~Pamela Susan~

Busy

Yes, life has been busy around here!  

I've been busy filling Christmas orders...

 

Spending time with Dad and the girls while Aaron was gone on business...

(for some reason it's always been quite the task to get my Dad to smile for pictures...can you tell?!)

Cleaning "lipstick" (a.k.a. blue marker) off Clara's face...

 

and getting things ready for Christmas.  

Ahhhh....Christmas.  It is right around the corner!  And so is the arrival of our little one.  I closed my shop up over the weekend for this very reason.  As a mother of young children,it is very important for me to keep my life balanced, especially at this time.  I mean, I'M HAVING A BABY IN LESS THAN 4 WEEKS!  Wow.  I cannot believe it.  I cannot wait.  I'm so looking forward to meeting her.  A new little daughter to add to our growing family.  I feel blessed.

So, now you know why I haven't blogged for a while.  

But I'm very excited about some things I've been working on lately...I'm making most of the girls' presents for Christmas this year.  I'll have to share a few of them with you later this week.  Let's just say I've been keeping my sewing machine busy, and the wood-burner nice and hot.  Oh, I love this time of the year!

I hope you are all well!

xo,

Pamela

p.s.  check out this pic of Clara and Avery while scouting out our Christmas tree.  Is that the peace sign I see??  Where did she learn that??  (Actually, I think she learned it from Naomi--gotta love that one, right, Yumiko??)  

 

Life is good.

Snowball Cake Pops

Happy December 1st!!  

Now that it IS officially December I feel it is only appropriate to share this fun little treat idea with you.  By now most of you know Bakerella, right?  She is the inventor of the "cake pops"!  I first learned of her when she was featured on the Martha Stewart show.  Bakerella is AMAZING and she has inspired me to make my own version of these fun treats.  

How does a SNOWBALL cake pop sound to you??

  

 

To make these, follow her recipe here.  After dipping the balls in white "melting" chocolate, sprinkle large, white sugar crystals all over the ball...

This makes for a DELICIOUS crunchy combination with the cake.

ENJOY!

xo,

Pamela, a Bakerella fan 

Cupcakes Galore

Here are 7 little cupcakes I made last week for orders...I just want to eat them up.

Yummy.

xoxo,

Pamela 

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving day filled with family, friends and yummy food!  I'm sure by this time your bellies are full of pie, too, just like mine...

 

xo,

Pamela,

a gal who is thankful for her kind and patient husband, her vivacious and loving daughters, the little baby growing inside her, all of her wonderful family members, dear friends, good health, and the comfy pillow her head is about to rest on in about three seconds.

 

Birthday Fun

I had to share this fun idea that Erica made for favors for my birthday party.  She requested that I give her a list of 10 of my favorite things and this is what she did with it:

 

Now, how THOUGHTFUL was that?  It was fun to see a tube of lip gloss, yummy tea bags, and a new pattern to knit in the little gift bag to represent my favorite things!  I thought this was the best idea I've seen in a long time.  

Thank you, Erica!

I also wanted to share with you a couple really cool handmade gifts I received for my big day.

  Carrie gave me this lovely necklace...

 

I LOVE it.  The photograph is titled "Things Are Looking Up" and it was taken by her!  It is of a rose in the Portland Rose Gardens.  This little 5/8" X 5/8" photo is displayed in a sterling silver bezel and hangs from a delicate sterling silver ball chain.  I haven't taken it off since it was given to me.  You can visit her shop here.

And my friend, Avey, felted and sewed this lovely little "purse organizer".  It is now home to my lipgloss, mints, and business card holder, among other important little purse items.  :)

 

Don't you just love the button?  I first spotted a pile of them in her craft room a couple weeks ago and immediately fell in love with them...they remind me of moss.  No wonder she chose to adorn the little organizer with it!  Too cool.

She doesn't have an Etsy shop yet, but believe me, when she does I'll let you know!

I had such a wonderful weekend...thank you to everyone who made it so special for me!  And thank you for all your birthday wishes!!

xoxo,

Pamela

"A Flower for You" Necklace Winner!

I know I'm a little late in announcing the winner of this contest...so sorry!  I've been a busy lil' gal today.  I was lucky enough to hang out with my Dad all morning working on a fun project together.  I love my Dad.  He is the best..I feel blessed to be his daughter.

I'm also feel blessed to have Erica as my friend...she hosted a fabulous little birthday get-together for me tonight and went all the way out.  Thank you, Erica...I am grateful for our friendship!

Well, I should finally announce the winner, shouldn't I??  The winner of the "A Flower for You" necklace is Megan Fogelson! 

Congratulations!!  I will email you to get your address so I can mail you your new necklace.  :)

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend!

xoxo,

Pamela

Cupcake Necklace Winner!

Congratulations, Jackie!  You've won the "My Lil' Cupcake" necklace...I'll send you an email right now to get your shipping information.

Thank you to everyone for entering the giveaway, and THANK YOU for the Birthday Wishes!  I'm one lucky 30 year old.  :)

Don't forget...it's not too late to enter the giveaway for the "A Flower for You" necklace!  The winner will be announced Saturday, the 21st.

xoxo,

Pamela, A Very Happy Birthday Girl

Cupcakes and Flowers--2 FREE Giveaways!!

Guess who's kissing her twenties goodbye this Thursday, the 19th??  

ME!  

That's right...I'm turning 30!  

In celebration of my 3 decades of life I'm feeling the need to gift one of you lovely readers with something special... 

a "My Lil' Cupcake" Necklace! 

 I couldn't think of a more appropriate pendant than a cupcake for my birthday.  :)

 

To enter the drawing leave a comment on this post telling me what your FAVORITE kind of cupcake is.  Is it vanilla?  chocolate?  lemon-cherry? s'mores?  banana split??

  It. Is. That. Easy.

And, onto another fun topic, I reached my 600th sale in my Etsy shop over the 

weekend!

As a BIG THANK YOU to all those who have helped my lil' shop be as successful as it is, I want to give one of my new "A Flower For You" necklaces away.  This necklace isn't even in my shop yet!

(This pendant was hand sculpted and fired by me using metal clay.  It is 99.9% fine silver and is decorated with a purple cz gem...so cute, if I do say so myself.)

To enter the giveaway for this necklace, leave a comment telling me what your FAVORITE FLOWER is.  

And yes, you may enter BOTH contests!  (Please do so by leaving 2 separate comments--one for each giveaway)

I will announce the winner of the "My Lil' Cupcake" giveaway November 19th, at 10:20 pm (pac time)--which is the time I was born.  :)

The winner of the "A Flower for You" giveaway will be announced Saturday, the 21, at noon.

Thank you!!!

xoxo,

Pamela

Bag O' Fish Soap Tutorial

 

The Bag O' Fish soap tutorial is here!  Click HERE to access it.

Have fun!

xoxo,

Pamela

Bag O' Fish

What happens when you toss cute little plastic fish...

 

in with bags of melted glycerin soap??

You got it! 

 

The perfect stocking stuffer: Bag O' Fish soaps!

Tutorial coming soon!

xoxo,

Pamela, a lover of fun soap