Cupcakes everywhere!

Good Things dabbled in the world of the cupcake yesterday. We made lots - some like flowers, Easter baskets, bunnies, shamrocks, snowflakes and even a teacup.


Here is Lori starting her bunny--
















And here is Tracy showing off her Latte' (she's a coffee gal)--















And Karley and Emily proved that it is never too early to be creative with frosting--



















Everyone went home with several different creations and a knitted cupcake party favor courtesy of Nolamom (I made a few).

Speaking of knitting, I made a decision. Can you tell what this is going to be?

Frosting alert!

Nolamom and I had cupcake practice day. We made the cutest cupcake that turns into a teacup. See?

That is the best one. The cupcake bottom is covered in softened candy melts, and candy melts make up the saucer and handle. Icing swirl and little piped hearts are topped with candy melts turned into steam.

Here are the rest we practiced with. We are also going to do a little easter basket with green coconut for grass and pipe cleaners bent for the handle. Oh and a bunny made with marshmallows. Ill show those when I make them Monday.

Edit: I deleted the photos and reloaded them. I did them the same way I always do, so maybe Blogger is having a bad day.

It was truly painful...

Emily signed up for a junior high elective at her school to make things using the "Nifty Knitter." While appalled that I may be associated with such "fake knitting," I am a supportive mom, and realize that the alternatives weren't all that great.

Then she told me what supplies she needed. Nifty Knitter loom, ok. Then she said the words that made me nearly swoon. Two skeins of yarn they sell by the pound. WHAT? Not that. Not only acrylic, but acrylic of the "pound o'yarn" variety. I told her she might need to find someone else to take her to the store, in case I was spotted. Worse than being caught at Kmart.

Anyway, we went, we sought yarn, we bought.

I am officially a Yarn Snob.

On other topics, the green bag is actually resembling a bag now. My dilemma now is I want to put Squiggle on the top. Do I do it before or after felting? Hmmm... I don't know. I think I have to do a swatch and wash it. Stay tuned.

I am working now on cupcakes for the Good Things cupcake extravaganza on Monday night. We will be decorating cupcakes in all sorts of cute ways and everyone will take home a cute knitted cupcake like I posted earlier. Nolamom is helping me in this endeavor (meaning she had made 5 and I have made parts of one). Stay tuned for more on that topic as well.

Second Happiest Place on Earth

Went to Disneyland for three days. I've now decided if it truly wants to be the happiest place on earth, it needs yarn stores. No sign of knitting anywhere. I went from Stitches, where people knit 24/7 everywhere you turn (even, I suspect, in the bathroom) to Disneyland, where you stand around a lot waiting, and yet, no one takes advantage of the primo knitting time. Hmm. The contrast was glaring. At least to me.

Mickey says hello. Or at least nodded hello.
















I did knit during the car ride. I didn't have much light on the drive down, and coming home I was kind of tired, so I wasn't too productive. You can't always be on top of your game.














I came home to this--

A little knitted cupcake surprise. Very cute Nolamom!