February

February was a short month that was jam packed. I had lots of orders for valentine's Day, including a rather elaborate box that was intended for a young man to ask out a young lady for a Valentine's Day dinner.

It was a treasure box. I embellished a beautiful box with pearls and sequins and lace and a picture of the young couple and I lined it with silk tulle. Then inside was a series of heart shaped cookies with a word written on each that said "Will" "you" "be" "my" "Valentine's" "date" "?" followed by a large cookie that had the details of the date (time, place, etc.) on it along with a cookie with a crag down the middle that said "Don't break me". And then in the box was tucked some little heart cookies that looked like the little conversation heart candies you used to get in grade school, some heart shaped marshmallows and some custom double heart lollipops, one with the couple's names on it and the other with their picture on it. All in all it was an incredible box. So incredible that I believe it could have been used to propose marriage, or at least be used as one of the 'date boxes' on a reality show like "The Bachelor".

Oh, did I mention that that the young man asking for the date was SIX? Yes, six years old. His mother (think "Real Housewives of New Jersey") ordered the box to send to the little girl (at seven, she was an 'older woman'.) She wanted something that would completely knock the socks off this kid. Poor little girl, no other man in her life will ever ask her out without her thinking "Where's my elaborate box, you schmuck?" It's an awfully high standard to hit at such a young age.

Alas, appropriate homage was not paid for the efforts on this endeavor and the date never actually got to happen. Too bad, photos of the restaurant looked nicer than almost any restaurant I've ever been to (they reserved the table by the fireplace with the mothers perched at a slightly less nice table nearby.) But the course of true love never did run smooth, especially in kindergarten.

Here are some pictures of the Valentine's creations I did this year.

Heart Shaped Marshmallows


Assorted Heart Shaped Cookies


Valentine's cookies for the family


Will you be my Valentine?


The infamous "Box"

She Has Returned!!!!

Dear Loyal Readers,

Please forgive the long extended absence. It was not intentional but it happened none the less. I do apologize, it has been a roller coaster couple of months but I shall endeavor to resume the daily writing. In the meantime I shall catch you up, and we will go chronologically.

Starting the week I abandoned you, Loyal Readers, there was a special cast and crew screening of "You People". It was held during a strange rainy season here in Vegas, and so I thank all of the Loyal Readers that braved the storm to attend...oh, wait, I should just thank Chandler since he's the only one who made it. (I am forgiving Dyann because she had some upheaval in her life at that time therefore her absence is excused, but the rest of you - and you know who you are - are on the list!)

It was a truly fun night and I enjoyed the experience thoroughly. I even got to use my new Flip camera that Will and Val got me for Christmas and shot my own documentary about the premiere. Here it is:



Again, it was so fun and there is a lot of footage I left out (including Chan and I with dueling Flip cameras) but it was a great start to what I'm sure will be a successful run for the film.

Right now the film is being entered into film festivals far and wide and most recently an actual game of "You People" based on the game in the film has been developed and is now being test marketed. A game playing night along with auction of items from the film and other prizes is being planned for mid May to raise funds for more festival entry fees. Stay tuned for more developments!

Okay, that brings us through January, the next post will be the February chapter. Thanks for sticking around!