I’ve had the Star Crossed Slouchy Hat in my Ravelry queue for awhile but I didn’t have any particularl plans to make it. Then 2 things happened – the weather turned fall-like and it started popping up in everyone’s Ravelry activity stream. So I frogged my Shifting Sands scarf, which I had set aside [...]

As I mentioned in my previous post, I have a lot of yarn. I’m almost done cataloging it but I’m left with the question – how do I organize it? Should I group it by weight? Color? Quantity?
Right now everything is totally disorganized and I have to rifle through every bin to find something. [...]

I’ve been putting it off for awhile, but I finally had to buckle down and do an inventory of my yarn stash. I have at least 3 66qt bins full of yarn, and lots of Christmas presents to start. I have vowed to not buy any new yarn unless I really, really (really!) need it. [...]

My sister called me up one day this summer and said she needed help making cupcakes for her friend’s bridal shower. I am the master cupcake baker in the family so I said I would help. Then she told me she wanted to make vegan cupcakes. Vegan cupcake baker? Not so much. I really had [...]

I was in New Orleans one weekend in mid-September and when I travel I love to check out local yarn shops. My friend and I were walking around the French Quarter when we spotted Quarter Stitch on Chartres Street. Unfortunately it was already closed.
So the next day we made sure we got there earlier to [...]

In the past week I’ve picked up some new yarn from Angelfire Studios and Quarter Stitch. I finally had time to enter them into my Ravelry Stash and take photos!
I plan to use the skein of Colinette Jitterbug to make myself some thin wristwarmers for work. My office can be freezing.
Both skeins of Outer are [...]

Here is a recipe for these amazing chocolate cupcakes with white chocolate mint frosting. Make sure you use peppermint oil and not mint oil!
I started off using Grandma’s Chocolate Cake recipe from Cake & Commerce. It was delicious. One of the nice things about it is that it uses vegetable oil instead of butter. My [...]

Last Wednesday I went to check out Angelfire Studios in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. The shop is both a pottery workshop and yarn store. I’ve been meaning to go here for awhile but it’s a bit further away then I generally have time for during my lunch break.

Thursday at Justine’s
Originally uploaded by throughtheloops
The shop is [...]

I’ve been blogging about my crafts over at crafterati.com for awhile but I felt the need for a change. So here is craftcake! This site is about my love for crafts and cupcakes. More than just writing about what I’m up to, this site will be for sharing recipes and how tos.