Welcome to Creativity Strikes Again!

This is my new blog to record all of the crazy ideas that pop into my head, the process of making whatever that strikes my fancy, and the finished products. Please be aware that not everything I do turns out well or even half decent, but it's the learning process that counts because I try to never make the same mistakes twice.

I make a lot of cakes for all different kinds of occasions, so you'll see a lot of cake pictures on here. Some have been a total flop, but others turn out to be, in my opinion, masterpieces (they should have, they took a month or more of my life away!!). The frustrating thing to me is that the ideas always look great in my head, but don't end up that way. Such is life.

I also am in the process of redecorating/refinishing/updating my home, so bear with me as you will see a bunch of before, during and after photos... it's not always a beautiful process.

I also own a baby bow and headbands site and am always coming up with new ideas for it. You can see my business by visiting www.AngelHeadbands.com. I have written a book on how to make baby bows and have it available in print or pdf format. Cool! I never thought I would really author a book and yet there it is! A second, advanced version is forthcoming, the next time I have 6 spare months :)

I am the mother to three adorable children-- two boys and a baby girl. I try to do a lot of crafty things with them as well because I think they learn so much from it. My boys, age 4 1/2 and 3, LOVE to color, cut, glue and do hands on crafts. Try papier-mache with little kids, they love it! So I'm sure throughout the course of this little blog journal you will see my ideas to do with little kids.

Lately I think a paintbrush has been an extra appendage as I've been making custom name decorations with wood letters for friends and family, as well as painting the house and refinishing furniture. I love to have an audience to see the finished products- afterall, they all take so much time to do!

I'm just the type of person that when an idea strikes it bugs me until I follow through with it. Consequently I have way too many projects in the process of being completed all at the same time and needed a way to motivate myself once again to actually complete them all. So enjoy! Maybe my silly creative ideas will spark something in you and get you in this beautiful mess too :)