tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48441799408086392962012-02-16T04:11:55.898-08:00CreeksideCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11776890822554495777noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844179940808639296.post-45699114428424479922011-08-04T07:36:00.000-07:002011-08-04T07:50:28.637-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u84EnoyOKdA/TjqwBflGKlI/AAAAAAAAABQ/2e9zDew2dZY/s1600/2011%2BZoo%2BChicago%2B230.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u84EnoyOKdA/TjqwBflGKlI/AAAAAAAAABQ/2e9zDew2dZY/s320/2011%2BZoo%2BChicago%2B230.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637011423311047250" border="0" /></a><br />What a wonderful time we had in Chicagoland! We took a riverboat tour, visited Millennium Park and ate Al's #1 Italian Beef.<br />Oh, and did I mention we attended the Big Italian Wedding? Here are the Italians to prove it!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fkcBYfdHvbE/TjqxKobcYOI/AAAAAAAAABY/Z7Vf4oxP14Y/s1600/Christy01.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 329px; height: 246px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fkcBYfdHvbE/TjqxKobcYOI/AAAAAAAAABY/Z7Vf4oxP14Y/s320/Christy01.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637012679816929506" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4844179940808639296-4569911442842447992?l=thecreeksidecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>CreeksideCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11776890822554495777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844179940808639296.post-90427350551700100062009-07-09T08:22:00.000-07:002009-07-09T08:47:49.175-07:00<span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc33cc;"><strong><u>Strawberry Love</u></strong></span><br /><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yCJduQXywlQ/SlYLikABRyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/7i7FaytX9EI/s1600-h/1Cake.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356481495211001634" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 108px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 84px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yCJduQXywlQ/SlYLikABRyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/7i7FaytX9EI/s320/1Cake.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#cc33cc;">For Baby G's 1st Birthday, we celebrated with all things strawberry!</span></div><div align="justify"><br /><br /></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#cc33cc;">After checking out every Strawberry Shortcake Cake on the web, I designed the cake pictured above left to celebrate. I used a part of a trinket box I kept from my very own Strawberry Shortcake days for the cake topper. </span></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356483859281435570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 96px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 63px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yCJduQXywlQ/SlYNsK2VW7I/AAAAAAAAAAk/JcluZrj1WQ0/s320/1Cake4.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div><p align="center"><span style="color:#cc33cc;">She certainly seemed to enjoy it! </span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#cc33cc;">Especially digging into her special cake.</span></p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yCJduQXywlQ/SlYNmd1RZZI/AAAAAAAAAAc/v4JNX9hxa98/s1600-h/1Cake5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356483761298040210" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 96px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 63px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yCJduQXywlQ/SlYNmd1RZZI/AAAAAAAAAAc/v4JNX9hxa98/s320/1Cake5.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p align="left"><span style="color:#cc33cc;"></span></p><p align="left"><span style="color:#cc33cc;">Now here's looking at life through strawberry colored glasses. These little glasses were included in the favor goody bags of all things strawberry. </span></p><p align="left"><span style="color:#cc33cc;"></span></p><p align="left"><span style="color:#cc33cc;">What a Berry-licious day!</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4844179940808639296-9042735055170010006?l=thecreeksidecottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>CreeksideCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11776890822554495777noreply@blogger.com1