This is what I've spent the last 4 days of my life working on. It's the Chancellor's house, all decked out for the holidays, in gingerbread.
Actual house:
Gingerbread version:
I'm not going to go into the nightmare this thing was to construct right now, because I'm completely brainmushed, but I took a series of photos from conception to completion. I'll bloggity blog those later. Suffice it to say: whew, I'm glad that project is done!
I swear I'll post soon! But for now, enjoy this yumminesssssss. Happy St Patrick's Day!
What's better than a hand turkey craft created with love by a 2 year old? One that you turn into a cookie cutter and then make shortbread cookies out of. Gobble gobble gobble.
Oh hai there
I'm not going to lie. The detail on the onesies appeals a little bit too much to my "OCDetail" nature. I could make them all day long.
There are more in the gallery. :) The haunted house was the favorite:
I don't believe in "overkill." Anything worth doing is worth overdoing, in my opinion.
Those were my treats, but we let the turtle go collect her own:
Such an original color scheme. :)
I love customization. So you can imagine how thrilled I was to make these "Pigs with swine flu" cookies for a Pandemic Response Team of tired nurses who are working round-the-clock to combat the H1N1. Apparently they were a big hit, and rumor has it that the Chief Medical Officer of the company might have taken one to a meeting with some bigwig at the CDC. You can damn well bet that if I ever have a resume for this stuff, it will say, "Clients include: Maggie's mommie, Teagan's mommie, and the CDC."
My favorite part is the snot. Ewwww.
(I'ma get vaccinated now, because making this set has def. set me up for "ironic punishment")
Also, this view is much different now, but it's been a gorgeous commute for us this October:
Oh candy corn, how I love thee. I wrote a haiku, and made 97 cookie yous, to show my adoration.
Yellow & orange
honey infused tummy aches
yet i cannot stop
(also, I am so proud of my Halloween birthday present bowl from LBPS. I'm going to make the raven a santa hat so I can use it year-round. Love it love it love it.)
The rest of the set includes ghosts, pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns. What? Ghosts always wear bowties.
All ready to go!
I know I said I'd update with songs and witty stories, and I plan to, but I am very very busy these days, and tired to boot. My plan for this week is: Get work done, stay sane, and try to have some fun. We'll see how it goes.
I was busy all weekend and busy again today, so no witty comments from me now, I just wanted to update on a new order I delivered to a (thankfully!) happy client.
The theme was a Victorian tea party for a little girl's 6th birthday, so I made dark pink and purple fondant teacups and flowers to rest atop miniature cupcakes her mother made. It's a small world, after all.
