wallpaper trends: August 2011

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

baby love - carissa and brian

brian,

so today is our 3 year anniversary and i cannot think of better photos to post than these...it's kinda hard to believe that in about 2 months we will become a mommy and daddy to this tiny little person growing inside of me...

i would say "it seems like only yesterday we just started dating" but to be honest, i feel like those days seem forever ago...in a good way...we have both changed and matured so much over the last 7 years and in particular over the last 3 years of marriage...as long as we continue to grow together and support each other's rises and falls, it will only get better...

and i know it's cliche but i really do love you more than i did on our wedding day...i cannot even begin to imagine how much more i will love you once our little boy arrives...it's gonna change everything...and i CAN...NOT...WAIT :)

happy anniversary babe!! i love you more than you know...

xoxo,

carissa

the BOSS...

probably my favorite photo of the whole day...

you guys have NO idea how excited i am to see this man holding our son - i tear up just thinking about it sometimes...he is going to make the cutest dad!

i have to thank our dear friend, ashley rose, for gifting us with these gorgeous photos...to have this moment in our lives documented by someone we adore just makes me smile inside! she did an AMAZING job and we will cherish these photos for years to come - and so will baby jowett!! big hugs ash!!

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Tips & Tricks Tuesday! - Cake Pops!

Thanks for all your support during my cake pop challenges lol... I am so glad to know I am not alone! So today I figured I would share what I have learned through trial and error and some helpful followers along the way....

...So here goes...

1. Don't give up!
2. Be careful... not always a whole can of icing! this was my problem this time, yellow cake is more moist then chocolate - too much icing, they won't stay on the stick as well.
3. Dip the sticks in a little chocolate and stick in the pop and let set before dipping the whole pop
4. Freeze the mix for a few min before cutting with cutter to form
5. Freeze for a few min before putting sticks (with chocolate tips)
6. Freeze for a few min after dipping in chocolate
7. After dipping in chocolate, tap slightly to help chocolate fall, but not too aggressive or you'll break the seal of the stick to the pop! You can spin a bit and let it drip.
8. Add some canola oil to the melted chocolate (people have said shortening too)
9. Make sure you pre-plan the freezer! you need flat and you need room - no bumping!

p.s. a few people asked about the piping - I used the tiniest piping tip I had on the icing you can buy right in the plastic tubes and then just piped very tiny and very slowly and my hand was WAY shaking hard!!!

...what tips do you have!? or horror stories ;o)

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