August 31, 2009

Over the weekend, I started a new hobby….loom knitting.  It was inevitable because I received a set of long looms from one of my gal pals as a birthday present.  After a little over a month, I finally got around to opening the box, taking out a loom (the shortest one) and venturing into the unknown.  Haha!

Want to see what I’ve knitted so far?  Well, you haven’t got a choice really.

Neat Knit #1:  A scarf for my little girl

Neat Knit #2:  Something that looks like a belt…again for my little girl

Neat Knit #3:  Another scarf for my little girl

I have to say, I like loom knitting!  And once I got started on a “project”, it was awfully hard to put the loom and yarn down!  There goes my plan of hitting the treadmills at the gym started this week. Ugh!

I’m excited to try my hand at more ambitious knitting projects.  Come fall and winter, we’ll have a ton of scarves and shawls to speak of. *cross fingers*  Ha!

You read it right…nappy cake, as in cake made of diapers…

How’s that for a cake that is sugar, fat and calorie free?!  This will definitely not affect whatever kind of diet supplements one is taking. Hee hee.   This is my first try at making a nappy/diaper cake.  I made this about two weeks ago for a friend’s baby shower, which, unfortunately, I was not able to attend.

I had loads of fun making this!  It took me about three hours to finish it and mind you, I did it at a leisurely pace.  I took my time meticulously rolling each and every one of the 50 nappies.  Adding the accents was doubly fun!  In addition to the 50 diapers, I used sock and wrist rattles, travel-sized bath essentials, baby spoons and for the topper, a stuffed bug, which is also a rattle.

If and when I’m invited to another baby shower, the mom-to-be will most likely receive this inedibly yummy cake.