The Christmas craft fair season of 2011 has come to an end for Lili Creations!  We would like to thank each and every one of you who came out and showed your support to our small business.  We have high hopes and cannot wait to continue to grow, so we thank you for helping us get there!
We hope that you all love your purchases, or that the people you bought them for love them! 
Thank you & Merry Christmas!

Hello, Again!
Are you planning a girls' night in or not sure what to do for your birthday?  Lili Creations is now offering "Design Your Own" parties!  I will bring all of my supplies and lay them out for you and your friends to peruse, and when you're ready, I'll put together your creations for you! 
This is a fun, fresh way to celebrate with your friends!  It is a great opportunity for most ages to create a one-of-a-kind piece specifically for you or someone you love! 
Alternately, I am happy to display all of my pre-designed pieces if you are interested in hosting a home party...filled with host party rewards just for you! 
Please contact me at info@lilicreations.ca for more information!

Hi, Everyone!
I wanted to send out a quick thank you to all of you who stopped by and made the Cloverdale Traditional School and Shoptastic 2.0 events so fun and successful!  Hopefully we'll see you again at one of our last two shows for the season!
All the best,
Lili Creations

Lili Creations has successfully snuck their way into another show!  Whoo hoo!  This upcoming Tuesday, November 29th- Thursday, December 1st we will be participating in the Rebel Rebel Noel Bazaar at the Victoria Event Centre on Broad. 

Rebel Rebel Noel Bazaar
10th Anniversary!
Victoria Event Centre
1415 Broad St, Victoria, BC V8W 2B2
Tuesday, November 29th- 4pm-9pm
Wednesday, November 30th- 2pm-9pm
Thursday, December 1st- 2pm-9pm
http://www.facebook.com/#!/events/246210362094658/

Come down, drink and be merry!

Hi, Everyone!
We have added a couple of new shows to our schedule, so here is our new, updated schedule!  Hope to see you soon!

Cloverdale Traditional School
Saturday November 19th
9am – 4pm
3427 Quadra Street
http://www.sd61.bc.ca/school/cloverdale/craft-fair-2011.asp

Shoptastic 2.0
Friday, November 24th
7pm-10pm
Oaklands Community Centre
#1-2827 Belmont Avenue
* Tickets are $10 which includes a complimentary glass of wine & appies...plus a chance to win a door prize!
*  Activities available are mini manicures, astrology readings, chair massages & more!
* Call 250.370.9101 to purchase your tickets
http://www.oaklandscommunitycentre.com/

Rebel Rebel Noel Bazaar
10th Anniversary!
Victoria Event Centre
1415 Broad St, Victoria, BC V8W 2B2
Tuesday, November 29th- 4pm-9pm
Wednesday, November 30th- 2pm-9pm
Thursday, December 1st- 2pm-9pm
http://www.facebook.com/#!/events/246210362094658/

The Owl Designer Fair
 1240 Gladstone Avenue @ Fernwood Community Center
Friday, December 2nd  6pm -10pm
Saturday, December 3rd  10am- 6pm

Hello, Everyone!
Thank you all for making Earthly Goods Christmas Craft Fair, the first show of the season, a success!  I had a blast meeting you all on Saturday and Sunday and hope that you can drop by some of the future shows!  Also, a big thank you to those who covered my booth for me on Friday while I was detained with a family matter.
Also, as I likely mentioned, I haven't had a chance to upload pictures of some of my new items for sale yet, but I've added some here.  Please contact me if you saw anything you liked but didn't purchase, or something that you wanted personalized (ie. Scrabble Pictures) and we can arrange for pick up at another show or another method.
Have a great weekend!

The Christmas craft fair season is just around the corner.  Come and visit us at any of the shows we are participating in!

Here's our schedule!

Earthly Goods
1089 Langford Parkway @ Eagle Ridge Community Centre
Friday, November 4th  12 noon- 8pm
Saturday, November 5th  10am- 5pm
Sunday, November 6th  10am- 4pm 
www.earthlygoods.ca
* We will be attending the "Westshore" show

Eagle View Elementary
97 Talcott Road, View Royal, British Columbia
Thursday, November 17th  4pm-8pm

Cloverdale Traditional School
Saturday, November 18th
9am – 4pm
3427 Quadra Street
http://www.sd61.bc.ca/school/cloverdale/craft-fair-2011.asp

Shoptastic 2.0
Friday, November 24th
7pm-10pm
Oaklands Community Centre
#1-2827 Belmont Avenue
* Tickets are $10 which includes a complimentary glass of wine & appies...plus a chance to win a door prize!
* Call 250.370.9101 to purchase your tickets
http://www.oaklandscommunitycentre.com/

The Owl Designer Fair
 1240 Gladstone Avenue @ Fernwood Community Center
Friday, December 2nd  6pm -10pm
Saturday, December 3rd  10am- 6pm

Come support local artisans!
''Tis the season to shop! 

So, my boyfriend came home talking about these cupcakes he had heard about that had cookie dough in the center of them.  I was feeling a bit lazy so instead of making the cake and cookie dough from scratch I (guiltily) went to the store and bought a white cake mix and premade Pillsbury cookie dough. 
Here's what you do:

1.  Make your cookie dough.
2. Roll your cookie dough into small balls and put them in the freezer.
3. Once your cookie dough balls are frozen solid (about 2 hours), preheat your oven to 350.
4. Make your cake mix.
5. Line your cupcake pans with liners.
6. Fill your cupcake liners about 2/3's full.
7. Once you have filled your cupcake liners, put a cookie dough ball into each liner.
8. Bake for about 20 minutes, or until your toothpick comes out of the cupcake (not the cookie dough!) clean.

There are a couple of things that you can do to alter this recipe.  For example, I added peanut butter into about 1/2 of my cupcakes so that they were Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes.  I also added some vanilla icing topped with chocolate chips and (on the peanut butter ones) a little dollop of peanut butter.  These cupcakes are a bit "intense" so I also left some un-iced and people loved them!
Enjoy!

I have invested a pretty penny in really pretty, cool cupcake liners...the only problem is that I cannot seem to make the patterns show through post-baking!  It is so frustrating!  Any genius ideas?

I have recently begun to realize that the things that make me incredibly happy and spark passion are the things that I enjoyed when I was little.  I was a child of little imagination (why would I play house and act like a Mom if I was really 5 years old?!) but I loved to read, write, listen to music...and make jewelry!  I used to beg my parents to take me to bead stores whenever we were in the vicinity (luckily, they liked me so we usually went).  I'm not overly dramatic but I always over-exclimate! (See?!)

Anyways, now that I have gone off of my original train of thought I will go back to the beginning...it has become clear to me that the things that make me incredibly happy now are the things that I enjoyed most as a child. As I mentioned, I was never very imaginative, and I'm still not, but I used to think that that meant I was not creative, and that because I cannot draw a stick person to save my soul, I am not artistic...I was wrong! (This may be the only time I will ever admit that...). I love coming home from a long day at work at sitting down with my pliers or my paintbrush. I bought a sketchbook to carry around with me for when inspiration struck, but as I mentioned...drawing is not my forte!
 
As a continuation of this though, I have been spending a lot of time thinking about Easy Bake Ovens. I never had one as a kid, but I desperately wanted one and did not understand why I couldn't have one. Believe you me, I was the furthest thing from being hard-done by...my brother and I had some pretty awesome “stuff”, and an extremely awesome family. The four of us were, and still are, quite close- to the point where my friends always thought we were completely weird for being so open with one another. I digress- my mind keeps coming back to that Easy Bake Oven these days, despite the fact that I am now grown and own my own full-size oven. I think we all had one toy, or one thing, that we always wanted but never got...what was yours? I'm sure you're thinking, “Why don't you just go buy the Easy Bake Oven if you're still so obsessed with it?”, and I have been giving that a lot of thought...but...Christmas is just around the corner...! Maybe this will be my year?