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Monday, July 5, 2010

Firecracker Cupcakes 2010

Unlike a few years ago when I literally set the cupcakes on fire with sparklers, these are cupcakes you can still eat!


Ka-BOOM!!


Friday, July 2, 2010

First Crocheted Baby Blanket

I recently made my first baby blanket for Baby O (E's still waiting to see if Baby O is a boy or girl, so I've heard no names yet!).  I chose a soft, bright, multi-colored yarn that comes on a giant skein, and I went through two of them to make this:


The stretched-out view:


The close-up view:


And, last but not least, look at how even the edges are!  It only took me getting through one skein of yarn, unraveling the whole thing when I realized the sides were undeniably wavy, and redoing it:


Next crochet project:  a camisole!  Eeeek!  (It'll be a while.)