Knitting Swap Spoils

  So I was in a vampire themed Halloween knitting swap. Well you need to give a handmade item (didn't have to be knit) and a skein of yarn. The rest of the goodies were up to me!

  So...I am not a quick knitter. So I decided to make use of my sewing skills to make her a project bag, keychain wristlet, and a mini wristlet to hold the stitch markers I sent too! I managed to find a fabric she liked through her Etsy favorites and used that for all the goodies. Check it out!

  This is the same person I sent the homemade marshmallows to as well! So along with the project bag (with hand painted accent glitter I might add) the wristlet, mini wristlet and marshmallows I also found a great copy of Dracula with Bela Lugosi on the cover, a great modern vampire novel, a BEAUTIFUL skein of red silk/merino yarn, a shawl pattern from her wishlist called Anonymous Vampire and stitch holders!

  Oh, and did I mention the totally cute folder I made to put the shawl pattern in? BAM!

  

  I just cut out the shape of the mouth and teeth I drew with an X-Acto knife and taped some red paper in the inside of the folder flap. Fun!

  Anyway, it was a fun swap and I hope she enjoys all the time I put into the many handmade items!  


  Once my swap spoilee got her package she shared this very nice picture! Yay!

Gourmet Marshmallows Oo-la-la!

  

  After finding this recipe and instructions on Clock Work Lemon for making your own Marshmallows from scratch I was itching for a reason to make them! They just looked to lovely and puffy! One note about the instructions that I would suggest is using a pizza cutter to chop up the 'mallow loaf into the squares. It was so fast!!! Much better than using a knife.

Anyway, so I finally got a reason when the person I was doing a knitting swap with commented on how much she likes marshmallows of the chocolate variety. Soooo I made them and went to town on the melted chocolate! 

Here's the results!

Then I thought....let's kick it up a notch! Why not add some peanut butter chips?! Try melting them too?? YES!

But it made SO many....and I can only eat so many crazy sweet marshmallows. So, I kept a small sampling for myself and my Dad, but then I sent all the chocolate ones to my swap partner...then I sent another care package of them to my buddy Lindsay for a congrats on her new job!

ADORABLE RIGHT? LOVE!!

PS, I'm not really a hot chocolate drinker but guess what? They work just as nice in your morning coffee. Mmmm!

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