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Lego ::

Posted by vicki brown on


If you've ever met my little boy, or if you follow me over on Instagram, you'll know just how much he completely and utterly adores Lego.  I would go as far as to say it's an obsession.  It started with Duplo, the lighter slightly softer of the two, but it quickly escalated to the 'big boy' variety.  On his third birthday we were still trying to stick to Duplo, I made him a cakewhich represented...

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Crochet Lego Head :: A Pattern ::

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I originally made this Lego head about 18 months ago now, after taking Stacey Trock's fabulous Monster Making class on Craftsy.  I only ever really intended to make one for Milo and leave it at that, but I've had so many requests for the pattern for this I thought I'd write it up for you.



It's really very simple and if you've tried your hand at amigurumi before I'm sure you'll have no problems with...

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lego cake ::

Posted by vicki brown on

so as you are probably aware, the toddler turned three on saturday. To celebrate this milestone, there was a very lego/duplo filled day, which included a fairly time consuming, stress inducing first attempt at a decorated cake. By decorated in this instance I mean anything that isn't simply smeared with butter icing and sprinkled with a few hundreds and thousands.

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I have experience of these kind...

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finding inspiration :: lego cakes ::

Posted by vicki brown on

So Milo turns 3 on saturday (three really?!) and there was I thinking I'd make a fairly simply decorated rustic looking cake. Originally he requested a cherry cake, I figured that wouldn't be a problem, then I remembered that it is of course April and the chances of finding any decent cherries would be impossible. I set out to explain to him seasonality and how there wouldn't be any cherries on...

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