Ready to tea party

Tiny Top Hats


After my baby shower where we had a lovely tea I mentioned to Elena that I've always wanted to so a tea where we decorate tiny top hats and then have tea. She had the great idea of decorating some for tea time at the pj crop next week. It took all day but I made 3 from a great template and instructions from instructables. I can't wait for tea time! :)

tiny top hat instructions

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Valentines Day sweets for my sweet

Stud muffin


A valentines cupcake inspired by a valentine from target. I made the captain this cupcake and a bunch of lollipops for Valentines Day.

Stash of stacshes


I found this great mold at michaels. I used mint chocolate candy melts and made over a dozen.

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Remembering Grandma Captain

Sadly the captain's grandma passed away last weekend. The captain went to visit her and was holding her hand when she passed on. Unfortunately bring both sick and pregnant, we decided I should stay home and watch the pets and take care of the house. I wanted to be there so we made a video for her so I could say goodbye. Grandma Captain was an avid traveler, who went to China. She was also well known for her hairpin lace, a skill which I picked up to make this shawl for her. And like me she loved the color pink. I'm so very sad that she did not get to meet her great grandson, but will remember her fondly.

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Super meal

Super meal


Ok so the patriots lost but I got to have brisket, pulled pork and beef ribs. Not pictured was the 3 kinds of chicken and sausage. I also made a chocolate cake from a scratch recipe which surprisingly didn't have any eggs but was super moist. My only notes were that I baked it for 35 min instead of 25-30, but it was really easy and probably cheaper than a mix, I just made it because I was our of cake mix but had a can of frosting on hand.
Boy am I full!

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The final countdown

Kitty sling?


Today begins the final countdown, only 99 days until my estimated due date. I'm totally in nesting mode, yesterday I made some more sheets and laundered the cloth cover to the swing I purchased in my last blog post. Today I made a baby sling thanks to the directions at karma baby and the kitty helped me try it out, he seemed pretty happy in there, I had him so you can see his face, but the baby will go the other way with his head up by my shoulder until he has the neck strength to hold his head up.
Now to make chicken and cake for the superbowl party! Go Pats!

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My favorite thing from Live at CHA

La blanche stamps

I just yesterday learned about using La Blanche Silicone stamps with UTEE. I saw it at Live at CHA from Charity Wings. It was awesome, they melted UTEE and poured it all over the inked stamp. I of course immediately dug out my melting pot, which I haven't used since 2008 :-x and got to work. I tried it at first without enough UTEE so I remelted, but that left a bunch of black particles in the design. So I tried again with fresh UTEE and it worked much better. The key is having enough UTEE to pour all over the entire surface of the design, as you can see at the top I started to run out again. This was a really fun project! I am not sure what I'll do with my hedgehogs, but I craft like that, I find a technique I like, I make a few and then it sits, and then one day I will be looking for just the right embellishmet and Voila! I'm ready to use it :)

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Getting ready for baby

Flannel crib sheets


I made these crib sheets for the baby's crib. In case you want to make your own, I made a tutorial on instructables.

Don't you love the pirate monkeys?

Also I'm in a contest so if you can vote on the top of the page out would be much appreciated.

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