More Can Can Skirt Pictures

Here are some more pictures of Abby and Mia in the Can Can Skirt:

We MADE It!

About a week ago my friend, Amber, sent me a link to Dana from MADE's Can Can Skirt pattern and asking if I thought I could help her make it. I looked it over and said, "Sure!".

I was completely lying. I did not think that I had the skills to successfully make this beautiful ruffled skirt, seeing as how I'd never made any skirt before. Ever. But in my moment of confidence I had already committed to this and Amber had already bought the pattern and ordered the fabric. So there was nothing left to do but try. So we did.

After attending a fabulous Cinderella birthday party we came to my house and measured and cut and ripped out a couple of seams and read some directions carefully and totally ignored some other directions and, lo and behold, we did it. We MADE it! And we are proud.

Here are some pictures of Mia wearing the finished product. Amber's pictures are much better so I'll post some of them later.

Heart Brownies

Heart Brownies, originally uploaded by emerzim.

Looking for a fun and easy Valentine treat? Make a batch of your favorite brownies and then cut out hearts using a cookie cutter. Easy peasy, and the scraps are delicious!

Valentines - 1st Draft

Back around Christmas time I made some vanilla sugar to use in some sort of undetermined gifty way. Well, when I found the coffee toffee recipe all thoughts of the vanilla sugar went out the window. I spent the holiday season completely obsessed with the coffee toffee.

Which I have decided is a really good thing because what would be a perfect thing to hand out on Valentine's Day? Homemade vanilla sugar, of course! It is soooo tasty and has so many possibilities! The paper in this photo is from the dollar section at Target and I just can't believe how perfect it is for this. I didn't have to cut it at all. I kind of like the way it is totally oversized for the little bags too. These are, first and foremost, valentines, you know, and that makes them seem more valentine-y to me. My graphic design obviously needs some work, but this first attempt was mostly just to see if it would work and figure out sizing. I'll let you know what else I come up with.

Valentine's Day Ribbon Shirt

Remember the Christmas tree ribbon shirt? I wanted to see if the concept would translate to Valentine's day. Turns out the answer is yes!