Christmas tour

Today I made my Christmas decorations. I know, a little late.. But with the making of my cake, I didn't really have much time to do anything Christmas related. Until yesterday, I didn't even had bought my boyfriend's gift !! Well, I don't feel really guilty for that one because I'm quite sure he bought mine today and its an improvement because every other years he waited until the 24th after working to shop for my gift !!

So here is a little tour of my Christmas decorations for this year. :)

The Christmas Tree

Reindeer Ornaments

Christmas Pillows

More Reindeer Ornaments

Centerpiece I made

A small Christmas tree for the bedroom 

Hallway view

Entrance Tree

Another Centerpiece

So that was it for my 2012 Christmas decorations. Every year I try to add some stuff to the lot so hopefully one day my house will look perfect for Christmas!

My first Wedding Cake

It's been more than a week since I post anything on my blog. Sorry for that. But I had a good reason :). I was making my first wedding cake EVER. It wasn't an easy job but I did something I am very proud of and it's much better than I was expecting.

The order was for my colleague Paola. Three tier cake. White and champagne colour. With flowers and pearls. The cake was for around 60 people.

I used cake portions calculators that helped me find the right size for the layers. Earlene's Cake Serving Chart, Wilton's cake chart, also this cute chart that I found on Pinterest.

So I made a 10" square tier, 8" and 6" round tiers, which makes around 80 servings.

With no exaggeration, the ingredients costed more than 120$... Making cakes is a very expensive hobbit.. I spent the whole week making it. My 2 days off, plus every day after work until 11pm, even if I was working at 5am the next morning. I didn't count the time I putted on this cake but it would certainly be around 20. Of course it's my biggest project so far, and it was the first time I was using some techniques I learned for making greater cakes, but making a cake that big can not be done alone in a day for sure !

I made a lot of searching to make sure I did not overcharge or undercharge. I was very insecure and uncomfortable for the pricing, as she is my friend and I knew they did not have the biggest budget. One of my dear friend also makes fondant cakes and she used to charge 5$/portion. She advised me to do so, which made a total of 300$. I think it's a very reasonable price for a wedding cake, earring somes of my friends buying cakes for their wedding for more than 1 500$!

Will all of this work, I didn't even had the time to test my Christmas inspirational tips!! :(

 Cake topper. Fondant flowers

 Overall view

Backwards

Soon will follow a post on the making of the cake :).

 Thanks for following :)

Christmas Spirit 101

I just realized today is December 5th and I'm still not in a Christmas mood! UNACCEPTABLE! And I think I know why this situation got out of control! I DID NOT get myself one of those chocolate Christmas calendar!!!!

There is no doubt I've been very undisciplined this year and I am not proud of that ! I have to do everything in my power to change this inadmissible situation. 

For those who are also in my disgraceful position, I have found some tips to get into Christmas mode.

First 

Start listening to Holiday songs

Second

Go to the mall to enjoy all the festive atmosphere and see the decorations

Third

Buy some Pillsbury Christmas cookies.

Fourth

Watch a Christmas movie 

Fifth 

Make you Christmas Tree and Holiday decorations

Sixth

Buy Glade's Holiday candles 

And if you are still not in a Christmas mood after all this, I am very sorry to tell you that you are a lost cause for this year, please try again in 2013......

For MY part, I'm trying those as soon as possible!!! 

***** And don't forget to get yourself a chocolate calendar, it's like the most important of all*****

Proposal Mania

4 words. A knee on the ground. A small box that means everything. The smile on her face or the tears of joy on her cheeks. This moment, as soon as we fall in love with someone, we can't help but think about it. When you know he is the one and that you want to spend the rest of your life with him, you begin to wonder if he thinks the same, if you are THE ONE. 

Some girls are lucky. He asked before you even think about it. He knows before you do. Well, I am not one of these. I am the one who is waiting since I realized I don't need to look anymore. Since I know my boyfriend is my perfect match. And that was 3 years ago...

Yes, you read well, I have been waiting for this moment for 3 years. And still waiting... But I haven't given up and I know it's worth it. My respond to the proposal might be : "FINALLY!!"  instead of the usual " YES!!", but it still will be the most beautiful moment of my life.

During those 3 years of wait, I had to chance to imagine hundreds of way it could happen. Believe me, if I was the guy, I would do a hell of a good job with that task.

Romantic?

Funny?

 Extravagant? 

Expensive? 

Intimate?

 Public?

Déjà vu?

Delicious?

Original?

No matter the way it is done, it sure will be the best day of my life. But if I was him, I would do it like this ... as he has a renovation and painting company...