Hello people! Its been so long that I posted here. Im determined to start posting again, its just that the mobile app sucks and is very diffiicult to work from. If you wanna follow me on instagram; @kiirrsstenn .
Okay, but it’s a little funny how the Shadow Lord had all these intricate ‘plans within plans’ and a team of Deltora’s best and evilest and was just, so, so, prepared, and still got totally blindsided by the trio and their pocket dragons
(and it’s one of those draw the squad memes because this one seemed very appropriate)
“I remembered the day you were born, Kirsten. I remembered how my mother came to help me… It was this time of year, late spring. New leaves were on the big maple tree outside the door. Then you were born, and Mrs. Hanson cleaned you and wrapped you in a blanket and put you in my arms. You were a red faced little thing with white fuzz for hair. But I thought you were beautiful. I was very, very happy because I wanted a daughter so much.”
“Pick as many daisies as you can!” Anna told everyone. “We’re going to make daisy chains.” It was the day of the barn raising and they were picking wildflowers. The day was clear and sunny, and Kirsten’s spirits swooped and soared like the bluebirds.
Addy’s classic arrival dress is complete! She is feeling great and pretty in pink.
The fabric is upcycled from a men’s Old Navy brand shirt. I got it from my family’s giveaway hamper bc the fabric was so perfect for Addy.
This makes 7 DIY AG looks so far. I really enjoy scouting out fabrics and altering patterns and stitching them and (save a little bit of money). I’m planning to also make Molly’s polka dot outfit, school outfit, and birthday pinafore, Josefina’s party dress, and Kirsten’s birthday dress and modern gingham dress by the end of 2022. :)
Hopefully by the next holiday season I’ll have Kaya’s winter accessories and Josefina’s Christmas outfit, and maybe even Felicity/Elizabeth outfits for Caty and Abigail.
I’m just glad that the painters finished before the end of Hanukkah, so I could access everything and have somewhere to put them all.
I saw the “Spring Has Sprung” photo challenge, and decided that since I have all my dolls packed up for a tornado warning we had two nights ago (we’re fine, no tornado near us, but it did hit a town over) that I was going to do a full blown photo shoot with all 7 of my girls. So without further ado…
We’ll start with Kieryn & Kirsten, who stopped to do a little work on our garden. Kirsten checked to see if the strawberry plants had taken root yet, while Kieryn put up some tomato cage trellises for our quick growing green beans!
While they did that, Felicity went over to check out our blueberry plants to see if any of the green berries had turned purple yet. Sure enough, she found the only one that has started to turn… and she made sure to claim it loud enough for everyone to hear!
Nanea begged me to show you our fairy garden, named Pixie Hollow, and to show you our state rocks. My mom and I camp a lot and my lovely mother has a habit of stealing large rocks for her garden. On our cross country road trip in 2020, she grabbed a rock from each state we visited and we now have them proudly displayed in our fairy garden. Nanea also just had to show you guys her favorite house and her favorite decoration we have out there.
Next we have Trevi, who is supposed to be doing her spring break homework with Molly but both of them were not having it on such a beautiful morning. Trevi decided to tend to her roses, while Molly gave me probably twenty reasons why I should let her practice her tap dance routine over doing her math.
Lastly, we have Willow who is in our home library catching up on some light reading of one of her favorite books, Earth Power: Techniques of Natural Magic by Scott Cunningham. Like her mother always says, her favorite quote from Roald Dahl, “…Above all, watch with glittering eye the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.” Willow goes back to this book the most to find the best ways to let witchcraft and nature help with her anxiety and depression.
“I remembered the day you were born, Kirsten. I remembered how my mother came to help me… It was this time of year, late spring. New leaves were on the big maple tree outside the door. Then you were born, and Mrs. Hanson cleaned you and wrapped you in a blanket and put you in my arms. You were a red faced little thing with white fuzz for hair. But I thought you were beautiful. I was very, very happy because I wanted a daughter so much.”
I took out all of her best things for this photo, and as you can see, I included a little red dala horse I bought in Texas. Maybe Lars made it for her. She has her cats, her doll, and the quilt from her friends- could life be any better?
(Well, maybe if American Girl would re-release her…)
Tomorrow I’m going to make Kirsten’s birthday cake. I’ll share the recipe my family uses, which makes one 8 inch cake and fits in my grandma’s old heart shaped cake pan.
I’ll be making a marzipan cake. A marzipan or almond cake is what Kirsten’s mother most likely would have baked her- almond desserts are traditional in Sweden, and in her time would have been considered even more of a luxury food. Chocolate would likely not have been affordable for Kirsten’s family, and even if it was, they would probably have made the marzipan cake anyways. Heck, my family makes the marzipan cake now, and we live in suburban America with cocoa powder cheaper than gas.
So stay tuned! If I do it right the end result should be pretty much identical to the illustrations and play cake as well.
