I happened to run across this fun free download the other day. I think the South Carolina one is of course the most perfect state design on here, but I’ll let you decide.

Tonight we went to a piano recital for my younger sister Ally. She did so good, definitely one of the best, but I may be a little bias! I wish I kept up with the piano, but I’m glad I had basic lessons as a kid and even played Colors of the Wind (from Pocahontas) at my own recital! Love you Ally!

My precious little cousin, Preston, turned two this year! It’s amazing to think that two years ago my Aunt Kristen and Uncle Andrew were on their way to meet this amazing little boy in Pennsylvania where they adopted him. We’re all so happy and blest to have Preston in our lives! So here’s a soccer ball cake that I made to go with his ball

My college roommate Ashley is getting married, yay!!! We went to Savannah for her bachelorette party celebrations and I decided to expand on my fondant skills and do a bustier cake for her. There was only 7 of us going on the trip so I baked a basic sheet cake and used a 3″ styrofoam ball (cut in half) covered in wax paper for the

Go big or go home right. Well, almost… I decided that for Easter I would test out some of my new fondant skills and do a cake for our big family celebration. I used the Butter Cake and Raspberry Coulis recipes that I got from the fondant class along with my Mom’s buttercream recipe. I bought basic Wilton fondant and colored it with Ateco food

I grew up baking cakes with my Mom and Nana who are both so talented at not only what’s on the outside of the cake, but the moist, yummy insides too. I love taking classes to build on what they taught me. So when I saw that there was a fondant class at The Cook’s Station led by the pastry chef from Table 301 Catering

Remember that meal I was planning? Well here’s how it turned out… All the ingredients before prepping everything. Heirloom tomato salad with kalmata olives, cucumber, basil and olive oil.Baked cajun fries.New York Stip steak.I was so excited to get this at the Fresh Market’s buy one, get one Tuesdays!

…having time to sit on my couch and read cookbooks in preparation for a good meal!