A sweet birthday surprise.

I’m so excited to share my latest completed crochet project (I always have at least 3 or 4 going on at one time!)

My sister’s birthday was last month and she is a pastry chef so it seemed only fitting to make her potholders with cupcakes on them! Sometimes when I get these super awesome ideas there are zero patterns to assist my creative muse. Not this time. Apparently cupcakes as potholders is a fairly popular idea (there are thousands of results on google image search!)

The pattern I settled on is this one (from ravelry). Doni Speigle’s potholders are incredibly cute and I couldn’t wait to make my own!

Summertime!

I love summer.

Actually I love all the seasons for different reasons (oh a crack myself up!) but since the first day of summer was last week, right now, I love summer!

I love it for all the regular reasons: warm weather, sunshine, beach trips, lots of free time, traveling, etc. As a teacher I still get summer vacation like the kids do. So I really love summer. I’m listening to one of Pandora’s “summer stations,” drinking my favorite coffee enjoying the warm CA sunshine streaming through my window. I’ll probably take a book out to the patio this afternoon, because I can!

Another reason I love summer?