Baby Shower Gifts

I recently went to a friend's baby shower. I think my talent as a cake decorator is becoming more well known. I love the opportunity to make something! The theme of the shower was rubber duckies. This is what I came up with.

Everyone loved it! I think it turned out really great too! Yay!

As my gift for my friend I made her some burp cloths. I found this tutorial from Petit Lemon Blog and got to work. They were easy to put together and turned out so nice! Why didn't I make myself some of these with my babies?

Wrapped Bracelet

I found this tutorial on Pinterest and fell in love with it. I'm not really a bracelet person, but this one is really cool!

DIY Wrapped Bracelet

So you have leather cording, a ball chain, waxed linen cord, and a large bead of some kind. They used a hex nut. I just used a large wooden bead. And then you wrap them around each other and voila! You have a neat wrap bracelet.

Here is mine. I like it a lot! Now I have something to do with all those ball chains I have laying around!

Here is another wrap bracelet I found on Pinterest that I want to try next. They just look so neat to me!

This one can be found here. And I really love that elephant!

Mini Pies

A while ago my mom bought me these mini pie molds. I think she likes getting me new kitchen gadgets to see what I'll come up with! We finally gave them a try. I bought already made pie crust from the store for those that can eat gluten and then had to make some gluten free pie crust for those who can't. {I am now a believer in store bought pie crust! So much easier! Too bad they don't make a gluten free one!}

So we first rolled out the dough. And cut out the shape with the mold. This is the wheat one, gluten free pie crust has to be rolled out between two sheets of plastic wrap.

Then place the cut out on one side of the mold and fill. We used blueberry pie filling. Love it! Then you have to brush an egg wash around the edges to help seal the pie filling in.

Place the other cut out on top and squish the mold together to get that nice crimped edge.

Place on a cookie sheet, brush with more egg wash, and bake. I think I sprinkled them with a little sugar too.

Oh my! They were delicious! I hadn't had blueberry pie in a long time!

This is one of the GF ones. They turned out so nice!

Absent Minded Reason #3

I've recently learned not to garden while wearing flip flops.

I was fixing the broccoli I planted. It was way to close together and I FINALLY got around to doing something about it.

Things were going pretty well when one of the bricks came loose.

This is what happens when a 25 pound landscaping brick falls on your foot. Ouch!

It looked way worse a few weeks ago when it happened. That alone should says loads about how it looked a few weeks ago! I can barely wear shoes some days it still hurts a lot!

So here is my very nicely spaced broccoli (I think it's broccoli, nothing got marked!). It actually survived my replanting. I hope the broccoli starts to grow soon!

After telling my husband what happened and showing him my foot, he very politely says,

"Now what did you learn from this experience?"

{sigh}

Yes dear... do not wear flip flops while gardening.

Some radishes I harvested. They are so pretty!

My 3 Pinkalicious Girls

For Christmas I made my girls dolls that look like Pinkalicious. They were wrapped with a ticket to see "Pinkalicious: The Musical" this spring. They were SO excited! I mostly can't believe I finished all three dolls in time. I love them all! They do such a good job portraying each of my girls perfectly!

They each had their own little sewing challenges, but turned out so beautiful! I must admit though, I am really digging those braids!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Since it is Valentine's day soon I thought I would make some cool Valentine's for all those special people in my life! It was super easy to make. All I did was wrap a regular size Hershey bar with pretty paper and embellish. So easy...and who doesn't like chocolate?