My new passion, VINTAGE FURNITURE

Starting with my favorite from a blog I found, you all need to check out her work she is amazing! It is Mychampagnetaste.blogspot.com. This is by far my favorite one I have found yet, she did some amazing stenciling on the sides in black, I even look the frame and jewelry box! This is my dream dresser, can't wait to buy my set to get started=).

Love this sofa. Hubby would never allow it but a girl can dream right lol;)

I also love the glossy black with silver trim, knobs and top this is another option I am considering, My room is gray with a gray, white and silverish blue faux finished wall but I have a lot of animal print and purple with burgundy bedding and pillows. So hard to decide wish I had like 3 bedrooms lol, may have to sell all our bedroom sets and redo every room. Hubby would kill me.

This matches my night stand I found for an amazing deal at Home Goods with the embossed metal but mine has mirrored top, sides and drawer fronts. I can't find dressers like this anywhere locally and all the ones online are super expensive and shipping is outrageous. That is what led to me getting into the vintage french provincial dressers I was looking for an option for something silver and black I could refinish myself and came across the top dresser at mychampagnetaste so now I am dreaming about the stuff lol
Love this over the top fancy chair, no where to put it but LOVE IT!
Wish I found this beauty before they sold it this was listed on Etsy.com




I love this hot pink desk. Wish I didn't have a desk for me or Paige, I could always sell the ones we have! lol.








I even loves these in white just picturing glossy white with silver knobs and top and maybe silver trim on the drawers and detail areas. Gorgeous.



This is another lady I discovered on Etsy, she is so talented even considering ordering one from her this one would look gorgeous since my headboard and chair have the nail head border and the black and silver is gorgeous!


I have a stencil with the chandelier, got it to reproduce a canvas painting I saw for 100 for Paityn's room and decided I could make it for under 20 myself bought the 3 canvas pieces and all the paints just haven't started it, get so busy baking and doing parties/event's never have time for my own projects, my office, master bedroom, kid's room and moroccan patio are all started but not complete. One day lol and then I will post photos for everyone to see. I have a bunch of before and during shots just got to finish to get the after shots for show.
So gorgeous and glam!


I have found a new passion and I am so excited to have a few extra dollars to start investing in pieces. I first plan to do a set for my bedroom since I am still trying to finish that project, then I would love to do some pieces for my entry way, home office/craft studio then eventually once I get the hang of it, I plan to start doing it as a little business. Buying the vintage pieces and customizing them for clients. I love DIY projects and painting is one of my favorites. I can't wait to get started. I have been searching the web for blog sites of people who do just that. I have found some amazing talented ladies on Etsy.com and some other blog sites. They have inspired me so much that I have been up late two nights in a row looking at photos, reading how to's and watching how to videos. I scored yesterday I always look on craigslist for furniture and free items daily when I have time and scored twenty cans of barely used paint, stains and protective top coats. I also got some cans of spray paint and primer for free. The colors are all different from greens, blues, yellows, tans, and even some funky colors, got to love free. I plan to use these for some different projects I have planned. I have a couple of pieces here around the house like shelves, cabinets and a rolling wooden cart I want to refinish, then a small table that I use to use as a bed side table when we only had one night stand, it was my grandmother's and is a vintage phone stand. It is wood now but since the new home office/craft room/guest room has a lot of white stuff in it I want to redo it white with a silver top. Then I have 2 wall shelves that are white and 2 large green ones that will be painted white, and now that we have redone our room everything use to be gold, brown and bronze well now that the room is gray with silver I want to redo the frames, I have some that are black that I will leave but there are several that are brown with gold trim that I plain to prime and then paint black and use silver trim. I have some amazing stencils by Martha Stewart that one day while I was out with my little one I stumbled across in the clearance section and got as many as I could find, thinking I will put these to use one day! Well I have seen some amazing wall murals with stencils, wall art, paintings and trim on some of the furniture so I plan to use these very soon. With summer coming I am hoping that Paige will get involved too since she is crafty and loves to paint so that we can have a mother daughter bonding experience and paint the stuff together. I may even break down and sell her bedroom set so I can customize a gorgeous set for her. Same with my little one, I got her a steal on one of those vintage mirrored looking night stands at Tuesday morning for 69 was originally 380 then 249 then 140 and then 69. It looks stunning but she has her old huge hutch style dresser I got before she was born and it may need to be painted and mirrored or silver leaf project to make it glam. I have so many ideas and projects don't want to overwhelm y'all with them lol. Going to post some photos I clipped from the web and started a folder for inspiration just to show you what I love and what I am talking about with my new hobby. Enjoy the photos and if you are out garage sale shopping or come across any pieces like these please text or call me and lmk or grab them for me I am going to be picking up as many as I can find that are a good deal price wise. Thank you and I will be posting some tips for painting these dressers, staining, and so much more shortly. If you are also looking to do some projects like this join pinterest.com they have lots of great photos and how to's on there. Love that site.

Vintage dresser search for DIY shabby chic dressers!

I am on the hunt for some vintage or french provincial dressers, I want a wide long one and a tall chest, I would like to paint them either white like the one pictured below or silver like the one I found on this amazing blog I love. Check out mychampagnetaste.blogspot.com. Amazing talent and great projects to check out, she is super talented. I love everything she has done and hope to post some of my own projects soon. I have the headboard I wanted and found two amazing night stands at HomeGoods that are this vintage shape but with this embossed metal silver and black with mirrors on the top, sides and front of drawers. I love my Ralph Lauren bedding but maybe should have waited till we started painting and getting new furniture cause now I love the silver, gray, purple, black and white colors for the room. I have this amazing metal wall art I found online that I wanted to hang over the bed but now that we have crown molding it is too big. Going to hang it on another wall just waiting to still sell some of our old furniture. Got rid of the bed and one night stand have one night stand, dresser and large armoire left. I have to sell those to make room and money to get new stuff. We went to a ton of furniture stores looking at dressers and then I found those amazing night stands at Home Goods only thing is I can't find anything that I like as far as dressers now that I picked these night stands. I don't want dark wood like I originally thought and lately since I have started doing design projects and doing lots of research for design projects I have fallen in love with the vintage dressers, they are french provincial period I believe and look so nice, they have these amazing curves with the claw style feet. I love them! I also love the look of the venetian mirrors and lots of embossed silver and metal accents. I am looking around now for a dresser and tall chest to purchase at a second hand or thrift store, also on craigslist. I just have to decide do I go for shabby chic and paint them a high gloss creamy white and then sand them to look worn on the edges or do I do the silver look, I also some so high gloss black ones I loved too. I like the look of chandeliers with crystals now too. It is so funny how your taste changes over time, If you would have told me a few months ago I would have the type of night stands I have and looking to redo some old vintage dressers I would have laughed. I also am still working hard on the guest room/home office. We have a lot done just need to finish organizing and today I was at homegoods and grabbed some of those new really thin velvet feeling hangers to try, they save a ton of room cause since it is spring I am trying to get into the spring cleaning mode and start purging, getting rid of clutter, stuff we don't use and donating a lot of clothes or home goods to good will or the women in crisis center so I can start with my neat freak organizing. I have started watching this show called, The Amandas and gotten some amazing ideas and tips for organizing the home. I got a label making machine for the new home office and can't wait to start labeling everything around me. Stay tuned for photos, I will post some photos of the new pieces I got for the bedroom, my paint job and faux finish, the amazing crown molding, then post photos of the dresser I find before and after, some new bedding ideas, hate to think I bought all that bedding and only used for a couple months and already am considering something else. Want to get a duvet cover for my down comforter since summer is coming, and have some crisp white linens, with hints of gray, purple and black. Saw some amazing ones on the HomeGoods customer finds blog. Anyhow, Paige is baking her own cupcakes so going to go supervise and will have tons of photos of DIY projects like a holder for craft ribbon, custom drawers and shelving, a book shelf and little stand I am sanding to paint, pizza box paintings, some stencil projects and more. Time to start posting all the decor and craft projects I been mentioning. Going to be fun and just wait until summer lol. Have a Dliteful first week of April and spring!

Rock, Paper Scissors Grand Opening event!

Rock, Paper, Scissors salon in Plantation had us make some amazing cupcakes for their grand opening, they were a hit with everyone. Some of the flavors included two liquor infused cupcakes for the adults, our popular lemon drop and then my newest flavor Captain and Coke! I also made, yellow vanilla cupcakes, red velvet with cream cheese frosting, cherry coke and our newest popular flavor, Cookies and Cream=) Enjoy the photos and hope to be receiving some new orders for some of the amazing flavors!

Happy St. Patty's day!

Dessert bar was found on google at this site: http://www.babylifestyles.com/2011/02/st-patricks-day-green-dessert-candy-buffet/. I did not create this one just was inspired when looking at St. Patty's day desserts and sweets. Hope everyone enjoys everything sweet and green on this special irish holiday=).

Hope everyone has a DLiteful St. Patty's day=)

Pinterest.com inspirations for my craft room/office and laundry area!

All photos were taken from pinterest.com for inspiration, none of them are mine or were done by me. Thank you and enjoy
I was on pinterest the passed few nights being that I suffer from not being able to sleep, seems my mind is always creating and thinking so I can never fall asleep. I have been busy organizing my supplies for baking and candy/dessert tables, in that time I have been having the addition of my new home office/craft studio under way, then since I can now remove all my business supplies that started to take over my kitchen, bedroom and garage I started to remodel my bedroom. I have been doing home design projects for clients that have inspired me to want to redo my bedroom. It is the only room we haven't ever really invested a lot of effort into I just bought a matching bedroom set, some bedding and a tv then that was my room. I added some cute asian, moroccan and indian accents I would see at Home Goods shopping and that was my room. Well I decided it was time to treat myself and what better time then when I am clearing out the mess and clutter plus I have a handy man, contractor here working on the addition. I always wanted crown molding, so we picked out a nice one and had that installled, but not before I re painted from a blue I was never in love with, we kind of picked it out last minute and after 2 wrong choices just decided to stick with this one. I painted my room silver, not gray silver. Lol, it is very bright and not depressing like gray tends to be, then did my own custom faux finish on the new accent wall behind our bed. We flipped our entire room around so now when you walk in the bed is the first thing you see and then sold our huge solid wood four post bed, that was gorgeous but way to big for our room and I finally got a custom made brown tufted headboard. I have been searching high and low dying for one of these, fell in love with them and was looking forever cause I did not have the budget to buy an expensive one, like what I dreamed of but did how ever manage to find an amazing one and it came in way under the original budget at 320 dollars. I had originally set the budget for the headboard at 500-700 but found this one and it was gorgeous and small, just what I needed and wanted. One day I will invest in a more expensive wing backed version of what I have now but for the time being I am more into saving money and getting a good deal, it looks gorgeous and looks like it cost way more. I also added these amazing metal and mirrored side tables for each side of the bed, plus a gorgeous chair I found at Marshalls. So far most of my finding have been online or at Homegoods and Marshalls. Amazing pieces for amazing prices. I will post photos very soon of the before and after on the master but waiting to find the perfect dressers before I finish decorating with the accents.

Back to my home office, it is painted green and blue with all white accents, we needed guest sleeping so invested in a murphy bed cabinet and bedframe, I got some gorgeous bedding, simple but pretty, then some amazing rugs to add lots of color and texture to the room. I purchased an accent chair in blue micro fiber still looking for the perfect accent pillow for the chair. I got one of those cool asian garden stools for the accent table, then a white glass top desk, and all white storage. Lots of drawers and cabinets, corkboard and cool craft ribbon wall organizer. Can't wait to post photos it is going to be amazing and so much more organized now for my business. Plus now I can add more to my collection cause hubby won't complain about glass jars all over our room and baking stuff coming out of every where lol. Going to post a couple photos from pinterest that inspired me for my studio and laundry area that are all together being that it use to be the back side of our 2 car garage. We still have a large garage area left over which I also am looking for ideas for organization and creative ways to store and make the most of the room available for making stuff and so hubby can store his tools.

Enjoy the photos and if you have joined pinterest.com yet check it out, I love it. Amazing and creative people on there and I love it all=)

Custom Candy/Dessert Tables, Centerpieces and Bouquets/Gift Baskets

Just some cute labels we can customize for sweet dessert and candy tables. I have so many ideas lately of cute rock candy centerpieces in pots that look like round little topiary style plants, and other cute candy bouquets and arrangements of lollipops in glasses for the candy tables and centerpieces for the party tables. I have been busy with the addition of my new home office/studio and redecorating my bedroom which is where all my supplies were stored before. Now I have a office that is almost done where I can keep all my baking supplies, candy table jars, trays and dessert stands, decor and so much more. I have so much stuff seriously that I look like I own most of the craft store baking aisles, and all of the party supplies, candy and ribbon sections. It is going to be so nice to take the under the bed plastic storage bins and the regular storage bins that I pack all my supplies in and get them into drawers, cabinets, have my cricut and cricut cake set up on a huge glass top desk with plenty of room to store it all and create it all. I have been on pinterest.com and got a lot of ideas for my new home office, master bedroom and craft room also my laundry room/closet, there are so many amazing crafts, diy creations and organization tips on there that I have been just overwhelmed with ideas, which I plan to post after this.

First Communion Cake made by Dliteful Creations

My custom made 1st Communion cake for a boy:

Here is some photos of the 1st Communion cake I custom made for a client. It came out gorgeous, she wanted something simple and elegant I think I accomplished that=). I think it came out gorgeous and most important Adrianna loved it, I hope her son and her family enjoy this gorgeous creation.

Description of cake and how it was made:

I hand made the Rosary beads using fondant for the blue and cross and gum paste for the white and then added some edible shimmer dust in white to make them stand out. I used marshmallow white fondant to cover the cake, and to make the cross in center, cut ribbons of fondant and formed a cross then used blue fondant circle with edible shimmer dust to cover where the pieces united in center. The ribbon I purchased at the local craft store was going to make a blue ribbon of fondant with a fancy print on the fondant but customer liked the look of real ribbon so got two different ones and had her pick which one she liked the best, we went with blue to match the fondant with white polka dots to go with the blue polka dot trim. The hardest part of this cake was the hand made fondant and gum paste rosary, I wanted to string the beads together so it would hang, but the beads would break apart so ended up using white chocolate to stick them together one by one then stick to top of the cake. Hand made the cross and added some small white pearl shaped sprinkles to the top of it to give it a custom look to match the cake, the blue circle on top also has the white sprinkles bordering the circle. I was contacted by a customer of mine to make a boy's first communion cake she wanted something simple but elegant so I searched google high and low for ideas and found a cake that was smaller but like this one and sent her photos along with a few other ideas, then I customized the one she picked to be perfect for her event. She needed it bigger to serve more guests and I think it looks amazing and maybe even better then the original. lol. I love creating customized creations for my customers and most rewarding is when they come to pick it up and absolutely love it.

Cake is yellow moist recipe, one of my most popular cause it is so delicious and moist, then I made three layers and filled with home made buttercream frosting, trimmed off the access and then crumb coated the entire cake. I then rolled the hand made marshmallow fondant to fit the cake and trimmed the access, then smoothed over cake, while the fondant sat to harden a little, I started cutting out the custom dots, cross and the night before I had made the beads for rosary and cross, then dusted with edible shimmer dust in white from Wilton. All in all this was a fun cake to make and couldn't be happier with the end result.

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Cupcake prices and flavors

Cupcake prices and flavors:

Flavors

Yellow

Chocolate

Dark Decadent Chocolate

Milk Chocolate

Pound Cake

White

Vanilla

Cookies and Cream

Guava

Strawberry

Red Velvet

Angel Food Cake

Blueberry

Coconut

Chocolate Stout

Cinnamon Swirl

Carrot

Frosting

Buttercream

Cream cheese

Milk Chocolate

Chocolate

Chocolate Ganache

Vanilla

Strawberry

Cookies and cream

Caramel

Coconut

Whipped

Creamy

Ganache

Hard Chocolate

Fondant

Toppings

Fondant shapes, letter or #'s

Candy

Sprinkles

Fruit

Chocolate shapes, words etc

Fillings

Chocolate cream

Fruit

Caramel

Banana Cream

Strawberry puree

Guava puree

Vanilla cream

I can make just about any flavor cupcake, frosting or filling so please contact me if you have a request that is not here. I like to try new things always

Pricing

Regular Cupcake with frosting $1.50

Cupcake with frosting and sprinkles, or candy toppings $2.00

Cupcake with fondant, and shapes or special design $2.50-3.00

I have lots of decorative wrapper to chose from and can special order or purchase ones to go with your theme or colors.

If you see something you like please email a copy of the photo to DlitefulCreations@ymail.com and I will let you know if I can recreate it for you. Most things I can make.

Cupcakes with filling and toppings are $3.00 each, large quantity discount on all orders.

FREE WEDDING CAKE CONTEST

THESE ARE JUST A COUPLE IDEAS OF CAKES, CAKE WILL BE 3 TIERS NOT 4 OR 5 BUT WILL SERVE 100-125 PEOPLE. 12", 10" AND 8" OR 10", 8" AND 6" YOU MUST PROVIDE TOPPER FOR CAKE IF YOU HAVE A SPECIAL ONE OR WANT TO USE YOUR INITIALS OR SOMETHING SPECIAL. I WILL PROVIDE THE CAKE AND STAND
VISIT MY FACEBOOK PAGE FOR ALL THE DETAILS AT THIS LINK: http://www.facebook.com/events/382558021755135/?context=create

I AM GIVING AWAY A 3 TIER WEDDING CAKE THAT ONE LUCKY COUPLE WILL GET TO HAVE A CAKE TASTING, CHOICE OF FLAVOR, DESIGN AND CUSTOM COLOR OR THEME. DEADLINE FOR ALL ENTRIES IS MARCH 30, 2012 AND ALL ENTRIES MUST BE SUBMITTED TO DLITEFULCREATIONS@YMAIL.COM. YOU MUST SEND A PHOTO, STORY OF HOW YOU MET, THE PROPOSAL STORY, WEDDING DATE AND VENUE, COLORS AND THEME IF YOU HAVE THEM PICKED OUT. THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON SUNDAY APRIL 8 AND YOU WILL HAVE ONE YEAR FROM THAT DATE TO BOOK THE CAKE TASTING AND HAVE YOUR WEDDING CAKE MADE. IT IS VALUED FROM $350-$650 OR MORE. I WANT TO MAKE SOMEONE'S DAY DLITEFUL, ESPECIALLY SOMEONE WHO IS ON A SUPER TIGHT BUDGET AND HAS DREAMS FOR AN AMAZING CAKE.

FOR MORE DETAILS EMAIL ME OR TEXT ME AT (954) 604-4713. GOOD LUCK AND CAN'T WAIT TO MEET THE LUCKY WINNING COUPLE I WILL BE MAKING A DLITEFUL WEDDING CAKE FOR THEIR SPECIAL DAY=).