BECAUSE I COULD....

I  made a unicorn cake topper.... because I could ! 

I wanted to have a play with the left over fondant from doing Ronan's cake  and after watching a video  this is the result. Would love an excuse to make another one as I think I could do better, with the head.

What has Kaytu's attention ?  I am taking photos of my latest work in progress, and I know what she is thinking.... which one shall I grab first. This cat is a thief and my stitching is never safe and often pieces are rescued from her mouth. I am making a game for Finn and Eve, match the birds to their houses, it will be an easy game for Finn but will take Eve a while I think. I plan to make another harder one for Finn next.

My little thief keeps bringing items home, not sure where she goes as there are only two houses on this block the rest is parkland, and she never seems to be away for long.  To add to the game last night she kept bringing wetas in quite large ones and as fast as I rescued and put them outside she would find another one. 

Hope everyone is keeping well and safe in this worrying times.

A CAKE FOR RONAN

This is the first birthday cake for Ronan made by his grandmother and his great grandmother, we had lots of fun planning the cake and I worked on the decorations , then on Friday Jan came over and put the fondant on the cake and we put it all together.

 Birthday tea on the Saturday afternoon, he was too little to enjoy how the cake looked but think he thought it tasted great. His mum, Caitlin loved it, we had not told her what we had planned so she could have a surprise.

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1 a MONTH CLUB for JUNE

The decorations for April and May have finally been collected now that we have moved to Level 2 here in NZ, and here is June's decoration ready for collection. I made some similar decorations a few years ago and was pleased with how they looked so decided the shape was worth repeating.             

Of the previous three shown here the dove was my favourite however I did a new design using glitter felt for the background behind the bird. Had planned red beads for the berries but hen the time came I had none the right size or colour  and of course all the shops were shut owing to Covid-19 so French knots it was. 

My two small boys both have birthdays this month, first great grandson Ronan will be 1 yrs  old on the 6th, and grandson Finn will be turning 4 on the 11th. I was asked to paint some letters to make a name plate for Ronan's gift. We were able to buy wooden letters and they came already painted white, Caitlin asked for jungle animals to be the theme and I must admit it is a few years since I had my paint brushes in action, it was fun although I must admit more practice first would have helped.

Jan and I will be icing the birthday cake and we are doing a Winnie the Pooh theme, I have started modelling some of the pieces, will share with you after the weekend. Finn's gift is being stitched and is work in progress.

Hope everyone is keeping well and keeping safe in this very topsy turvey world.