String Pumpkins: tutorial

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When I was a little girl my mom used to make easter eggs using string and starch. This week I decided to try making some string pumpkins since you might think I was a little crazy posting Easter Eggs right now. It worked great so I decided to share them with you. Do you want to make some of these? Let's get started... You will need balloons (one per pumpkin), white glue, water, foam craft brush or paintbrush, and crochet yarn. That's all. I could only find a yellowish orange crochet yarn but I didn't let that stop me. I also found a fuzzy thread on clearance that I used on one pumpkin. First … [Read more...]

Cake Show Part 1

Here's just a few cakes from this weekend. More info. on the cake show will be posted after my kids go to bed but I'm breaking up the posts since there are so many pictures. These are not pictures of my cakes and I do not know who did them but they are all great!! Squirrel! Great details! Beginner cakeone of my absolute favorites... also a beginner cakeWe loved these cookiesThis looks so real! my #1 favorite cake of the entire weekend. The details and stringwork was amazing. … [Read more...]