Hooray it's Friday....Petit Four Crochet Along day!

Today Grietje has posted her 6th petit four and it's yummy again. The 'moorkop', which this weeks petit four is a miniature version of,  is a special Dutch treat: puffy pastry filled with whipped cream and covered in thick, rich chocolate icing. The petit four has some extra whipped cream and a chocolate biscuit roll on top. So this is what my petit four collection looks like now:

I really admire Grietjes creativity to think of a new petit four every week. Thanks again for such a lovely pattern! On Grietje's blog you will find both the Dutch and the English version.

Wishing you all a very happy weekend,
Hasta luego!

Cherry Petit Four with cream

I just couldn't wait making this weeks Petit Four from Grietje Karwietjes blog....it's soooo cute and yummy! So I started right away and now my tray is filled with five crocheted petit fours:

For all of you wanting to join in, you will find the pattern here (both in Dutch and in English), have fun!

Wishing you all a very happy weekend,

Hasta luego!

Banana Petit Four with....chocolate treat!

Just in time for the new pattern, I finished the fourth Petit Four in Grietje Karwietjes Petit Four Crochet Along....just a lack of time, because it was yummy again: a Banana Chocolate Petit Four with chocolate sprinkles on top. Because I wanted to make all my petit fours from yarn only, I altered the topping (I didn't want to make the same sprinkles as last week...) and added a bit of cream and a little chocolate:

I used to love these little lacy chocolates when I was a little girl and was always hoping that my piece of the cake would have one....

I'm off now...crocheting this weeks petit four!

Hasta luego!

Mint Quark Petit Four

A lot of hooky people are looking forward to friday more than ever since Grietjes 'Petit Four Crochet Along' and I'm defenitely one of them! It's always a very pleasant surprise to see what she came up with. This week she gives us the recipe...eeeeh.....pattern for a Mint Quark Petit Four with little candy sprinkles on top. In the original pattern there are a felt tag and sprinkles made from little beads, but I always prefer to crochet everything. And I have to say I'm quite happy how it turned out:

Wishing you all a very happy weekend! I'm off to prepare the Landrover for the next guests.....can't crochet all day...:(

Hasta luego!

Another yummy piece of crochet

Today the second pattern in Grietje's 'Petit Four Crochet Along' was published and I made it instantly again. Another easy to follow pattern with a very cute result:

So now I have two of these sweeties on my dish, I can't wait until next week!

Hasta luego!

Yummie post...chocolate petit four with strawberry cream and nut

I have very little crochet time at the moment, so this morning, I decided to treat myself to some when I saw the first pattern of Petit-Four-crochet-along on Grietje Karwietjes blog. It's an easy to follow pattern, now only in Dutch, but the Englisch version will follow soon. Here's my version of it, isn't it cute? It's only 5 cms high...

But the best thing is yet to come: Grietje will post a new pattern every friday, so at the end we'll have a platter full of yummy petit fours!

Hasta luego!

Cupcake time!

This cute cupcake was waiting for quite some time now, for me to embroider de seeds on the strawberry and then assemble all the pieces...a forgotten w.i.p...... I'm really happy to have finally finished it! I'm very much short of crochet time at the moment, so this was a very good way to have a 'new' piece in the house in no time...

I did make some time to make these special little cupcake keychains though. They are for the 'Make it for Maud' cause I'm happy to contribute to. Little 2-year old Maud is fighting cancer. She can go to the United States for a special treatment and creative people can donate something handmade, which will be sold to contribute to the costs of the stay of Maud's family during her treatment.

If you want to contribute too (before the 1st of july), you can find more information on Lotte's blog.

Hasta luego!

Sweet Stuff

For a custom order I created these Valentine's cupcakes...and I loved them so much, I found it hard to ship them! So as soon as I returned from the postoffice, I made myself a new pair and a Valentine's donut as well:

 It's so addictive to crochet sweeties! So I also made a 'Tompoes" which is a typical Dutch treat. I got the pattern for the little one through the kindness of Margaret. Thanks again! It's a pattern from the "Hema" the famous Dutch store that sells loads of good stuff, including the real edible tompoes. But since I did not like the way the filling was made, I altered that. And designed the big one (which is an actual size tompoes) too.

And now I have this yummy collection of sweet stuff (to drool over without gaining weight!) standing on my diningroom table:

Hasta luego!

What's on my hook?

Yesterday I told you I was making a Japanese flowerscarf...and with every flower I love it more...

It is going to be a decorative scarf (not one that is supposed to keep me warm that is), so I think just some 6 flowers to go and it will be finished! The greatest thing about making this scarf, I think, is that you attach the flowers as you go, so when the last flower will be crocheted to the second last....it's done, no loose treads to tuck away, just drape it around my neck...

This afternoon I also made cupcakes with my youngest daughter:
We only made the yummy eatible ones now, the crocheted ones I made a while ago, we've just put them in to fill up the holes. Some of the cupcakes just never made it from the oven to the stand....

Hasta luego!