Chocolate & Squeak!

So I've decided that I am going to blog my sporadic creative outbursts. As a child I learnt a lot about craft and every now and then I feel the compulsion to make felty shapes NOW. Or button jewellery. Or bake cupcakes, buscuits and decorate them. I'm not quite sure where the urges come from, particularly for baking as I'm not actually 'into' food. But I like decorating things, so I think that's what works for me.
So I'll start with some of my 'old work'.

Craft:

I became quite obsessed with button jewellery so I was experimenting with wire and buttons. Here are some earrings I made. Then I got distracted by felt shapes.

This was an owl I made for a friend who was going interstate for a while, as her 'travelling companion'.

Baking:This was one of my first attempts at royal icing. I quite like the really gross colours that turned out for Halloween and the gloss made the pumpkins look great. At the time I think I used a clean paintbrush, but having scoured Bakerella I think I have found a better way for next time.

After this attempt it was decided that I should not be permitted to gain a building license. It was one of the creations that looks so simple until you actually try it! I'm not sure if I have a photo of the complete

This was a cake that I made for Tom's birthday. I had just bought a huge bucket of cookie cutters and used them as a template to make dino outlines with which to direct icing sugar. I'd also found dino sprinkles at the supermarket which made rather nice prehistoric grass.