Dreams and other Un-impossibilities

Cupcakes

2008-05-13T10:53:00.000-07:00

So as I picked up my daughter from school the other day; I was notified that I needed to make something for tomorrows bake sale. (super!) Not that I don't enjoy making sweet treats for everyone to enjoy. I was having one of those days. The DH was on a golfing trip for the next few days, my son was sleeping in his car seat ( I hated to wake him), my pantry I knew from memory was low on options. Luckily when I got home had some cake mix and just enough sour cream and powdered sugar. I ended up making Chocolate Sour Cream cupcakes. In some of them I put fake Oreo cookies in the bottom of the cupcake lining as a bonus. My frosting was made from pure butter, sugar and unsweetened cocoa. So I stayed up until 1:30 a.m. frosting these babies. My daughter couldn't wait to get her little fingers around these. (She is the ultimate "chocoholic")
As for me, I tried not licking the frosting bowl clean before I went to bed. There is just something about frosting from scratch. The things I will do for my kids.

I must make a note to myself to buy one of those cupcake carriers; I'm sure this won't be the last time I'll be making something for a bake sale.

Red Booties

2008-04-11T20:25:00.001-07:00

Last week I had the pleasure of making some little blue booties for a friend that's expecting her first child. I was inspired to do a red pair for fun. (taking a small break from my orange craze) I like them a lot; my DH thinks I should make them in the reverse. I'm considering it. Of course I'm thinking I should make a pair in this orange polka dot fabric that I have. I know, I know enough already with the orange, but I can't help it.

I managed to make a orange blanket this week with the orange giraffe on it. I know; what's the fascination with the giraffe? I don't know, it just seemed like the right animal for that color. It's a phase. I will be over it soon I know, I feel a red inspiration coming in the horizon. :)

My Orange Giraffe

2008-04-02T10:43:00.000-07:00

I told my SIL the other day I was on an orange kick. I love this color and the fabric is so yummy. I'm dreaming about all the things I can make with all the lovely orange fabrics I have in my arsenal. Currently I'm selling this set on Etsy at www.letallfeet.etsy.com

It's funny I was looking through my Etsy favorites the other day and I guess one of the people who hearted me was collecting everything giraffe and orange; I think. Anyway one of her favorite items was a stuffed giraffe made out of this dotted fabric. The seller was from Australia, I believe its lulucarter. It's a really cute Giraffe. You would think we got together and planned are little giraffe items but no we didn't it just happened... :) Maybe the same buyer who likes hers will buy mine or visa versa.(criss cross applesauce, I hope, I hope)

The Dress

2008-03-21T12:30:00.000-07:00

I decided this year I would make my daughter an Easter dress; being that she is five going on 30; I figured I better try doing it this year because next year she may decide she is too old for handmade clothes. Her first and second year I made her dresses and the following years someone else bought her Easter dress. So this was really something I felt compelled to accomplish this year.

So I bought a pattern, early and found a really nice fabric at Jo Ann's. Not what I had in mind but never the less it was nice and the fact that it was pink was an added bonus. Given that my daughter is a girlie girl and pink is her signature color. (put this way, in her world there are no other colors and if someone other person is wearing pink, she will take notice) I gave myself ample time to start this project because sometimes I get distracted and forget about the deadline. Everything was going according to plan. I was beginning to feel pretty good about making the dress. The plaid design was lining up really well and the seams, were really wonderful; even my zipper didn't give me any problems. I was being extra cautious about the ironing of the fabric because it's like one of those synthetic like materials. I began fitting it to my little girl so that it would fit her perfectly. Came together really nice, I'm thinking this is going really well.( why so much plug about it going so well, I'm not a dressmaker, by trade, I enjoy doing it but it's not a skill I would say I'm expert.) Going well until, well let's just say, I thought I had the iron temperature set low enough... I burned a whole right through the front of the dress.(this is where you might imagine all the expletives that I wanted to shout but couldn't because my daughter was in the room). I literally held my head and went to my knees because I couldn't believe I just did that. My mind went from immediate rage to I'm not re-doing this dress, there is no time, I will never find the ribbon and that material, forget about it; it was a special Easter fabric that Jo Ann's put out. My daughter had already fell in love with it. And if you could just have seen the look of concern on her face when she saw what had happen. Parent's know that look in your child's face. What to do, what to do? After I came to my senses. I thought, I will patch it up cover it with something maybe if I have enough left over ribbon I can cover it. After several different ideas, this is what I came up with; a big o' giant flower design, made from the fabric and some left over ribbon. I don't even know how to make ribbon flowers. (hee, hee, can you tell?)

I'm happy, my daughter's happy and well, will I attempt this feat next year I don't know, maybe...

I wonder if anyone else has had this type of mishap and what did you do to fix it? Please share. Maybe we all could learn from our mistakes and how to make it work. :)

2008-03-20T14:23:00.000-07:00

Is this thing on?

How does this work?

Just kidding. :)

After long debate and a mental marathon of weighing out the pros and cons of blogging; the alter ego won out. Ugh... My creative side is always at odds with my inhibitions. So we begin, talking and sharing all the crazy and unconventional ideas that run rampant in my head. You know the ones that keep you up late at night or have you scribbling on some piece of paper because you just can’t get the imagery out of your head. For me it feels like my stomach is filled with tiny butterflies and my heart begins to accelerate because I can’t wait to get started on my new little idea. Crazy, huh! Sometimes I wonder where it all comes from, and where do I get off on thinking I can take on such ambitious projects. Sometimes I look back on some of the stuff I have made and the time frame in which I made them and wonder “what in the name of “*()*+%”” was I thinking. So here I am blogging; my creative side telling me, you can do this and my shy self saying are you out of your mind and them both in unison saying “yes”. What will I be blogging about? Mostly my sewing projects, but maybe I will share some of my cooking experiments and party planning ideas. Who knows, where ever my creative little mind takes me, I guess.

Why Un-impossibilities?

Because everybody has dreams… And nothing is impossible.