there, as always.

and also wanted to mention that my header photo of the fall leaves was taken by my talented photographer brother Zeljko Travica. He has his own website here: www.creativescans.com

take care and have a great night !
:)

Crop 4 Kids = Fun 4 Us !

Hi all - long time no see ! This past weekend I went to an amazing annual scrapbooking event in Abbotsford called "BC Scrapbooking Crop For Kids" - a huge charity event where 225 generous scrapbookers raised a huge amount of money for the kids at BC Children's Hospital. Here's a photo of me at my table with a door prize that I won (some beautiful Avon products) and a pic of one of my 14 christmas cards that I made, using an Elzybell stamp, Copic markers and a variety of Stickles. I had a great time with the girls at my table - thanks for the fun! Can't wait til next year!

Whirlwind !

Wow! this upcoming week is going to be super busy....I haven't beent his busy in ages..!

Friday night, a visit with a long-time girlfriend Dawn (we've been friends since Grade 2 )
Sunday night, Bard on the Beach "Comedy of Errors" with my friend Debbie and her girlfriends
Tuesday night, PNE Summer Nights Concert --- En Vogue with Izzy ( b-day fun!) - eeeee! can't wait!
Thursday night, the Opus Hotel's "Pool Party" with my friend Kerry
Friday night, hoping to see that movie "District 9" with Debbie (who is a bona-fide Sci-fi fan, i'm just on the bandwagon for this movie, everyone is saying it's very good)
Saturday night, AC/DC concert with my sister Caroline and her friend Tracey.

Then the following weekend Sept 3-6 i'll be in Las Vegas with Caroline and Tracey (woot!)

Izzy could I borrow your jet-pack for a few days ?? :)