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!

Ring bearer pillows

Made two adorable ring bearer pillows for Lindsey. Giving them to her tomorrow. Hope she likes them.

Daisy square - from ravelry.com

I really felt that this Daisy square was going to stump me. It took a couple of attempts to get it right...but when I finally mastered the patter, it turned out amazing. I found the pattern at Ravelry.com. It's free but the square designer will only give you the pattern if you agree to send a completed square to her. She combines squares from everyone and creates blankets for charity.

Here is my square. I love it so much I'm going to make a whole afghan out of the same colors. Maybe I'll use it as a raffle gift for the breast cancer fundraiser next year.

Pillowcases are fun and easy...

I've decided that pillow cases are just about the most fun thing to make with all of the beautiful fabric that's available. Sometimes I'm just overwhelmed at all of the beautiful fabric and don't know what to do with it all. The answer...pillowcases.

With 3/4 yard of the pretty stuff, and 1/4 yard of contrasting fabric..you have custom pillowcases. They make great gifts and you can even wrap gifts up in them. I made pillowcases with multiple kinds of breast cancer fabric for my 3-Day team last year and everyone loved them.

This is my latest one. Wish I would have taken pictures of all the others. I'll be better about that in the future.

Catching up on projects

I've been remiss is posting my finished projects. I recently completed a baby blanket. Didn't use traditional colors (teal, orange, white) because the Mom-to-be is a little more hip that traditional blue and/or pink. I like this pattern because it works up VERY quickly. When I figure out to blog better, I'll post the pattern.


On the crochet front - I've found a new love. FOOD. Ok, those who know me know that real food is an on-going love affair, but crochet food is new and fun. I made doughnuts and cupcakes. Can you believe it? These are just about the most adorable things EVER.