Patchwork Patty-Counted Cross Stitch Project

Hi!

I'm back with my second post for today. I simply couldn't wait another minute to share this. A couple of weekends ago, I went on a little field trip to see a couple of stitchery shops I discovered were nearby. I didn't even know there was such a thing as a stitchery shop, to be honest. In case you aren't familiar with the idea, a stitchery shop sells the patterns, threads, fabrics and doo-dads you need to create stitching projects like counted cross-stitch.  I think I came across the names of them while thumbing through a cross stitch magazine while waiting in line at Joann's. Oh my goodness, the eye candy of all the samples on display! So many projects, so little time! 

I happened upon a magazine called cross-stitch and needlework that had THE cutest little witch on the cover. I was instantly smitten and full of desire to create Patchwork Patty. I bought the magazine and the perforated paper as listed in the supplies from the shop (along with another project, I can't wait to get working on). I figured I either had the rest of the supplies or I could pick them up as needed (and with coupons) from Michaels or Joann's.  I've been stitching like crazy these past couple of weeks and last night I finished gluing all her pieces together. I originally had her glued to some ribbon and had it wrapped around a glass apothecary jar (kind of like she was on the cover of the magazine), but I really wasn't all that thrilled about how it looked. So this morning, I got the idea to put her in a frame, minus the glass. So I snipped off the ribbon. Jessica helped me pick the background paper, and I decided to put a piece of vellum over it to keep it a little more subtle. The frame is one I got at the dollar store at some point, but it was natural wood. Jessica and I painted it black. (Amy was at a basketball clinic this morning so she wasn't available to help).

Okay, enough talk...here she is! Feel free to click on the photos to make them bigger. 

And here she is in the 8x10 frame I had. 

I adore how colorful she is and the bits of sparkle(although the camera may not have picked up much of that). I like the beads and the use of the memory floss(which is basically cotton floss wrapped around some wire to retain the shape you want).  I love the wild and crazy hair. Jessica tried to create a braid, but the strands were too short to do much.  I think it is just so much fun to look at. :)

Such patience and focus...

Here's a link to the magazine I got the pattern from (in case you were interested).

That's it from me today. Thanks ever so much for stopping by and reading my ramblings. 

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Jeanne

Halloween is Definitely Over...

Hope you  had a Happy and Festive Halloween. I had high hopes to make a particular project, but I didn't get started in time and it never came to fruition. Darn. Oh well, there is always next year, right?

As I told the cashier at the store on Halloween Eve, one of the problems of stores putting holiday items out so early is all that stuff can lull consumers (like me) into thinking, I've got plenty of time, when in fact, Halloween is the next day! Amy asked me if we could make the witches brooms again like we did last year. I said sure. Kept thinking I had plenty of time until it was Wednesday and I realized...oh $%#&, it's tomorrow. LOL Thankfully, Wednesdays are early release days and I knew I'd have help to get the treats done.

Here is a photo of our pumpkins and treats. That little pumpkin Jessica won from school. His name is Bob McBoberton thanks to the suggestion of Jessica's (most favorite) teacher from last year.

The brooms are Tootsie Pops with the stick colored. Fold a coffee filter in half a few times and snip the edge up to make the fringe. Attache with twine/hemp and attach a tag. The witch stamp is one I found in the dollar bin at Michaels a couple of years ago and the happy Halloween sentiment is actually two word stamps. I don't have any other Happy Halloween sentiments that I like in my stash. There must be something wrong with that. 

And here we have what I saw upon returning home yesterday morning after being out for a few hours. 

We have lived in this house for 17 years and I've never seen this happen before. I thought it was funny. Amy thought it was funny.

Jessica, not so much. 

Those are the pumpkins she carved. 

Halloween is definitely over.

Thanks for stopping by. 

Check back as I am working on two more posts for today.

Yep, feast or famine once again!

Happy Halloween!

Well, goodness, I’ve wanted to share this  for days and for one reason or another didn’t get to do so. Guess today is better late than never, right?

My friend, Barb, over at The Buzz has been charming me with her cards featuring Meljens digital images. (You can find her shop here). Barb does a fantastic job coloring with her Copic markers and recently posted how she adds glitter to her cards in this post. This card is completely inspired by Barb’s excellent work. Thanks for sharing and inspiring, Barb!

I used that super cute Haunted Manor paper from Doodlebug. Now, you all know I don’t have many markers and am much more comfortable with colored pencils and odorless mineral spirits. That’s what I used to color in this card. It was a fun image to color. I added the background using chalk and a small pom-pom.  I have to admit though, I think Barb’s skills in creating backgrounds way exceed mine. *Ü*

Next up is a little project Jessica and I worked on together for her class.  

Jessica did a great job stamping the “happy, happy, happy” and “halloween” from CTMH’s Seasonal Thoughts stamp set. She had to practice a little though to get the right touch. As you can see, witches were a part of the project. I found that stamp, a wooden one (gasp) at Michaels last Halloween in their dollar bin. Didn’t use it last year, but it sure came in handy this year. 

Here’s what we (okay, I mostly) made. 

Are these not super cute? I got the idea from Diana Gibbs blog here.  And I happened to have a brown Sharpie marker in my stash. You can see a bit of the Tootsie Pop peeking through. Very fun.

And here’s a funny shot of Amy pulling out pumpkin guts last night.  LOL

Happy Halloween to you and yours. Hope you have a fun and safe time trick or treating or celebrating in your own special way. Thanks for stopping by!

Halloween Printer’s Tray

Oh my, did I have fun this afternoon! I’m probably the last person to pay attention to this idea, but better late than never. I decorated a 7 Gypsies Printer’s Tray with Doodlebug’s Haunted Manor paper and a bunch of fun embellishments. Check it out!

I’m very happy with the final result. I bought the tray a month or so ago, but haven’t been able to play. I knew for sure I wanted to use Doodlebug papers and today, everything kind of just fell into place. In addition to the 6x6 pad of Haunted Manor paper and Doodle Twine, I bought a sheet of die cuts and added them here and there. Some have pop dots and others don’t. I also found some goodies at Michaels, the sequin kitty, the owl (these two are ornaments), the bat and the “bottles” of scary stuff. The buttons were in my stash and the blingy spiderweb/spider is from Michaels last year. I  thought it would be fun to try to make a very small rosette. I cut three 6 inch strips 3/4 of an inch wide  and scored them at 1/2 inch intervals. I tried with two strips, but I couldn’t get it to lay flat. The brad on the rosette and the candy corn brad are from Hobby Lobby. I was tickled to add the googly eyes as well. All in all, this is the type of Halloween I like, cute and fun! Thanks, Doodlebug for the great paper that inspired me!

Thanks so much for stopping by. Hope you are getting into the festive spirit and are having a great week.

Scary Muffins (??)

Okay, so how in the heck can muffins be scary? I guess if you think about the muffin top you can develop by eating too many, that can be pretty darn scary. But that’s not what I mean.

I’ve been a crocheting fool over the past few weeks and on Sunday, while watching the Broncos lose the game (darn), I finished up this scary muffins project.

TA-DA!!!

Can you believe this? I came across this pattern at the Red Heart yarn website. I can’t remember why I was even there, but how fun is this find?

Jessica, who is very afraid of spiders thought this one was cute and she even suggested the red eyes. Wow!

 

Not a very scary skull, but more ookey maybe?

It’s not Halloween unless you have a pumpkin, right? I got some felt that had adhesive in it, so it would, in theory, stay put while I hand sewed the piece on. It’s a little wonky, but who cares, right?

I think this eyeball one is the spookiest.

And each muffin comes out of its holder! You can mix and match them if you want. Hey, want a little memory game with your Halloween decor??

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you are having a great week so far.

Halloween Projects

Jessica was going to be staying after school an extra hour yesterday for a class she signed up for and I decided to ditch any and all obligations to just craft with all that time I had. Oh I had such grand ambitions. And I made two things. Really?? Yep, just two. Two cute things mind you, but only two. Sigh. In the end it’s okay, because that’s two things more than I had when I started, right? Wanna see? Sure you do, that’s why you are here.

Here you go!

This is the first project that got completed. Notice I said got completed. I’ve actually made one of these before (but not yesterday) See?

Whoa…totally different looks, yes?

Yep, and I made a taller jar, too(way to state the obvious, Jeanne). I really kind of liked them. Well, except for the dang white ink I sponged on the edges of the shorter jar, thinking it would look as neat as the project that started this all. SVG Cuts Toil and Trouble Kit. I even ran out and bought the embossing folder with the spider webs, the last one they had at Hobby Lobby. I didn’t get to make the label though, when I made these jars. So, yesterday, my first thought was to make the label to finish off the jar and hopefully hide that ugly white ink, that I tried to hide by inking black over it. Actually I disliked that inked look so much, I decided to start ALL over again and make a new one.

Okay, so here is why I CASE (copy and steal everything) so much. I cut out black pieces for the new jar. Then I started to make the label as shown in the project picture. Only, I don’t have the same designer paper and I don’t want to buy it for this one little part of the project. So, I thought I’d use some Doodlebug Haunted Manor paper. It takes me time to figure out which ones to use. But I also needed some solid paper, that takes time to ponder as well.  I CASE so much because I have the most difficult time decided what to use when I don’t CASE.

And to try to be more efficient, I don’t need full sheets of paper to cut out the smaller pieces to make the label. I can cut smaller pieces and put them in different places on my 12x12 mat and cut all the different components at one time, thus saving time and getting this dang label made so I can move onto another project. Only….only….the actually cutting out the pieces didn’t match the placement of the paper on the mat…SIGH. I had to start that over again! Arghhh. So I did that over again. And a paper moved, so I did it again, and it moved and the whole lets get this done in one fell swoop wasn’t going to happen. I ended up putting full sheets of paper  on the mat and cutting little bits out of it.  Not much of a time saver when that happens, but in the past the idea has worked perfectly.

Okay, so I got all the pieces cut out, but now….the skeleton cut out doesn’t match the feel of the Doodlebug paper I’m using. It’s not cutesy enough. Ugh…I know that sounds stupid, but it also looked stupid. So….okay, I can grab a Cricut cart or two and try to find something to use. It took me a while to figure out just what might look better. I decide on the treats in Mini Monsters. Get all those pieces cut out and….wait for it…now the black that I cut out for the jar no longer matches the feel of the Doodlebug paper. Sigh… My neck is starting to stiffen up. It’s taking me hours to get this one silly little label made! LOL 

Instead of black, I’ve now decided on Hydrangea (from CTMH) and instead of spider webs, I liked the big dots on a Cuttlebug folder. And to give the dots some depth, I rub the inked sponge over the raised dots. Okay, I’m using cardtstock that has a white core and I don’t like the white showing, so I ink all the edges of the pieces I’m using to make the jar. But I’m not inking any edges white, so we should be good to go there.  Then I decide the candies need some twine, oh and some pop dots and several hours later, I’ve got my one project finished…

TA-DA!!!!!

Okay, so it does look really cute as a purple candy apothecary jar, if I do say so myself. But man, oh man, what a long drawn out process to get this one little project completed. And the jar doesn’t have any dang treats in it!!! LOL And you wonder why I took such a long creative break do you? This was exhausting and my neck hurts at this point. LOL It was kind of worth it in the end though, right?

But, a look at the clock said I still had some time left so I decided to make the witch shoe from the same kit. I initially cut out the pieces with black paper, but now that the jar is purple, black just isn’t cute enough. More decisions…and orange it is! DCWV solid paper from their Ghosts and Goblins stack from last year.

 

TA-DA!!!!

Well, not quite that fast. I had to watch the little put it together video the site offers to show you how to get the pieces to fit. It was pretty easy, but I wanted to be sure I did it right. I did tear the paper by the heel (made you look, didn’t it?), but I wasn’t going to cut another piece of paper at this point.

I didn’t want to take a picture of the shoe empty because how silly would that look? So, I grabbed some candy corn and poured them into the shoe. An empty shoe would look silly, but one with candy corn would look…smart???? I dunno, but there you go. I was going to fancy up that buckle, but at this point, I was D O N E playing with paper.

 

And here’s what I got accomplished.

Then I had to clean up the mess I made in creating these two relatively “simple” projects. It looked like a paper bomb exploded in the room! LOL

On a positive note, Jessica noticed these goodies right as she walked into the living room and loved them.

That my friends, made all the effort worth it! Amy doesn’t get home from school until about an hour after Jessica and I get home, so she got to see this in all its splendor first.  (Only I took the candy corn out right away. Didn’t want to leave them out…just in case any unwelcome guests manage to sneak into my house now that the weather is cooling down. We certainly don’t want to entice them in, either) .

In all honesty, I was done papercrafting after I got these two projects done. But I still had some time left before heading out to get Jessica from school, so I sat on the couch and worked on a yarn project. Which shall remain unnamed and unshown until  such time as I actually finish the project(s).

I really do enjoy papercrafting. I just always think I can get more done than I actually can. I wanted to make some cards yesterday, but obviously that didn’t happen. If you are still reading, thank you. I just wanted to share what really happens sometimes to get to the finished project.

Here’s hoping your papercrafting projects bring you much joy and happiness!

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Halloween is On the Way…

Seeing that it is October, Halloween is going to be here before we know it. I saw a cute project on the Bug Lover Cards blog here and felt inspired to make a version for myself.  

That meant I needed to get that great spider web here and cut it using my Cricut and Make the Cut.

I’ve had the spider web brads since last Halloween. I picked up a Halloween themed package of brads at Hobby Lobby and never used them.  I found the pails at Target in the dollar spot. I liked the ribbon handles. The ribbon is from Michaels and the twine is Doodlebug. The orange paper is from DCWV Halloween themed paper from  last year and I inked the edge with black ink. Oh, I found the neat looking paper straws at Michaels not too long after they put out their Halloween stuff. I haven’t seen the package there since then.

Not sure where they will look best just yet…

I was hoping to get more accomplished than I did today (isn’t that always the way).  But, at least I got something finished, right?

Thanks so much for stopping by. Hope you are having a lovely day.

Halloween Project…

Since I’ve grown so enamored of being able to use the Cricut over these past few years and enjoy seeing projects made from it, I subscribed to the digital version of the Cricut magazine. It used to be published every other month, but recently they switched it to a monthly publication. I’d love to have a hard copy version, but honestly, couldn’t afford it. Love that digital is available. And I can print off the pages I want to use when creating a project.

I really like the October issue. There are several neat projects using Happy Hauntings and the recently released project cartridge called Sweet Tooth Boxes. The project cartridges are just that, more geared toward 3-d type things.  And now that I have the Expression, I don’t have to fiddle-futz too much in trying to make the 3-d stuff. (squeal).

With all that said, here’s something that I’ve been working on. It was a lot of fun to create. Thanks to the magazine for the inspiration, because that’s where I saw this. I never, ever would have come up with this on my own.

   

This is the tool box in the Sweet Tooth Boxes. It opens up and there is a little box inside. You could, if you wanted, put cupcakes inside. There are cut-outs to do just that. The only little glitch I found was that I couldn’t cut the inside box parts the same size as the tool box. I thought it would adjust for the fact that you are putting it inside the tool box and would need to be slightly smaller, but it doesn’t. I made a box for inside (to give the entire thing a little more stability) but I didn’t really decorate it because I’m not sure what I want to do with it.

Anyway, I saw this idea in the Cricut magazine (so I can’t link it). It totally gave me the justification I needed wanted to get the DCWV’s Ghosts and Goblins stack (seriously, I picked it up and put it back so many times before caving).  The black pattern paper is from Lemon Flower (I thought it looked more interesting). The box itself is made from textured black cardstock from Hobby Lobby. The add ons (poison, caution, spiders) are from Happy Hauntings. You can’t really tell but there is glitter glue on the spiders (Jessica did that). They are put on with pop dots. I grabbed three ribbons from my stash, that worked really well and those stick pins are from Making Memories.

I had it all done a week ago, except for the caution and ribbon. I wasn’t sure just what I wanted to do and got inspired yesterday after letting it percolate for a while. I’m pretty happy with the finished project and hope you enjoy it too.

Maybe one if these days I’ll be inspired to pull out Fall/Halloween decorations. My house is sadly bare. I’ve been on a get rid of stuff kick and not a put out a bunch of decorations kick. Sorry.

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you are having a great weekend.

Jeanne

Happy Halloween Garland (?) Banner (?)...Hanging Thingamabob

I'm not sure what "they" call it, but on the crafty type blogs I read, I've seen this idea several times. And at the last minute, I decided I wanted to make one. for Halloween. I know. I'm a glutton for doing stuff last minute. But if you like the idea, maybe you can run with it for Thanksgiving, Christmas or whatever event you are celebrating.  And learn from my boo-boos, so it won't take you as long as it took me. LOL

I'm probably gonna talk too much again, so if you don't want to read it, feel free to just look at the pictures.

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Here's the final project:

From a slightly different angle

 So you can see what I did!

Isn't it fun? I wanted to add more stuff to it, like stickers or bling, but deciding to do this project just a couple of days before Halloween is so not a good idea. Mainly because most of the Halloween stuff is sold out. 

I looked. 

I spent way too much time yesterday hitting stores looking for some Halloween themed paper, like I saw this blogger use. Um, can't find it. anywhere.

Then I was mulling over if I should buy a stack of 12 x 12 paper just for one project. In the end, I decided not to and settled for using stash I had at home. Do you know, I don't own any Halloween themed paper. I don't know why. So, I thought, I'll pull out my CTMH gingham paper and use black cardstock. I DID have the glittery paper, that I used for the letters, whoo hooo.

I then fought with my Cricut for an inordinately long time cutting said letters out and deciding what type of mat I wanted to use. That glittery paper leaves a lot of "dust" on the mat, making other paper less likely to stick well, causing said paper to slip in the middle of the cut, causing just a twinge of frustration. Yeah. Sigh.

I had to quit to go pick up the girls from school. End of creative time yesterday.

This morning, after I spent time at the girls' school for their Harvest Breakfast (the politically correct change for the Halloween party we all grew up with), I decided to stop at  Hobby Lobby, the one store I didn't try yesterday. Their paper is 50% off right now AND they had single sheets of Halloween themed paper. 

Whooo hoooo! Should have thought to go their first, duh.

On a whim I also picked up some purple textured cardstock.

Which meant, my original plan from yesterday was going to be altered.

But, I wasn't going to cut out any different letters. I just cut the Orange gingham instead of using the Autumn Terracotta I was going to use. 

I, all along wanted to try to make the accordion folded rosette, medallion, thingamabob, but didn't have 12 x 12 paper. That is, until this morning.

Here's a video on how to make them that I found this morning. It's a bit long, but I forwarded it to the part I wanted. It's where I got the idea to use the border punch, though. I really liked that touch.

So, I cut more paper, and folded and hot glued (faster than regular glue) and adhered to the ribbon in the center. Um, don't do that. Adhere the ribbon near the top. Otherwise your hard work will flop over from the weight. Ask me how I know. Told you, I'm trying to save you some time here!

In the end, you can't really see the fun paper I used. Oh well, I know it's Halloween paper. LOL

To hang it up, I picked up some of those command hooks and stuck them on the inside edge of the mantle (turned on their side, so that pull thing wouldn't show, you know that piece you pull to remove the hook). 

I tied a loose knot at the ends of the ribbons and hoped I was accurate enough with my guessimating to have it somewhat centered. I didn't measure. My creative time was about done and I wanted to be done at this point. I think I guessed okay, but those perfectionists out there might be cringing.

I used the Storybook (letters) and Mini Monograms (scallop mats, circles) cartridges.

Letters for Happy are slightly smaller, cut at 1 1/4 inches

Halloween letters are 2 inches

Gingham circles are 2 and 2 1/2

Black mats are 2 1/2 and 3 inches

Purple mats are 3 1/2 and 4 inches

Crud, I think the strips for the happy medallions are 1 1/2 and 1 3/4. You need to allow extra for the punching, otherwise figure half of the diameter you want the final piece to be.

I think that's it.

If you've read this far, thank you.

If you have questions, feel free to ask away.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

I hope you have a great start to your weekend. 

The school is hosting Trunk or Treat this evening. Yay for the girls. The weather is gorgeous today.

Tomorrow, Jess has a Girl Scout function and Amy has a birthday party to go to as well as her basketball game. Which means...lots o' driving for mom. hee, hee.

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Looking Sorta Spooky...

I've been busy the past couple of days getting some goodies ready for the Halloween/Birthday party tonight. While the girls are doing their daily reading, I thought I'd sit for a few and share what I've been up to.

Here's the completed ensemble.

Mummy cupcakes. I couldn't resist these when I saw them on the Better Homes & Gardens website. I baked the cupcakes yesterday and put them together today.  That's a marshmallow with a couple of slits cut into it, then stuffed with some mini M&Ms. I dusted the top of the cupcake with white sanding sugar. Easy peasy, spooky-ish and fun.

Ghost Cake Pops from Bakerella's book Cake Pops that I picked up a week or so ago. I love it, and am happy I splurged a little on it. The girls have been  poring over the super cute pops and Jessica practically begged me to make these. Today was the day for creating them (there are 36 pops altogether-I ran out of candy coating for the remaining 8 or so),. This is my second attempt at cake pops (I made my first batch over a year ago for Jessica's Daisy meeting) and it went much more smoothly thanks to the tips provided in the book. Not a single Cake Pop slid off the stick this time. Whoohoooo!

The faces were made with edible markers. Cool, huh? They aren't hard to make, but it does take time and a bit of patience.

Yesterday I made these chocolate pretzel rods. Not perfectly, as some excess chocolate went over the edge of the mold,  but still fun.

I ran out of baggies for them, so took this pic so you could better see the shapes that were in the  mold.

And just to keep it real, this is what my sink looks like at the moment.

Guess I'd better get off my tush and clean it up, huh?

Thanks for stopping by!

Hopefully I can get some good photos at the party this evening.

More Fall Stuff...

Just a smidge more...I'm pretty much done now. (I think) LOL

Over the past couple of weeks I've been working on crocheting simple granny squares in a multi-color fall yarn and a medium green yarn for this throw I wanted to drape on the bench you see as you walk into our house. I finished up the project yesterday. Yay! The pictures aren't very good at all as the colors are kind of dark and my camera must not like the darker colors. But I'll share them anyway.

That pumpkin you see is the one Jessica grew this year. Amy's is a bit larger and sitting on the floor for the moment. The pattern I used is from Fave Crafts and I modified the design simply by making fewer squares. I also joined the squares using a slip stitch because I didn't like how the whip stitch looked at all. Granny squares are fun to crochet because the stitches are double crochets and I love the groove I get into doing those. 

I had to post about these cute little teeny tiny pumpkins I found at Michaels a week ago. They came in a cylinder and they are called pods. I've never seen anything like them before and using a 50% off coupon meant I couldn't pass them up. I love how they look in my hurricane (?) lamps.

 There were enough to fill in the mason jar I had in the glass container I keep on the counter (and one other little glass container I have on the book shelf, but you get the idea so I didn't take a picture of that, aren't you glad?

Plus, I get to show what bits I added to my counter this year. Those acrylic gems are pumpkin shape and I found them at the Dollar Tree. I bought two packages. And I was thrilled at how the colored spanish moss filled in the jar with the pumpkins I got last year. I was on the hunt for Brach's butterscotch drops, but haven't found them, so I settled for Walmart's brand. It looks ho-hum, but for a dollar, I can't complain too much, now can I? LOL

Here's a close up of those funky pumpkins. 

And finally, another nod to Halloween. This I made last night while watching tv.

I left it where I put in on the couch so Jessica would find it this morning. She's been the one who has really clamored for Halloween decorations this year.  She loves it! It's all crochet and the spider needs some googly eyes, but seriously, I had it done in about 20 minutes, give or take.

The patterns is from Lily. I think you have to be a member (free) to get to the patterns though. It was part of a wreath they created, with mini pumpkins and witches...hmmmmmm....

Thanks so much for stopping by and for your wonderful comments about my exploration of tatting. You sure know how to make a gal feel good.

Have a great day!

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Polly Want A Pumpkin?

Well, I didn't get the project done as quickly as I'd hoped, but after listening to Jessica ask me for 1,000th time if I was done yet, I am happy to report, that yes, the latest crochet project is completed. Yay!

I had to pry it away from a couple of girls who have been playing with it non stop (nope, not making two) since the final stitch was made last evening. Yes, she even watched over the bathing of said girls...(TMI, I know, but seriously these girls have been gaga over it, much  more so than I thought they would be.)

So, here you go...Polly in a Pumpkin (or maybe Polly is part of a Pumpkin?)

Kind of like those doll cakes you see with the Barbie stuck in the middle of a dome cake, only a lot smaller and a lot less messy!

The pattern for this came through my inbox from Fave Crafts. Should you desire to create one for your little darling(s) the pattern can be found here.

 Thanks for stopping by!

Hope you have a fabulous Friday.