Ours was a yellow pound cake topped with fresh strawberries, then a layer of vanilla pudding and cream cheese, and on top of that, whipped cream. Sugarwings enjoyed her first taste of whipped cream!
(I cook with as many low-fat products as I can, but even with skim milk and low fat sausage, this was still a, shall we say "filling" meal.)
Afterward, we took our pontoon and my brother-in-law’s ski boat out on the lake for the afternoon with our kids and all the nieces and nephews. Most of us are a bit sunburned, those cloudy days can trick you. Besides the slightly pink noses and red shoulders, we had a great time.
I had a couple hours between boating and when company came for dinner. (a crock pot full of roast and veggies, that cooked itself while we played)
So, I made up my 3 fairy swap pieces to get into the mail tomorrow to Natasha, http://natashaburns.blogspot.com/, Heather http://prettypetalsboutique.blogspot.com/, and Holly http://hollydoodledesigns.com/WordPress/
We are each making 3 items that fit into an envelope and are fairy inspired, so I made three tags. I started with a regular manila tag, rubbed with aging inks. I glued a pretty bit of scrapbook paper on each one. Then, painted a fairy on watercolor paper and snipped it out like a paper doll and glued it down. 
The wings are cut from photo copies of vintage butterfly post cards than I encrusted with glitter.
Vintage posies were added to each sprite’s hands for a 3-D effect, and one of my hand painted charms was tied on with a bow of polka dot ribbon and pink tulle.
Natasha was so nice to set this up for me, I was complaining about missing out on the fairy jar swap and she offered to do this mini swap. I had a great time with it and hope they enjoy their hand painted fairies. I’ll have to look around and see what little thank you I can add to Natasha’s package. I appreciate her doing this. And I can’t wait to receive my fairies from them!!!!!
I joined the tiara swap that is being hosted by Holly too. I might just becoming a swap junky.
Last week, I showed you pictures of Sissy’s magical cottage while I was visiting her in Indiana. Here is a picture she sent to me of what she found at GOODWILL. What a beautiful platter.
OH SugarWings is a DOLL! CUTE!!!
the bunch sounds fantastic. The entire day sounded perfect.
Your fairies ..BEAUTIFUL!! How do you get so much done in one day???
How can you ever say no to that face!!! To cute!! Love the tags…they have such a magical quality!
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. What a day you had. Sounds completely magical. Sugar wings was one happy child, huh? Thanks for sharing your day with us. Everyone is going to love your tags.
Cheryl
It is so wonderful to see Sugarwings smiling with those big dimples showing. Looks like she is finally getting used to the camera.
Your fairy tags for the swap are wonderful. Can’t wait to see what you receive in return.
Thanks for showing my treasures. I still can’t believe I was lucky enough to find the platter at GW & in perfect condition.
Tell Rich Happy Birthday for me! Sounds like you made it a special day.
Hi Karla, thanks so much for popping by my little blog. Looking forward to meeting you at SB!! Yes, let the tiara shopping begin!!
That platter is lovely! I am really inspired by your tags. So beautiful and delicate and fun. Using the butterfly wings was such a great idea. Little Sugar Wings is too darn cute! She looks like such a happy baby!
Karla
The cutest fairy of them all is little Sugarwings – of course!!! Thank you for giving the steps you followed for making the tags. I really liked them very much! What a wonderful, magical day you spent together!!
Have a great week!
Sugarwings is just the most adorable little girl. I see where you get your inspiration for your adorable fairy tags!
Wow, Karla. I just realized while looking at that picture of Sugarwings how much she looks like you, dimples and all!! So cute! Both of you!! lol
Hi Karla,
That little grandbaby is the cutest, with the big baby blues and the dimples. It’s hard to imagine what she will look like with teeth.
The swaps turned out beautiful. I really love the fairy swaps. They all turned out lovely.
I am so glad your sis and I don’t live in the same city, we would be fighting at the local Goodwill! Hee Hee. I have a collection of the cupid plates that I started after purchasing the two sepia cupid prints. They are wonderful. We were married on Valentines Day, so it goes with my love of hearts.
You are one of the most productive people I have ever seen!
Shelley
OOOH OOOH OOOH how beautiful are the tags!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much for the kind words and I can’t wait to see the tag in real life!!!!
Now Sugarwings, what a beautiful Doll she is! Such a cute gummy smile, she has such at twinkle in her eyes, no wonder you are so inspired by her, she is adorable!!!!!!
Oh my word, that picture of Sugarwings is just priceless! What a precious little smile! She does look like a little fairy.
Karla, this is my first chance to get over here and thank you for the gorgeous fairies you have made for us!!! They are just beautiful!! I can’t wait to get one! (am I the brunette??? LOL)
OH THAT TRAY!! I have never seen such beauty…what a lucky lucky sissy you have!
Heather