tickle me tuesdays - part 4

it`s been a while since i`ve done one of these...  don`t forget to check out more tickle me tuesday entries at yes teacher.

today, i will be focusing on cake decorating tutorials or DIYs.

here are some of my favorites:

this one is by chef ben-israel as featured on NYC cake girl:

(source:  NYC Cake Girl)

i love the way he manipulated the fondant into some of my favorite stitches, like the french knot, satin stitch, & split stitch!

this one is the link to a video tutorial of how to create brush embroidery flowers by sweet ambs cookies:

i just love it!

another favorite of mine is from sweetopia.  this post wouldn`t be complete without a little st. patrick`s day inspired tutorial...

(source:  sweetopia)

marian is also the creator of the eiffel tower cookies that are so beautiful!

i love the stencilled cake made by a piece of lisa.  here it is:

(source:  a piece of lisa)

i`d love to make one for each of the kids!

that`s it for today folks...  hope you liked the links!

xoxo,
carla

so alike

i was going over some photos the other day and ran across one of dom's baby photos.  dom was 2 months old, & sola just turned 9 months old in the photo below.  now, i can really see how much solana resembles dominic so much!!!  see for yourself:

dom (left);  solana (right)

what do you think?  i love taking photos of the kids when they are sleeping.  i love their cheeks and how their lips become so full when it's relaxed. 

hope you are having a wonderful day!
xo, carla

custom cross-stitch portrait

jozen (aka. lola's girl) asked me to create a cross-stitch portrait for her beautiful family.  inspired by these photos:

here's the finished portrait:

 i love the stitching on the skirt:

i was so happy that they loved it!  i even got this beautiful craft kit in return - thanks joz!

(source: lola's girl)

happy sunday to you!
xo, carla

cross-stitch portraits

just wanted to share a little project i did over the holidays.

i decided to make handmade presents for our family members.  inspired by martha stewart's cross-stitched portraits, i decided to create versions of my family members.

so, here they are:

below is a photo of my designs and martha stewart's templates.  i find, that the most exciting part of the project is designing and creating the templates.

i'm currently working on one with the whole family, starting with mine:

the finished portrait would probably be 5 inches by 24-30 inches...  i can't wait to show you!  i will also create a background & custom frame it.

i hope you enjoyed them!
xo, carla

coming home embroidery

megan of studio m.m.e. is one of my favorite artists.  she is also one of the nicest people i know.  i love the whimsical subject matter & the detail of her illustrations.  when i found out that she would be creating embroidery versions of her art, i was ecstatic!  i was even more excited when she started selling patterns of her embroidery work!  you can get your own pattern at her shop on  www.studiomme.com .

here is coming home, it is one of her works that i really admire:

as soon as i found time to work on the embroidery pattern, i jumped at the chance to finish it - quickly!  it`s been hectic lately (hence, my temporary hiatus from the blog.  more posts coming soon!).

here`s the finished product:

it was really fun to make and so easy!  i can`t wait to get my hands on the feeding the moon embroidery kit! 

xo,
carla