Sock Monkey

I love my little sock monkey and Jack loves being a little sock monkey. He gets excited every time, running around repeating "monkey, monkey"!
Could he be any cuter?! His jacket was a dingy, whitish, hand-me-down that I upcycled with a bit of leftover dye from a tie-dye party at my sister's house last summer. I like the brown and grey version much better—it's just right for this little boy.

Moss Green and earthiness and birds

This is an illustration that I think is by the same person who made this lovely little movie showing what I think are photos of moss covered plants with sweet animated illustrations incorporated. I found the link to it on my husband's cousin's blog. It is very satisfying to watch, and filled a need for some earthy browns and greens in my evening.

babies

First bath. Sweet sister. Sea horse onesie (one of my favorites by Sonya Evans of bean child; I picked this up at the Beehive Bazaar last year; pms 1375). Beautiful boy cousin.

Pebble Pets — turtle and dog

These Pebble Pets are some I created when I taught a mid-week Young Women's class for church several years ago. They are fairly small, maybe 2.5" tall at the most. Don't mind the plastic bird from the Cinderella Polly Pocket set (you couldn't even tell what it was, could you?) in the center of the photo.

A tiger, an hyena, and an elephant

I did these paintings at the beginning of the year. I wanted the nursery to be decorated so I'd have something to look at while I rocked the new baby that was coming. Also, I wanted the room to be clad in greys, oranges, browns, greens, and black. That seemed fitting for a baby boy. I'm sure Jack is stoked about it too. The paintings each incorporate pieces of fabric I cut shapes from. The fabric is from IKEA and I purchased enough to make a runner for the dresser and I will soon be making a stuffed pillow/armchair thing out of the same. I may have enough left over for a few more pillows for the bed (when we switch the crib out for a bed someday).





You may notice that these animals appeared in an earlier post. I first created them for the invitation to M's birthday party and the hyena puppets at the party too.

Shaunae's Wedding Cake & Gwen's

My mom and I did this wedding cake for Shaunae. Cookies on the outside. Fresh, chocolate dipped fruits on top. Deep, rich, shimmering colors. Pantone 876 (copper). I used the same trays and a few more like them for Gwen's wedding cake. I only have some detail photos from Gwen's cake at this time. Dark chocolate cake, rich ganache frosting, and shimmering metal lustre-dusted decoration. A shimmering version of Pantones 876, 8745 and 4975. First, here are the royal icing decorations before the lustre-dust paint.