I made another bento box for Violet this morning. It took me 30+ minutes to create a Strawberry Princess-themed lunch and sadly, it didn’t turn out exactly as I’d planned. Violet seemed happy enough with it although that may have been due entirely to the beef stick princess wand.
It seems as though there has been an exponential increase in the number of school lunches that she would prefer not to eat lately. The school lunch calendar is littered with “Pack Lunch” notes. I’m pretty sure that if I reverted back to a sandwich in a bag the appeal of school lunches would rise once again. April is jumping on the bento bandwagon too. In the last two days, she has asked me approximately 9 million times to make her a birthday bento. Hmmm…. I found this inspiration bento that I might be able to replicate.
On another crafty note, check out this new outfit I made for Violet’s Felicity doll. It turned out really well. I love the apron.

Today I’ll be spending lots of time in the kitchen baking cakes. First, I have to make a birthday cake for April. It will be a pretty simple raspberry layer cake but will have a replica of her 18th Birthday plate for a topper. Then I’ll be making a wedding cake for my friend/neighbor Donna’s reception. She recently married my other neighbor John in the Bahamas so I’m going to try to make a beach-themed cake that will look something like this. I am praying that it turns out well otherwise tomorrow will be spent scouring the bakeries in town for a replacement cake!


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