Oh humans, go on take my photo if you must. Haven’t you taken enough already? Here’s my best side.

She likes them! After 4 attempts at getting a ’smoother stitch’ for Short Dark Friend’s arm warmers we have a winner. Even though she was dubious about the ribbing having to be on either end to stop them curling up the results are good. Am quite pleased with them and impressed with how ’smooth’ they look.

So, my second attempt at cupcakes was better (the first yeilding rather solid little things) – orange cupcakes! Made with a cupcake batter that contains the egg yolk in with the traditional cake ingredients, with lots of orange juice and stiffly beaten egg whites folded in later. Orange juice and rind in the frosting. Only disappointing thing is they look more yellow than orange but that’s probably just the type or orange or the season. Taste lovely and orangey.

Trying to find interests outside work to get this damn crick out of the back of my neck and my first adventure was making a birthday card for a friend. Inspired by this very very cool truck one I found for SF Girl I came up with my own version which will feature my own photos.

So thanks whoever you are for the idea and I hope I don’t get into copyright trouble – but mine is quite different because it is my photo and my cards involve double-sided tape whereas yours are much more top-of-the-line with image printed on the card inside an embossed border!

Anyway, not going to show you a picture of the one I made, just know it was received with much amazed praise and was very topical for the recipient and occasion, and you all may end up receiving a hand made treasure (or several) in years to come if I continue!

The whole thing has been made easier by finding out that Gordon Harris sell card with a ‘crease’ (being the arty hand-making set’s term for fold-line) down it in many colours, and that Photo Plus do ‘mini prints’  so can print several of several (or the same) image onto one of the standard sized photos direct from my camera’s memory card! Am not upgrading my camera or buying a guillotine or anything, so the cards will definitely have a homemade feel about them.

So if you receive one, I hope you like it!