Aprons Aprons Aprons!

Well I am seriously behind on my blogging, so I am going to try to catch up a little here. I am still in my apron phase, but I have experimented with a few other patterns. After being inspired by a few things I saw at the renegade craft fair I made the little black dandelion apron for Danica. She is selling jewelry at a farmers market this summer so I thought she could use some pockets for her cash. I drew the dandelion on with a bleach pen. I do not totally love the red color i ended up with but I was too impatient to wait for a different color to develop.












The yellow apron is back to my old pattern, but I love that pattern and the aprons come out so cute!! I made that one as a bridal shower gift for my cousin Megan, but my friend Lindsay also has one just like it that I gave as a birthday gift.

Finally this little brown and pink ruffled apron was a gift for my friend Allie for her bridal shower. It was much easier than expected and made solely from fabric scraps I had left over from Christmas so it was definitely a success!!

dos pasteles

So I taught two cake decorating classes in April which seriously cut into my free/crafty time. For the fondant class I was teaching I had to demonstrate covering a cake board with fondant and making marbleized fondant. So I made this freaky cake and then covered it with bunny peeps, and gave it to the boys across the street.


I did manage to make one "real" cake. I am kind of happy with how it came out. I messed with my frosting recipe a little bit and I think it came out too salty. I also mixed my icing colors in near darkness so in the light of day the border color is HARSH but you know at the end of the day its just cake. I made this cake for my intern's last day this semester. The faces are royal icing with edible marker, everything else is buttercream.

Getting there

I just wanted to give a quick update since I haven't posted in a while. I have been crafting, I made Cheryl and Jon a giant 2 volume scrapbook of their wedding. I also sewed Sally a lovely birthday apron. I am getting ready to re-launch my etsy store so keep an eye out for that announcement as well. In the mean time myself and most of my friends have gotten really into this idea of making 101 goals to finish in 1001 days. As part of my goals i have joined postcrossing and am excited to begin exchanging postcards!

More birthday fun

I am just super into making these preschool birthday cakes right now. Our other 3 year old girl turns 4 this week. She asked me for a baby cake but ignored that. Her best friend said i should make a princess cake which is what i set out to do, but in the end I just make a Kiaree cake. Its a lot of cake. The base is a 9x13 sheet cake with pink frosting. Her head is a cake I baked in a 6 inch round pan and then shaped a little with a knife before I iced it. Her pig tails are cupcakes, and her hair ties are fruit by the foot and rolled up Starburst candies. I was totally lazy and trying to clean out my cupboard a little so all the cake is box cake and all the frosting is store bought, but really its for a bunch of kids so it being pretty is really the most important part, right?

pressure

Pressure makes diamonds

--General George S. Patton



Having a busy busy life right now

Through the Year......

I realized today that I never posted pictures of the calendar I made Cheryl for Christmas. Every page is different and the entire thing is just a huge collage of paper and fabric and photos and glue. Please try to ignore the fact that I completely did not clear off my table before i started taking pictures of the pages!

Catching up

This week I am going to try to get all caught up and finish posting some of the cute things I made earlier this winter so then I can just focus on the present. I made these silhouettes for my sister, they are of her cats Harper and Harley. They are a more classic version of the (large) series I made Cheryl last year of her zoo of pets. This is a picture Amy sent me of the silhouettes hanging above her desk.