I make stuff. Simple as that.

Can someone knit one of these for me?

missximpossible:

Rainbow afghans from scrap yarn.

Beautiful 7 tiered rainbow cake.

(via frozencrafts)

DIY printed candles.

(via zenthrucraft-deactivated2012073)

fascinare:

DIY Fruit Balloons - These are awesome! See how to create at Oh Happy Day

(via asiaraim)

I made this cake for my friend, Rob. It was his birthday today and some weeks ago I told him I’d like to make a cake for him. So he knew I was going to make him a cake, but I kept the theme a secret ‘til I presented it to him today. He was so happy with what he got as Studio Ghibli’s “My neighbour Totoro” is one of his favourite films, ever.

This cake was an awesome challenge, learning curve, and a great step up from the “Yoshi’s Island” cake I made a couple of months ago. This is the second time I’ve modelled sugar paste and, although it’s not absolutely perfect, I’m really happy with the results. My biggest challenge, this time around, was actually working in this summer heat. My house, as it is in sunlight all afternoon and evening ‘til sunset, means our living room and kitchen become unbearably hot and the heat began to dry out the sugar paste at an alarming rate, resulting in some lumps and bumps to the cake’s exterior. Again, I’m still learning, so this is very much a case of “practice makes perfect”.

So the cake components are:

-3 layer cake (2 chocolate sponges and 1 blue-coloured vanilla sponge sandwiched together with Mars bar ganache)

-Blue sugarpaste background around the sides of the cake decorated with grass, flowers, butterflies and leaf border, also sugarpaste. (Thank goodness for shape cutters!)
-Leaves atop the cake in a variety of shades of green

-Three Totoro characters. Largest Totoro is fully edible with cake body, covered in dark grey sugarpaste & other colours for finer details. Medium-sized blue & white sugarpaste character, and lastly, the tiny white character, also made entirely of sugarpaste. The reason I made the largest Totoro edible is because I hate the idea of biting into a solid chunk of sugarpaste.

The perks of making birthday cakes for friends? Getting to eat some afterwards. It was really tasty, even if I do say so myself. This is definitely my most awesome cake creation to date. It took me 10 hours in total, but so worth it. I hope, with time, I’ll become a lot more proficient (and efficient) in my cake making :)

The following are some “making-of” pictures. Enjoy!

All cake sponges cooling down.

Forming Totoro out of blue vanilla sponge cake, making him entirely edible. Though, I know birthday boy, Rob, would feel rather guilty about eating him.

Last sponge layer is on.

Coating the cake in beautifully rich and creamy Mars bar ganache.

Ready to be covered.

Totoro and pals before being placed on top of the cake.

This tiny little guy was so cute, as he is in the film.

Rob, the birthday boy, with his cake :)

There it is - finished! I love the daffodil-type flower I made :D

My slice of cake! Yummy!

wherethewindssigh:

Playable Guitar Made with Popsicle Sticks

 

asiaraim:

melted crayon art

asiaraim:

yarn block prints ^^

Flight of The Conchords in Amigurumi

The image isn’t mine - randomly stumbled across it on the interwebs.

And now for something a little different… Oh hell yeah spinning is a photoblog devoted to the art of wool/yarn production, its problems, inspiration, Alpaca appreciation (because they’re awesome) & even advice on how to get started in spinning your own wool.

So for those who spin, work with yarn, or just appreciate its beauty, give this blog a look and follow!

The lovely lady behind Food Escapades, Rianne, admits she’s always been fond of eating. Upon discovering Tumblr and started a personal/Harry Potter blog, though she couldn’t resist searching food blogs and reblogging the tasty delights she stumbled upon.  Some followers complained about the concentration of food-related posts on their dashboards from Rianne, so she decided to create a new blog, entirely devoted to food, Food Escapades. She claims she is a frustrated chef with a sweet tooth and unable to resist endlessly searching for beautiful photos of food, both familiar and unfamilar. Though this blog is primarily a photo blog, she occasionaly likes to post about international cuisines and how they have developed throughout history.

Rianne also decided to start a related recipe blog, at the request of some followers, named Food Escapades: The Recipes.

So do have a look and let your mouth water. Or perhaps even saunter along to her recipes blog and feel inspired to try them out :)

yarnmythoughtsaway:

First try at a sackboy.

mosspiggy:

I spent a lot of my time making this when I should have been studying or something (mostly while I was watching Doctor Who), and it was completely worth it because I LOVE how he turned out. Now I just need a Tardis! And the entire cast of Sherlock. Next I’m going to make an Ood, so my Doctor will have someone to save. 

This is the pattern I used:

http://pixelatedmushroom.blogspot.com/2010/11/matt-smith-big-and-cuddly-doctor-who.html

papakaos:

Gloomy little bear

emigurumi:

Crocheted Cocktails, Priscilla from etsy shop “youcute”