Painting #4

I went to a painting class today and this is what I painted. I am so enjoying this new hobby.

This is the first painting I have done without an instructor!

This was harder than I thought it would be. An instructor can tell you how to fix things and make things look better. But I enjoyed painting this and I know I will improve as I get more comfortable. My nephew claimed this as soon as he saw it. That is quite the compliment.....

My 1st floral painting

What a great day. I took my first flower painting class. It is only my second painting class ever. I love doing this. I hope I just keep improving with each class.

Thanks for checking out my work.

This is my first, but not my last, painting!!

I took my first class a couple weeks ago and I was shocked that my painting looks like something. I can't wait for the next classes in January! It is so much fun.

I think I may have gone a little overboard.

I have been making shower caps for Christmas. I kept seeing more and more fabric that I thought would make a pretty cap. Now I have 9 or 10 completely made, 11 to add elastic to and 5 to sew up.  I think I better finish what I started and stop.

This is how I am packaging the caps for Christmas Gifts. I place a small cardboard circle in the bottom of the cap, added some toiletries then tied it up with ribbon. I will wrap completely with Cellophane and tie it up with a bow.

I do hope my family likes them.

Silky Shower Caps

I was looking for a cute way to give gift certificates to all the females in my gift giving circle, and this is what I came up with:

I plan to make small gift baskets with toiletries and hats, then add the gift card to the tag.

I got a little carried away and will try to sell some of them.

(Please excuse the mess of my sewing room. This time of year the elves are busy!)

Maddy's 7th Birthday

It has been a while since I have made any birthday cakes. My great-niece had her party on Saturday and I volunteered to make the cake for it. I have to say it wasn't too fancy, I used Wiltons wafers to make the decorations. But Maddy seemed to happy with it, she is the little girl in the purple dress. I really like the push-ups the kids loved them. They made clean up pretty easy. The photos show the cake after the pushups and before.