Good Enough to Eat

I'm really excited to present this newborn beanie. 

My friend recently pinned this cupcake beanie as something she wanted for the baby girl she's expecting.  In her original pin, she said it was too bad she didn't know how to sew or crochet.  Since I do, I said I would love to make one for Baby Zoey.  One problem that I have with Pinterest is that I sometimes forget to open the link before saying I can make something ;)  This hat didn't come with directions and it was knit, which I don't do very well.   

So what's a good analyst to do...research!  There must be a great pattern for a crochet cupcake beanie somewhere online, but I couldn't find one.  I used ideas from other hats and came up with this one :)

This is my favorite view of beanies when I don't have a model.

The hat is made with Simply Soft by Caron - not sure about the color names since my daughter rips the paper off as soon as she can and these were leftover from other projects. 

My couch is a great backdrop for the hat...right?

Icing, sprinkles, and a cherry on top...looks good enough to eat :)

No newborn babies here, so I tried to use a cabbage patch doll...
Lillian laughed when she saw this photo, so I thought I should include it.

I loved the end product of this hat and my husband even said that it was really cool....big compliment coming from him.  I guess maybe I do have a bit of the creative gene.

Stay Put!

 My friend asked me if I would be interested in starting a mini-Preschool together where each mom takes a turn presenting a lesson at their house.  This includes having a theme, stories, songs, crafts, and other activities.  We found a couple of other moms that were interested and also available on the day that we planned to teach, so we sat down for a "business" meeting to plan the class schedule. 

Since all of us have little ones that just turned 2, we thought that it might be helpful to give the kids something to sit on during circle time.  The idea was that they would have their own mat and sit on that rather than wandering around.  I offered to buy or make these so called mats.  

After much searching online, I decided to make my own...just didn't see anything I loved online...thank you Pinterest for all of your inspirations and motivations!

I came up with a denim initial design in my head and headed to my local fabric store to get supplies.  I found the denim, some iron-on patches, and my favorite inspiration - bandanas for the letters.  I think they turned out really cute and each kid has their own with their initial and a fun iron-on patch.  

    

Just to be clear, the kids did not stay put on their pillows through the entire circle time, but that's just something for us to work on :D