Snapping Up Some Summer...

Macro shots of flowers in my garden.... I really love macro, I love the effect it has. 
One of my elective courses this coming school year is photography, so I hope to learn a lot, and post lots of new photos up here!

Sleeping tulips....

I love this photo. The white flowers in the background look like little lights.

This reminds me of Christmas for some reason. :)

The tulips woke up!

Baby Dress!

Baby clothes are my favourite. 

I absolutely LOVE looking at all the baby girl dresses and shoes, and bathing suits OH MY GOSH... 

I have been waiting for an excuse to sew some baby girl clothes, but up until now, I have only ever had little boys in my life, and I hate to say it, but boy clothes just aren't nearly as fun to sew... :P (I have 6 younger cousins that are boys, and a younger brother... too many boys!) 

But a few weeks ago, my 10th cousin was born, and it was a GIRL!!!! <3 I was just a teeny weeny bit excited. 

So I designed and made this dress for her. :) 

I can't wait to see how it looks on her! 

For the top of the dress I sewed approximately 12 lines of shirring, and serged the top raw edge. (I love my serger, it is so handy!) 

I serged all the rest of the seams, and used a couple extra strips of fabric for the straps. Which I serged of course! Then I hand sewed on a few colourful buttons. 

Here's a back view. I think it actually turned out pretty well for a quick afternoon project! :) 

Fabric Flowers!!!

I have been kind of going crazy making fabric flowers lately... I make them out of every fabric I can. These pictures don't even include all of them!

They are so addicting to make. 

I got the basic technique off of one of my favourite blogs and then tweaked it a bit to make it my own. 

Would you like a tutorial for these beauties? 

The yellow flower and the pointy petal yellow and turquoise flower pictured above are made from recycled city banners, as I participated in a local recycling project called Banner Bags. (http://www.bannerbags.ca/)

I also made some of these lovely flowers into pins!  

This is my favourite idea. Such a cute headband! I am actually wearing this one right now! 

There are endless possibilities for what could be made or decorated with these simple to make flowers.  If you like them,  or would like to see a tutorial, leave a comment below! 

 

Happy Easter everyone!! Here are some lovely candies for you to enjoy on this joyful day! Christ is risen :)  

Easter Treatsies!

Cadbury Creme Egg Cups! :) 


So yesterday I attempted to make this delicious looking homemade version of one of my favourite Easter treats: http://www.instructables.com/id/Homemade-Cadbury-Creme-Eggs/
too bad my attempt failed, and turned out to be more Creme Puddle than Creme Egg...

In the comments I found that somebody had put the ingredients into cupcake liners instead, so I tried this and it worked deliciously! (As pictured above) I highly recommend the recipe. :)

On my first attempt at melting the chocolate, it ended up too thick to dip my eggs in, so I had the BRILLIANT idea that adding milk to the hot mixture would liquify it more. Boy, was I wrong... It actually managed to thicken it! Wowza, wasnt expecting that one... (before you say anything, please know tha
ted with this... haha)

Instead of throwing out this thickened chocolatey goodness, I decided to make something else out of it. I thought about adding different things before I decided to make these bite-sized Chocolate Rice Krispie Balls!

Look like dog food.

But really are scrumptious!


Would you like to make some of these yummy treats? The recipe is really simple.

Chocolate Rice Krispie Balls :)

Chocolate Chips, or melting chocolate (however much you want to make)
A scoop of butter
A splash of milk
Rice Krispies (however much you think is needed to make them sufficiently crunchy)

1. Melt the chocolate and butter in a double boiler.
2. Add the milk and stir to combine
3. Stir in the Rice Krispies
4. Form into small, bite-sized balls
5. Stick in the freezer or fridge until hardened
6. Enjoy!!! :)

YUMMAYYY. I hope you enjoy these treats and that you have a very Happy Easter!!!!