~ Summer Lovin ~

HI sweet friends! I hope you've all been enjoying the first week of Summer! I've been catching some beautiful sun rays in between baking and creating minis, relishing the longer days , and catching fireflies at dusk :) I just love ...love... love... Summer! Just as much as I love Minis :) The house is already for summer, the vegetable garden is looking good, and there's always fresh flowers for a dinner centerpiece dining alfresco. I couldn't ask for anything more....well I could, lol, but I won't :) I've been pretty busy with all of the above, oh yeah and 3 big kids, lol, so to get back out and enjoy the weather tonight I'll let the pictures do most of the talking....

I seem to be very addicted to "summer style" Miniatures lately and creating them is such a joy! So here's a tiny tour of my new summer style sweets...I hope you enjoy them just as much as I did making them!

I made this Shabby Chic bakery counter and then filled it with pretty pink and pastel sweets....Now I have to make myself one for Summer Rose :)



I love pink cake , frosting and roses ....do you?




Sweets and ..... more sweets :)


My daughter Melanie calls these { below } Cherry "Muffy's" and honestly , I like that better than muffins, so here's some Cherry Muffys :) Spread a little butter or honey and you have a delicious breakfast :)


Or....... You could have chocolate chips instead , hee hee he :)



And yep, just as the sign says..... Cupcakes ARE the sweet life....



I think I went a little muffy crazy this Summer, but I received some emails asking for more for my etsy shop, so I made a LOT :)

These below were part of a setting in an old style Soda Pop box, and adding the other goodies gave it that perfect little look for a Summer table outside.



I love fresh Linens hanging to dry in the summer sun, they always look so pretty and vintage sweet! Not to mention the delicious scent the summer air gives them too! And like most things these days , whatever I love in my big girl life, I try in Mini..... so I created a shabby chic linen rack styled like a vintage ladder and draped all my vintage fabrics over them to get the same look in "small" :)


Then I baked 2 crumb pies and let them sit pretty on an antique window-shutter tray which I made to coordinate with it all. I bet this idea could be in used in my real kitchen too, hmmm, the creative wheels are turning lol...




Whew!! I've had a busy couple of weeks, and much more on my "to-do" list, but I won't forget to smell the flowers and do lots of summer lovin too! I hope you all do the same!



Now it's time to relax and have some tea and cake outside.... I wish you all could come!!



Happy Summer everyone!!..... I wish you good health and a blessed week!

Love ,

Cynthia xo