birthday gifts :)

i would have posted these earlier, but i didn't just in case someone just stumbled upon my blog and saw what they were getting for a birthday present. so anyway, here's what i made:


anyway, apologies for the bad lighting that, of course, does not do the real thing justice. anyway, i made stacey a carrot cake softie/pillow thing because after many requests by her to make the actual cake (which i have yet to do) i just assumed that this was her favorite kind of cake. it's measurements are 12 inches by 7 inches (i think). basically what i did was follow this tutorial and just double the size. also i had to wing the carrot, since i had no idea how to sew a carrot... i'm pretty proud of the results :)


once again, very BIG apologies for the horrible, HORRIBLE lighting. for wesley i made a meatwad beanie from Aqua Teen Hunger Force (it's kinda hard to tell from the pictures). maybe better pictures next time? anyway, even though you can't tell, it looks pretty good to me, considering i had to totally make the pattern my own. i tried to follow this tutorial, but it turned out WAY too big, so i basically did trial and error with this one, which is why i had to make two (the bigger one goes to wesley).

here's a better pic (but still fuzzy due to cameraphone) of me wearing the smaller one:

just because i feel like i should mention this: those are NOT my posters in the background. i'm in my sister's room because i don't have a computer in my own room. hopefully you can see the face on the hat better. this hat also makes a mark for me cuz it's the first time i've ever done embroidery on knitted stuff. whippee!

i'm glad that labor day weekend is ending now, especially after that huge hospital scare thing this afternoon with the emergency room and whatnot. also i'm glad to get rid of the crazy hot weather that we're having, since i hear that things'll cool down tomorrow. i'm tired of the temperature being in the 100's and all the sticky-disgustingness that comes with that. hopefully the earthquakes will stop, too. two earthquakes in two consecutive days is crazy, even if this is California!

i'm actually looking forward to going to school this week, which i know sounds strange. i signed up to do this volunteer thing with some IB people to make blankets for needy people in Peru (or at least i think it's Peru). this should be interesting... none of my friends signed up for it (that i know of) so i'm hoping that it won't just be a bunch of quiet workers the whole time. :)