Sneak Peak

The furniture is in the garage.  The quilts are hung.  My studio has been organized (for the most part).  The floors are washed.  The food is prepped.  I am exhausted, but don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight.  Tomorrow is the Open House to celebrate the publication of my book, Quilt Fiesta.  If you're coming, here's a sneak peak.  If you won't be coming, here's what you are missing.

The Family Room sans furniture

Organizing the quilts

The Family Room turned Gallery

The welcoming committee with the Guest Book

The making of Mexican tissue paper flowers

The sun room with a bouquet of Mexican Flowers

Mini cupcakes waiting to be frosted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 If I have time tomorrow morning, I'll try to snap a few photos of the food.  Look for the unique and amazing cookies with all the other Mexican snacks.  And on Monday, I'll be making a big announcement. 

Mexican Cupcakes

I am starting to plan the food for the Open House.  I found this great recipe for Cinnamon Vanilla Cupcakes with a Mexican Hot Chocolate Buttercream frosting on the  Cupcake Rehab website that I think would be perfect.  Click on this link to get there.   It sounds yummy. 

I am planning on making a bunch of mini- cupcakes. I found these great mini cupcake liners on etsy.  I ordered them yesterday  from Bakers Confection in lime and teal to match the cover of my book.   They have the most adorable cupcake liners.

This is my favorite color.

I love polka dots.

I made a half batch of the cupcakes.  It made 48 mini ones.

I haven't tried the frosting yet.  It is spiced with cocoa powder, cayenne pepper, chili powder and coffee.  I can't wait to try it.

Save the Date

I am excited beyond my wildest dreams.  January 11th, which is 5 days from now, is the release date for my book.  The books are sitting in Martingale's warehouse right now.  I want to go there and see them. A crazy thought since they are located all the way on the other side of the country in Washington state.  I have ordered 3 cases, but they cannot ship them until the release date.

To celebrate my first book, I thought I would like to have a coming out party.  I wanted to share my quilts with food and drink.  Researching different locales was a lot of fun, but not very productive.  Either I couldn't serve alcohol or I couldn't sell my book or it was waaaaaaay too expensive. 

One of my sons suggested having it at home, like an open house.  That way I could do whatever I wanted.  Hmmmmmm.  It took a few days to wrap my brain around that one.  If we removed all of the furniture from the first floor, I could hang all of my quilts like a gallery.  I could serve any food that I wanted, have my books available and a bonus would be that I could open up my studio for visitors.  As Jim Carey would say, "Alrighty then".  Let's get to work.

The date has been chosen - Sunday, February 20th, 11AM-6PM.  We're working on the menu, I'm working on my studio (note the last post) and I had a bunch of postcard invitations printed.  So if you're in the Philadelphia area, stop in to join the celebration, see the quilts,
have a bite to eat and maybe buy a book.  And if you would like a bunch of postcards to pass out, drop me an e-mail.


Check out my first purchases for my coming out party.  I love the lady with the sombrero.