Scarves, hats, and headbands...oh my

Here is another great project. Found the hat and scarf pattern (seperate) on Ravely.com and made them as gifts for a few special people. This picture is just the had and scarf.


This is the hat, scarf, and headband set!

I've had friends ask me to post prices for my scarves, hats, and headbands. So.
Hats $15
Scarves $10
Headband $10
Contact me at carrielaine@rocketmail.com to place an order.

This year I've spent some time getting into Iris Folding. It's really very easy and looks complicated...my favorite kind of craft. I taught classes at my work on how to make these three christmas cards. Charged everyone $5 for the "kit" and made almost $200 (for charity). Had enought of the kits left over that I made my own cards for my friends and co-workers.

Painted pottery...House Divided

Have you ever been to one of those places where you can paint your own pottery? They're pretty awesome. Found one in my hometown and got a great idea to make a wedding gift for friends. The bride went to Oregon State but the groom went to University of Oregon. This is called "a house divided". The people at the pottery store...Rose City Ceramics....showed me how to transfer a design on to pottery and then helped me with the process. It took me three hours to paint the right number of coats for this to come out looking so great, but it was well worth it...as you can see. The plate was less than $25 and all the paint and firing costs were included. When I gave it to my friend, you can see how happy she was with it. Her hubby liked it too. Right now it's in a place of honor...the middle of their coffee table.

Dish scrubbies

Found this dish scrubbie pattern on Ravelry.com. They are really easy and quick to make. They're crocheted with 100% cotton yarn and can be used as dish scrubbies or coasters.

cheap but pretty...

Who would have thought that tissue paper could be so pretty. I found...via google...how to make tissue paper flowers. Made these in orange colors for a friend at work. I put two of these little flower back to back and then hung them from the ceiling with crepe paper. They were so pretty and really make a big statement for a small price. I made them again for another friend's birthday but did them in pink, white, and silver.

Forgot one of my baking yummies...

Here's another fun dessert that I made for a bridal shower. Shot glass desserts. It was hard to find pretty shot glasses but I really like these. The filling is a chocolate mousse and french vanilla cream with chocolate sauce. If you're going to do these, I suggest you make sure you have spoons that fit into the shot glasses.

Need to blog more often....

It's been too long since I've blogged. Not that I haven't been doing any crafting and baking, but I was sidelined by a hand surgery that put a little crimp in my life. All is better and I have some fun things to post.

I'll start with my baking projects...

I made this caramel apple bundt cake with my new bundt pan. Yum!! I would probably not do the caramel topping again because it slides off and then absorbes into the cake. I think I'll just do a powdered sugar/milk glaze.

This is a pretty simple cupcake made for a friend at work. She likes funfetti cake (store bought) but I added these pretty cupcake flower liners purchased at JoAnne Fabric, topped with a really yummy buttercream frosting, and a flower candy.

A pink lemonade cupcake - made with a straw and candies. I actually thought these were too tart and probably won't make them again.

And these are the red velvet cupcakes. WOW - they were awesome. Red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting - dipped in white chocolate and sprinkled with red sugar!