Little Buttercup

OMG Paola's baby is so cute, just a few days old and simply scrumptious!! Here she is wearing my little bootie and hat set home from the hospital! My nickname for her is Sweet Little Buttercup.....

Roxy's Pink Turtleneck

I finally had a chance to finish this sweater for Roxy...she is just way too cute!

fun with Fondant

This weekend I baked this cake for my friend JoAnn's husband's 50th birthday party, it took 6 hours and a lot of planning.....the lower tier is a flourless chocolate cake with a chocolate glaze and the upper tier is 4 layers alternating devil's food and red velvet with chocolate fudge icing in between the layers and covered in chocolate fondant. I would have liked to fondant to be smoother but it was only my second time ever using fondant......next time will be better :)

Wrist Warmers for Carolina

These wrist warmers are made from Alpaca and are very cozy, I made up the pattern myself using circular needles (the two needle trick which is GREAT!) I hate seams!! The top edges are K1 P1 ribbing and I created the thumb sleeve using a great trick I found online:

http://akittenknits.blogspot.com/2006/12/thumb-trick.html

I am planning on felting an old sweater and sewing a square pocket, Carolina had an idea to make a pocket on them to hold a "pocket warmer."