A Treat

I have a bunch of new projects to photograph and post but it'll have to wait awhile. I was incredibly absentminded and left my camera in Iowa last weekend when we were visiting. It's amazing how much I've come to rely on that little piece of equipment recently. -sigh- I'll have it back soon and have lots of goodies for you, Including some cute new dolls for my etsy shop.

In the meantime, I wanted to share this delectable treat with you. This is via craftzine and I think it's such a cute and clever idea. I think these would be perfect for a kid's birthday party in all kinds of fun colors. You can find the recipe and very detailed instructions here. Also check out the rest of the Bakerella blog for even more tasty treats. This looks incredible. Yum. For those of you who do a lot of baking / candy making, do you have favorite resources for molds and other supplies? Has anyone had good luck on ebay? I'm looking to start a collection of molds and supplies and any tips on where to find this stuff would be great!

Sexy Potatoes

Whipped up some potato salad today and thought these potatoes looked rather lovely, so I snapped their picture.

Dancing Tulips

Last weekend I spent a wonderful day with my two best ladies and I was lucky enough to go to my favorite yarn store for the first time in forever. This Misti Alpaca Chunky somehow jumped into my bag and made the trip home with me. I immediately cast on for a super simple spring scarf. I think the garter stitch shows off this lovely yarn so well. The knitted fabric reminds me of a field of tulips. Those little pops of pink and purple make me so happy. This had to be the fastest project ever and probably one of the most satisfying. Now I'm craving more Misti Alpaca to knit, I think I have to try the sock yarn next!

Patchwork Strawberries

I've been working on some felt foods for Brodi's upcoming birthday and I had a brain burst whilst sewing some slices of bread. What about combining quilting and fabric food? Hence, these patchwork strawberries. I started with some random bits of coordinating fabrics (some vintage some new) and just started sewing them together. When I had them all sewn together I cute the whole piece into strips and re-sewed them back together, mixing up the orientation, then I repeated that process a few times to get a patchwork square. I then cut a circle from the square and cut the circle in half. Then, sewing the two flat sides of the semi-circle together formed a cone. A little stuffing and then some gathering created the strawberry shape. A little felt cap and a string stem topped them off. I think these would be super cute on a gift, tree decorations or even just lying about on a shelf. I'm now eyeing my yellow fabrics and thinking some summery lemons would be nice...

Recycled Crayons

I saw this awesome idea on this post http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=235023.0 and thought this would be a great project from my three year old and I to do together. I bought some dollar store crayons, broke them into small bits and had Brodi June place them in the muffin tin (which I also picked up at the dollar store). We put them in the oven at 150 degrees for about 25 minutes until the wax had melted. I took them out and swirled the wax with a toothpick and let them cool for about a half an hour in the freezer. They popped out of the tin really easily and I cut them in half so they'd have a good point. There's also an article in the Good Things for Kids magazine by Marthat Stewart, you could use for directions. They used a heart shaped tin, which is super cute. It'd be fun to do some different shapes. Brodi loves coloring with these and it was such a fun, easy afternoon project!

Etsy Shop is Open for Business!

Horray, I finally finally opened my Etsy shop. Come on in...

Wicked Cardigan

Hi all! I recently finished a Wicked Cardigan. I was inspired by this beautiful version.

I couldn't find the original Craftster thread but I think it was in the Wicked sweater knitalong. The original pattern from Zephyr Style is fantastic and is really great for modifying and creating your own unique sweater. My modifications were pretty simple. I added 18 stitched for the button band and changed the seed stitch sleeve and bottom bands to ribbing. I have a previously knit Wicked sweater that I used the seed stitch on and didn't like how non-stretchy it was, so I thought I would try ribbing on this one. I used Malabrigo in the Sealing Wax color and made my own fabric covered buttons. I'm so thrilled with how it turned out and love how it fits.