Cupcakes

Thursday the Fourteenth, Valentine’s Day: Piper and I made lemon coconut cupcakes with pink icing and loveheart sprinkles! I employed a bit of lateral thinking and used a tiny bit of beetroot juice to bring the icing to its blushing state. Felt good to avoid using red food colouring, even though the sprinkles weren’t so healthy, no doubt…

My valentine for my valentine

Valentines finished!

Wednesday the Thirteenth: I finished the valentines for girlfriends that I began on the weekend. Hearts sewn onto teabags, fitted into cardboard mugs, with name/note attached. I'm happy with them, even though they're a bit over the top! If I'd had smaller stamps, I would have made the names smaller, but oh well...

Valentine mugs

Sunday the Tenth: I started making mugs for my valentines to go in.

Valentines & Doodles

Thursday the Seventh: I managed a doodle, with oil pastels (does that sound wrong??). Felt pretty basic, primary school flowers, but I pretty much stopped drawing in primary school, so why should I assume I've gotten any better (in my sleep, perhaps?). Anyway, when I look at my effort now, it seems to have become its own entity, and I appreciate its existence.


Friday the Eighth, tonight: I got caught up in the idea of making valentines for a few friends. Specifically, making hearts to sew onto teabags what will be packaged in a mug-shaped card or something, with a note, perhaps. Bit over the top, especially when I never usually do anything for Valentine's Day, but for one thing, I'm missing my beautiful friends in Australia (already posted them valentine notes listing things I love about them), and also, I'm grateful to my family and new friends here in Canada, for welcoming me into their everyday lives. So yes, Valentines for my girlfriends all round, this year!

Two cards

Tuesday the Fifth: two cards, not my usual style. I went to a card making party this evening, and thought we'd all be sitting around designing our own cards, but it was a party like a Tupperware party, and we made copied two cards the facilitator had designed. So not really my own creativity coming out here, but still creating something that I can hold and say, I made that.