the coasters i made mom for her birthday, along with a jar of wild raspberry jam, freshly canned.

beautiful summer: approaching storm, sunny jones falls, huge mushroom/tree growth

cute little business card holder i bought from danamarie hosler of greenstarstudio at artscape this year + cool japanese beer flag at matsuri sushi in federal hill.  i have to try to make a flag like this for misha!- it would look awesome in our kitchen.

above is a photo of my grandmother, margaret helen (szabo) elek.  she passed away on june 22, 2011.  right before she passed, i started a new blog called "the wooden spoon", inspired by her and her amazing hungarian recipes.  now it's also a wonderful way to honor her memory.  make sure you check it out! bakesweetthings.wordpress.com

happy 4th of july! these are pictures of the two chloe cake's i decorated at work.  i really, really want to be a decorator! 

we just got home from our yearly vacation to anna maria island.  as usual, we had a wonderful time!  it's always more beautiful than before, and we always have fun with my family.  we had too much good food and too many good drinks- now we have to adjust to normal life again! :)

these cakes were done by the amazingly talented racheal gillis, one of my coworkers at whole foods.  it's cakes like these that make me want to be a cake decorator!