Posted in finished objects, food fun, tagged cupcakes, Elinor Klivans, penuche frostin on December 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
No birthday is complete without cake, especially a first birthday, right?
So back I went to Elinor Klivans Cupcakes!, and baked up a batch of Sticky Fig Cupcakes with Brown Sugar Sauce.
They. Were. Divine.
Instead of using the suggested sticky brown sugar sauce to top the cupcakes, I decided to use a brown sugar seven minute frosting, [...]
Posted in crafting, finished objects, recycling, tagged recycle, upcycle, time ticket, family memories, advent calendar, baby food jar, tissue paper, modge podge on December 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What do you do with too many baby food jars, some really cool tissue paper, and a can of spray paint?
Why, you make an advent calendar, of course!!
I wish I could say that everything I used I already had on hand, and had we unpacked all of my stuff we would have, but because some [...]
Posted in crafting, finished objects, for baby, sewing, tagged alabama chanin, first birthday, reverse applique on December 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Today was the day we celebrated a major milestone… our youngest babe’s first birthday. The older two are now of the age that they understand birthdays mean cake and presents, and they were both so very excited to prepare something for their little baby sister. How could I resist? I put them both to work [...]
Posted in finished objects, tagged blanket, collaborative, squares on December 2, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Some time ago, I joined a small knitting group from a small church where we began knitting small squares for the smallest of all members. This blanket is intended for a babe who shares a name with one of my own.
It was a few months of collaborative effort with novice and bordering-on-expert knitters alike.
Each stitch [...]
Posted in finished objects, knitting, tagged atlantis, kirsten kapur, koigu, socks, through the loops on October 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Taking photos of socks is not as easy as one might expect! Well, for those of us who haven’t ever photographed a pair, anyway. Maybe this is old hat for some of you, but who knew how complicated it could be! Here’s a small summary of my first socks photo findings:
Get rid of all dog [...]
Posted in finished objects, knitting on October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Begun in July while on vacation on the Outer Banks in NC…
finished at our new home in a small seaside community south of Boston.
I am now a sock knitter!
And uh, more details as soon as I figure out how to take pictures of them; on the to-do list for tomorrow!
Posted in finished objects, food fun, recipe on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Way back a long time ago, when I was three” as my daughter says, or the first week in March, as I tell it, we planted a little raised box garden of greens: A mesclun mix, spinach, arugula, and escarole. We had plans to line the side driveway with a row of boxes, but alas! [...]
Posted in felting, finished objects, knitting, tagged Alapaca with a Twist, felted snuglets, lopi, maggie pace, Pick Up Sitcks!, slippers on July 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Remember these… well now they’re all done!!
OK, so they’re not exactly done… I have yet to add the elastic to close them up, even though I’ve already purchased the cord. It’s hard to get excited about plain old vanilla elastic cord, so I might try to find some funky orange laces or ribbons or something.
These [...]
Posted in finished objects, knitting, tagged Christmas Knit, malabrigo, manon, norah gaughan on February 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
At least one Christmas present is finally complete!
Manon by Norah Gaughan, knit up in Malabrigo for my fabulous, super-stupendous step-mother extrodinaire.
This was an incredible knit… and I am so looking forward to making up one for myself!
The lovely buttons she chose worked beautifully. I knit up a two stitch i-cord for the button loops, and [...]
Posted in finished objects, for baby, tagged baby, blocking, cathay, debbie bliss, knitting, matinee coat, sweater on April 12, 2008 | 8 Comments »
The shower was today… and the sweater was the first gift opened!! I swear I had nothing to do with the arrangement of the packages, I swear! It just happened to be sitting right in front of L when it was time to open the packages.
I think they liked it Although they didn’t [...]
