Still haven't gotten a better picture of this dress, but we are approaching the next birthday here, so I have to post it. I had just over half yard of the cupcakes so I made the bodice, pocket, and bottom 4 1/2" hem out of it. The skirt was plain pink.

A Cabbage Patch Doll dress. This doll was mine from childhood, so new clothes are a great idea. I had fun with the tiny lace edging, even on the bloomers.

Check out this dinner action! Thanks Abigail! Now I can find time to craft- or maybe just change diapers...

A pair of little leather shoes. Not bad for a first try...need some adjustments.

Some fun lanolin soap in the shape of a sheep. I used a new recipe and a new sheep shape mold this time. Fun! I can only make one at a time this way, but still so cute and worth it! (This soap is great to wash wool items with.)

So I found a cool recipe for making a cake in a mug in the microwave. They said 'don't worry when the cake rises over the mug while cooking, it will shrink back down.' Hmmm...I should not have believed them. It rose, and rose, and oozed. It was not super yummy but surely fast and easy. Reminded me of the Coco Wheat days...

I would add the optional chocolate chips next time, and 1 less tablespoon sugar.

I might look for a vanilla version and let the kids try.

This took slightly longer than expected. I had to wait until the wee hours to get out the glue gun. I will really try to get actual pictures into it before March.