It has been a busy few days here chez belleepoque, as I’ve been working away on a top secret exciting crafty project. I’ll be able to spill the beans in a day or two, so stay tuned! For this project I was required, yes, honestly *required* to visit Joann Fabrics for supplies. Of course it also happened to be during a 99 cent pattern sale. So I present a few soon-to-be WIPs
A coat (I’m thinking the long one but with the other sleeves), a dress (I’ve got some charcoal stretch jersey lying in wait!) and some tiny wee clothing. Little dresses and bloomers? So cute I might just pass out.
Inspired yet again by Amy (is it weird to call a blogger you’ve never met or corresponded with by her first name? perhaps I should call her Ms. Karol instead), I also made Monkey Bread. In the kitchen I muttered to myself about how labor intensive it was (I kept trying to imagine making it with kids and could only really picture a kitchen covered in flour and small people coated in butter and sugar), but when it was done? HOLY MOLY.
It is basically a bundt full of delicious buttery cinnamon roll. I used chopped pecans and skipped the icing because it seemed like gilding the already sugarbombed lily (plus I’d already cleaned up the kitchen and didn’t want to deal with any more sugar everywhere). If you make this (and you should), be sure you have somewhere to take it, or people to share it with, because as Amy notes, otherwise you will make yourself sick!
Luckily the lovely Natalie came over for lunch with her sweet Lulu and ate a piece for dessert. She also brought me some Aranzi Aronzo cuteness!
Squee! A felt mascot kit and a sweet tiny sewing kit! The next rainy day will find me stitching one of these together with teensy little stitches. Thanks Nat!