Swap Alert!!!

Hey y'all!! I'm hosting a SWAP over at my

Vintage Ephemera Group on Flickr!

Check it out - everyone's welcome!!

Last day to sign up is this SATURDAY!
Hope to see ya there!!

xoxo,
Julie

Cuteness!!!

Just had to share the cuteness that is my nephew, Titus John!

Don'tcha just wanna pinch those cheeks??!!

Here he is hiding from me!

I'll be checking in again soon! I'm getting ready for the

Marie Antoinette Workshop & Soiree this coming weekend!

I'm so excited!!!

xoxo,

Julie

Happy New Year!!

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year!

xoxoxo,

Julie

Merry Christmas!!

xoxoxo,

Julie

Let them eat cake!

I am counting the days til the

Marie Antoinette Workshop and Soiree !

I'm a bit of a Marie newbie, but I though I'd try to put

a little somthing together to celebrate the event.

Here's what I came up with...

Marie Button

Marie Jersey T

Marie Ringer T

These an other items are available at CupcakeDD's Goodies .

Hope ya like 'em!

xoxo,
Julie

♥ Christmas Came Early!!♥

I spent a wonderful evening with my boyfriend and
favorite cupcake, John Mayer , last night!
Adele opened for him and she was GREAT!
If you haven't heard her yet, definitely check her out!
♥ JM was amazing as usual!! ♥

It was really great to hear some of the "old stuff".
Once again, I was sad to see the night end!

And as if I needed another reason to L♥VE him, check it out...

Artist: John M. Name: "Frosty At Dusk With Pipe"
Medium: Devils food cake, icing, marshmallow, fondant, confectioners sugar

...♥he likes to bake♥ !!

Grins & Giggles!
xoxo,
Julie

scrappyjessi's cookie exchange

The beautiful scrappyjessi is hosting a cookie swap. After you check out one of my favorite cookie recipes, go over to her place and check out what ALL of the other gals are cookin' up!

Spritz Cookies

Ingredients
1 cup confectioners' sugar
2 sticks unsalted butter
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 cups sifted flour
Sprinkles for garnish

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a mixer with a paddle attachment, add the sugar and the butter. Mix until light and fluffy. Add the egg, vanilla and almond extracts and mix to incorporate. Sift together the baking powder and the flour. Add the flour mixture. Mix until combined. Using a cookie press, press cookies onto ungreased cookie sheets. Top with the sprinkles of your choice. Bake for 5 to 8 minutes, or until firm, but not yet browning.

Enjoy!!

xoxo,

Julie

Arizona, Shopping, Fever, Turkey & Lollishops

A belated Happy Thanksgiving to all!

We headed to Mesa, Arizona for our holiday week, just the four of us. Matthew came down with a cold the day we left.

We had a couple of good days of relaxing, shopping and eating at our favorite restaurants (RigaTony's & Blue Adobe topping the list).

I was able to sneak away on Sunday and hit the Antique Plaza on Main Street. I was on a mission to find some vintage Christmas - didn't have much luck but I did find a few things.

By Tuesday, I was sure that I had gotten Matthew's cold!
We had decided to have Thanksgiving dinner on Wednesday so we could have leftovers on Thursday before heading home on Friday. By Wednesday, I was one sick turkey! The cold turned out to be the flu! Fever and all, I made dinner with all the fixin's. Too bad I was too pooped to eat it!
Thanksgiving day, Brendan woke up with the sniffles and Dave had the chills. We pretty much spent the entire day under blankets surrounded by cold medicine and klennex!

We managed to pull ourselves together and headed home on Friday.
I never even got out of my pj's on Saturday.
I did get to work on my Lollishop though!! Woo-hoo!!
The Cupcake Cupboard is now open for business!!

I'll be hosting a give-away to celebrate our opening, so stay tuned!

xoxo,
Julie