And then there were two...

Hello again….

So my last post was a little over 6 months ago, not to say that I haven’t tried to write at least ten, but I get completely overwhelmed with how much catching up I have to do and walk away....

Well the time has come my friends! This lady is getting down to business; I have a lot of catching up to do so not a second to waste!

My last post was my sister's surprise baby shower, however I just so happened to skip over the little (furry) girl that came into my life. About two weeks before my sister’s shower I brought home a little furry girl that we (my boyfriend and I) named Ginger. She is half Boxer(mama) and half Pitbull(papa). A very good friend of mine’s brother’s boxer had puppies and she was the last one left (due to an eye infection) and we completely fell in love with her dopey little face and oversized paws that we had to have her!

Side note: I do have another pup she is a 4 year old Min Pin/Pom mix that I just so happen to gave gotten because of the same friend! I never wanted to out right buy a puppy mill animal and I’d like to keep it that way. Adopt Adopt Adopt!  So many animals need love and need to be given a chance! Breed should not sway your opinion; we are all a product of our surroundings…

Anyways, since words cannot describe the cuteness, I’ll let the picture to do all the talking J

The day we too her home, Kevin's first puppy :)

First day and she already found the shoes....

And then got tired, ha.

She's a very crazy sleeper!

Her and her sister Jag

She's a big girl!

Being silly!

This little girl grew up overnight!

I've never had a large dog, so this was entirely new experience for me!

Lots of shoes, furniture, remote controls, clothing, and countless other things demolished but I love her none the less. 

Pink Pink Pink!

Whelp it’s been far too long once again, but thats only because I’ve been super busy! This past weekend was my sisters “surprise” baby shower! It was a struggle to get her there, but all in all she arrived and hopefully enjoyed it! I made all of the favors and center pieces, as well as the mini cupcakes! Vanilla, chocolate, and of course my sister favorite Red Velvet! Surprisingly enough I did a little networking too. The lady the run’s things at the Mays Landing Country Club approached me about the cupcakes because she heard that they were Vegan! She said she gets quite a few vegan/veg customers who often ask for suggestions for a place to get baked goods! I gave her some business cards and a few cupcakes ;) so she can first hand tell them how delicious they are! I just want to say how amazing it is to love what do and make so many people happy doing it along the way! The greatest gift is hear that they taste better than the non-vegan stuff ;P

Well here’s a sneak peak of the shower and some other cupcakes I’ve done this past month!

Favors!

Mini's!

Pink roses!

The Baby "clothes line" I made!

Presents!

The happy Mama!

Margarita Cupcakes

Carrot Cake Cupcakes!

Red Velvet Cupcakes!

Banana Split Mini's

And a super quick random cake I whipped up for my aunt Birthday :)

Peace&Cupcakes!

Cupcakes! Cupcakes! Cupcakes!

Once again its been far too long! With lots of great things going on of course! In the process of planning a baby shower, but I can't give away any details because my sissy might be viewing this! Sorry T ;P Lets just say its a lot to do considering this time last year I was doing almost the same thing but it was for her bridal shower! And if its done by me it has to be perfect(aka my sisters standards hehe) But  then again I enjoy every minute of it! OH and did I mentions she hasnt told anyone the name she picked!!! Its driving me crazy!! I need to know this little munchkins name, oye.

With that update out of this way, Im in the beginning stages of getting my business up and running!

Peace Tree Vegan Cupcakes & Pastries! Last week I donated dozens and dozens of cupcakes to Oakcrest High Schools Drama Club where there were sold during their rendition of GREASE!

They were a HIT! And with less then a weeks notice they tured out great! I also want to send out a thank you to a former teacher,Ms. Simpson,who got me involved with this!

Some of the 3 days events flavors included:

Red Velvet "Rizzo"
French Vanilla "Frenchy"
"Summer lovin'" Lemon
"Your the one that I want" Peanutbutter cup

The strawberry/vanilla "Pink Ladies"
The double chocolate " T Birds"
The cookies and creme " Grease Lightening" Cupcake mini's

The Saucy cherry chocolate "Sandie"

&

The "We go together" like Apple pie!

Sometimes you gotta give a little to get a little! Well or a alot hehe.

All in all I'm so glad I participated! It was great to help out my alma mater :)

Now I'm viciously trying to get my flavor and price list finished for all of the poeple raving about my cupcakes!

Well there was a quick up date!

Wayward...

Well two months later I’m back he he…. So much has been going on with working in retail and the holidays it’s just been pure utter craziness! None the less, I’m back now and more inspired then ever!

To start there a few awesome things that came out of this holiday seasons madness, beside that I got to spend the holidays with my amazing family, I took a trip to NYC for work a week before Christmas, religiously going to a new found vegan café’ , as well as finding out I’m going to be an Aunt of a beautiful baby girl!!!

The trip to NYC was quick a painless, a little confusing at first because I’ve only been there a few times and never alone, but I managed. I took the greyhound bus in, so that alone took away a lot of my panic but it got me there super early(almost 2 hours before the meeting), Luckily my super sweet District Manager told me about a cute little eco bakery that offered vegan breakfast pastry’s that was just around the corner from the store! So I hopped in a cab and away I went! Let me tell you… it was soooo stinkin’ cute! Any who the meeting went really well, super informative. Along with that we all took a stroll before lunch and were checking out really neat visual merchandising to kind of get us inspired for our stores and our brand. All in all it was a pretty great day!

So about this vegan café, it's my new favorite Sunday afternoon. It so refreshing to not have to travel an hour to get great vegan food! Its twenty minutes away (give or take), a different menu every week, always vibrant, delicious, and always good vibes all around. It’s called Wildflower Earthly Vegan Fare, there coming up on there one year anniversary (this week)! You can find them on Facebook or http://www.wildflowervegan.com/ Oh did I mention, they have yummy pastries too!

Lastly, I have a beautiful niece on the way, who is currently cooking into a cubber in my sissy’s belly! Yesterday my sister had the ultrasound to find out the gender of the baby, took the results to be cooked into the centre of a cake, leaving us all in suspense! Family all went to our moms for the gender cake cutting! And low and behold it’s a GIRL! (good luck will hehe) I’m so excited to spoil my first niece!

So that should get you a little up-to-date now….but I have lots and lots more to talk about! I have been super inspired and creative and have many things in the works! From cupcakes to camping and two year plans to a 25^th birth coming up in a couple weeks!

I’ll keep you posted  ;)

"The Cake"

PINK!

Creative Outlet

OK…. So now that I got the first post out of the way, I guess I should probably say what tweaked my interest to get in gear and start this thing. The best and only way I know how to begin is to give you a rundown of my morning. Just another Monday hopping on the 7:37 train to Atlantic City heading to work I realize as much as I worked my butt off in the spring to lose that 20 pounds, that had been driving me crazy, I also realize its flippin’ freezing out and without the extra meat on my bones I need more layers!

Any who, I got off the train and strutted my frozen bum to Starbucks, ordered an iced soy latte’ (because I’m not ready to commit to a hot one yet) and a plain bagel. The gentleman behind me, despite my chic quasi bum attire as well as headphones in my ears, decided to strike up conversation about Starbucks’ breakfast sandwiches. He asked if they were any good, but I told him I had only gotten a bagel. He continued with “yeah I don’t expect a breakfast sandwich from Starbucks to be any good anyways.” That’s where I had to stop him, I’m pretty sure Starbucks holds a special place in my heart and even though there aren’t many veggie options (wink wink Starbucks) for breakfast, he shouldn’t knock something he hasn’t tried for himself. I just told him I was vegan, thinking it would end our awkward conversations and lead him into a state of confusion but no, he asked how long and so on a so forth. Just when I thought I saw a hint of hope he asked if I ate fish….ugh. So I went on to tell him a few different varieties of vegetarians, of which he thought I was speaking a different language, and even thought he was completely interested, eventually the lady shouted iced venti vanilla soy latte’ I was outta there.          

Once I got to work I was a bit early so I was reading though my e-mails and came across a forum I’m subscribed to that I don’t check as much as I’d like. It’s called Healthy Bitch Daily. The title was “why are you vegan.” As a vegan I’ve done the research, saw videos, read books, read articles and so on. For me there’s only so much I can stomach, and have a truck load of reasons why I’m vegan, but I can agree to say sometimes I’m living the day to day life style of being vegan but I lose steam of factoids and some of the big issues effecting the world around me. It was a nice little boost of confidence that I may not have need but still felt good.

With all that said it wasn’t even 10am and I just felt inspired to do something. I needed a creative outlet and here I am .  Being vegan completely inspires me. A little piece of it is sown into everything I do, how I feel, what I think, all in all how I live my life. This blog isn’t about me just being vegan, but little excerpts of my life and how passionately I feel about living it!

I guess I’m try to say, do what makes you feel inspired, creative, and passionate. Do what makes you happy and what make you feel ALIVE!!!

Happy Monday, Cheers!

And so it is....

Besides the fact that I stole the title of this post from the first line of Blowers Daughter by Damien Rice, just like the start of the song I thought it would make a great beginning and title to my first blog post! I wanted to start a blog about two years ago, but with the combination of my spastic mind and thinking about a million things at once I just chose to put it on the sideline, until now. I thought by creating a blog it needed to be about one thing or a small group of things, but heck with that. This is something thats going to be about everything! Things I love, things I find, things I make, poeple and places who inspire me, chance incounters, travel, music, art and everything else inbetween. Cheers!