Designing the Rose Apron

I love roses



We just bought a bouquet of beautiful pale peachy pink roses yesterday and the are so pretty, and they smell sweet, and the petals feel so soft.



Anyways it's great to have inspiring things around. I love how fun the roses are with their soft smooth feel and light rose color.



They made me want to design an apron after them. So here is my design.

My grandmother would probably really like this apron, her name is Rose and she is an amazing cook.

Once I got out the colored pencils I saw some really fun colors I think would be great for a beach theme. At the end of August I will be going to the beach and I may start working on my beach collection I have planned for next year.



Don't forget about the Liv's Bags Grand Re-Opening Saturday August 15th, I'm really excited to share all the new photos from our photo shoot with you! I hope you're looking forward to the Grand Re-Opening as much as I am! It's going to be so much fun!



Link of the day: Liv's Bags Website I know it's not opened back up yet but it's right here incase you need it, also you can go ahead and bookmark it if you want so you're ready to check it out when it opens August 15th. It might also be nice to have it nearby incase you need a handmade gift, beach/pool bag or a back to school bag. ;)

Liv's Bags Grand Re-Opening

It's almost time for the Liv's Bags Grand Re-Opening! Join us Saturday August 15th when we unveil our new and better Etsy shop and website! Here are the links: Website http://servantgirl.wix.com/livsbags Etsy Shop www.etsy.com/shop/LivsMarketPlace

Liv's Bags Photo Shoot

New Etsy shop make over underway! Website soon to follow!

Here are a few sneak peek photos from our photo shoot last Monday!

 

 

 

I made yummy hydrangea cupcakes for after the photo shoot, Here's the recipe:

 

Vanilla Cupcakes with Hydrangea Icing 

Cake:

2/3 of a cup of butter, softened

3/4 of a cup sugar or evaporated cane juice

1 1/2 cups of unbleached all-purpose flour

2 1/4 tsp of baking powder

1 tsp of vanilla

4 eggs

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 12 cup muffin pan with cupcake liners. In a stand mixer (or by hand with an electric mixer, I used a stand mixer though) mix butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in eggs, one at a time, blending well after each one. Add vanilla, flour, and baking powder. Spoon the batter into the cupcake lined muffin tin, dividing evenly. Bake until tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 18 to 20 minutes. Cool cupcakes on cake racks. Original recipe found on allrecipes.com and submitted as Vanilla Cupcake by Hanatarou (the recipe above is my tweaked version of the original recipe.)

Icing:

1 8oz block of Neufchatel cheese (you can use regular cream cheese instead if you want)

A dash of vanilla (about 1/4 to 1/2 tsp)

Powdered sugar

 

In a stand mixer (or by hand, I haven't tried it by hand before though) mix Neufchatel cheese (cream cheese) and vanilla. Add powdered sugar until you get desired consistency. This icing recipe is by my Mom. 

 

Once cupcakes are cooled split icing into smaller bowls and mix in food coloring. I made a purple color and a blue and left some in it's natural color. Add one color of icing to piping bag using a flower tip (or make your own piping bag from a zip lock freezer bag by cutting off a tiny bit of one corner, just barely big enough to fit the flower tip.) Pipe out little dots with the flower tip here and there on each cupcake. Continue with each color until you have your desired hydrangea look. You can add mint leaves as a garnish right before serving if you would like. Enjoy!

 

 

 

Here's a behind the scenes look at our photo shoot last Monday in between product shots.

We had lots of fun with it! Have a wonderful week!

 

~Liv

 

4th of July

Doing some last minute independence day sewing!

 

 

I love this fabric pattern for 4th of July prints!