Farewell My Friend(s) Part 5

This is way long overdue but this will be the last post from the "Farewell My Friend(s)" posts! My friends and I are now ALL officially in college! CRAZY! Anyways, the last to go were my two friends, Tiffany and Nickta. Part of me is hoping that they aren't looking at my blog right now (assuming that when they see this, they haven't gotten their mason jar) hehe. You might be wondering, "why in the world does it matter if they see this post?" However, I don't know why but I somehow just didn't manage my time right for when they were actually going to leave college. I kept telling myself over and over and over again that I would make their cookies on September 22, except while I was out at lunch with some other friends I got a text message from Nickta (this happened on September 21) asking me if I would come over to her house to say the final goodbye to both her and Tiffany. Little did I realize that the goodbyes were so near! Part of me (sorry guys) didn't want to say goodbye just because I was so embarrassed that I didn't have their jars ready for them, but I knew that I had to say goodbye or else that would just be wrong. I told them that I would get their jars to them somehow sooo this is what I did...        

For Tiffany:

I guess I can officially say that Karess Kreations has made its first shipment! ;)

You may or may not remember seeing Tiffany in my other blog post. If you need a refresher, you can always refer to this post or even this post ;). Back to how I gave her, her mason jar... earlier this week I sent out probably one of my first packages (not including online returns ;) ) and it was to Tiffany! I'm hoping I wrote out her address correct because I just found out last night while my friends and I were oovooing that one of my other friends, Annalisa wrote Tiffany a letter and it didn't arrive to Tiffany for a verrrrry long time. They think the reason for this happening may be that Annalisa might have written the address wrong...? I hope that isn't the case for me! If so, sorry Tiff! 

Now for the whole picture shenanigans of us through the years~

  Let's cross our fingers that this mason jar makes it to Santa Cruz okay! 

For Nickta:

So unfortunately, I can't link any post(s) that connect with Nickta. I can however say that if you look back on the home page of my blog (maybe even perhaps on this post...?), you can see the cake I made for her birthday last year on the right side bar thing (I'm not really sure what its proper name is haha)! The cake I made for her was the cake that resembles a gas pump. Don't worry, if you are one to think that me, making her a gas pump cake was weird, you're not alone. I decided to make her that cake as a joke because for awhile she would always say that her car wouldn't have enough gas to drive so I thought it'd be funny to make a gas pump cake and say that "I got her some gas for her car" ;) ! Anyways, my plan for giving Nickta her mason jar is to just simply give it to her in person. I plan on giving her jar tomorrow, actually! Nickta is currently at UCLA, meaning that it isn't too much of a hassle for me to visit her. If anything, it's just a matter if she has time for me to visit! Haha. Since you guys haven't seen enough of Nickta, here are pictures of us throughout the year as well! :)

See you tomorrow Nickta!! :D

P.S. I doubt she will see this but I would just like to say happy birthday to my friend Nicole! Today she is turning 19 years old! You may remember her from this post. Her cake I made last year can also be found on the little right side bar thing as well! Her cake was the cake that was supposed to resemble the japanese character, Totoro! 

  

P.P.S Halloween is coming up, which means....

It's been a year since I started this blog! Woooo! As a special little thanks for those who read my posts, I will finally share my first tutorial! So stay tuned! :D

Farewell My Friend Part 4

Today I had to say goodbye to yet another friend. Some of you may remember Nicole from my very first post ever! ;)

One of the things that Nicole is obsessed with are cats, so I thought I'd decorate her jar with as many kitty stickers possible! She also tends to like both flowers and sunflowers so I placed them in the front of her jar near her name (you can see it on the top left picture). P.s the picture on the top right isn't your ordinary kind of sticker. In fact, it actually has quite a velvety feel to it! Pretty neat, huh? Haha

Now this post wouldn't be nearly complete if I didn't include pictures between Nicole and I through the years, right? :P

So long Nicole! Hope you have a blast in San Diego! I'll see you soon (maybe I'll even stop by for a visit)! :)

Just slight preview of what to expect in the next posts of the "Farewell My Friend(s)!" Only two more ( Tiffany[far left] & Nickta [far right] ) left until everyone is off to their next chapters! :(

Farewell My Friend(s) Part 2 & 3

This past weekend, two of my friends headed off to college. First to go was my friend, Janny. Janny is quite an interesting person. I'm so glad that I met her. She's one of those people who somehow can always manage to make me laugh!                                                                                                                    

The college she is attending is American University so I thought that it would be appropriate to decorate her jar in red, white [silver], and blue ;) .

For some reason, Janny and I don't have many pictures together so I had to work with what I had. Also if you read my previous post you may notice that, the girl in the back of the picture on the bottom right is Annalisa ;) !

 Second to leave this weekend was Anisha!

Anisha is off to attend Syracuse University but unlike Janny's jar I decided to decorate Anisha's jar with Laker (her favorite basketball team) colors and stickers I had that I thought could describe Beyonce (her favorite musician/idol) in the best way possible. 

I didn't initially plan on placing one of Beyonce's quote on top of the jar but it was just too big to fit into a fortune cookie... :| 

Now for the pictures of Anisha and I through the years...! 

Good luck to the both of you! I will see you both soon! :) And for those of you wondering, I am still working on the fortune cookie tutorial! I currently only have my iphone and a small canon camera to rely on to take pictures with, so bare with me (not to mention that I also just suck at taking pictures)!  

Farewell My Friend

Today marks the first of many goodbyes. First to go today was my friend, Annalisa. To those of you who don't know her, here's a look back at the two of us through the years...

Okay, so by now you guys are probably wondering, "What's the point of this post? There's no baking involved whatsoever!" Ah-ha now that's where you're wrong! What you haven't seen yet is that I actually made a DIY gift for her to use while she's in college. :) It's actually a pretty simple gift that I'm sure all of you could make yourselves! Speaking of DIYs, I cannot promise anything for sure yet but stay tuned and (crossing my fingers that pictures turn out decent!) hopefully I'll be able to make a tutorial post on how to make this...! :D

In this mason jar are homemade fortune cookies!

Well, that's it for now! Stay tuned! And if you are reading this Annalisa, have fun in Colorado! See you in 98 days! :)

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It's been a year since I started cake/cupcake decorating! :D Time flies! For those who are curious, this was the first cake I decorated with fondant... I don't normally document myself making the cakes/cupcakes I make but I did this just in case the cake didn't work at all. Hahaha. Basically this is the cake that started it all! I don't know if I'd be baking as much as I do today if I had never made this cake, and I'd have to thank my friend Tiffany for that! Speaking of her, I recently made her another cake (for her 18th birthday) ! That will be posted shortly, as well as late St. Patricks Day cupcakes ;)