Happy Cupcake Friday! Halloween cupcakes are the feature this week.  Find them here!

I'm going to start a new little feature on Fridays and share one of my cupcake decorations with you each week. I'll call it Cupcake Friday...yep such an original name! haha Pink Leopard is the feature this week!  This one is for someone who likes to take a walk on the wild side! ; )  You can find it here. Have a great Friday!!!

Christmas in July SALE now in progress!! From now through July 31 save 20% off everything in my shop!  Save on art prints, printables and cupcake ornaments.  FYI I rarely offer a discount on my cupcake ornaments so get your Christmas shopping started now!  Use coupon code JULY2014 at check out to get 20% off your total purchase!  Get to shopping!

My cute Stars, Stripes and Cupcakes artprint is currently on sale for $7.20, 60% off through June 28th!  No coupon code needed.  The artprint is 8x10 and ready to be shipped today!  Grab your print in the shop here!

Shop for St. Patrick's Day decorations here.

The winter Olympics are upon us. Do you have Olympic Fever?  I enjoy watching the winter Olympics more than the summer.  My favorite winter sport to watch is curling, yes curling, followed by the various skiing events. I'm not sure why I'm drawn to curling.  I guess I just find it fascinating that you throw a rock down the ice and people use brooms to keep it going and going straight.  FYI, I know I'm not using the correct terms, I have to relearn them every 4 years! ; )  What's your favorite Olympic sport to watch? I've made a Free 8x10 USA Olympic printable to download if you have the Olympic spirit going on in your house.  Click here to download the file.

Go USA!!

Last Friday I had my wisdom teeth removed which left me with very little food to eat for a few days while I was told to be on a soft diet.  You know what that meant right?  Eat as much ice cream as you want, well maybe not as much as you want but you get my point...no ice cream eating guilt, I was told to eat ice cream! My husband ran out to get some "soft food" groceries for me and I told him to pick up some grape juice, I was getting sick of just drinking water.  When I was helping him put the groceries away I saw the grape juice and ice cream sitting together on the counter.

My childhood came calling back to me saying "Amy, make a purple cow!"  So here you go...a Purple Cow!

Scoop some vanilla ice cream in a glass and pour grape juice over the ice cream and you have a purple cow!  So you might be asking where did you come up with this awesome concoction?  I have to give all the credit to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood!  Yes, I learned how to make these from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood when I was a kid.  I must say they are totally yummy, makes a cool purple color and I have now become a little addicted to them.  If grape juice isn't your thing you can add whatever juice you want to the ice cream and make up your own _____cow float! Thanks Mister Rogers for making my wisdom teeth removal a little more enjoyable! ; ) What’s Baking is a section on my blog where I share various items I’ve been making and baking!  I’ve loved to bake since I was little!  Some recipes or creations I’ve made up myself and some are things I’ve made from my way too many Pinterest boards and from way too many bloggers I follow.  To take a look at some other things I’ve been baking go here!

Hello!  It's been awhile since I've said much on my blog.  It always takes me a little while to get back in the swing of things after the Holidays.  I had so many ideas and things I was going to share with you in December but time slipped away being busy in my shop, went back home for a week and now January is close to being done!  I always feel I need about 3-4 weeks to get back to normal after the Holidays. I hope 2014 has been off to a good start for all of you.  Did you make any New Years resolutions?  I'm not a big New Years resolution person.  In general I just try to be a better person than the past year.  What does that mean?  Well eat a few more healthier choices, keep moving a little more, be kinder and less judgmental.  I know some people choose a word for the year ahead to strive to be better at.  Some examples I have seen are: Joy, Focus, Purpose, Simplify and Adventure.  The goal is to focus on that one word in various aspects of your life for the year ahead.  I've never done the one word resolution before but Sara Bareilles' popular song Brave made me think about doing it this year with the word, wait for it...Brave!

Have you heard her song before or watched her video?  If not watch it below and really listen to the words.  I also love her video.  You know the phrase "dance like no one is watching", well this video is pretty much the literal interpretation of that!  Give it a watch, it might make your day!   So why did this word speak to me?  Well in general I'd like to be a little more Brave in many aspects of life.  I'm pretty much a person who loves rules, I'm on the quiet side and I analyze everything to death.  I sound like a really fun person don't I! ha ha  Since I analyze everything to death I suffer from analysis paralysis.   What is that?  As defined by Wikipedia analysis paralysis is the state of over-analyzing (or over-thinking) a situation so that a decision or action is never taken, in effect paralyzing the outcome.  I'm pretty good at talking myself out of things.  I get a gold star for that! So that's where the word Brave comes in to try and help me get over the speed bumps that I build up for myself and then talk myself out of things.  I need to be Brave and blow past those speed bumps (break some rules), speak my mind a little more and stop with the self doubt talk and just go for it!  Anybody with me and want to be more Brave? To be a little more Brave I've made a few FREE printables to help get our Brave on! Below is a FREE 8 x 10 Artprint to help you be Brave!  The words are from Sara Bareilles' song Brave.  Click here to download the image.

I also created a FREE 5x7 BRAVE printable in a Rainbow and Black and White design.  Download the rainbow one here and the black and white one here.  FYI - the large copyright and website address underneath the artwork will not be on the downloaded file.

Just download, print, cut and place it somewhere in your home or office to remind you to be a little more Brave this year! So for me not having a resolution this year I guess I lied.  My resolution is to be Brave! Did you make any New Years resolutions this year?

On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: Twelve Cute Cupcake Ornaments! ; ) Christmas is approaching fast and so is the deadline to purchase items online.  Last day to purchase items from my shop to arrive by Christmas is Monday, December 16th. The 12 cupcakes below are just a few of the many styles that are available here! Traditional Christmas Colors:

Personalized: Get a personalized cupcake for someone you know.  Kids LOVE seeing their names on items!  Personalize one for a Teacher, Baby's 1st Christmas and recently married couples with Our 1st Christmas.  Want your cupcake to say something a little different, just let me know and I most likely can make it for you.

Patterns Galore: There are many beautiful and fun patterns to choose from including Chevron, Flowers, Animal Print and Damask.

Happy Shopping!