More Zen Doodling - I'm addicted

Sorry, but I just can't stop myself from doing these doodle art drawings. It's "hands" down one of the best forms of free entertainment for me these days!

 

Oh Peacock Feathers!

I got inspired to do another doodle. In honor of the beautiful bird from which my favorite colors come from!  I love the colors of the Peacock. Those colors also happen to be from the ocean and I just love them. They make me feel so peaceful. Of course, I just doodled it in purple. That seems to be my favorite pen to doodle with.

 

Update - Personally Designed Water Bottle

Okay, I really wasn't thrilled with my previous water bottle design. (Go here to see it.) So I re-did it. It really needed to be more bold and I like it much better now! Click here to order from CafePress.

 

 It looks really cute on the water bottle. I think I need to give these to my girlfriends for Christmas!

 

Doodle Time Again!

Here's a mini-zen art.  I love 'doodling! It is such a stress reliever.

 

New Water Bottle Design!

So, I decided to create a new design to use on the Stainless Steel Water Bottle that I had recently done. (See Dec. 3, 2013 Post) I wanted to a retro-look like a 50's ad. I'm not sure I *LOVE* it, but I put it out there anyway. I'll see how much response I get from it and if it doesn't go over too well, I'll probably tweak it. What do you think? If you like it and want to purchase it on the stainless steel water bottle, just click here.

Christmas Holiday Poinsettia Cupcakes

I was invited to a Christmas Dinner party this past weekend and needed to bring an entree and a dessert. I wanted to make something festive, so this is what I did.  I got this idea from that awesome book "What's New Cupcake" by Karen Tack. It's available on Amazon.com. (That's an affiliate link - I think!) I have made these before for Thanksgiving, but made them yellow and orange to look like mums. Here's the tutorial to make these cupcakes.

They are so easy to make!  The flower 'petals' are actually miniature marshmallows. First you just ice your cupcakes in white frosting. Then you cut each individual marshmallow diagonally across from corner to corner with kitchen scissors.

When you do this, it automatically makes the shape of a flower petal.

The inside of the marshmallows are super sticky. Just let them fall into a bowl of red sugar and the sugar will stick to the cut part of the marshmallow.

Then just start sticking them on the cupcake. Start with the outer ring first and work your way in. 

First row

Next row

After the last row (there will be room for about three rows), add some mini candy covered chocolates to the center.  They are adorable and they taste really good, too. Of course I waited until the last minute to work on these and ran out of time to do them all. I went ahead and did several and then just put sugar sprinkles on the rest. It was still enough to make a nice presentation! Everyone loved them!

If you make any, I'd love to see photos and let me know how they turned out!

Personally designed "water" bottles

I designed these babies for a recent cruise my husband and I took. They got a lot of looks and I think I could have sold them a few times. I made a strap for each one so we could sling them over our shoulder. They came in handy when we went to the beach. We decided that they may have been more appropriately titled "There's a chance this is water."  heeheehee
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