Welcome Spring

    As soon as Christmas was finished I put my Spring wreath right back up. It makes me so happy and helps remind me that Spring is just around the corner.
   

 I made each of the colors a different kind of felt flower. The yellow was cut into a long strip, folded in half lengthwise and then you cut the petals the width you would like. The blue was the same method but wider petals. Then you wrap it around itself and glue. The orange is made by cutting small circles and folding them in half and then in half again. I cut off the point and glued them on a circle of felt. The rose starts out as a circle(about 5-6 inches). You cut in a spiral from the outside working your way to the center of the circle. You can make it a straight cut or like I did with a rounded zig zag, going up and down with peaks and valleys until you reach the center. Leave a round circle in the middle uncut so you can glue the flower as you wrap the petals around and around the outside.
       The wreath itself was purchased at Micheal's. It's the kind made of hay and very inexpensive. 

 

Lemon Meringue Cake

         I have to say how much I love getting our Food Network Magazine. Yes, you can just look up recipe's online, but when I get the magazine, I see so many fun things I want to try and would never think to look up. The January/February 2013 issue had birthday cakes for every month of the year. I tried out the Lemon Meringue Cake, one because I love lemon, and two because I'd only heard of lemon meringue pies. It sounded pretty fun.
        I have to say it turned out soooo yummy. I've already made it twice. Once for a church party and again for Easter. It was the perfect spring dessert.
        I did make a slight change the second time I made it. Instead of putting the lemon curd in between the two separate cakes, I cut each cake in half so I could put the curd in between 3 layers. That helped distribute the lemon flavor more throughout the cake.

What time is it? ADVENTURE TIME!

For Easter I usually do some sort of doll or plush item for my girls in their basket. This year I decided to make a doll from their favorite T.V. show, Adventure Time. We just watched an episode that has a little girl version of Marceline, the vampire girl. It turned out really cute. I pulled up an image online and sketched her out the size I wanted her to be. Since I was using fleece, I just cut it out the exact size of my sketch. I whip-stitched everything closed and filled with stuffing as I went.