Finding winter hobbies ....

Besides cooking... with the colder weather I get the crafty bug....
This week I pulled out my sewing machine that I bought about 7-8 years ago... I sewed a little fleece snuggly pillow case for our Doxie Daisy and then put it up for some reason.   It has sat since then..   Fired it up yesterday... kept balling the thread up and couldnt figure out what I was doing wrong.   Begged for help on Homesteadingtoday.com's sewing forum and managed to get it going right again.  Now I need to find or download the manual and get me some fabric and start playing.   Maybe one day I can make myself some cute clothes!   In the mean time I hope to make a couple of ideas I have in my head for Christmas presents....      Dont laugh at my attempts please!

Cakes.....

What I've been up to lately:

Fondant Cake #1....   

My favorite so far!  
I did a grave digger monster truck cake for the boy, I also did a death by brownie cake for hubby: brownies layered with caramel and chocolate syrup and then topped with a chocolate cream cheese frosting.    Then I did a tiramisu  pink monkey cake for my sister in law and a big pumpkin cake for a friends little girl's 5th birthday party.   I am loving making these cakes.