The Confection Collection!

May 4, 2010, 10:54 pm

I’ve  mentioned my aunt, Sharon Zambito, before. She’s a crazy talented cake decorator, who produces instructional dvds and cake decorating classes. If you’re tired of Winn Dixie cakes with “Happy Birtday” scrawled on them in melted gel icing, then you’ll want to check out her dvds. They really are awesome. Here’s a link:
SugarEd Productions
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Photo Shoot Craziness

, 2:22 am

Let me introduce you to Jessica. She has been my best friend for 12 years, and has graciously agreed to model my bags. We spent all day Saturday snapping photos on her deck and praying that it wouldn’t rain. She must have changed outfits at least 15 times. Also, Jessica is crazy. Here’s some outtakes:

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Faux Suede Makes My Dreams Come True…..Almost.

April 4, 2010, 11:53 pm

I’ve had a picture of this bag in my mind for months. I even had dreams about sewing it up. I had tried to do similar pleats in cotton, but it was just too flimsy. The bags would go into the washing machine looking perfect and come out a wrinkly scrunched up mess.  Last week, [...]

Oscar Suite of 100 stars

March 8, 2010, 3:09 am

About a month ago, I got an email from Anita Talbert about including my clutches in the celebrity gift bags at the Oscar Suite of 100 Stars. Of course, I jumped at the opportunity and spent the next ten days working my ass off to get 55 clutches made. I took one night off to [...]