Cakes

Rainbow cupcakes and 'donut' cakes for my daughter Zoey, so she could celebrate her birthday with her kids at creche. They were a big hit :)

I started out with a basic vanilla cake mix which I added cake colouring to.

Four layers starting with red in case I burnt them lol.

Next batch waiting, I got game and reversed the colours

Looking good, smelling wonderful. Waiting to cool.

So pretty and tastes ok.

Icing, frosting, decorating

Cake donuts iced and sprinkled

All ready to be eaten :)

Gnomes

Well I have done two Gnomes, one in felt, acrylic felt, not wool cause I had none and I like working with what I have, and one in leather, cause I had scraps from ?. I drilled holes in the head area, right through so I could secure the hats on with a thread running through the head also, as I don't trust glue only with toys for toddlers.

Like me, these have holes in their heads lol

Time to get dressed

Messy little boy gnome, and messy me.

Rubber bands as clamps and untidy stitching.

Hanging out with fairy while waiting for the rest of the family to join them

They are all here! The little ones were dolly pegs with the 'legs' cut off, still have holes in their heads, so the hats are firmly glued and stitched. I found some white wool felt, and a corduroy fabric so I used that as well.Not authentic but the kids will not mind. Bye Gnomes and Fairy. 

Fairy

My daughter Zoey said she would like some gnomes, like Waldorf ones, for her children to play with in the 'fairy garden' she is making at her creche. So I got out what I thought I could use.
But a fairy was born not a gnome :). Oh well, on to gnomes.

These will make gnomes!

Hello fairy, where did you come from?

You will live with Gnomes.

Miss Mouse

 

A mousie for a mousie <3

I was asked to make a mouse for my friends granddaughter, she was preemie and so tiny, nicknamed Mousie of course. I didn't think of using socks at first but after seeing these http://www.flickr.com/photos/treachercreatures/  I knew a sock would do.

 I cut the sock into the shape I wanted, then hand sewed it and stuffed it.I tried on her sock 'dress' pinned arms where I thought they should be,tacked facial features and pinned paper ears to see if it looked like I hoped it would. It did! So I sewed and sewed and sewed and tweaked and tweaked....and Miss Mousie was born :). Oh yeah I also added bells inside her so she rattled.

Sock Robot 3

He has a  waste disposal button in the middle of his bottom.

I added button "wheels" to bot boots and sewed them on his legs.

Sock Robot 2

Now to see if it fits

Yes, I am pleased with the shape.

Pinning the legs before sewing

Leg stuffing

Cut a hole in the toe section big enough to insert body and head cushions.

Ready for head sewing and body parts.

The second sock is now used for arms and whatever.

Arm showing pincher hand

Both done.

The feet.

I used Styrofoam scraps for the feet.

Sock Robot 1

How I made Aimee"s Sock Robot.

I started by cutting out a squarish shape out of a old clean cushion insert

Sewed it on the machine

And hand stitched the corners down.

Yes! good head shape

Repeated for body shape

Shaping up nicely

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Sock Robot

A Sock Robot that I made for my beautiful daughter Aimee, for her 24th birthday :)

I have a blog? When did I do this, I don't remember but I might try this blogging stuff out, if I knew how lol.