pin the cherry on the cupcake!

A little while ago I screen printed a cupcake tea towel for my lovely mother-in-law Norma, to take to New Zealand as a gift. The other day I received a lovely email from the recipients - Mercedes and her daughter Liberty, saying how much they loved the cupcake tea towel. The colours perfectly matched Liberty's bedroom which is pink and yellow! Apparently the tea towel hasn't made it into the kitchen, which happens a lot with my tea towels :) Recently it was Liberty's birthday and they used the cupcake tea towel for a game of "pin the cherry on the cupcake" ... how gorgeous!

:: pin the cherry on the cupcake
-photo courtesy of Liberty Biberty

They have a lovely little blog Liberty Biberty!  It looks like Liberty had the best birthday, such gorgeous decorations too! Their blog is mainly about miniature doll houses, they do some amazingly gorgeous detailed things! I just love the little Shabby bakery... those little cakes are amazing... I just want to eat them! Norma also has a gorgeous little miniatures blog too - make mine mini ! It just amazes me some of the things people can make in miniature and how life like they can be!!! They put so much work/time into them! Amazing!

I just love hearing stories about my little tea towels journeys and where they end up :)
Hope you are all having a fabulous day!

my creative space: print, wool and paint

This week I have been working on a few things...

screen printing: I have finished the cupcake screen print, which turned out very bright, I love it! I'm sure the recipient will love the gift too!

knitting: My scarf is slowly coming along and so is my trying to conquer continental knitting. I'm not doing to bad and I'm starting to pick up a bit of speed, but my tension is still a bit all over the place... I must persevere!

watercolour: I have been playing/experimenting with spots (love spots) and dots. I love how the edges are slightly darker and a more intense colour! I'm really getting into watercolour... you never know what you will end up with when it dries :)

There are a lot more creative people at our creative space :)

my creative space: cupcake screen print

I'm taking part in our creative space, where there are lots of great people doing their creative thing.

Today I'm working a screen print of a cupcake tea towel, requested by a family member for a little present. I haven't printed this one since xmas, which was a present for my cousin who is totally nuts about cupcakes. She loved it so much that she refused to dry the dishes with it! I love printing this design... it's lots of fun :)

cupcake stencil cut outs for screen printing

one I screen printed last year for my cousin

* Apologies for the photos, the lighting is terrible.. I really need to get a new camera!