Creative update.. what's been stewing?

I can tell I haven't posted anything crafty or artsy for a while since my readership is way down. :)
Soooo... for all you interested readers (all 2 of you)... here are some of my lastest and greatestsss.

1. A birthday fondant cake for my DARLING niece Kaitlyn: (and some very badly done cupcakes that were an afterthoght, but the grass and the tray were pretty cute if I do say so myself.


2. A birthday travel satchel (man purse if you must) for Eirik to carry all of his special toys on our many plane rides. This bag contains Horse stickers, plastic horses of all sizes, a Horse coloring book, and some snacks and crayons. He looked SO cute carrying this around the airport and even got lots of oohs and aahs. (This could be because the bag was almost as big as him and he looked pretty impressive with it slung over his head and tucked under his arm. Cute.
PS. It's made from an old wool jacket I picked up at a thrift store that I was originally going to make a pillow out of. (Thanks Kristen for the great idea! Pillow still to come....)


3. A birthday fondant cake for Eirik who insisted on a dinosaur cake. I'm so glad he didn't ask for a horse cake!!!! (Why he didn't, I'll never know!) This was a test on the 2 year olds. They had to really dig to see if there was any cake under all of that fondant. It was pretty funny to watch them all try to figure out what to do with that sticky mess of frosting. (sorry moms! :)
(PS. Don't I have some Mad photoshop skills? I'm embarassed. Someday I will figure out masks and it will be a great event. till then, here's what you get. )

4. Sometimes I think I'm very clever and I like people to tell me I am, but two year olds don't really understand how creative you have to be to turn a little table thingy, a pillow, a belt and a hobbie horse into a real live riding horse that even has a tail and reigns. Yes people, I am pretty freaking awesome. Even if Eirik doesn't get it yet.

5. And with a matching smile (where did he get that cheeeeeezy grin??) I discovered that you can make just about any shape of pancake, even intercepting swirls, with a turkey baster and pancake batter. Cool trick huh? Obviously, we were not after perfection.. Can you tell that's an octopus?
If I don't get at least 2 comments for this.. I'm giving up blogging. :) Just kidding. I love you.. all my readers. ..
hey, where are you going?? don't leave me hanging.. at least tell me how silly looking my son is. You can give me that. right?