I have been making time for several of my creative outlets over the last couple of months. I have completed several sewing projects; Hannah and I painted for the first time this year; I have been tweaking and perfecting my butter cream frosting recipes; learning to make California Rolls; and, I have finally gotten comfortable working with yeast. I now make at least two loaves of homemade bread a week-- Tuesdays are bread day. My current repertoire includes white, wheat, honey oatmeal, and French bread. I have several more sewing projects in the works, but knowing me, I will probably go crazy of the machine sitting on the table soon and pack it all up for a few weeks. Nevertheless, I have had a lot of fun expressing myself creatively over these last few weeks.
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I'm so proud of you Lori! Did you have a pattern for the purse or apron? All of your projects are so great. I'll have to get your buttercream recipe too!
Your creations are beautiful! Can I place an order for the purse and the chocolate cupcakes? Oh and btw, David would like some of Lori's famous cookies.
You are so talented!! That is the one thing I miss about working and trying to keep house is not having enough time to do fun creative projects! I need to start carving out the time just like for everything else. I love doing all of that stuff, but sometimes other things just get in the way! I agree too about having the sewing machine out - it drives me nuts, but if I don't leave it out, I won't touch it for weeks. I need a sewing room :)
The cup cakes were excellent Sunday! And I had some of your bread for breakfast this morning.
Mmmmm. Honey oatmeal.
Tim
Elizabeth, maybe I should do a post about what my house looks like while I am busy creating!!! haha. It definitely seems like when you stay on top of your chores, creative projects get put on the back burner . . . but, when you take time to create, the house gets neglected. Next time I post project pictures, I will also post pictures of my messy house.
Kerry, I used a pattern for the dresses and purse. No pattern for the apron. The purse pattern also came with a pattern for a handbag with bamboo handles, which I plan to make-- but I could not find any full circle bamboo handles locally.
Fun:) Hannah looks so cute sporting her new dresses, tailor made by Mommy. And the delicious looking food just makes me hungry! Next time you're at Grammy's, how about a demo? Yummmmmm!
Lori, ditto on my house being a total mess when I'm creating. Right now, my dining room is a mess. I have projects laid out and scraps all over the place. I would love to have a sewing room! One thing I did do is clear out this old chest I have in the dining room. It was full of old platters and candles and stuff. I moved that around and made a drawer for supplies and notions, one for fabric and one for patterns. It seems to help some, although my table still gets overrun with everything I'm working on at the moment. I love the little dresses and the apron turned out so cute!
i agree- you need to put a picture of your house up there, so that we don't feel so inferior!! it's nice to be creative, but i don't think i do it enough- due to wanting my house clean-ish, and schooling the kiddos! seriously, though- could you put up your bread recipies? i have just started getting back into breadmaking and would love a few good recipies to try! maybe this summer i can be creative. thanks for the inspiration- i'm going to use the flower cupcake design for beth's birthday!
Lori,
I have to make all of my frostings from scratch here, and have yet to find a good butter cream. Unless it's top secret, I'd love to have your recipe. I can't just run to Wal Mart and buy ready-made frosting :-)!
I have a great chocolate frosting recipe if you need one of those!
Awesome!!! I LOVE your kitchen creativity!!! :) Cupcakes look amazing and yummmy!
Hannah is getting so grown-up looking! She is really growing into a beautiful girl!
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