Diaper Cake

The last few baby showers I've attended have had "diaper cakes" at them. Intrigued by the idea, I decided to try my hand at one. What do you think? Apparently they are all the rage out here and selling for lots of money! They're very simple to make though. Maybe I should start selling them. (yet another part time job?) Although I didn't take a photo of it, inside the cake is baby shampoo and lotion. They are used for the center. I'm hoping to ship this one to a friend of mine who is due in April. However, getting it through the mail may prove to be difficult...?

Crafty Cathy

A few weeks ago I visited a small community thrift shop in search of a media stand. Lucky for me I found an old record player/cabinet for 5.00! That's right, 5.00!! I decided to try out my painting skills and created this:





I've been feeling pretty crafty lately. In addition to this I'm hoping to find a coffee table to re-do as well and I recently started working on a "diaper cake" for a friend who is having a baby soon. (pictures to come soon! :))

Meanwhile, Sasha is getting bigger by the minute. She's up to nearly 30 lbs. these days. She is still in the puppy stage but is potty trained now. We've been working with a friend who used to do dog training and Sasha is learning very quickly. This stuff is a lot of work!! Sasha is always tired afterwards....See below



This summer I hope to really be able to dive into self-training photography. Since I will be taking the summer off I'm hoping to learn a lot. I would LOVE to get hooked up with a local photog and able to work side by side and train with them. We'll see though. I may have to stick to hands on practice, learning tutorials, and books. A friend of mine who also shoots Nikon suggested me trying to shoot RAW. She is experimenting with it currently. I feel like I have SO much to learn still, which I do. I feel that the creativity is there, the technical things are what I need to become more knowledgable in. I say this knowing that some people see my blog as my "business site". I just want to be honest though. I feel that I have the talent but I feel that my talent has a long way to go.

I've been staying up way to late lately and tonight looks no different than every other night. Staying up late would be no problem except for every morning at 5:30 or 6 I have a heavy bladder puppy wanting to go outside.

Something exciting is about to happen in my life that I won't mention publically. If you know me you will know what I'm talking about. *and no I'm not having a baby