Multi-Media Creative Day!

A little caffeine goes a long way for me! I visited a new and cute tea shop - In-Tea - in old Littleton today to do some writing, and when I got home I did some painting:

And made a purse:

Nikko wanted to help me with an earlier project that I had to put aside:

This morning I picked a bunch of tomatoes from my garden (even more than shown!) to take to the family.

And I'm starting a 30 day photography challenge.  Each day has an assignment and today's was to take a photo of myself. (I meant to do it that way, I swear.)

I figure this is a fun way to practice with my new camera.  Here are some other shots I've practiced on in the past few months:

And this month's philanthropic project is from Heifer International to help Senegal.

That brings my list up to:

Peru
Cambodia
India
Kenya
Ecuador
Romania
Sweden
Senegal

Cupcake Taste Test

Yesterday,  I finally got to do the ultimate cupcake taste test I've been wanting to do for a while, with help from a friend.
Jeff and I got cupcakes from The Shoppe, on East Colfax, and Happy Cakes in the Highlands.  We got a variety of flavors - Rainbow Sherbet, Chocolate Chip Butterscotch, Ginger Peach, Banana Split, Killa Bee, Boo Bear, Dirt Pie, Chocolate Salted Caramel, French Toast - and determined a very scientific criteria to judge the cupcakes.  Note - 6 of those were mini cupcakes (one bites) from The Shoppe, so we weren't total gluttons.  On a 10 point scale, we rated each cupcake based on presentation, flavor, ratio of cake to icing, cake, and creativity. 

When all was said and done - and eaten, 2 of our 3 favorites were from The Shoppe...but Happy Cakes gets extra points for awesomeness for sneaking the Dirt Pie into our box. 
I'm glad we did it, so I don't have to eat that many cupcakes ever again.  Or at least for a long while.