Springtime Pincushions Are Here!

It's so true how you need a vacation after vacation right? We got home from visiting my parents in Solvang, CA and had a few days before I opened the shop again! It was so lovely this time of year in sunny California...not that I don't get enough sun here in AZ but it really is different......Oh wait a minute I think that's what they call an ocean breeze!!!!
Anyway, I kept busy with my head down and came up with a few new Spring related designs I wanted to share with all of you. They're all available right now to ship immediatley so come on over to Pinks & Needles when you get a chance : )

I also worked on a new Cake Tester design and debuted it yesterday, which I have to say is my favorite so far! I'll be making a Limited Edition of 25 total : ) It's really BIG!!! I think it will look cute in a small little kitchen crock right next to the stove! Please visit Sherri Baldy Art to see her whimsical gorgeous Marie Antoinette (and others) designs for quilting! You'll be blown away! She was kind as to let me use her image you see on the cardstock of the cake tester! I think it really tied it all together!

 

Ladies Who Lunch

I always loved it when my mom had her bridge group over to play cards. That meant a lot of yummy food and the table decorated perfectly! My mom had a heck of a knack for "setting up"!
So in keeping with the spirit I thought of my mom whilst I sculpted and played with clay the other day. This was my first attempt at making a vase of flowers ~ why didn't I do tat sooner!!!

A Retired Cake Baker Turned Cake Tester Maker

A new creation besides a pin topper...whew what a breath of fresh air for me! I was messing around with clay on a larger scale than I normally do for my pins and came up with this little 3 tiered pink cake with roses on the top. I decided to go down to the Foothills Shopping Mall to see if they had any plain old regular plastic topped cake testers and they did : ) Hubby smashed the top off for me with a hammer and voila! I'm really into collecting old retro/vintage recipe books and found a delicious recipe for Kiss and tell Cake so I added that to the background cardstock for fun.