KD Magnets

I made these magnets for my roommate who pledged KD (Kappa Delta) this semester! They are green and have white stiching since white and green are the sorority's colors. They are plushy since I stuffed them with quilting batting.

A Nautical Dinner Party

This past summer I decided to host a dinner party for my friends. It had a nautical theme and my mom and I made all the food from scratch! We went out to a couple of the local farms and picked corn and blackberries and bought cantaloupe, watermelon and some squash. I used the cantaloupe to make sailboat place cards using sticks and cardstock to make sails with everyone's names on them. For dessert, I made homemade blackberry sorbet (with the blackberries we picked) and anchor vanilla bean sugar cookies! I also made homemade watermelon punch that I served in a watermelon! We had already hollowed out the watermelon to make the punch, so we had bought a spout, put it at the bottom of the watermelon and used it to serve the punch! I would say that overall the dinner party was a great success!

A Classic Gingerbread House!

Here's the first baking post! I guess it sort of combines baking and crafting though. My friend and I made this Gingerbread House as per our annual tradition. What started out as a one day project turned into a two day extravaganza of sugar, icing and decorations. We baked and cut out the gingerbread sides on the first day and then assembled and decorated on the next day. To construct the house, we used caramelized sugar while it was still hot. We dipped the sides into the sugar and then put them all together! I was a little nervous since I had never used this method before, but it turned out great! It was by far the sturdiest gingerbread house I've ever made and we didn't have to hassle with trying to hold the sides together waiting for icing to dry since the sugar dried really quickly (so we had to work pretty quickly to assemble it) The windows we made out of crushed up Lifesavers which gave them a cool stained glass look. The shingles are, of course, Necco wafers!

Needle Point Fish

Another first! This was my first needle point project that I made for my new baby cousin! His room is decorated with fish was I felt like this would be a perfect addition! I still need to frame it though...

Cable Knit Hat

This is a cable hat that I knitted up just in time for our first snow storm (I had been working on it for quite sometime and was inspired to finish it when I heard about the chilly weather). This was my first attempt at knitting cables and I feel like it turned out pretty good! (just don't look too close!)

Baby Bouquet

My sister and I made this bouquet for my aunt's baby shower. The blue and white "roses" are actually baby clothes. There are socks, onesies, and a bib!

Felt Animal Pins

Stamped Card

Welcome to my blog!

So I have always loved crafting and baking, but I never really thought about ever having a blog! Well I guess this is my attempt to become one with the ever changing world of technology and have a neat way to share all of my craft and baking adventures. I am currently a student at the University of Virginia so I haven't had too many opportunities to bake lately, but summer is just around the corner and I can't wait to be reunited with the good old KitchenAid! In my "free time" which accurately equates to procrastinating, I have managed to complete quite a few craft projects, many gifts and a few just for fun!