Yummy!

The Needleartnut Blog is stitching a cupcake for a bride. It's an original line drawn piece on sparkly gold and ecru canvas and I can't wait for this to develop. Pat's rotating her stitching pieces so you have to scroll down to May 30 to see the outline and the threads she is using. Today's posting shows the metal cupcake tin all done and the start of the icing. Looks like she is using a bargello stitch for the icing itself but I'm not 100% sure. It's a mystery what the top will look like right now.
http://needleartnut.blogspot.com/

(Speaking of bargello, you might be interested in six clever (and free!) bargello ornament designs from Althea DeBrul which will be briefly available on the Bargello Needlepoint website.)
http://bargelloneedlepoint.com/bargello-needlepoint-christmas-series/

If you are wild about stitching cupcakes, you need to take a peek at Raymond Crawford's over-the-top little cupcakes. Go to Designs, then choose Cakes.
http://www.raymondcrawford.com/

Pocket Full of Stitches is doing a monthly club of his stuff. Here's their page. It's a lot easier to see the stitches used here.
http://www.pfos.com/OtherClubs/Cupcakery/Cupcakery1.HTM

Danae Designs has a few cupcakes patterns also.
http://www.needlenookoflajolla.com/storedir/products.php?cat=139

If you just like the real thing, a friend who is a librarian told me about this blog, which has the most beautiful cupcakes you'll ever see. Let's here it for the little cakes!
http://cupcakeartists.blogspot.com/

Why am I hungry now...?

Jane/Chilly Hollow
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Two More Pet Guardian Angels Finished

Two more of the pet guardian angels are made up into ornaments, making the grand total of finished pieces four. I have two to go, the Georgian Rabbit and the Victorian Parakeet. The end is in sight! (Or course I have to make the wisteria teapot into an ornament also but we won't quibble at how much I have left to do, right? No one wants to see me burst into tears....)

Above is the Tudor Dog, which I call Holi because her colorful outfit and floral halo were inspired by Mexican floral embroideries and the Indian Festival of Color which is called Holi. Everybody seems to like Holi and she was a lot of fun. I'd encourage anyone to go outside their comfort zone occasionally and really cut loose with their stitching.

And here is the Baroque Fish. She is one of my favoriates as I love the colors and her silver halo and the stitches Kandy Merric created for her are magnificent.

The Golden Rabbit is tonight's finish. Wish me speedy fingers!

Jane/Chilly Hollow
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