Baby Cakes Update

I got a BABYCAKE machine for Christmas and if you remember my previous post about this...I was super excited to try it out!!!!


It comes complete with the babycake machine (much like a waffle maker), cutters, frosting bag and tips, plus book with instructions and recipes!
All I had to add was the cake mix! This time I chose a strawberry cake mix with cream cheese frosting!

You mix the cake as directed and pour into the small 8 cups in the babycake machine. Close the lid, and bake til done!

I had fun decorating them and they are super cute and quite tasty! If I was taking them somewhere, I would have done a better job on the frosting.

I am looking forward to trying it out with other cake mixes, muffin mixes, brownies, etc!!

Santa Hat

Hello All.....

I haven't been doing much lately.....still trying to un-pack and get settled. But a friend at work did ask me to make her hubby a Santa Hat. He works for Fed Ex and he wanted a Santa Hat to wear while he delivered his packages......but he couldn't find one in Fed Ex purple and orange without spending a lot of money......this is were I come in. (pic is not great, taken by my phone)



It was a fun little pattern....and did take me long either....Bonus!!!

Hats

I made a few baby hats for some new little ones.  I made a hat for my niece*, Tessa, but mailed it off before I got a picture taken.  I also didn't get one taken of Baby Grace's hat.

*All of these links go to the Ravelry website.  You need to be a member of Ravelry to view but it is free to join.  If you'd like to see these patterns and don't want to sign up w/ Ravelry, let me know and I'll try to send you a different link to the patterns.

The others I remembered to get some snaps of before giving away.

Baby Jonah's hat: (I can't remember where I found this hat pattern - if I find it in the future I'll come back to link to it.)

Baby Caleb's hat:

Baby Maddox's hat:

I also participated in a gift exchange last night with my Bunco group.  We were to give a mug and fill it with whatever we chose.  I thought it would be fun to put a nice winter hat in there.  I got started and the pattern worked up very nicely.  Easy to understand, pretty design, all that good stuff.  The only problem was my gauge was off.  But see, I didn't check my gauge at the start - I usually don't - so when I got towards the end, I realized it was going to be way too big to give.  I didn't have time to fix it so I scrapped the hat idea and went with some nice froo-froo lotion (and Sixlettes, Andes mints, a hot chocolate packet and a winter-y pencil - blue w/ snowflakes - and it matched the mug I gave)!

This is the hat, the Divine Hat, and there are still two rows for FDPC (front post double crochet) to go!!  You can see the attached yarn trailing off over my right shoulder ... since it isn't finished and I haven't clipped the yarn I think I'll end up frogging it.  I'll try again because it really is a cute hat pattern - I'll just move down a hook size and see what that does for me.

Anything new?

Hi.

Just wondering if anyone has made anything new recently? 

I've taken a little break from crocheting.  I started some squares for a baby blanket but other than that there isn't anything I'm working on.  I have done a teeny bit of holiday stuff - the easy peasy chocolate covered pretzels and the ritz crackers/peanut butter dipped in chocolate.  Nothing to take pics of and post, though :) 

What do you ladies have on your hooks/needles/sewing machines/drawing pads??

Homemade Millionaire on TLC

Hey girls, check out the show Homemade Millionaire on TLC. Stumbled upon it yesterday on the web and it premiers this Friday night at 9pm our time. I have my DVR set!

http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/homemade-millionaire/

This is what we need to do!! Come up with a product or idea and you compete to sell it on HSN. There are 3 inventors each week and one is chosen to put on HSN.
Or, we could just come up with a brilliant idea and take it directly to HSN/QVC.

Then we would have money to buy our compound!!!!!!

Oh, a girl can dream.....

Ajay's Mittens

It only took me a year but I finally finished Ajay's mittens.  I started and finished one mitten last year, then this year, when Ajay started mentioning how cold his hands were on our way to school, I figured it was probably time to start and finish the other mitten.  It was a fairly simple pattern.  Unfortunately, since there was about a year between the making of the mittens the second one came out a bit bigger than the first.  You can tell just by looking, and you can tell when they're on Ajay's hands.  Hopefully he won't mind too much.  He was very excited to try them on and he danced around the house for awhile with them on.  Then a few minutes after that he threw them down and declared he didn't like them.  I guess we'll see how he likes them once it starts to cool down again. 

I used 100% wool and I do believe it was Lion Brand - I lost the wrapper long ago.  I had to use a hook a lot smaller than what the pattern called for.  When I used the hook I should've used I ended up with a mitten big enough to fit my hand!  It called for a G-hook and I used an E-hook. 

(Ignore the dates on the pictures, I replaced the batteries in my camera and didn't get the correct date set.)

BABYCAKES!!!!!!

OMG!!! I found the most awesome thing today!! We were flipping through catalogs at work this afternoon and I turned the page to this item and it was fabulous!!!

http://www.cambriacove.com/p1721/index.pro?gclid=CPX7p8-DiKUCFRhg2god3UrLNg

Babycakes Cupcake Maker......I found it in this catalog but they do have it at JCP for $29.99!!!

I want one, I want one!!!! I know I should wait til Christmas but I need it before then to do some Holiday baking!!!
I am going to order it for myself!!! Just think of all the fun things you could make with it.....cupcakes, brownies, appetizers, pancakes, etc. OMG!! I am so excited...can you tell??!!??!!

I will post pictures when I get it and of all my treats and goodies!!!

The Scarf

Well I was finally able to finish the scarf I was making for the swap, and I even made a set of fingerless mittens to send to my recipient.
I went with this Claudette pattern from Lion Brand for the scarf and these Autumn Mittens that I found on Ravelry.  I used Premier Yarns Serenity Chunky Weight in Puppy Dog.  The scarf pattern and color aren't anything I would've chosen for myself but I hope my recipient likes them!!

Girls Weekend

I am totally behind on crafty blogs for myself but I thought I would upload pics and blog about our Girls Weekend the 16th/17th!! I know it is not exactly crafty...but we did bring and do crafty things along the way!?!? Feel free to post and upload your pics too!! :)

A much needed, no husband, no kid weekend was planned and finally here!! I know we were all so excited!! Unlike most weekends, where I sleep in and hate getting up early, I bounced out of bed and hit the road early (7:30am) Saturday to meet Natalie at Janel's place. We packed up and hit the road! Woo Hoo! We headed down the highway to pick up Kalinda on our way to KC to meet Lisa at Legends. Once at Legends, we stopped for coffee and plenty of shopping!!

SHOES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After lunch at a Mexican restaurant "Los Cabos", we headed back out for more shopping! Nat and Lisa were on a hunt for the perfect purse! We checked out every store and even tried on a few things.....

Not the purse she bought, but a very cute one!

Lisa in her "reading hat" and I love this fedora!

Super cute Kalinda in a super cute stocking hat!!! (Yes, we could so make that!)

Side note: I took several pics of cool stuff that I could make...yes, not buy...but make...how old are we!?!

Yes, Nat and Lisa found their perfect bags and we headed out to our next stop...WINERY!!!

Holy Field Winery was on our way back to the B & B where we were meeting up with Tonya!!

GRAPES!!

Taste testing almost all their wines!! Taking a "few" bottles to the B & B with us for later!!

On the road again and we finally arrive at The Barn, our B & B for the weekend!

The Barn and our welcome party...

We settled into our room, changed purses, played outside, explored and got ready for dinner!!


Our 3rd floor attic room #20 and our scary winding stairs to our room!

YES, Lisa had all that stuff in her purse!!! She would be the perfect contestant for Let's Make a Deal!!

View out back....beautiful.

Swinging on the big teeter-totter swings!

The view from my hammock! Hammocks are not the most easy thing to get into or out of...

Tonya and Lisa chillin'

Fish!!!!!!!!!!!

Our fab dinner in our own little sun porch nook! Chicken, potatoes and asparagus, plus rolls and salad! YUM! And yes, we had wine with dinner too! :)

Swimming in the indoor pool and non-jet hot tub! Absolutely the best sign EVER!!!

We retired for the evening for a couple rounds of BS and our own tarot card readings! We woke early with the smell of bacon and breakfast started at 7:30am (what's up with that!) so we couldn't be late!

After breakfast, we got ready, had lots of girly gossip, crafted a little and hit the road for home in all our different directions. Never enough time together, but a much needed and totally fun weekend was had by all!! Can't wait to do it again soon! Love you girls!!!