Tirtzah’s Bridal Shower…Purple Roses, Pumpkin Pasta and Prayers Galore

 

Aint to shabby a spread!

 

Hair clips were the parting gift…cause a good bride knows how to accessorize.

Yes, I'll have seconds thank you!

I heart these arrangements! The roses weren’t as purple as I wanted so I added purple cabbage to the vases

Diggin' into the Pumpkin Pasta..Thanks for the recipe Christy! Tirtzah and my new favorite Grandma! She's so chic!

Hostess trying to listen to 3 conversations at once…I’m such a spaz it’s almost cute.

 

I met my sweet friend Tirtzah of 5 years through my lifegroup at ROCKharbor. She is the sweetest fellow INFJ’r I know! We have had many deep and facinating conversations over tall Chai Latte’s. I was incredibly honored to be asked to be a bridesmaid in her wedding this December. We hosted the bridal shower, a palette of silver and purple at Tirtzah’s Aunt Brenda’s house in Corona del Mar, CA. I cooked a Pumpkin Pasta for the lunch entree and Brenda made an incredible chocolate cake and cheese cake for dessert. I loved meeting Tirtzah’s family, the women in her family were witty and hilarious. The shower went off without a hitch with lots of fun purple hues, wedding trivia games and my favorite touch was a mini veil for Tirtzah, to wear during the shower. I was inspired by the adorable veil my friend Becky wore at her Vintage Wedding this summer. I included the Pumpkin Pasta recipe below since it has been requested by so many.

Pumpkin Pasta a la Christy Winston

2 T. Olive Oil
1 lb. bulk sweet Italian Sausage, crumbled
4 cloves garlic, cracked and chopped
1 med. onion, finely chopped
1 bay leaf
4 sprigs fresh sage leaves, chiffoned (=2 T. )
1 c. dry white wine
1 c. chicken stock
1 c. canned pumpkin
1/2 c. fat free half and half
1/8 t. cinnamon
1/2 t. nutmeg
salt and pepper
1 lb. penne rigato, al dente
Romano or parmasean
Heat oil ( 1 T) in large skillet. Add sausage and brown, drain oil and transfer sausage to paper towel lined plate. Return pan to stove and add remain T. of il. Saute garlic and onion ( tip: add onion first – saute till tender, then add garlic – prevents burnt garlic!) Add bay leaf, sage, and wine to pan. Reduce wine by 1/2 ( 2min.) Add stock and pumpkin and stir sauice until it comes to a bubble. Return sausage to pan, reduce heat and stir in cream. Season with cinnamon and nutmeg, and salt and pepper to taste. Simmer mixture 5 – 10 minutes to thiicken sauce.
Return drained pasta to the pot it was cooked in. Remove bay leaf!!! and pour sauce over pasta. Toss over low heat for 1 minute. Garnish with lots of shave parm cheese and sage leaves.

Serves: 4

Thankful Day 09

 

  

 

 

 

Haloween 2009…Best Costumes Ever!

Jayden the Alien!

We’ll let my cousins, nephews and girlfriends babies go first…. 

Ashton "The Pirate" RRRrrrrr!

Sonny as Popeye the Sailor Man!

Birds of a feather get their Halloween party on together!

No Rockstar can resist a Senorita

The Parisian and The American that are giving birth to a Green Card

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trooper the Terrorist...this was awesomeness!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My "hot date" Miss. Teichman!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

xoxoxo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TTFN!

Kitty Shower

*First of all this post is dedicated to Becky Waldron and her love for Kitty’s and Kitty mannerisms. Meooooooow!

Okay, so artist are known to be a little “Emo” from time to time, but this one is the grand daddy of emotional cute little cupcake moments. So my co-worker Ryan from the art center is out to lunch with some other gals from work. They are all pulling off the 5 FWY when they see a tiny little kitten in the middle of the off ramp. The girls exit and pull to the side of the road to help. Ryan pulls over on the off ramp (Emo moment #1) and steps into traffic in order to get the cat (Emo moment #2). All the sudden the kitten dissapears and he returns to the art center with the ladies distraght that the kitten might die from an OC Mom and her Hummer.

 

The next day Ryan’s roommate hears a meow coming from under his hood. It’s the same kitten Ryan saw on the 5! It ended up jumping into Ryans engine and then jumping into his roomates engine the next day. Now, Ryan feels this kitten is meant to be his (Emo moment #3) he takes the kitten to be checked out and get it’s shots…then the climax…Ryan’s roommates don’t want the kitten, (Emo moment #4) “Big Daddy” Ryan plans to move out to make room for his new feline friend. Oh! The drama!

 

In order to celebrate Ryan’s new found fatherhood. One of my co-workers Lisa thought it would be fun to throw Ryan a “Kitty Shower”. I thought this was the funnest idea ever! I ended up buying this Halloween costume for Kitty:

Boo!

 

Decorating this baby shower bag, by putting a Kitty face over the babies face.

Meowtastic

 

And making this “Kitty Daddy” card for Ryan.

Dear Kitty Daddy...

 

Oh the joy and drama of being an emotionally, bleeding heart artist. Life is purrrrrrrrrrfect. Ain’t it?

My “Kids”

My favorite little monsters

I love calling my art students, my “kids”. It makes me feel all mommy like. Here, my “kids” made these awesome Cuddly Aliens for an  art lesson AKA Ugly Dolls. The result? Holy Moly Macaroni! Beware if you want to teach lil’ ones how to sew. Lots of needle threading, encouragment and kleenex is needed to assure these perfectionist artist that your hand and eye coordination really isn’t fully developed until 21. Besides the therapy needed  the outcome is “beautifuly ugly”. Check out their uber cool dolls they made. I love these guys!

"MY ROSINA!!!" and Pooja

Romi is the sickest chick!

Oh hormones....

We love hormones...

I love when they pretend to be normal...it's so cute!

:)

Crista’s Bebe Shower!

Mom's Famous Royal Icing Booties

The Moms

The Grand”Moms”

Jayden and his beautiful mama Scarlett

Richard and his beautiful self :)

Sonny and his Nana

Love him!

La Familia (minus about 10,000)

Hostess with the Mostess and her handy helper Aunt Lisa

Mom’s Famous Royal Icing Booties

 

 

 

How to live a long life by Ever…

Go for lots of walks….

Be a good friend…..

Be silly….

Take risks and have FAITH!

Laugh…

and LAUGH!!

 

 

Becky Lynn’s Bridal Shower

Hey ya’all! Wedding Season is in full swing in the OC! And on this very beautiful Saturday in Newport we decided to host Becky Lynns Bridal Shower. I had a lot of fun helping with it. I tried out some new Bridal Shower Games like:

1.) Bridesmaids Dresses Between Decades *I got a dozen dresses between 1989 and 2009 and had all the women guess what year the dresses were worn.

2.) Peeling Apples *They uh..”Peeled apples” with a knife. Cause a good wife should know how to peel an apple for say a pie, dipping in caramel or just showing her hubby how handy-dandy she is! It was pretty funny how many girls said, “Isn’t this dangerous?” Ah! The 21st century woman with her protective peeler and mase! I love it!

3.) And I couldn’t leave out “How well do you know the bride and groom” game.

The games were a hit! Another new fangled idea of mine was name tags. There were like 60 women invited from both the groom and brides familes so I thought everyone could figure who was who by “Flower name tags”. You write your name on one leaf and how you know the bride-to-be on the other leaf. All the older women esspecially loved it I used Martha Stewart papers and Buttons from Micheals. Hot gluing the buttons and pins on the back.

I think the funnest part of the Bridal Shower though was the “Brides Cake.” Becky loves to play the guitar (and she’s quite good too So I made the Bridal Shower cake into the shape of a guitar. The “Brides Cake” is kind of a twist on the “Grooms cake” where you take something that reminds everyone of the groom and make it into a cake. (PS..Big THANK YOU to my Mama for helping me make the guitar and coaching me through my minor melt down over a rice crispy heart recipe Friday night. You have the patience of a saint. xoxo)

We used Becky’s Grandmas backyard for the shower. Isn’t it beautiful? I can’t wait till the wedding! Only one week away! Wowwza!

Princess Nini Spice!

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Here you will find chick stuff that is pretty and nice.

If you like painting and creating,

Then you’ll find things to do when you’re not dating!

Do you like to bake and love to cook?

Do you like pink nail polish and love a pretty book?

The Princess loves art, crafts, sharing recipes, giving and getting good advice,

She thinks it makes the world swell and kind of nice.

If you like Princess Nini Spice than tell all your friends,

Its the best place to talk about art, crafts, dudes and the latest trends!

If you think Princess Nini Spice’s ”palace” sounds like a nice place,
Thank you should link to us for new goodies at a daily pace!

Friendship blocks rock!

How do you tell your girlfriend that she rocks? Make her a block! For Lana girls birthday I got crafty and made her an itty bitty block with pictures of us at her fab-parties, with a little note on the bottom.  She is so cute and has been such a good friend that she deserved to be cemented on the block of fame. It came out pretty cute too…Make one for your best girlfriends…

Tools:

2×2 inch block, pink paint, jewels and gem stones, blackand white photos cropped to 2×2 inches, rubber cement glue, sealant, paint brushes.

How to:

1.) Select the photos you want to use and change them to black and white in photo shop, by changing the “mode”

2.) Crop photos to 2×2

3.) Paint little block pink

4.) Cut out excess background from pictures

5.) Glue on dried block.

6.) Write little quote, “I love you friend” or a personal note to your beloved friend in photoshop. Crop the note to 2×2 inches and get it developed on photo paper with your other black and white prints. Glue it on the top and bottom of the block.

7.) Adhere all jewels, gems and princess like bedazzlements!

8.) Paint on sealant so everything stays in one memorable place.

9.) Make a wish on your block that you and your friend will stay friends forever, through thick and thin, summer and winter, chick flicks, the office and burnt spaghetti!

Love your BFF,

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