Neon Nails and Lips

Lately I have been getting back into playing with more fun makeup and colors .I have have been really drawn to neon colors.

Especially nail polish and lipstick, i seem to be drawn to neon pink even though i'm not a big fan of pink for makeup the neon pink works for me lol .

I have been searching all over the net for essie punchy pink pictured below but it came out in 2009 and I don't think they make it anymore .

Source: google.com via Kristen on Pinterest

I found pink voltage by china glaze i did last week (below) but it took like 5 coats which made it chip off easier . I'm still on the hunt though .

Onto lips! One of my favorite brands i have discovered for lipstick is lime crime.

I have 4 colors already they are amazing they go on smooth and the colors are amazing.

My next purchase is countessa fluorescent  pictured below 

If you're feeling extra bold you can try new yolk city

So what do you think of neons? Any good colors you recommend I'd love to hear your input 

Cupcake Decorating Classes with me this summer !

Very exciting news!

I have decided to start teaching cupcake decorating classes this summer.

I will be doing them at my house in South Hackensack NJ , so they will be 5 people per class.

Classes will start at the end of June on saturdays and sundays .

Here's what they will include

4 hour lessons

fondant rose technique 

icing techniques

recipes and more

You will also get a goody bag of stuff to bring home and practice with 

Price is $150 per person for the 4 hours 

The first 5 people to sign up will get $50 off 

Exact dates and times will be announced closer to june 

To reserve your spot or for more information please email me at 

thefancyladycupcakes@yahoo.com

Add color to your room the cost effective way

Every interior design book and magazine out there says the best way to add color to a room is to paint neutral wall colors and find bright furniture to add pops of color.

Here is the problem I have found with that affordable furniture stores don't seem to sell colorful furniture its all neutrals. If you can find colorful furniture it will normally run you much more in costs.

So i say throw that idea out the window, go with bright colorful paint!

I'm redoing my new bedroom which has not been taken care of for years so instead of going for colorful headboard and side chairs I'm going with lime green walls . Yes lime green! 

Source: 3.bp.blogspot.com via Danielle on Pinterest

I found this on pinterest to it's not the direction i'm going with but gives you an idea color wise.

I'm either going to go with black or navy blue accents and also white.

This is a bedroom idea but this also works for living rooms or other rooms in your house.

I'll be painting in a few weeks and can't wait to share when I'm all done . I found wood floors under the carpet so I'm going to rip that up so i can have wood floors in there. I can never imagine why anybody would want to carpet over beautiful hardwood floors!

If you recently have redone a room with color feel free to link me in the comments!

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Le Bunny Bleu shoe review

Hey guys! I'm back and i have a great review for you today.

A few months back i won a giveaway on the lovely Kaelah's blog .

I had seen Le Bunny Bleu before and wanted to try a pair of their adorable flats.

The ones i wanted were out of stock so they sent me two pairs to make up for it.

Above are the sieny ballet flats in black

These are the ebony bow flats in purple

They come in these pretty blue boxes and dust bags to keep your shoes nice and pretty.

The sieny flats fit perfect and the ebony are just a little big as far as size goes but that will help in breaking them in lol.

I have only worn the sieny flats so far but they have been really comfortable and I love the look of them.

I will definitely be shopping from them again they always have the cutest shoes and now i know the quality is great to.

Christmas Tree

This is my Christmas tree this year. Its at my moms house this year since I'm slowly migrating myself over there from where i live now . She also has a working fireplace so for the first time in years we will be having a real Christmas. I would be more excited about it but it seems the older I get the more people hate the holidays and become more grumpy then usual lol.

If you posted your tree on your blog link me up I'd love to take a look.

What is your favorite part of the holidays?

Mine is wrapping and buying gifts lol I sometimes volunteer myself to wrap gifts for other people since i enjoy it so much .

The Great Food Blogger Cookie swap with recipe

When i found out about this swap i was soo excited to join. We got our 3 partners and have all sent our cookies out to each other so now its time to share my recipe . First though if you want to sign up next year you can go here to sign up for the newsletter .

I decided to go with a cookie that i could decorate since that's one of my favorite parts so i decided to do a gingerbread shortbread cookie. These came out so yummy and made the house smell amazing .

Here is the recipe 

Gingerbread Shortbread Cookies:

Preheat over to 375

4 cups of all purpose flour

1/2 cup of white sugar

4 sticks of unsalted butter 

2 tbsp of molasses 

1/2 tsp cinnamon 

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1/2 tsp ground ginger

1/8 tsp cloves

In a large bowl mix together all your dry ingredients set aside , make sure the butter has softned just a little then in a mixer beat butter sugar and molasses . Add dry mixture cup by cup and beat in the mixture on slow increasing to medium speed toward the end.

These are roll out cookies but do not flour your work space and roll them out the dough should be just dry enough to roll between 2 pieces of parchment or wax paper.

Cut out your desired shapes and bake them on parchment lined baked sheets about 15-17 min depending on your oven they should be a light golden brown color .

Let cool overnight before decorating. I used royal icing to decorate them but you can use butter cream if your more comfortable working with that . You can find loads of royal icing recipes online to use my best advice is to make sure you have meringue powder.

Decorate and let your icing dry overnight and then its time to serve your cookies!

If you have any questions about the recipe feel free to leave a comment and I'll get back to you.

I would like to thank my swap partners for the yummy cookies i received and the people who hosted this swap it was so much fun to take part in . 

Pies Pies Pies

Hey everyone so it's been awhile since i have posted anything so first I want to address that. If you have been watching the news last month you saw all the stuff on about hurricane Sandy . Well we lost our power for 11 days and had no cell service for about 5 of those. My uncle who lives here at my moms house also was one of the victims of the storm and it was a hard time trying to plan a funeral arrangements without power or phones. It took awhile for us all to get back into out regular routines and between that and getting out of a 4 year relationship I haven't been in the mood for any blogging. 

I really want to start again and will try and post as much as i can this month but It's going to be a super busy time for me lots of baking for parties and gifts and some orders. So on a lighter note lets move onto pies!

The first pie of the fall season i made was this apple pie , i made from the apples we got when we went apple picking . I also made another pie with cookie crumb made from my shortbread cookies but I ended up making the pie during the storm at my moms friends house and never got a picture of it but I will have to share the recipe soon since it came out so yummy!

For Thanksgiving I made a pecan pie because its my favorite of all pies.

I call this the 5lb pecan pie i used about 3 bags of pecans in it. I have a really big pet peeve about most pecan pies and that is they only have a layer of pecans on the top. Meaning your eating a fork full of sugar glaze syrup with a pecan or two thrown in. This pie is full of calories so i recommend making it about once a year but it was amazing. I also topped it with caramel .

Here's a look inside the pie at all the pecans lol 

I hope everyone is doing well and having a great start to the holiday season.

Feel free to leave me a comment and let me know what kind of pies you have made or are planning to make for the holiday season?