Last year, I attempted to make french macarons for the first time. Complete failure. They're a tricky little recipe to get right, and I...

Guess who DIDN'T enjoy going to Cero's Candy to visit the Easter Bunny? Bea wanted nothing to do with the 6-foot hare-ball or his g...

Funny, the first day of spring looked a lot like the last 93 days of winter. We got about 3 inches of snow on Saturday, which meant Gus and ...

Eric's been on an odd woodworking binge lately - building things we don't necessarily need or have room for, but yet he feels compel...

This week was Spring Break for Gus. And since my mom's been feeling better after her last back surgery, we made plans to have her come s...

I love when Bea wants to watch or "help" me bake. She can even (sorta) crack open the eggs for me. Watch out Betty Crocker. Bea De...

My coffee-lovin' husband turned 43 this week. And to celebrate, I made him a "Coffee Cake" - a birthday-themed Starbucks coff...

If you only knew the agony and stress Bea caused while we tried to get these photos taken - running around the studio, throwing her monkeys ...

In January, my sister-in-law, Susie, found out that she had breast cancer. They discovered it early before it had spread to any lymph nodes,...

In order to support my flower habit/obsession, every spring I do some trade-out work for Tree Top Nursery . I design a t-shirt for them to s...

One of my good friends from Sullivan Higdon & Sink is having a baby shower this weekend, and I wanted to make something fun and memorab...

Happy Valentine's Day 2010. This was the view outside my office on the WSU campus last Monday as the snow fell in Wichita. Robert Indian...

A friend of mine was planning to celebrate her 30th birthday this weekend and asked if I'd be interested in baking a "simple" ...