Pens, Paper, & Ammo

… and it begins!

Happy Belated Halloween!

I present to you…

…the Pac-Rack Drum Cozy for Rock Band!  Looking for a way to show off your crafter and gamer pride all at once?  Well, here you go!

Just a little tease:

First of all, I do plan to update this site more.  I just seem to have run out of things to talk about.  I always finish a project and dream of the insanely exciting blog post that I could write about it… then lose all interest as I sit in front of the computer during my precious little “mommy time” after The Nooblet goes to sleep.  That aside, I feel as if I have accomplished a fair bit in the past month.  While I have been productive, I am extremely backlogged on pictures to share.  So, instead of bombarding you with all of them now… don’t be surprised if whatever I post in the next couple weeks aren’t actually from a month ago.  Anyway, here ya go:

I managed to finally crochet a doily.  I have no idea why I felt I needed one.  I think I just had to prove to myself that I could, in fact, actually follow a crochet pattern without going all googly-eyed.

The Nooblet’s birthday is coming up (the 9th) and I am determined to make an awesome cake.  I have forever been intimidated by fondant, but wasn’t fond (HAH!) enough of the taste to actually go through the hell that is the process of making it.  However, with some help from The Internet, I found an easy, cheap, and *gasp!* tasty way of making fondant with only mini marshmallows, powdered sugar, vanilla, and a microwave!  Hallejulah!  The basic recipe can be found here!

And since we’re talking birthdays… here’s a picture from The Nooblet’s birthday at her Ammie’s!

I’m also sharing this picture, since tiny food is adorable.

Okay, I’ll stop… for now!  *ominous music*

I love, love, love cowls and scarves… but never find the time to finish one during the winter season.  This year I decided to get a head start and knitted up this quick little cowl out of some lovely wool-blend yarn which I received in a swap.  The simple pattern makes it go so quickly and it’s easy enough to memorize - even with a hyper just-started-walking baby around!  I loves it.  I loves it good.

Seaweed Cowl in Snowflake from Yarn Bee - Link here!

First of all, I have become hopelessly addicted to Doctor Who recently.  After surfing around on Ravelry, I found a pattern for a Dalek dishcloth called EXFOLIATE!  I mean, how could I NOT knit one?

 Let us please mourn the loss of my Harry Potter Ravenclaw scarf which sacrificed its short life to become this amazingly awesome dish cloth.  Amen.

Secondly, what do you do when your husband makes pounds upon pounds of spaghetti?  You make spaghetti frittata!  Om-nom-nom!

The recipe can be found here!  You can basically add anything to this dish - we added a bit of leftover ham lunchmeat and some shredded cheese.  It was amazing!

 And, finally, the requisite cute baby picture!

Not the best pictures I’ve ever taken, but the model was sure cute! Side-note: I stayed up far too late knitting that little jacket… *yawn*

I made this a while ago and finally managed to get a picture of it today.

Based on this pattern.  This bag alone will keep about 75 plastic bags out of landfills.

I forgot just how much I love cross-stitching.

And my best friend borrowed me her Kromski for the week.  It’s been, oh, four years since I last used a wheel.  It took me forever to remember just how to get started.  Eventually I got the hang of it again and spun some medicore - but usable - singles.

… that she has gotten some use out of the things that I’ve knitted/crocheted for her!

I can’t wait to have better lighting.

Those eyes could kill.