Akram's Ideas

Cupcake Bag

After getting my sewing machine and having a quick one day dress making lesson from my Mother-in-Law, I thought it might be a good idea to take a few classes on sewing at Joanns. The first course, a beginning course in sewing was a little to...

Bernina 830

My mother-in-law, Miss Linda, came down to visit on Labor Day weekend and brought me my birthday present. I know it was a month early but she had already gotten it and didn’t know when she’d see us again. What she brought me...

The Bird’s Nest

When I first decided to take a class in cake decorating I didn’t expect to pick it up so quickly. I’m not really the best of cooks, and I’m usually not that patience of a person (but of course teaching has really helped...

4th of July Cake Pops

About a month ago I stumbled upon bakerella.comย website a learned about adorable little cake balls. I hand never heard of them before, but they were so cute.ย Essentiallyย they are mashed up cake rolled into little balls and then dipped...

My Lalaloopsy Collection

For those of you who don’t know I like toys. In fact I collect a lot of toys. Over the years I’ve had lots of collections, I have my Barbie collection, which is mostly just dolls that I have had since I was little, and by no...

DIY Project 01 – Kitchen Island

One of the things that bothers me the most about my new (old) home is how tiny the kitchen is. I’m told that this kitchen is actually the expansions, since it took space from an old porch, when it was renovated in the 1950’s, if...