Update: I was finally able to give the birth sampler/card to my coworker last week, more than a month after the baby was born, but no matter…
My mumsie’s birthday was also last week; naturally, much home-made goodness was in the works. I made her blue velvet cupcakes (blue is her favourite colour) with vanilla-coconut buttercream frosting. It’s kind of hard to tell in the photo what colour they are, but trust me, they’re blue.
I think that icing may be my favourite thing that I’ve ever made…all coconutty and yummy…
She still collects hedgehogs, so a hand-stitched card was a must:
It’s from issue 216 (I think!) of Cross Stitcher, and originally said “Nice Cross Stitch”, but I took some artistic liberties with it. I still have a baby-sized callous on my finger from doing the backstitch on that. Uurgh. Trying to pierce the fabric where there’s no hole and it plainly doesn’t want to be pierced becomes old after a while. Still, I think the end justified the means.
For the next piece, you must understand that “Bork” is a verb in our household, and not just an interjection. In the kitchen, dropping, spilling, or mixing vigorously and flinging, well, anything, will cause someone to yell, “You borked the ice cream/potatoes/toast!” (Much as the Swedish Chef yells “Bork, bork, bork!” just before he sends his utensils flying.) She “got it” as soon as she opened it, and I daresay as custom designs/projects go, this was one of the best. Also simplest.
It’s on one of those awesome tea towels from Sublime Stitching which was an absolute dream to work on, and is currently brightening up the oven door.
As always, thanks for looking!
The Witty Child 