Garth is working what he calls “mids” the next week or so. It’s 7pm to 7am. This means that I spend my evenings in the house alone. This means that making cupcakes until 2 am actually happens. Tonight I made 7. I learned that thin, treeesque molded chocolate will not [...]

It seems like these filing cabinets will never get done! The fabulous people at Design*Sponge are hosting a diy contest that I hope to enter, and the deadlline is in a week, so I’m hoping that’ll be the fire under me that I need to just work through the rain and mud (it’s Florida, [...]

*hugs*
laura. =)

xoxo
elle.

enjoy homies!
more great things to come. =)

bonjour mes amis,
I know that I just posted week one…but it was late. Here’s week two, almost on time. =)

hugs and kisses,
elle.

Hello friends.
I know that most people have resolutions for the new year, but I just mostly plan new things to make and new ways to document my life. This year I am taking a photo everyday of my toes, and making weekly videos that document the things that I’ve made.

I love 2008 already. [...]

so…I made this cake around Easterish because I wanted to practice my fondant skills since I’m making my first wedding cake in June (I say first because I understand that once it’s a skill I possess, friends, family, and people that I barely know will ask me to make wedding cakes for them, and soon [...]

Fondant cakes are relatively easy to make. This is the second one that I’ve ever made.

Here’s the secret recipe to get good tasting, easy to use, inexpensive fondant that’s gooey and fun to make by hand: the best fondant recipe ever. Hey, maybe you’ll want one of these to look smokin’ while you’re [...]

I had sushi for the first time this last weekend! It was just ok. I went to Taka in the Gaslamp District with my sister-in-law Ashley. We walked there from my apartment hoping to find something “adventurous” to eat. We had wanted to eat at La Prada in Balboa Park, but [...]