knitting woes.....

I love knitting and crocheting. I love making things for other people. But people have made it not very fun for me. Why is it that when someone learns that you can do this craft assumes that you have the time, money or even the wish to make them something??? At my mom's birthday party, a Friend of my mother saw a scarf that I had made and told her 11 year old daughter, Stephanie knows how to knit, she can make you a hat. What? I see you less than once a year and you are volunteering me to make your kid a hat? My aunt will find a pattern and email it to me wanting me to make it. I'm not made of money, you want to go buy the yarn. Then yesterday at a family dinner, I was giving my niece the scarf that I made her to match her hat and mittens, and my entire family started telling me the colors they wanted for scarves and mittens. Now, I don't mind making things for other people, in fact most things I make are for other people, I rarely make anything for myself. Every time someone asks/assumes I'll make them something, I have started quoting a price or telling them I'll teach them to knit. I told my family yesterday that I would charge $12 a pair of mittens, they all thought I was ridiculous. Well, handmade costs more, get over it. I will continue to knit for others, just what and when I want to!!!

Great weekend!!!

Here's Paige in her baby surprise sweater I made for her!! She was so snuggly in it!

Here's my mommy and my aunt at my mom's 50th birthday party yesterday!!! My mom is the one on the right, my aunt Kim is on the left, she's not too far behind!!

busy, busy, busy....

What a terrible blogger I am, I haven't posted in FOREVER!!! I just finished a baby surprise jacket for a teacher at school for her first grandchild. I didn't enjoy it and didn't have fun with it, however, I did try a ruffled cuff and I learned from that.

I am almost finished, like will be shortly after I finish this blog for my spoilee's handmade item. I'm about ready to send it with my owlie for delivery.

I can't stay long, I must go, my beloved college football team is playing the Division II national championship semifinals. GO BEARCATS!!!!

Pictures!!!!

Here is Brianna's birthday cake!!! She wanted a Wizard of Oz cake, namely the ruby slippers. I didn't think that I could carve the shoes, so my sister and I decided to make one with the slippers as the main focus point. I LURVE this cake so much, it's my favorite cake that I have made.

This is the layers before it was frosted, each layer was a different color of the rainbow, with the cupcakes each being layered within the cupcake pan!! It was so pretty when it was sliced, Brianna was so surprised with it. I'm so bummed that I didn't get a picture of the sliced cake.

And of course, I couldn't have a post and not have a picture of Paige. She is so beautiful and such a precious baby. I love to snuggle with her!!!

today, today!

Well, my sister and I created my niece Brianna's birthday cake today. As I am at my parents house, their internet sucks big time, so I cannot add pictures. I will add them when I make it home after her party tomorrow.

I also am ending the day smelling like baby formula puke/spit up. Those of you who have experience with infants know the smell I am talking about. I believe that part of the job description for AUNT is to be spit up on multiple times a day! Not that I'm complaining at all. Mommy just dropped her off with me and went on her merry way of checking horses!

Pictures of the weekend to come!