Howling at the Moon

Months ago I crocheted a gazelle, I named her Gisele Gazelle , from the book Animal Friends of Pica Pau by Yanina Schenkel. I gave it to a colleague, who just had a baby daughter. From all patterns in the book, I like the one of the gazelle the most, so now that I have another colleague who just became a dad of a baby daughter I made another one.   

And here's another one in the endless stream of cactus related birthday party items: the treats for the class mates. It didn't take me as much time as I expected it to take, but even though I spend quite some hours in the kitchen. But, and that's what it's all about of course: my daughter loved the treats and I've never seen her more proud when she entered her class room with her Cactus Cupcakes! ~*~ The 50 Cake that I made for my parents was featured by The Cottage Market ! Thank you very much, Andrea! My Fall Drawing and my Cactus Invitations were featured by Creative Jewish Mom !

A couple of years ago I asked by husband to make a little side table from a wooden bar stool and a wooden plate. I painted it pink, because at the time that color matched with the rest of my interior.   Today I don't like the color anymore, but I still like the little table. After thinking about the color for a couple of days, I decided on night blue. Here's a before and after.  What do you think?

As you will know by now the theme my oldest daughter chose for her birthday were Cacti. All birthday activities are bit spread this year, because on her birthday she was on survival camp and after that we were on holidays, so it was only this week that she could treat her class mates (more about that in a later post) and give her friends a party invitation.  After drawing lots of cacti for her Friends & Family Party I didn't feel like doing the same for the party for her friends from school. I thought it would be a great idea to buy a couple of small cacti with small terra cotta pots, hang a card with the invitation from them and give that to her friends. Very simple, but it was a great success!!

This week I made the Pumpkin Bread not once, but twice. The first time I found the bread so delicious that I only wanted more. The second time however, the bread didn't come off as well as the first time. Also delicious, but less delicious. A bit dry or something. Maybe not enough mashed pumpkin in it.   ~*~ It's time for something hearty after all the sweetness of the last weeks, so I want to make a Spanish omelette . I tried this lots and lots of time, but the omelette never came out of the skillet in one piece. But I'm stubborn and will try again this week!