Peanut Butter Things

So, I had this grand idea that for Claire's party I would make candies that looked like ladybugs.

I made peanut butter balls using a recipe for Buckeyes. That part turned out really well.

Then I tried decorating the ball like a ladybug. That part did not turn out so well.

I tried shaping it into an oval.

I tried leaving it a ball. This one doesn't look that bad in the picture but trust me -- it is ugly.


I tried just putting spots on top and even that looked awful.

Finally, I decided that they wouldn't be ladybugs just black and red to go with the color scheme of her party. I think these turned out pretty cute.

Then with the extra leftover candy coating I decided to use a technique that I saw on Bakerella. I drew the black part of the ladybug first and then filled in the red. I was thinking this was going to be so cute and maybe I would use them on her birthday cake.

Well, they turned out pretty ugly so I'm probably not going to use them anywhere because they are just not cute.

Oh, well. I tried!

Mmm... Donuts

I love donuts.



I love chocolate donuts.



I love stacks of donuts.



Even Homer loves donuts.



These donuts are super easy to make and turn out so cute. The hot pink one reminds me of the one you always see Homer Simpson with so I thought I'd let him pose with it. He didn't seem to mind. I made the sprinkles with embroidery floss but I've seen ones on the web with fancy beads as sprinkles which is super cute but not child safe.

Claire thinks it's hilarious when I pretend to eat one.

Ladybug Invitations

Claire's first birthday is coming up soon. I've decided we are having a ladybug theme!


Here are the ladybug invitations.

They were pretty simple to make with just red, black and white card stock.

I went old school and cut out the ovals for the body and circles for the head with the coluzzle.

I used black wire for the antennas. The spots are made with a stamp and black stickles. I used almost all stuff that I already had in my stash!! That's a first.

I think they turned out pretty cute.

Felt Ice Cream. Yum!

Recently I have become completely obsessed with felt food. I was bored one day and browsing various blogs and came across a felt food sandwich.

Immediately I had to know more about this felt food. An extensive search lead me to lots of different felt foods.

A flickr group devoted to felt food.

Craftster had all kinds of threads about felt food.

Thus began my journey into felt food.

Yesterday I found a little tutorial on a felt ice cream cone here.

So last night and today I worked on my ice cream cone.

I think it turned out delicious!

The chocolate side

The vanilla side




Yum!

A New Adventure

So, I started a blog. Why, I'm not really sure. But, I kept seeing all these cute blogs with people posting their crafty and cooking projects and I wanted to post about my crafty and cooking projects. So here we are.

I've been on a big crafty/sewing kick lately so I have lots to talk about. But, not much time to do it now.

Off to take care of some mothering business and maybe have a little crafty time.