Let them wear capes...

So, I have been posting a lot of cape pictures lately, and that is because I have made a lot of them recently. I just finished one that my friend requested for her little guy (younger brother to capes T and E respectively) and she said her little one was feeling left out because he didn't have a cape. The only request she had was that it be red. So I went out scouting for cute fabric that coordinated with the red fleece of the cape. I found a very cute flannel with nuts, bolts and nails on it. Then tried to recreate the shape of the nut on the shield on the back, and the "J" is supposed to resemble a screw, I even managed to make the threads on the screw. And then my other lovely friend requested a cape for each of her kids. So just be prepared, I will be posting more (you guessed it) cape pictures as I finish them. I have to say they are much easier to make than a cake.

Capes Part 4 or 5 who can remember?

My two youngest were recently invited to a birthday party for some friends who are brothers. Since two of my kids were invited, I didn’t feel right simply bringing only one gift apiece ( the Mom only asked for one gift per child), so I decided to make each boy a cape.

The oldest boy was turning 7, and is really in to sports. So for the inside of his cape I chose a sports print, and found coordinating orange fleece for the back, the star mimicked the pattern on the lining.

Back view

Lining of T cape

The other little guy was turning 3, and is just in love with trains. You would think that train prints would be  in abundance, but alas I struck out. So instead I found a neutral calming green stripe, and was lucky enough to find a fleece remnant in a coordinating color, Then I was able to fashion a train shape out of felt with his initial on it.

Back view

Lining of E cape

And this week, one of my favorite little girls is turning 2, so she is old enough to get her very own cape, which will make her very happy when she is running around with her cape clad friends.



Back view



Lining of B cape, pretty hard to see but it is actually a tiny gingham print.

April fools

April fools is here once again, and this year, wanting to top my usual go –to April fools dinner (meatloaf and mashed potatoes), I decided to peruse a cupcake decorating book for new inspiration. It didn’t take more than a few minutes to decide that this year we would dine on Pizza, and for dessert… pizza. I made our usual pizza, then while that was baking; I threw together the ingredients for my favorite sugar cookie recipe, while my oldest cut out Archer farms strawberry fruit leather with a small circle fondant cutter. I scooped up the dough with my muffin sized scoop, staggered them on the cookie sheet, then with a small bowl, floured on the bottom; I pressed them down to form a small well in the center, and to mimic “crust”. Then I popped them into a 350 oven, and baked for 6 minutes. Meanwhile I took a bar of white chocolate, ran it through the food processor to shred it, and set it aside.

When the cookies came out of the oven, they were lightly brown on the edges, and looked very much like mini pizza crusts. While the cookies were still hot, I took some of my homemade strawberry jam, and put about a teaspoon and a half into each center. Then I topped that with the shredded white chocolate, and then topped them with the fruit leather cutouts. They were a bit sweet for me, but the kids loved them.