Animales

I'm a big time animal lover of all kinds, and feel most at ease when I have a zoo of animals around me. Just thought I'd share some of my favorite pictures of my pets, because they're too cute to keep to myself. Enjoy!

Baby the Netherland Dwarf (March 1999-April 2011)

Link the Maroon Bellied Conure

Pachuco the Lady Gouldian Finch

Blossom the Lady Gouldian Finch

Log the Dog! (Pug)

Kitty- my baby <3

Dank the Parakeet

Crack the Parakeet

Gulliver the Bearded Dragon

Another one of Gulliver

Mario the Cockatiel

Betsey the Betta (the shrimp was a bad idea, had to take it out!)

Momma protecting her eggs!

And there are a couple of finches and some other fish that aren't shown. These are my buddies!

Orange-Almond Biscotti

Alright- so I must admit that I've never been a big fan of biscotti. Who wants a hard, crumbly cookie?! Soft is where it's at right?! Well, my aunt loves biscotti, and probably about a year and a half ago I told her I'd make her some. Right. We all know how life goes, so it just sort of never happened. Then randomly one day a found a recipe that I thought she would love, orange and almond. If you know my aunt, bright colors and citrus fruit just seem to shout her name. So I decided to make some orange-almond biscotti using this recipe, and I actually thought it was awesome! Especially if you eat one before the second round of baking, since they're still kind of soft. ;) Yes, "biscotti" means twice baked. It was a great recipe, so I hope more people make good use of it!

Splurge! Sigma 12-pc Brush Kit- Make Me Classy

Okay so I may sound like a nerd saying this, but it really took me some courage to buy this! Being a poor college student, I've learned how to never spend money on myself unless it's for essentials like deodorant and such. But, I love me some makeup and I just really wanted to buy something that I knew I would use and love. So, when I saw this super convenient travel friendly brush set, I wanted it so bad! I finally decided to splurge and go for it. All I've had as far as brushes go is a Mary-Kay set from my aunt and random brushes that I've added here and there. This gives you a 12 piece set of what I consider the essential brushes, plus they gave me an extra one for free. They are amazing quality. All super soft...and I mean super soft. Every brush is totally useful, so I don't feel like I wasted a single penny on the expensive (at least for me) price tag. Anyway, here are some pictures I took to give other people an idea of what they're getting if they were considering buying these brushes. And I suggest that you do! p.s., did I mention that they have it in purple, coral, and blue as well? :)

Comes with a great booklet describing every brush.

Great for liquid foundation. I almost wish this one was a bit softer because when stippling, it does feel just a little harsh.

Nice all over powder brush.

Good angle brush for contouring and blush.

Another good brush for liquid foundation.

Great for gel eyeliners.

Love this brush! Perfect for creating a neat outer v, defining your crease, or blending under the eye.

Great brush for shading.

Great for eyeliners.

Perfect for smudging under the eye.

This is an all over lid brush, but for me it's just a little too big.

Concealer brush.

Fluffy domed blender brush.

Free gift! Another fluffy domed blender brush. I've dedicated this one to highlighting my brow bone.

And snap it together if you need to travel!

Gumpaste flowers and Marshmallow Fondant Cake

It's funny how some hobbies never die.  I've always been the baker in my family (even if it did start with store bought pudding packets), and I still love to make a pretty cake. I've only made a few unique ones, and that was in high school for my boyfriend. I definitely didn't know any of the fancy techniques, but in the past few years with all the cake shows on t.v., I've been dying to try my hand at some fondant covered cakes. I first tried making one for my boyfriend's birthday, but ended up having to scratch the fondant altogether because it just wouldn't cooperate.  So my fabulous mother enrolled us in our local Wilton Cake Decorating classes for gumpaste and fondant, and we had a blast! Here are some pictures of our final cake, and here's the recipe I used for the marshmallow fondant. Maybe I'll post a step-by-step process of making and covering the cake with fondant in the future, because it actually went a lot smoother than I thought! (My cake is the blue one!)

And so it begins...

I'm totally new to this whole "blogging" deal.  I've actually always shyed away from the idea of it, wondering how people could be so brave to share their life on the internet.  But here's the deal...I don't expect anyone to read this.  I decided I was going to make this just for me.  I plan on using it as sort of a way to hold myself accountable, that is, to  make sure I'm doing things that I like doing.  I'm in college right now, and I always find that when I'm not studying, I'm just being lazy. So I decided to make a blog just for myself and post things that I like, such as makeup and baking. 
This idea came about because I finally decided to splurge on the camera I've wanted for years. A canon T1i. I have absolutely NO idea how to use it.  But that's the fun part.  I'm going to use this website as a chance to post my random pictures so that I can enjoy them, and hopefully figure out how to make them better. And who knows, maybe I'll post about things that someone will randomly find and see as useful.


Cheers!