My Little Clowns!!

Last Friday night was the annual Chili Supper for the school my grand kids go to. The theme this year was "A Night at the Circus"! My project for the week was to make clown costumes for three of them. I made Nicole, Sylvie and Sydney's costumes.

Here are all my little clowns!

Emily:

Peyton:

He won the "best dressed" prize for his category!

Natalie: (she didn't want to be a clown, so she was a popcorn girl)

My sad little clown, Nicole:

A couple little boys made fun of her and ruined her night! I told her to ignore them, but it didn't work.

Sylvie:

Sydney:

I didn't get a picture with her face painted. It was actually already washed off when she arrived!!

And, last but not least . . . .

Kami:

Her mommy didn't dress her up, but isn't she cute?

Here they all are together:

Pink & Green Birthday Cake

We just celebrated my youngest grand baby's first birthday!! Her mommy decided on a pink & green theme.

Here's what we came up with:

She had wings and everything!!

And she enjoyed her cake immensely!!

The bottom layer of the cake was covered with light pink, dark pink and green fondant stripes. The middle layer was frosted with whipped frosting from Sam's. For "Kami" we used gum paste. The top layer was also frosted with whipped frosting and the little butterflies were made of gum paste. We used my mini Cricut for the butterflies.

Happy 1st Birthday, Kami!!

How Does Your Sewing Machine Sew????

A couple months back, I purchased a Singer 4423 Heavy Duty machine. My old Singer machine which I used for over twenty-two years, finally kicked the bucket. I spent some time looking at different machines and finally decided on this one.

As it turns out, it may not have been a wise decision. I'm now on my second one!

The first one had some trouble with "birdnesting" but I could usually work with it and it would do alright. But then last night, something inside snapped and it wouldn't work at all!! So I returned it and exchanged it for the same model.

Big mistake!!

I have been trying to sew the same seem for at least three hours!! This is a sample of what is happening.

I have tried re-threading it, top and bottom, at least a dozen times. I have re-wound the bobbin, I have tried every tension setting. I have adjusted everything there is to adjust. I've read and re-read the instruction manual. Now I've decided, "Who needs this?" Even if I get it working like it's supposed to, who's to say I won't have to go through this EVERY time I sew? It shouldn't be that hard, should it?

I don't have time for this! This little outfit should have been done hours ago!! I have another just like it still to make!!

Instead, I will make yet another trip to the store and return yet another machine.

I think I'll go for a cheapie this time.

Oh, by the way, after the fact I looked up this machine online. Turns out a lot of seamstresses are having the very same trouble!!

More Arkansas and Razorback Cookies

I made seventy-five each of these for a friend this week!

I'm ready to move on to something else!!

If You're Wondering Where All Those Posts Came From . . .

Just in case you're wondering where all those additional posts came from . . . . I had another blog besides this one. I decided that one blog was quite enough to keep up with, so I kind of merged them!

It was easy to do. First, I exported the other blog posts to my computer, then I imported it all to this blog. Once all the posts were here, I chose which ones to publish and which ones to delete. It was a lot less complicated than I thought it would be!

Just thought you might like to know.

Bright Smiley Face Cookies

When I asked Jen, my daughter-in-law in Vanuatu, what she wanted for her birthday, she said, "Cookies!!"

So that's what I did.

I sent a box of three dozen pink and purple Smiley Face Cookies. They arrived in a little less than two weeks, right on her birthday!!

Hope it was a great one, Jen!!

Butterfly Cupcakes & Cookies

Sylvie wanted a Butterfly Cake for her fourth birthday. Due to a conflict in schedules, a cake was out of the question. So we decided on cupcakes.

Here's what I came up with:

I made cookies as well, but didn't get a picture. You can see enough to get the idea in this picture:

I can't believe you're four, Sylvie!! Hope you had a very Happy Birthday!!

Train Birthday Cake

This train cake was made for the first birthday of a little boy whose dad grew up with my kids.

The cake is frosted with whipped buttercream from Sam's. The train, mountains, clouds and greeting are all made of fondant.

Hope you had a Happy Birthday, Tristan!!

More Razorback Cookies

State of Arkansas and Razorback cookies for a friend who was hosting a Republican Women's meeting in Arkansas.

Once again, I forgot to take pictures before bagging them!

Another Doll House Headboard

Wow!! I haven't been on here for a while! This has been one busy summer.

I was going through some pictures and realized I hadn't put this headboard on here. We made this one for our granddaughter, Emily, for Christmas.

You might remember this headboard that we made for Natalie and Nicole.

Emily has a smaller bed and a much smaller room, so we had to build her headboard a bit different.

I think it looks a bit plain. I'm going to come up with something to add to it, to kind of fill in the blank spaces. Someday soon. I'll post pics when I do!