Our very First Bake Sale...

was this past Saturday morning and it was a flop.  I spent two days baking and preparing not to mention buying lots on the ingredients required.  The reason why  I mentioned that was because I actually spent more then what I made.  We were hoping it would be successful as there were tons of delicious sweets that were put together and presented so professionally. Oh well, it was an experience  and no doubt our approach will be a little different next time, if there is going to be a next time !!

Here are some photos of what I put together. I made some cute tags to put on my packaging.

Below is a photo of Spritz cookies and Sugar Cookies.

I also made 10 mini loafs of delicious vanilla cakes, ranging from berry to walnut flavours.

These are pictures of the Bake Sale.

As you an see the kids really enjoyed it !! 

I have to say it was a blast just getting together with our friends and enjoying each others treats and coffee's.  We ended up sharing what we all made and brought a whole bunch of delicious goodies home for the rest of the family to enjoy.  

The Vatansever Family Cottage

Based on the title,  you are probably thinking we have purchased a cottage, however that is not the case.  For many years hubby and I were thinking and mentally constructing the perfect back and front yard  the family would enjoy and here is the story behind the final outcome.

Last year we took a family vacation to Turkey and I have to admit our backyard was completely inspired by the summer homes in Turkey.  Most families (mainly  upper class)  have two homes, one located in the city where they work and go to school and the other is a beach house located by the sea.  We wanted to create the same atmosphere in our own backyard less the Ocean. To be honest with you I am very happy with the end result.  Here are a few photos I would love to share with all of you.

This is how the portion of the backyard looked from my bedroom.

This is the Gazebo being built.

This is my handy husband. I have to mention and also give credit to myself when building the gazebo.  Because I took the photos, there is no evidence I had a hand in building the gazebo and let me tell you without my help hubby would not have been able to do all of that by himself... just saying.  

Here he is with the well earned beer :o)

Here is the final result. 

My Pink and purple Hydrangeas, LOVE THEM !!!

OK, now moving on the the front yard.  I promised I would update you all with the final results of our front yard and here is the  before and after pictures.

My mini planter barrel.

Hope you liked all the photos I posted, now you all know what I had been up to for the past two months.   From here on I will be enjoying my morning coffee you know where ; o)

Rain, Rain Go away

Hi everyone, here is a quick update on our outdoor project.  The weather was horrible yesterday with rain and it's still raining and windy today. You have got to see the mud my house is buried into. I can't wait for all this to go away.

The photo above is my back yard.

Spring Cleaning and More

I have really neglected my blog lately due to high energy projects outside the house.  Ever since we bought our home we really never did anything outside but this spring and summer that is all going to change. Right now the front of my house and our next door neighbours house looks like a war zone and here are some pics to prove it !!!

After many months of research and arguing with hubby we finally made a decision as to how we want the drive way and the backyard patio done. The front yard will be exposed aggregate and the backyard will be stamped concrete. The picture below is exposed aggregate.  I don't want to bore you guys with the details but as you can see I am going to be very busy next month. When we finish everything, I will do another post with the after photos. I am certain everything is going to look awesome and this summer we are truly going to enjoy our home to the max !!

Before I go just want to mention one more thing. We are also building a huge gazebo in the backyard and here is the photo of what the  Gazebo looks like, mind you our backyard looks nothing like the one in this picture. Well thats all the news for today, don't forget to have your Mothers day Cards emailed to emily tomorrow.

My Birthday Celebration

I normally don't like to mention my birthday but my friends have insisted that I do a post to honour my day.

My dearest friends threw me a very nice girls night with plenty of food and drinks. The original plan was to go out to a Sushi bar for dinner, however that plan soon changed as we got snowed in big time. Instead we ordered in wings and Pizza !!

Here are some photos of this Saturday and If you ask how old I have turned, I am not a day over 25 :o) hehehe (wink)

Me !!

Dessert, Munchies and Drinks !!!

My Birthday Cake, Chocolate mousse, mmmmm it was heavenly !!

Me again.

This is my friend Funda

This is my BFF and the hostess of the party.  I also want to take this opportunity to say Thank you Esracim you are the best and I am so blessed to have you in my life !!

This is Esra my other good friend who drove all the way from Thornhill to make my day special. So thanks girls !!!

I also want to mention this weeks Bellarific Friday is a circle card, so don't forget to get your cards into Em by Thursday to have a chance to win some bella bucks.

Cheers everyone !!

On Vacation

It has been quite sometime now since my last post. Life gets so crazy sometimes and before you know it almost a month has gone by since my last post. I have done more cards and scrapbook page layouts but have not taking there photos to post up for you all to see. I also want to let you all now I will be making more videos with the Cricut personal cutter but those videos will be in August. I am taking a little summer break from my crafts but will return with a BANG !!!

I have been watching a lot of other youtube videos to learn and get inspired and let me tell you I am pumped up to spill my own creations your way. I will try to post as much as I can during the summer days but if I don't please don't hate me....

Here are some photos of the kids having some back yard fun!!!

Have a great summer everyone.