Doctor Who Baking Party

My two friends and I got together this past weekend for a nice girls' night Doctor Who cookie baking extravaganza. The end results were almost too pretty to eat!

 

 Clockwise from top left: Angie, me, Angie and Ashlee, and me. 

I must have washed my hands forty times because of the stupid icing

pouch thingys that refused to cooperate with my child-sized hands.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've decided that from now on, if I plan to make something this adorable, I'm going to make it in a format that can be kept forever; my heart broke a tiny bit when Hubby took the first bite into my beloved Dalek! 

I think some Doctor Who Christmas ornaments need to be made this year...hmmmm...*wrings hands conspiratorially*

Doodle On!

 

M&M | Matthew & Mandy

A few of the pictures from my fun shoot with Matthew and Mandy:

 

 

 

They're such goofballs! Capturing the moment is so easy with these two - truly a joy to shoot.

More Doodles Later!

Hat #4: My First Commissioned Hat

Only four hats into my new obsession and I'm already taking orders!

 

Unfortunately, I won't be able to see the "finished product" of the

hat as worn by baby since it's being given by somebody else as a gift,

but I'm excited about the expansion of Doormouse Doodles!!

Doodle with Joy!

Dalek Costume: The Making Of

1) LEFT "ARM":    Straightening out a paint roller takes skill as well as a healthy dose of trial and error. DO NOT USE YOUR LEG AS A TOOL TO STRAIGHTEN METAL UNLESS YOU HAVE ELEPHANT LEGS. I had a weird line bruise for a week. 

2) RIGHT "ARM":  From drab...

TO FAB! 

Quite possibly the fanciest plunger you've ever laid your eyes on, no? ...Okay, second to this one.

3) HEAD LAMPS:  I illuminated the head lamps with some cheap battery-operated "tea light" candles. Just pop the "flame" off and TADAAA! Cheap battery-operated LED.

I turned on the tea lights and hot glued them to the headband the night of the event. I hot glued the cups on top of those for a nice, even illumination.

4) SENSOR GLOBES (the half-ball shapes on the Dalek's lower casing):  I used child's play place balls for these and no, I didn't steal them from Chuck E. Cheese - I bought them from Walmart. ;)

  Once they were all cut in half, I took them outside and spray painted them all gold.

5) THE LOWER CASING (aka the skirt): The skirt took an evening to make. I ironed the pleats in the fabric, sewed, hemmed, cut, and TADAAAA! A wearable skirt of which I could be proud! The gold balls were hot glued on thereafter and managed to stay on the entire night.

  Homemade costumes + Photoshop=INSTANT AWESOME.

Autumntime Snapshots