Monday, March 15, 2010
A Nurtured Celebration
 We're getting ready to say farewell to Jessica H., who is having a baby (number 2) in the next month. She's finding it harder to be on her feet all day, and so while we're leaving it open ended as to when she feels it's time, we're most likely going to be parting ways in the next week.
But, it gave us all an excuse to get together outside of work, to chat, drink tea and wine, eat delicious food, and it gave me an excuse to MAKE MORE CUPCAKES! I think it's becoming an addiction. (Pictured are Green Tea Matcha Cupcakes with Green Tea Glaze, pink fondant flowers and silver dragees and Chai Cupcakes with spiced sugar topping stenciled in a star shape).
We also all worked together on a common gift, a nautical-themed mobile for the new wee one's room. We all chose our items to be sure there were no duplicates, and that was it - no discussion of scale, material, colour, anything. Everything was worked on in secret and delivered to me Saturday night. I purchased a pair of birch knitting needles at my favourite yarn shop, Tangled Skeins in Dartmouth. Then, Scotian and I assembled, evaluated, disassembled, re-evaluated, restrung, and re-assembled the mobile until it was mobiley perfection. I'm happy to say we were all genuinely surprised and happy at how it turned out, and that the new-mama-to-be absolutely loved it.
And now for photos (taken by Gillian):
:: Admiring the food but not wanting to touch it. Ready, Set, Go. Eat! I'm very disappointed I didn't try Roland's dip - I didn't know Roland made it or I would have dug in.
:: The mobile. I will post close ups later, but it contains a sparkly starfish (Karen), a lighthouse (April), a tiny seahorse (Simone), a bow-tie wearing barracuda (Jessica B.), a sailboat (Gillian), and a whale (Jessika), all made of cotton, polyester, wool felt, and salvaged material. For virtually no rules, it turned out really, really well, in my opinion!
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So fun!
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