Birthday Cake Times.

I can't claim to have made this as the cake was actually the creation of one of my delightful friends, but I had a small hand in the decoration, and it's just so pretty I want to post it up.

Enjoy

P.S. we followed a recipe for chocolate butterscotch icing from a book by the Primrose bakery

Enjoy!!

Christmas inspiration.

Walking round the garden center I decided to take a few sneaky pictures as inspiration for my own decoration making, I have a terrible habit these days of thinking 'I can make that!!!' rather than buying something and stalking off to look at more 'make-able' things, of course, I very rarely actually do it myself, I guess it's the principle.

(But I could actually make all these things for much less £$£$£$!!!!!!)

Crocheted Beret

I enjoyed making this, it's my first official crocheted item of clothing which I've followed a pattern to make.

The yarn I used is from the Palette Series, 120 'Vintage range' (worsted weight) and the colour is Enamel. The pattern can be found here:

http://creativeyarn.blogspot.com/2008/02/puff-stitch-crochet-beret-with-bow.html

and I particularly enjoy making patterns from this designer's blog.

Crochet Birds

I thought I might post a sneaky peek at my latest making, birds of paradise!

Birthday Cupcakes

This week I mostly made cocoa cupcakes with a butter-cream icing topped with chocolate shavings and marshmallows, yum yum!

Shown here chilling out on the cooling rack before being packed up..

Amigurumi

Sometimes you get to the end of a project that took much longer than you imagined and you just think whyyyy?!!! I shall name him Chuck.

Patches

A rather pretty project which I've been working on this week involving much felt and fabric, hopefully more will come of this and I'll report back if it does. Enjoy!!