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This is a perfect size for your Personal Progress Journal, some pencils and a few other essentials :) It also fits the standard works in the small size. It is also really easy to make. My 13 year old made 11 for herself and her class at church.This also makes a perfect scripture holder or great for holding a small notebook and pencils. My 7 year old loves it as an everyday purse to place all of her treasures.
Here's What You'll Need:
- 2 pieces of Fabric measuring 16" L by 9.5" H For (lining and front)
- 1 piece of fusible interfacing measuring 16"L by 9.5"H
- 1 piece of fabric measuring 16"L by 5.5"H on the fold (for pocket)
- 1 piece of fusible interfacing measuring 16"L by 5.5"H
- 2 pieces of fabric measuring 29" L by 4.5"H (for straps)
Step 1: For one of my 16"L by 9.5"H pieces of fabric I chose to sew strips that equaled 16"L by 9.5"H to make use of random scraps. A solid fabric looks great too!
Step 2: Iron on the fusible interfacing to the back of fabric.
Step 3: Iron interfacing to inside of pocket piece.
Step 4: Sew top 1/8-1/4" of pocket near fold.
Step 5: Pin pocket to front of purse fabric and tack down with a loose stitch on both sides.***to avoid scrunched fabric always sew down on pockets (start on fold and sew down on pocket)***
Step 5: Sewing down pocket, sew 4" from left end , 8" from left end, again 9.5" from left end, and 11" from left end. These will make 5 pockets for pens, sun glasses, gum, note paper etc.
Step 6: Fold lining in half (right sides kissing) and iron, then fold pocket front panel in halfthe same way and iron. Sew lining open side and bottom together and repeat on pocketed panel. Clip edges to prevent rounded edges.
Step 7: Turn lining right side out.
Step 8: Fold strap pieces in half and iron. Sew down.
For an angled tie, sew at an angle on one end.
Turn right side out and iron down.
Step 9: Pin straps to right sides of pocketed front panel. Sew in place on folded and sewn sides of purse.
Step 10: Place lining inside with folded sides and sewn sides of purse matching up. Remember that straps are inside too and sew together. Make sure to leave a 1-2" opening for turning purse.
***Turned purse should look like this!***
Step 11: Push lining into purse and iron seams. Sew 1/4-1/8" of purse top down. This will close your turning hole and finish off the purse. My daughter used a zig-zag stitch instead of a straight stitch for a stylish alternative!
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Have Fun,
Be Creative, Look Fantastic!
It's Your Time To Shine!!!
The above was a fun cake! It was for an 80 year old man that enjoyed his freedom outdoors and fishing :)
Elmo with polka dots on the side. I used a #21 tip to make it look fuzzy/furry on Elmo!
German Chocolate fudge cake..Yumm!!!
The below cake was for a baby shower. They wanted it to look like the invite and look like it it did! I even had bamboo coming up the side of the cake :)
To instantly and easily make a cake look cute just add polka dots on the side!!!
After 7 and a half hours of cake decorating I was exhausted! I tried to rest a bit and even took a bath. The baby moved so much when I was in the bath that I began to worry (this little guy has been the most quiet and moved very little than any of my other 5 kids). I got out and layed on the bed. When my husband came in, he asked why I was crying. I told him that I was worried about the baby and then...I told him that my water just broke that instant! I got off the bed and quickly walked to the bathroom just in time to grab a towel. Rick told the kids we were leaving for the hospital. It still took another 6 hours to start contractions and another 2 till out Jefferson came!
The kids were soooo excited to see their baby brother at last. The hospital won't let visitors under 14 years to visit because of the wide spread H1N1 (aka swine flu). Even though my kids are home schooled and have been isolated from all of those flues and sicknesses that everyone seems to be getting the rules were rules. They wait in line to hold the baby all day long. Even our youngest comes in to our room in the middle of the night and early in the morning , asking to, "Hold the baby!" Too cute!!!
As you can see by the sidebar on my blog and Facebook page that I have 2 weeks until my due date with my 6th child. So it could very well be any day (I really hope soon, but most likely I'll deliver the week of my due date as per tradition). I will most likely not be working at the bakery for a while, since I will be recovering and taking care of a newborn ( I can't leave a breastfeeding baby with my husband for very long and my shifts at work are 5-8 hours at a time). I hope you enjoy these Last Days of Cakes. I really enjoyed working there (but my feet in this big fat pregnant swollen body did not). 5-7 hours on my pregnant feet is getting harder and harder to do. My boss is hoping that I won't deliver until my due date because she has been accepting a bunch of highly decorated cakes in the coming 2 weeks and I am the only person that can do them.
Above is two doll cakes for a set twins birthday party! Cute and sparkly :)
This was a last minute cake. A guy came in at 8:30am and wanted to see if we could make him a a cake for his wife by that afternoon. I said," Sure." He kept coming in thinking that he was the only person with a cake order, to see if it was done! It was a 7 hour cake day that day! We had a bunch of cakes..we are a bakery! I will not make that mistake again. If someone waits till the last day to order a cake I will say that we are sorry! We only charged him an extra $5 for last minute. Next time if I am feeling generous I will say $10!
This "Race Car Track" cake was made out of crushed Oreos. We put them in a blender until the consistency of sand and sprinkled it on the edges of the cake. It tastes and looks a lot better than a bunch of mouth staining black frosting.
Below was a giant cookie cake.
They wanted it completely frosted so I had to add more frosting on the top with a 2D tip.
Let cool
Level cake and share the moist yummy top with your kids :)
Step 2:Place a full mix in an 8" round pan. remember to spray with non-stick cooking spray so the cake will come out easily! I baked both cakes at the same time.
Step 3: Once cakes are fully cooled, place the 8" round cake on a plate or covered cake plates (these cakes are heavy so I suggest at least 2 cake plates taped together. Wrapping a cake plate is easy..
Place dome cake on top
Step 4: Place a thin 
Once frosting forms a cool crust then add a final layer of frosting to cover up cake completely. Insert doll into cake. Make sure arms are up as well as hair and legs are together. Add a top with frosting. 
Make sure to add jewelry and accessories!!!
I used a #3 tip for the top, buttons on the dress, black dots on the dress, black stripes on skirt, flower in the hair, and jewelry. A 2D tip was used for the under skirt swirl. A 104 was used for the ruffle over the 2D. A #5 tip was used for the blue hearts on dress. A 27 tip was used over the bottom ruffle. For the front ruffle and 
Let your kids lick the frosting bowl! Yum! My 2 and 1/2 year old insisted on me taking this picture of him enjoying the frosting! I guess I take a lot of pictures when even the 2 year old poses and requests being in on the 
This pattern is very similar to 
She wore it that night to bed, the next day and had to wear it to church! I was able to sneak it out of her room last night and wash it today!
This cake looks like the shower napkins!
Little polka dots add fun and charm to any cake.
A simply fudgy festive Halloween Cake!
This pink rainbow cake made a little 6 year old boy's birthday happy! (Yes you read it correctly.)
This customer HATED their cake (above)??? We gave it to them for free hoping to embarrass them enough and never see them again!
These cookies frosting bled a little while left overnight. I was sent in to save them. After I fixed the problem I added more detail in the skirt, face and hair.
She wanted Congratulations Allison added on to it. Originally she wanted it on the small tag but it was too small to fit so many letters.
What You'll Need:
Step 2: Cook as directed on the box. For the Pyrex bowl you may need a longer time so the center cooks evenly. To help with even cooking I lower my oven temperature from the box recommended 350 to 325 degrees. After baking, let cool 5-10 minutes and remove from pan onto a cooling rack. When cooled cut and level off the tops with a large flat knife as shown.
This cut side will be placed on the bottom. It makes it easier and less crumby to frost.
Voila! The nice smooth cake bottom is now the top.
Repeat leveling on all cakes.
Step 3: Smooth a light layer of frosting in between each layer. You can also choose a filling if desired. If making a cake for a child's party it's my experience that they prefer frosting to fillings. If you desire instructions for frosting and filling a cake click on the list to the right of this web page under cake decorating techniques where I have explained it in more detail :).
Step 4: Lightly frost the constructed cake and place in fridge for about 15 minutes or until frosting is set and stiff. This light frosting coat provides a crumb coat that once applied and cooled in the fridge make a smoother crumb free frosting experience :) It also helps the frosting to bond to the cake better (when I omit this step the frosting can peel away from the cake during travel. Not a pretty site!). I also added a bit more frosting at the top so when I placed the doll inside the cake, the dress would not abruptly jut out at her waist. This makes it look more like a bell shaped ball gown.
Step 5: Make a final frosting coat slightly thicker to hide all exposed cake.To help with a smooth cake, (after you place a generous amount of frosting around cake) always keep a clean spatula every time you touch the cake. Every time I smooth the frosting and lift the extra frosting off the cake, I wipe the excess back into the frosting container and then with a moist towel I make it clean again. Yes every time and yes it makes it look 100x smoother. By putting a frosting filled spatula back on the cake that you intend to smooth is like putting sand on it. It will never get smooth unless the spatula is clean.
Step 6: Insert the doll into the cake with arms and hair up and with legs pointing down. As you push her into the cake make sure to gently keep the legs together. I prefer to use dolls that have a top painted on. But you can always decorate a top on her after she is placed in the cake. I also prefer real Barbie dolls rather than $1 store ones or half doll cake decorating toppers. These dolls look very ugly and cheap and do not enhance your time, effort or talent. This doll was a generic Barbie princess doll for $6 at Wal-Mart and well worth the extra couple of bucks.
Step 7: Decorate doll as desired with sprinkles, decorator tips and/or candy. I used silver heart candies, sprinkles and decorator tips #104 (for the ruffles), #24 (for the sleeves, swirly white rosettes in the center and bottom ruffle of the dress),#3 (for the small light pink details around the dress) and #2 tip (for the earrings,pearl necklace,bracelet and ring) Kids and adults really like the jewelry details and it has never gone unnoticed.
I always like to make these dolls modest so I add sleeves with a shell tip or #24 tip :)
I also added some pre-made royal icing drop flowers for added detail. These flowers are VERY easy to make. I have taught classes for kids as young as 6 to make these easy drop flowers that keep for a long time (if I can keep them away from my kids! They LOVE them). Instructions are on the side bar of this web page.
The customer wanted a little more color.
Adorable Baby Shower Cookies
This cake was a replica of the invitation.
Flames for a boarder!
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