All thru my pregnancy I craved for many things, normal but a little differently normal . In my first trimester I could not stand food , So that was the time I was not sure what craving was..

In my second trimester I was craving to do quilting and scrapbooking . I know this sounds funny well it is, they say people crave for different variety of food but in my case I wanted to do something creative.. All thru nights I used to be like when will I start and finish, Once I completed I felt so good . Amazing feeling.

Once quilting was done I was craving to eat wet mud, I know this sounds weird.  Back in my childhood in my home town, when ever we had rain the smell of the wet mud was so tempting and amazing what shall I say it was irresistible to not give a try.

And now I have the same feeling luckily my friend here had some from her religious place and she shared it with me Wow.. I know you must be thinking what a craving don’t worry its healthy its not like I eat in a big plate its just a pinch I taste it and being it from the religious place its even more better .

Now I am in my third trimester last and soon to have a baby in hand, I was craving to make some eggless red velvet cup cakes yum isn’t it and a cute little Gum paste baby from long..which I completed last night with the help of my sweet hubby.. And I feel yum yum ..

Actually I wanted to make these for my baby shower which my sweet heart is organizing for me supposed to be a surprise but difficult with me well that’s a different story in it all I’ll tell all about it in my next post..

Well craving can be for anything that is what I discovered during this new journey of my life . 

So what are you craving for do share . Its not necessary that you got to be pregnant to crave for something .

Wish you all a lovely time and happy reading…Keep Smiling

Just 56 days more to go for the thriller to end and than We will be officially moved on from couple to family. Wow time flies so soon. Past 7 months of my life have been one memorable ride of life.

The First three months of my Pregnancy – was one roller coaster ride which cannot be compared with any ride in the world, seriously no jokes it was a roller coaster ride a fast one which dint stop for a long time, each day was like a new day. During those days –
My favorite place – Restroom.
My favorite sitting – My Couch.
My favorite food – Nothing.
My favorite pastime – Nausea
It was like – my morning started with a fast ride which when ended made me dizzy , feeling nausea and I dint like the smell of any food. If some one is cooking I would run away far from that place. Dint like what I cooked or baked it was one difficult time nothing like what I had imagined pregnancy would be .

If you are alone at home the whole day at this time no doubt you go nuts, thanks to my better half who took care of me even when he had no idea what’s going on with me and also thanks to lovely friends around for all there support. At this stage you should have some good company to keep you going. Thank God I had them

After the roller coaster ride came the second trimester. These 3 Months was all about settling into the feeling of being pregnant and getting used to whole new world of the word pregnant, motherhood. So many changes and experiences. Not only physically but also mentally. I could see so many different changes in my body , also now I was mentally stronger from before to handle any nausea or dizziness. I was like – “ Bring it on” hehehe . Luckily I had my parents around to help me out at this time. They gave me the strength to work it up and get active. At this stage I enjoyed visiting all around the place.
During those days –
My favorite place – Disney with family.
My favorite time – enjoying every single moment of life.
My favorite food – Home made mom cooked food.
My favorite pastime – Eat, sleep, T.V, Family Fun Also sometimes emotional break outs with lots of back pain well cant have all good ones you see every stage of pregnancy comes with some side effects but rest all was great, I got my grove back .

Now I am in my third trimester , now the feeling of getting closer to THE DAY is getting stronger and stronger each day, heart beat is raising and I keep telling myself enjoy your freedom of being irresponsible (a wicked smile), and try out all that I had planned to do.

My sweet hubby made me join pre-natal yoga to keep me active, initially i was like naaa but when I started I loved it.  The classes are awesome , its great to see and meet lovely ladies who are at the same stage as you , and who understands what you are going thru. The place I go is http://www.lotusyogaspace.com/ . My teacher is great. Her name is Melisa she is been teaching from past 8 years and is really good with what she is doing.  Meeting different pregnant ladies , learning and hearing there stories sometimes makes you feel wow you are not alone. Its motivating too, keeps you going and gives you a feeling of you can do it.. Thank you honey for planning and enrolling me into this..

Well now that I am not as active as before but still managed to do few stuff I had planned and I love to do like –
I made this baby quilt –

I made few baby cloth wipes –

Well my journey is still on and hoping all goes fine.

If you have any questions on how to do the cloth wipes or the blanket let me know I shall share the links with you Until next time keep smiling and wish you a lovely time Happy New Year !!!

Every time a couple with a baby passed us by , we would imagine ourselves in their shoes and dream of having ours one day. The simple imagination made us so happy filled with feelings of excitement and joy within. We were in love with the very thought.

So After our third anniversary we decided to go for our dream and plan up.With a little research on how to go ahead , we took the very next appointment with a gynecologist and found out what should we do to fulfill our dream of having a baby.

When we met the doctor, she did some test and said – “ I see you are all fit to have a baby. Be patient and let the nature do its course. She just advised to  take any prenatal tablets available at the counter and wait for it to happen”.

With a variety of prenatal available these days, it was difficult to choose one. I did some research and picked up Spring Valley Prenatal Multivitamin from Wal-mart. The price is reasonable and the effect was good at least for me.

Having patience during this time is a little difficult . Luckily after two month On July 7th we found out – We are going to have a Baby Hurray!!!!

The Journey of Transformation from Couple to being a Family was official now .

From here starts our Beginning of our New Dream filled with so many new surprises and experiences we had just heard of.

Been occupied in these past months, never got the time to write. Though the thought of writing was always hitting me in back of my mind, but never could make the effort of get back to it. And if anytime I did feel to write , my brains would go blank staring at the empty page thinking Damn what shall I, or how shall I start.. It was like I needed some courage to get back to what I loved to do.. Alas – “As they say its never late to catch up from where you left” hence here I’m writing my thoughts down ..

Seeing the calendar – the dates pass by so soon closing to the year end, I decided before this year ends I want to wrap up this years blog with all my good memories and make some new Resolutions for the new beginning.

Its been one heck of a roller coaster ride… With so many changes happening around.. The best good news to share with all of you  is I am having a Baby , A long awaited dream going to be true soon.

This coming year my blog will be having all new different topics filled with all new experience of my new life . So keep watching my space for something new

Until next time Keep Smiling and Stay Happy

It was a 1800 T.V series by Fons and Porter (www.fonsandporter.com). They were showing how to make table top quilt.. how awesome is that. Always loved to watch T.V series which teach something like this, and I am also a big fan of Martha Stewart.  As soon as I finished watching the series, I went online and browsed thru their website, and found many free patterns and tips.. Wow what a way to start my Saturday just love it…Now I am waiting to start with my project..

Just after that I was back on browsing thru the T.V Channels, that is when I got hooked with I Dreamed a Dream : Susan Boyle Story.. I love her voice, She is an inspiration saying it loud that age is no bar for any dream to come true, you just got to dream ….

I am sure each one of us out there have something they always love to do, and have dreamed to try once..  No dream is small or big , you just got to dream and for your surprise it will come true one day soon..

Keep Dreaming with a Hope It will Come True.. Happy weekend

My first cake was a Piano Cake :

My first cake was a Piano cake. To read more about this cake check here My first cake was a Piano Cake

Birthday Girl loved her surprise, and I loved her smile when she saw the cake. It was worth it

Two in One Cake:

The next day I started with my second cake, it was for my friends two little boys. The elder one turned 5 and the little one turned 1. She insisted on Pixar car, as the elder one loves Pixar cars. And as her both boys birthday falls in the same week, she needed just one cake as they were celebrating both birthdays on the same day. Hence the name “ Two in one Cake” . To read more about the making of this cake check here – “ Two in one Cake”

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This cake was one of the best cakes ever…

Princess Party -

My finale cake, for a little princess who turned one. Her mom wished for a cake with little princess on the cake. As the theme of the party was Princess. The cake had to be princess. So we decided to bring all the princess to the party to wish the little princess and my friend her aunt came up with the beautiful idea of little Disney princesses on the cake. To read more about the making of the cake check out her – “Princess Party Cake”

The Week came to end with this cake, and so did the dreams came true of all the wonderful people.. I was so happy to be a part of their celebrations and make their day more memorable.. thank you all my dear friends to include me in their beautiful memories

My finale cake for the month of June, for a little princess who turned one. Her mom wished for a cake with little princess on the cake. As the theme of the party was Princess. The cake had to be princess. So we decided to bring all the princess to the party to wish the little princess cake and my friend her aunt came up with the beautiful idea of little Disney princesses on the cake.

This cake looks simple but has minute detailing work, This cake is a 10” round two layer cake. Made of Apple and Strawberry with butter cream filling covered with Pink fondant. It was the first time I tried Duff’s fondant. This fondant is very smooth to work with. Good to cover simple cakes but you need to work fast and very carefully. It is good for covering but not for modeling. Yum in taste

The end result was beautiful. I made small little balls to decorate around,

a Number 1 with a happy birthday start on it

, and Little name stars of the little princess.

The finale cake looked like this -

The Birthday Princess was all excited and happy when she saw this cake… Little dreams came true

Also check out my Piano Cake and Pixar Car Cake

The next day I started with my second cake, it was for my friends two little boys. The elder one turned 5 and the little one turned 1. She insisted on Pixar car, as the elder one loves Pixar cars. And as her both boys birthday falls in the same week, she needed just one cake as they were celebrating both birthdays on the same day. Hence the name “ Two in one Cake”
This was my first pixar car cake. For this we got a pixar car from the store, we kept this car as a model for our cake.

Seeing this we started our carving which was done by my sweet hubby designer, I dont know what I would do without him.. lucky me he loves to design ..and than covered it with chocolate butter cream icing. Also I got some good tips from a good friend blogger on how to design the pixar car – http://kitchenscrapbook.com/2009/07/23/lightning-mcqueen-birthday-cake/ .

It took us three hours to figure out the car layout and cover it with red satin ice fondant and set it.. Atlast the ending was sweet

Once the car was ready it was time to make the base ready , for which I baked 9”x13” rectangle chocolate cake covered with butter cream icing. Since it was one cake for two boys, I decided to put in the effect for the little one with some stars and hands . 

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One side of the cake named the elder kid with number 5,

The other side named the younger kid with number 1

The final output was awesome, it was very difficult to deliver this cake, not that it was heavy but this was one of my favorite cake work till now.. departing from it was hard but at the end it was a dream come true for the little boy, he was so happy when he saw the car, he just wanted to play with it. When I told him its a cake he was moved to silence of happiness.. It made me so happy to see him so happy, he hugged me and said Thank you I love it.. Wow best time ever…What more could I ask for .. In the party everybody loved the cake and the design, all the kids loved it… This cake was one of the best cakes ever… Dream come true..

Also check out my Piano Cake, and Princess Party Cake

My first cake was a Piano cake. It was around 11 in the night when my hubby said that his friend would like to order a cake for his wife. Since this was her first birthday celebration after their wedding he wanted it to be special. I asked him what kind of cake does he have in mind. He said anything I am not sure what she would like, I know she likes to play piano, thats it I said to him we can design a piano cake for her .. All said and decided a week ago, the day came to bake the cake and design it. I was all excited this was my first piano cake, It looked easy but when started working on it, it was a little difficult.

Things I did – Baked an  9” x 13” Apple Cake as a layout for the piano , some butter cream icing, covered with Black Satin Ice Fondant.White fondant for the keys, and music note book, and birthday note. Some color fondant for piano player boy to go with the cake..

After few hours of carving at the end my piano turned out like this -

My first boy -

Birthday Girl loved her surprise, and I loved her smile when she saw the cake. It was worth it – “Life is like a Piano, What you get out of it depends on how you play It”

Check out my other cakes Pixar Car Cake, Princess Party Cake

Been long since I updated , and the reason is a good one I was busy constructing a cover for my new LED TV( which my hubby presented me )…As a surprise I received my LED TV and from the very next day it arrived,  I wanted to create a quilt cover to cover the Television when not in use.. So I got to work , it took me some good whole days of my time but at the end , the result was pretty.. All I used is quilt scraps leftover from my previous quilt, old bed sheet not in use as the backing…, thread and a sewing machine to stitch ( also did some hand stitching )

And this is how it looks..

So what do you think about it