The card I made for my talented, smart, super fantastic guitar-playing younger brother earlier this month. Also, this matches the colour scheme of his bedroom perfectly. Craft drawer, you pulled it off again.
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Happy Birthday Ariel!
To one of my best friends Ariel (whose birthday is actually today so I’m not even late on this post) I give…
– A shopping trip filled with all the shoe and boot purchases she desires. I promise not to give her a hard time and make her take inventory of the shoes she already has;
– A magical device (maybe they’re called brakes?) that can be installed in your car to prevent you from (a) driving off cliffs on the Sea to Sky and (b) warns you of oncoming speed bumps; :)
– Nail polish in every colour of the spectrum;
– A new red lipstick to replace the one I wrecked at our Christmas party, and;
– A magical evening with Andersoon Cooper who just happens to be feeling straight and frisky for the night.
But MOST IMPORTANTLY, I give her this card!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MERFACE! I hope you’re having a lovely time at home and that you have a fabulous time at your fancy birthday party!
PS: I hope your Ottawa birthday celebrations assist in creating many more of these Kodak moments:
Halloween Wrap-Up
As I promised, here is my Halloween wrap-up post! This entry will be equal parts food and equal parts awesome Halloween costume. Basically, all you need to know is that I was a California sushi roll for Halloween and that (I think) I looked adorable.
For those of you wondering how the hell I made this thing (or even if you’re not), the entire costume was made with a big cardboard circle, construction paper folded in this way and that and chunks of styrofoam (for the imitation crab, cucumber and avocado, duh!).
Ariel was very helpful in the whole glue-gunning process
Here is a picture of the roommates + Linda. Yes, this is our “make a stupid face” picture. It was the most in focus picture we had, so don’t complain. From left-right: Natalie as a mummy (or mummified Cleopatra, your choice), Amanda as Snow White, Alex as Eve (her boyfriend Dane was Adam), me, Ariel as Cleopatra, Linda as a geisha and Brittany as her fabulous self (since her mom was in town and she didn’t go out with us).
The pictures above were actually taken the day before Halloween. These are the images that composed my October 31:
Marshmallows dipped in liquid candy and decorated with sprinkles
Pictures taken with my pinhole camera app that make our kitchen look like an old fashioned candy shop
Candy apple cupcakes made by roomie Britt and new friend Freya
After we missed buying tickets for the Mayfair showing of Rocky Horror, this was the best discovery of the evening. Rogers on Demand, you’re a lifesaver!
Best line of the evening? It came from a trick or treater: “I’M A BACTERIA!” Indeed he was, clad in neon green fabric. Adorable.
Capital Cupcake Camp 2010!
Just a few pictures from the second annual Cupcake Camp that happened today in Ottawa…
A picture of my cupcakes…pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese filling and a brown sugar icing. Super decadent! More pictures and an accompanying blog post to come in the next few days!
Other cupcakes by super talented bakers:
Happy Birthday Gord
My dear friend Gord at The Savoury Starving Student celebrated his birthday last Saturday! Pardon this belated post, it doesn’t mean I love him any less.
Hilary Makes 
