and otherwise unnecessary blather

I was helping my friend, Kim, at The Tomkat Studio, find a new personal assistant (she hired one of our old babysitters), as her business is skyrocketing.  She happened to mention that she needed four-year olds for an upcoming photoshoot that will be appearing on HGTV.com.  Would my Charlotte be interested in decorating some cupcakes for the shoot?

Gee, I don't know...YES.  We will be there, I told her, just so long as it's not before 9:00am.  (The last photoshoot we did with Kim was at 5:00am.)

{{I am allergic to early mornings}}.

Luckily it happened to be at 9:00am.  Charlotte was shy around the other girls at first but then buddied right up.

I'm so happy for Kim's exploding business--but not as nearly as happy as I was to get to keep Charlotte's apron and black/white flower, plus half a dozen cupcakes plus three new punches so I can actually punch out some cupcake toppers from Kim's website!  

Which should indeed advance my craftiness.

I did happen to mention that if someone actually marketed most of the things involved in this party (black/white polka dot favor boxes, cupcake liners, toppers, a basic pennant banner, maybe some aprons, and some cute cupcake decorating supplies) in one single package, I would be A LOT more likely to host a party like this for my kiddos.  Kim said she's working on it... 

Although, [should I say this?]:   Kids really don't care about the fluff and stuff, it's mostly for the moms. 

{yes, I was just struck by lightning}.

OH, and don't forget to enter to win the giveaway on Kim's blog--it ends Thursday...

{all photos by Vicki Lynn Photography}