Howling at the Moon

Two little baby girls are born in my circle of friends and family, so a lot of work to be done in sense of presents and gifts. I started with this crochet fox, who I gave a sleeping and an awake side.  You can find the free pattern at La Maison Victor .  www.betweennapsontheporch.net

~ I love Pinterest and would like to make one thing every week that I find on Pinterest. Since I have lots of pins (that I've just pinned and only that), I hope this will be a way to reduce the amount of pins on my boards . It can be anything, from cooking to crochet and from sewing to paper crafts. Just small projects that doesn't take weeks to make ~ As promised last week, this week I made cooking pears from a recipe by Ottolenghi . And some pears it were! Absolutely delicious! If you're looking for a sublime side dish, now you found it! I can really recommend this. www.betweennapsontheporch.net ~*~   I've two cats , a lot of paper toilet rolls and even more yar n so I can start right away with this project . Show you the result next week! In case you have cats, toilet rolls and yarn , too, and want to please your cat ( and who would n' t ), you can find the pattern here .  ~*~ My Chinese Lucky Cat was featured by Simply Sweet ...

Happy Mardi Gras, y'all! And happy variation on Mardi Gras of course (carnaval, carnival, carnevale or whatever; different name, same party). www.betweennapsontheporch.net I got this idea here .

Although I'm not from New Orleans, not from Louisiana, not even from the US, I love all the pictures of Mardi Gras and King Cake. I've been to New Orleans only once (I live in The Netherlands) and loved the city's vibe and the food. I've never eaten an original King Cake, the time I was in New Orleans wasn't around Mardi Gras, but I made my own version of the cake. For my daughters it's all about the little doll inside anyway. They want to be boss for a day so badly. Last year my husband found the doll, big disappointment to them, but this year they're sure one of them will find it. New round, new chance! My recipe: 200 grams butter 100 gram white caster sugar 100 gram brown caster sugar 1 tablespoon cinnamon 3 eggs 250 gram cakemix 50ml milk 100 gram cream cheese 1 tablespoon cinnamon 100 gram confectioner's sugar sugar pearls sugar fondant Mix butter unti...

~ I love Pinterest and would like to make one thing every week that I find on Pinterest. Since I have lots of pins (that, until now, I've just pinned and only that), I hope this will be a way to reduce the amount of pins on my boards . It can be anything, from cooking to crochet and from sewing to paper crafts. Just small projects that don't take weeks to make ~ Last week I posted the Heart Shirt to make this week, but I found out later that the link doesn't come with a pattern, so I had to make up the pattern myself, but I think it pretty much looks the same as the original. I love the dark blue of the shirt in combination with the bluish gray of the yarn. It was a left over of something else I made long ago, but it works out great against the background color of the shirt. www.betweennapsontheporch.net ~*~ Next week I would like to try a pear recipe. In The Netherlands cooking pears are very popular, especially in winter. The pears are stewed in w...