Due to a health issue, I didn’t get around to my February cupcakes, opting instead to make something much simpler (but I’ll get to that in a moment). The cupcakes for February were supposed to be Persian Love Cupcakes. For those who would like to try baking these, here’s the recipe from my calendar:


I’ve not been feeling well enough to bake cupcakes, so I made these apple dumplings from the Pioneer Woman blog instead. I used ginger ale instead of Mountain Dew because Mountain Dew is disgusting. I also used some prepackaged red or pink apples of some sort to cut down on the work. Yes, I was in lazy mode! They were soooo good, though! Here’s a picture of mine:

On a completely different note, I am expecting my very first spinning wheel soon! In the meantime, the shop I bought it from sent me a box of freebies. I chose a bunch of great fiber and ended up with such a big haul that I had to share it out. The box below includes super wash merino, alpaca wool blend, firestar and silk:

I will post more once I have my wheel up and running!