Christmas Stockings

Ever since I was a little girl, I have always had a homemade felt stocking. The entire family had one, all made by my wonderful mother. In 2007, my parents home burned down in the October Wildfires. All of those stockings were lost. This year, my mother, my eldest sister and I decided to remake the stockings that were lost.

So I chose this one to start on.  

It is a very time consuming project, but ultimately not with great difficulty.

 It is slowly progressing, I usually sew while I am watching TV; multitasking is always key!

The brand name of the stockings are Bucilla.

Monkey Cupcakes

It was my nephews first birthday, so I needed to find a cute idea for his cupcakes. Since my sister decorated his crib sheets in monkeys and most of the clothing from her baby shower were monkeys, I thought what a great idea it would be to decorate with monkeys.

 I used a regular box of cake mix from Walmart. For decorating,  a regular sized Nilla waffer for the "mouth area" and mini Nilla waffers that I cut in half for the ears. (You will go through a lot, as they tend to break) For the eyes I used mini marshmallows, that I just pressed in to the frosting. To add the small details for the eyes, nostrils and mouth I got a small tube of black icing gel.

 These were very time consuming, but  a ton of fun. Almost every monkey looked different. I stuck to three different facial expressions, but I am sure they would look even better with more!!