St. Patricks Day

In honor of St. Patricks Day I decided to make ties for my cats. I got the idea when I saw a picture of a cat on etsy.com wearing on and it just looked so cute and I thought hey I could make that myself. Ha couples week later and still trying to perfect it. Its partially because I'm beginner sewer and my slip stitch isn't the greatest. Anywho here are the pictures and websites that helped me get my start. http://www.purlbee.com/fathers-day-ties/ I used this link, but of course made everything smaller. I'm also debating the long part like an actual tie or putting an elastic to attach to the collar. http://www.etsy.com/listing/60927669/size-l-customized-pet-neck-tie?utm_source=bronto&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Image+-+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.etsy.com%2Flisting%2F60927669%2Fsize-l-customized-pet-neck-tie&utm_content=etsy_finds_022411&utm_campaign=etsy_finds_022411 This is were I got the idea. Now you can either do it yourself or buy it here.

I also wanted to incorporated more different styles of baking into my life so I decided to make an Irish soda bread as well. :) It came out really well for my first time. To go with the bread or just because I wanted to have some I made blackberry jam. <3 I don't know if that is a proper this to do but if it tastes good and makes my tummy happy then it can't be wrong. I got the recipe out of Paula Deen's March/April magazine.