A Little Bird Named My Conscious....

told me that I was being a very bad blogger and that I needed to blog more often. I have to agree and I do apologize. My only excuse is that family and life was calling and I had to set my blog on the back burner for awhile.
So what have we been up to, you ask? Well we have had snow and ice and we were able to build a beautiful snow ice princess.



For a Valentine's Day gift for Xiera's teacher, I made a Sweetheart Swag. I found the pattern in the February 2010 issue of Crochet World.

I fell in love with it so much, I of course had to make one for myself too.

Zella's birthday was on the 21st and we were planning on celebrating her birthday this past Saturday. Unfortunately Zella and I caught a nasty flu virus that left us laying on the couch while watching Despicable Me over and over again for a few days. We started feeling much better on Monday so I whipped up a batch of yummy strawberry cupcakes for the birthday girl to enjoy. I can't believe my baby girl is already 4 years old!

We have rescheduled her "Birdie" Party for this coming Saturday. :)

Speaking of birds, I am so excited to share a little something I have been working on. I am collaborating with Shawnta of Mamigirlboutique for an upcoming guest launch with Dilly Dally Boutique. You can visit her wonderful blog HERE. Shawnta is making a beautiful set using the Treetop Fancy collection by Free Spirit. I just love the fabric print of the blue bird on the brown background. It was that blue bird that inspired my design. I made a halter top with criss cross straps in green and brown to go over a peasant top she is making.


I think the blue bird embellishment adds a touch of whimsy fun to this precious halter. I am so excited to see it modeled with her set.

Cupcakes to Match

I made Xiera these sweet cupcake hair clippies to match her ADORABLE custom birthday shirt I purchased from makmaydesigns on Etsy.

I really love how they turned out and plan to add them to my Etsy store this coming week. Hair clippies are my new favorite thing to design! I was thinking about making a few flowers, fruits and bugs. What hair clippie designs would you like to see?

Fun With Flip-Flops Continues...

I just finished a few more adorable pairs of flowered flip flops!
The daisy flip flops were custom made for a special mommy customer of mine. ;)

I really adore these, especially since the daisy is my absolute favorite flower, so I am going to be making me the same pair later on today.
And this next pair was made for another dear customer's young daughter. I really love the bright colors her daughter picked. Lots of fun!

I also forgot to mention yesterday that I listed the WILD cupcake hair clips I had shared earlier on Ebay.

You can find them HERE.Don't forget to search Wisterialane on Ebay for more sweet cupcake designs listed.

Sweet Treats Cupcake Pin Cushions And a GIVEAWAY

Aren't these pin cushions simply SWEET? I just listed all 4 of these late last night for Wisterialane's SWEET launch starting this week. Don't forget to search Wisterialane on Ebay for other sweet treat listings.
Including in this collection debut is the Pink Party Cupcake Pin Cushion. You can find it HERE.

The Chocolate Swirl Cupcake. You can find the listing HERE. What is neat about each of these is that their casings are removable just like a real cupcake!

The Shabby Rose Cupcake. You can find it HERE!

And last the Daisy Lavender Cupcake. Which you can find HERE!

To celebrate my daughter Xiera's upcoming 6th birthday, 2 lucky winners will receive a cupcake pin cushion of your choice. This giveaway is for the pin cushions ONLY! Clay Pins are not included.

Just leave a comment below letting me know which cupcake is your favorite and my birthday girl will draw 2 lucky winners next Friday, June 4th. Remember to have fun and good luck!

WILD Cupcake Party!

My precious little niece Gracie who recently celebrated her first birthday, came to play today and modeled an ADORABLE birthday cupcake set made by my talented friend Sharon of *Mimisgirls*. I made the little plush cupcake prop to match.

Isn't she the cutest thing?
I also made a sweet little cupcake clippie to match!


Keep a look out for this adorable set and hair clippies to match next week on Ebay for Wisterialane's upcoming sweets launch!

A Cupcake Treasury

I received an email this morning from Lenore of strawberrycouture (an amazing crochet hat designer on Etsy so go and check her out!) She created the most yummy Etsy cupcake treasury and included my Pink Cupcake Party Purse!


Isn't it deliciously sweet? Thanks Lenore!

Spring Treats

Late last night I decided to make a little something special for the girls. My dear and sweet mom sent me THIS recipe for the most adorable bunny cupcakes. As I was looking for other fun ideas to make on the website, I found THIS recipe for cute chick cupcakes. I knew that I had to make both!


Instead of using the marshmellows for the bunny bellies, I thought they looked better as bunny tails. ;) I also used the regular sized chocolate chips for eyes instead of the miniatures. (They were all I had here.)


Off to add some color to a bunch of pale looking eggs! ;)

Wordless Wednesday-Cuppy Cakes

Pumpkin Cuppy Cakes

Heading to Xiera's Halloween Party at school to drop off these yummy little treats! Do you think they will be a hit?

With love,
Lindsay

B-Day Blast!

Zella's first birthday party turned out wonderful! I slaved baking cupcakes for the party until 4 in the morning the night before or rather the morning of, but I have to say the table looked so picture perfect with all those pretty little cupcakes! (You can see the pin the sprinkles on the cupcake game that I made for the kids to play beyond the cupcakes on the wall.)

Xiera was in charge of the balloons. Well actually she just begged and begged for a pretty purple one until I finally caved in after singing Happy Birthday! ;)

Zella ended up sleeping for half of her party. She slept through the opening of her presents. LOL!

But she finally woke up just in time for us to sing Happy Birthday to her..flashing us dirty looks the whole time. ;)

Happy First Birthday Zelly Belly! Mommy Loves You!!

With Love,

Lindsay

Happy Birthday Zella!!

Happy Birthday To You!
Happy Birthday To You!
Happy Birthday Dear Zella!
Happy Birthday To You!

Today is officially Zella's First Birthday! I can't believe my baby is already a year old!! Isn't her cupcake dress darling?? It was made by Crystal of Sassy*Baby*Boutique. Her super cute birthday party hat was made by Posh Party Couture.




With Love,
Lindsay

Etsy and Cupcake Party Design

I finally opened up my own Crochet*D*Lane online store on Etsy.com. Just search www.crochetdlane.etsy.com. I will be listing more of my items there very soon!

Today I had Zella model my Cupcake Party Top for The Chicks' Cute As A Button Launch! I also made a Cupcake Purse to match. I really HATE taking pictures indoors but we really had no choice since it was only 25 degrees outside and we had 5 inches of snow. I think they turned out pretty good. Zella was so hard to photograph. I had forgotten how hard it was to take modeling pics of a little one under the age of 2! She was all over the place! LOL! Bribing her with animal cookies was my last resort. Thank goodness it worked! I can't believe how much older she looks in these pics! She will be turning 1 tomorrow! Happy Birthday my little Zelly Belly!







With Love,

Lindsay

Details...Details...

Isn't it the cutest Cuppy Cake Ever??

With Love,
Lindsay