I have no idea how this happens, but sometimes I will just get bit with a crafty bug that will not let up until I do something about it. Which is why, last Friday night, I was cursing my lack of kitchen space and patience while trying to make these:

They are called cakepops and they were invited by the ultra-creative Bakerella. Please, go look at her blog and see what they should have looked like.

I saw them on her website, poured over her archives, and just knew I had to make them. Except my kitchen is currently in an awkward stage of renovation (awkward because it isn’t really the kitchen being renovated, but it is the most inconvenienced during the project). And even though I shouldn’t have bothered, I went ahead and bought the ingredients. And even though it is incredibly hot in the house when I turn on the oven, I went ahead and make the cakes (one lemon and one milk chocolate, if you care).

I wanted to take them to the local school our Moms group supports during a time of painting by other school supporters. So, I had a deadline to get them done. And while I was plowing through the steps (skipping one important one), I was insisting to myself I was going to finish the pops and get them out of my house because 1) I had no room for them and 2) I would be the one to eat them all if they stayed.

So, even though they weren’t smooth and perfect like Bakerella’s, I still think they were ok. I learned next time just buy the colored chocolate because adding orange icing paste to the chocolate will make it pretty much unmeltable. I learned I should have not skipped the step where you put the balls back into the freezer after sticking in the lollipop sticks. And I learned I should have started well before 2 p.m. since I had to factor in the stop time for nursing Tebow.

But I finished them and sent them off to the school with praise from some friends for how cute and yummy they were.

Then there was the sewing bug. I made some nursing drapes before Christmas (one for me and two for other pregnant gals) and when I was using mine recently, Esther asked if I could make her one. And could I make it before she left on Sunday? I said sure and then started to take it back because there is no place for me to sew (renovation projects take over the house- ask me where my dining room chairs are right now). She said I could go to her house to sew, using her machine.

This was perfect. Fuller got to play with friends and I was able to do a tiny bit of sewing. Not only did Esther get a nursing drape, but I was able to make another one for my friend Brynne.

Esther really got into helping me make them, so it wasn’t quite a lonely project. It was fun to show her the steps and talk about our new babies at the same time. Again, while taking breaks to nurse the babies when necessary.

It was really unfortunate of me to get these baking and sewing bugs when my house is such a wreck, but I’m glad I was able to deal with them and move on. Of course, now that I’ve had a taste of them both, I’m just waiting until I can do them again.

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