twoqueenbees

My name is Beckie and I live in Salt Lake City, Utah. I am a former teacher currently in the early stages of opening a small special-order cupcake business.

I have two wonderful children, a nine-year-old son, Max, and a 5-year-old daughter, Olivia. We also have a very feisty cat, Fiona.

In addition to my cupcake obsession, I enjoy scrapbooking and making jewelry--when I have time! I am a Martha Stewart wannabe (minus the jail time, of course) and live for the day that I can organize a laundry room like her and have the time to do things like spritz lavender water on my linens while I iron them. Sick, I know.

I spend entirely too much money on things like cupcake supplies, storage containers (which I think will magically make me more organized), and paper and other office supplies (you can take the teacher out of the classroom...). I am a sucker for ribbon, cute boxes, and anything else that has to do with packaging.

Just finished reading The Other Boleyn Girl, by Philippa Gregory. It is one of the few books that I've been able to read lately without rhyming words and pictures.

Ace of Cakes, Top Chef, and my three guilty pleasures, Big Love, Desperate Housewives, and Grey's Anatomy. Also love almost anything on HGTV.

(Hope I don't offend anyone...)

Lacy, Victorian things. Knicknacks--like Precious Memories and the like. Anything with Disney or other cartoon characters. My one exception to this is Hello Kitty, which I've rediscovered because of my daughter. How can you not like Hello Kitty?

I could sew.

I could knit.

I was thinner.

I ADORE Amy Butler fabric and Martha Stewart ANYTHING. I love the magazines PaperCrafts and Real Simple.

The perfect vanilla cupcake recipe!

I love fun, fresh colors and patterns (my business logo is brown and pink with polka-dots), but tend to be more conservative with my home decor and colors, which include warm golds and reds...kind-of French-inspired combinations, I guess.