Woo-Hoo!

I guess I was up on Thecupcakeblog.com this month, or some month, who knows!

My Cupcakes!!!!

Woo-Hoo!!!

Topsy Turvy!

O-M-G!!!

FINALLY!!! I mean, seriously, finally!!

I put on my big girl decorator pants and attempted a topsy turvy cake again.

For those of you reading from the beginning (I know there are not many of you, but that's ok) you might remember my very first post. My first attempt at a topsy turvy cake was a pure disaster. And since then I've had unintentionally crooked cakes, but not an actual true, meant to be wonky cake.

Until now.....

Ta-DAH!

This was an Alice In Wonderland themed cake.

Really how else should an Alice In Wonderland cake be, but a little off balance.

Granted, there are some areas that could have been improved, and things that I would have done differently. But overall, I am incredibly happy about the way that it turned out.

A very merry unbirthday indeed!

Chill in the Air

It has finally been getting chilly here in the Eifel. We had been experiencing a pretty nice indian Summer for awhile, but I think that the cold has finally, really arrived.

And, I seem to be on a bit of a scarf kick lately.

Here is my first ever neck warmer/cowl scarf.

This is my absolute favorite yarn. I bought it about 5 years ago at a shop about 3 miles away from the Husband's famiy home in Maine. It's been sitting, waiting for me to make it into something.


Finally! I was winging it, so I did not account for anything like a hole for the button, so that's a FAIL for me!! DOH! So I ended up sewing metal snaps to the back side, and so it snaps on, which works too.

The first day I wore this, one of my friends commented on it, and so I asked her if she would like one too.

Here's hers.
This time I planned ahead a little better, and was able to make the button holes.
It can be worn with both buttons done up

or just one.


Cute! I love the ruffle action.

I also had the time to finish this crochet scarf I've been working on.

I attatched the ends together, so it forms a long loop, I did not add a twist to it like I was supposed to, so the wrong side turns out sometimes. Again, DOH!

It is also a little too long, I think I got carried away, so I might gather a bit of it together to make it ruffly.

This looks like a rather complicated pattern, but it is really a simple fan pattern repeated over and over until you reach the length you desire.

Cold weather I'm ready for you!!!
OK, not really.

Hallow-Weenies 2010!!

Serious Weenie action here.

Last year Lenae and I spent most of our time on costumes for the kids. This year, we decided to spend more time on our costumes, and allow our children to tag along. Our plans sounded good at first, and then quickly took a turn into what the hell were we thinking territory.

Here we are starting out

The majority of our supplies.


Getting paper mache-ed.

Lenae under our high tech drying lamp.


Fitting my hat.


I somehow escaped the whole paper mache my head thing, and now that I think about it, we probably did not need to do it for Lenae either. Oh well.

Craft foam makes great armor. You can heat it a little and form it to whatever shape you need. Don't heat it too much, and don't heat it before adding whatever under paint embelishments you want....like I did. Check out this tutorial for more information on creating your own craft foam armor.

Here also you see the apalling lack of storage in my kitchen. Though, for a German non-fitted kitchen, I have lots of space, just not alot of storage.

This is Lenae's hat that has been filled with expanding foam. We will cut it down later to form the top.


Any ideas of who we will be?


Keep in mind that we live in Germany, it's not as if I can drive down to Wal-Mart, or Jo-Ann's for a supply run. We had been collecting odds and ends here and there for a year. Our best find was a couple of glittery gold "dresses" from the thrift shop, our most difficult find, stretchy shiny fabric for our shirts/armor. I swear we walked all over the city of Trier looking for something suitable, and we finally stumbled onto a tiny fabric shop that had just what we needed.

That is pretty much it for the in progress shots. We get too absorbed in what we are doing that we forget to take pictures of the process.

Here we are skipping ahead to the end product.
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BA-BAM!!




Here is a reference comparison.


The kids rounded out the rest of our group, with Sacajawea, Amelia Earhart, Jedediah, and Octavius. Plus my little kid as a non-matching witch on the end there. I'll post a litle more about her costume later.

Down Time

So the blog has been down for awhile. I have been reassessing my business and other activities.

The Kid and I are currently working out our differences.

This photo was taken at the Film Museum in London. There is a Star Wars set built there, and you can have your photo taken. This in itself was worth the price of admission.

Posting will resume with photos from Halloween! Forever to be known as "The BEST Halloween EVER!!!" by The Kid.