Howling at the Moon

Last week my little daughters went to a performance about cats in a theater near us (no, it was not Cats). The kids were allowed to come to the show disguised as cats.There was a playground where kids could play before and after the show, built especially for cats (lots of wooden cheese blocks). This is what I made for my daughters. Cat mask made of felt Legging with cat tail Linked to: Be Different, Act Normal (Show and Tell Saturday) Remodelaholics (Remodelaholic's Anonymous) Six Sister's Stuff (Strut Your Stuff)  Life Made Lovely (Life Made Lovely Monday)  Skip to My Lou (Made By You Monday)  Between Naps on the Porch (Metamorphosis Monday)  Very Merry Vintage Style (Share The Love Wednesday) Sew Much Ado (We Did It Wednesday)  Ginger Snap Crafts (Wow Me Wednesday)  It's A Very Cherry World (Rednesday)   Faith, Grace and Crafts (Pearls and Lace Thursday)   The Charm of Home (Home Sweet Home) My Romantic Home (Show a...

This pillow cover was roaming around my craft room for months, while all I had to do was fill it and close it. But I have just done that, so now it's showtime! Linked to: The Shabby Nest (Frugal Friday) Six Sisters' Strut (Strut Your Stuff) Skip To My Lou (Made by You Monday) Between Naps on The Porch (Metamorphosis Monday) Life Made Lovely (Life Made Lovely Monday) Today's Creative Blog (Ideas for Things to Make) Very Merry Vintage Style (Share the Love Link Party)  Vintage Wanna Bee (Talent Tuesday) Sew Much Ado (We Did It Wednesday)  Ginger Snap Crafts (Wow Me Wednesday)  My Romantic Home (Show and Tell Friday)  Remodelaholic (Remodelaholics Anonymous)  Be Different, Act Normal (Show and Tell Saturday)   Annemarie's Crochet Blog (Link Your Stuff!)  And I'm almost finished with the first of my two circle skirts . Just need to hem it and then I can wear it! A picture of the skirt is coming soon. I think the making of the...

Did you see? Three followers this week!! YAY!! Thank you, ladies! ~*~ Today I went to the market and bought these two fabrics.   Especially the one with the flowers is beautiful, don’t you think? I want to make two circle skirts from it. It’s been a while since I made clothes for myself, most of the time the few things that I sew are for my daughters. The shopping for my own clothes is mostly done on the internet (because you may not believe this, but I HATE shopping). I found a very easy pattern for the skirts, so I don’t expect any problems. I think the skirts will look very pretty with the petticoat I bought some weeks ago. ~*~ This weekend I’m going to visit a friend to see her little baby daughter. As a gift I made  her this paper box full of presents. The idea for the heart I found at the crafty cpa . Linked to: My Romantic Home (Show and Tell Friday) The Shabby Nest (Frugal Friday) Very Merry Vintage Style (Share the Love Wedne...

I found the inspiration for the felt application on this T-shirt at a post of the most adorable Valentines cards at Alisa Burke's blog:   Linked to: The Shabby Nest (Frugal Friday) Six Sisters' Stuff (Strut Your Stuff) Between Naps on the Porch (Metamorphosis Monday) Skip To My Lou (Made By You Monday)  Marvelously Messy (A Marvelous Mess) The House in the Roses (Show Off Your Cottage Monday) Making the World Cuter (Making the World Cuter Monday)  Serendepity and Spice  (Manic Monday Linky Party) Vintage Wanna Bee (Talent Tuesday) Very Merry Vintage Style (Share the Love Wednesday)  Sew Much Ado (We Did It Wednesday) Ginger Snap Crafts (Wow Me Wednesday)  It's A Very Cherry World (Rednesday) A Little Tipsy (DIY)  The Shabby Creek Cottage (Transformation Thursday)  Gluesticks (Get Your Brag On)  My Romantic Home (Show and Tell Friday)  Be Different, Act Normal (Show and Tell Saturday)...

The cupcakes I made for my big little daughter's birthday yesterday:     Linked to: My Romantic Home (Show and Tell Friday) Remodelaholic (Remodelaholic Anonymous)  The Shabby Nest (Frugal Friday)  Be Different, Act Normal (Show and Tell Saturday)  Six Sisters Stuff (Strut Your Stuff Saturday)  Between Naps on the Porch (Metamorphosis Monday) Skip to My Lou (Made by You Monday) Life Made Lovely (Life Made Lovely Monday)  Sumo's Sweet Stuff (Market  Yourself Monday) Very Merry Vintage Style (Share the Love Wednesday)  Sew Much Ado (We Did It Wednesday)  Ginger Snap Crafts (Wow Me Wednesday) All crafts for this birthday together: Felt cats Crochet Hearts Garland Felt crown Polish Chandelier Rainbow Cupcake

First of all : I have a follower! My first! Yippie-a-yee! ~*~ Then : my latest project. I made this padded mat for an expecting friend for her baby to play on. She already knows it’s a girl, so picking colors wasn’t that difficult. For a TUTORIAL of this play mat look here . Linked to: Skip to my Lou (Made by you Monday)  Between Naps on the Porch (Metamorphosis Monday)  Life Made Lovely (Life Made Lovely Monday) Creations by Kara (Look What I Made)  Serendipity and Spice (Manic Monday Linky Party) My Girlish Whims (Your Whims Wednesday)  Fabric Bows and More (Will See It Wednesday) Sew Much Ado (We Did It Wednesday)  Sugar and Dots (What I Whipped Up Wednesday)  Ginger Snap Crafts (Wow Me Wednesday) Sumo's Sweet Stuff (Market Yourself Wednesday) Very Merry Vintage Style (Share the Love Wednesday) Remodelaholic (Remodelaholic Anonymous) My Romantic Home (Show and Tell Friday) The Shabby nest (Frugal Friday) Be different,...

Still within the frame of the upcoming second birthday of my youngest daughter I made this yesterday: It’s called a Polish chandelier and the inspiration for this wonderful idea I found at Oh Happy Day. Linked to: Remodelaholic (Remodelaholics Anonymous) Be different, act normal (Show and Tell Saturday)   My Romantic Home (Show and Tell Friday)  Life Made Lovely (Life Made Lovely Monday) Skip to my Lou (Made by you Monday)   Between Naps on the Porch (Metamorphosis Monday)

My sister gave me two pots of tutti frutti yesterday and that brings back sweet memories… My dearest grandmother, who isn’t among us anymore, made the most delicious desert ever with it: custard with tutti frutti. Of course my grandmother didn’t use frutti from a pot, what do you think, but she bought dried frutti and let it soak overnight in water with sugar (if you have time, you should try this; it taste so much better than the instant variety). What you need: 50 grams custard 65 gram sugar 1 liter milk 1 vanillia pod tutti frutti Drain the tutti frutti. Put sugar and custard together and stir. Scrape the little seeds from the vanillia pod and add to the custard. Add six spoons of the milk to the custard and stir until smooth. Heat the remaining milk and add the custard while stirring the milk until boiling. Let it boil for three minutes. Serve with the frutti. Yummy!

Finally, I did get some comments on something I made (namely the felted wool cats )! After two months of fruitless blogging without any reaction, I wondered if there were people out there that actually read my blog. But I’m proud to say: there are! Thank you Kelly, Pat, Jill and Denise for your kind regards. I start this new blogging year with refreshed enthusiasm! This last week I worked on some head gear. Because of the upcoming birthday I made a little crown of felted wool for my daughter : Linked to: Creations by Kara (Look what I made) Six Sisters' Stuff (Strut Your Stuff) The Shabby Nest (Frugal Friday) Fingerprints on the Fridge (Feature yourself Friday) Remodelaholic (Remodelaholics Anonymous)   Be different, act normal (Show and Tell Saturday) Joyful Stamper (Inspire me Fridays) My Romantic Home (Show and Tell Friday)  Life Made Lovely (Life Made Lovely Monday)  Skip to my Lou (Made by you Monday)  Between Naps on the Porch (Me...