We were fortunate to be able to take a trip to Cuba at the end of March! We probably haven't gone anywhere, just the two of us, since we were in Beijing in 2002. It was an awesome break from the never-ending snow in Alberta this past winter, and while we were there we kept our eyes open for what some "crafty girls" could craft.
Of course, you could start with fancy shapes out of towels and blankets. They're just like giant napkins, right? You don't even have to make anything since you've got the materials at home already! A bird and a flower on the bed, and then some characters to greet us at the buffet.
Then inside the buffet were some decorations placed around the food areas. So all you need is 45 pounds of soft butter and make it into whatever shape you want. Besides Grumpy Dwarf, Scrat, and the crest, we also saw Davy Jones (from Pirates of the Caribbean) and a big bull.
Or if you're feeling adventurous, why not carve some flowers into a melon? While we haven't tried this yet ourselves, apparently the trick is just to carve away everything that doesn't look like a flower. :)
And since we're talking about the food on the trip, how about special coffees and baked goods? There was a cappuccino bar at the resort, so it was easy to get those a couple times a day. Layering the coffee is about the differing densities of the liquids (these crafty girls are also proud nerdy girls), but no one wants to think too hard on that while on vacation, so the barista Karina made those coffees for us each morning. There were some delicious shortbread-type cookies that we ate several times a day, the fresh croissants, and some cinnamon-roll cookie that was a bit like biscotti and held up really well dunked in the coffee. Might actually have to figure that one out....
Or mimosas with baked goods? Probably the best part about all of this is that someone else is making all of it for you. And, they take away the dirty dishes when you're done!
Jewellery anyone? The flower and the green band are made of cow horn (and they smell like it when they get wet), and the other is some metal twists with a bead on it. The trouble with wanting to try and make these is that it's so much easier to bargain for them at 3 rings for 5 pesos in the market instead of trying to find the materials. The wire and bead are probably easy enough, but it might be harder to find an available cow horn.
Now, beach huts don't seem that hard. A main pole stuck in the sand, support ribs for the roof, covered in palm leaves. This one even has a shelf for your slushy drinks! We can't figure out why the people on Survivor generally seem to have a hard time with this....
But we'll totally admit that several rows of palapas seems rather ambitious. We'd just have to stay on the beach for several weeks, which I think we'd both be alright with.
*Sigh* Time to head home and back to reality. Tons of fun picking out the things we could make if we really tried. :)
The one thing that we (ok, really just Jess) actually did make for the trip were these headbands. Great help for stopping a sunburned forehead. Watch for the real post about how to make those soon!
P.S. Bonus points for anyone that can explain to us why Lisa is always on the right side of the picture, Jess on the left. Seriously, we don't know why we arrange ourselves this way.
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