Lovely Photography

I've been browsing the web during this relaxing (aka boring) summer and I've found some photography that needs to be appreciated. I personally am not a great photographer so I love looking at other people's work (for example my sister is fan-freaking-tastic).
I ran across the work of Jaime Ibarra and I love some of his stuff, check it out as long as you are ok with possible nudity?

Isn't that lovely? The birds and trees in the background are my favorite part.

Elen Kalis is another photographer that I admire, mainly because she shoots underwater. I'm sure that's extremely difficult for both the model and the photographer to get juuuuust the right picture. At any rate, Kalis' pictures emphasize the grace associated with water. Love it.

She also has Alice in Wonderland themed pictures in her portfolio, which make me happy since I love the books and the movie.

"Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!" -Red Queen

That's all for today! Enjoy this Lazy Sunday

Cookie Cake

Hey guys! So last weekend my little sister had a fiesta style birthday party. I knew she wanted a cookie cake but the ones from Great American cost like $234372947398.
Basically I made a cookie cake myself and it was delicious.

You can buy the dry cookie mix at the store or you can try this recipe:

• 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups bittersweet chocolate chips

I had to double the recipe to have enough cookie dough for the large pan I was using. I recommend using a pizza pan lined with parchment paper. Put the dough on the pan and flatten it as much as possible. However, don't push the dough all the way out to the edges, since cookies expand.
Decorate it how you want it to look, I  went all out with the fiesta theme.

And happy birthday, Rachel!

First entry?

Hey guys! I've been wanting to start a blog for a while and I'm stoked that I've finally taken initiative. I'm going to be blogging about crafts, cupcakes, and other cooking endeavors. Waaayyy too tired to write much more tonight, everything in my life ends up being a process rather than an event.