I Think I Have a Problem..

These past few days, I have been making myself desserts [chocolate covered strawberries and homemade samoas]. Pathetic, right? The thing is, I randomly get cravings for things, but then when the product is complete, I no longer crave for what I was craving! Help..?!

The first thing I was craving for were chocolate covered strawberries... 

I'm pretty embarrassed to admit this, but I think the main reason I was craving for these were because it was the night of Valentine's Day and... well... I didn't have a Valentine and thought I'd give myself a little treat.. :| [Also pictures of chocolate covered strawberries were all over my Instagram and Facebook feed!]

Off topic - but speaking of Valentine's Day... in my previous post, I mentioned that I went to a taping of the show, Chelsea Lately. The taping I went to happened to be the Valentine's Day episode! In case any of you missed the episode, it turns out that you can see me from the back! Hahaha 

You can see my friend, RV and I in the front, on the right!

Fun fact: the white lace dress and light brown headband I'm wearing was actually hand knitted by me! :) So I guess I can kind of say that my "Kreations" made it onto tv...?! ;)

Okay, now for my last craving [as of now]: Samoas/Caramel DeLites

I actually have made/attempted to make Samoas before. It wasn't the most successful thing ever.. Back when I was a sophomore in high school, my friends, Annalisa, Nicole, and Lindsay thought it'd be a fun idea to make homemade Samoas. To be honest, it wasn't really totally made from scratch though. If my memory is correct, we made the cookie itself from scratch but cheated when it came to the caramel (we simply just bought caramel pieces and melted it). I mean I would say that we also cheated by using chocolate we melted and shredded coconut that we toasted buuuut you can't really make those from scratch...[technically, it's possible but that would be too much..] We also kind of got lazy and just didn't end up making cookies... we ended up making this.... 

What a beaut, eh? :P

Now for what I was able to make last night...

Before.... [& yes, the caramel was made from scratch this time!]

& after!!!!

 I hope it's safe to say that my baking has improved since sophomore year..?

Knitwear on Sale!

Okay so it turns out a "couple of days" turned into a week... but my knitted pieces are officially on sale! So visit http://www.zibbet.com/karesskreations for prices (two purchases have already been made as of now, CRAZY!)! Also, I mentioned last time that there were more pictures that I was waiting for so here they are!                                                                                            

Coming soon..

It's been quite some time since I've last made a post. However, I've been busy creating some things that I am ready to share now! Many people know me for making desserts but just a couple of months ago, I had a post about me getting more involved with the art of knitting. Because of this somewhat new love for knitting (I first starting learning when I was about in 6th grade), I've finally decided that I'll start selling my knit wear! They aren't for sale at this very moment, but will be in a couple of days. Why make this point if they aren't even on sale yet? Well.... last week I had a friend of mine take some of his time to let me have photoshoots and tonight he sent me the first batch of pictures and I'm just too excited not to share!! So here are some things you can expect to see on sale soon! :)   

Hand Knitted Eyelet Sweater in "Lapis" 

Hand Knitted Eyelet Sweater in "Off White"

Hand Knitted Eyelet Sweater in"Quicker Clover"

Hand Knitted Lace Dress in "Off White"

Hand Knitted Lace Cowl in "White"

Hand Knitted Lace Scarf in "Camel"

And that's it (for now)! I have a few pieces that were finished after the photo shoot but these are the general garments that I'll be selling! So stay tuned for more! I've also baked a bit since my last update...

\These cupcakes were made for my cousin, Bryanna. She enjoys painting her nails and doing all those fun nail art things so I thought I'd make her cupcakes that were inspired by nail art that she's done/liked (examples below). The pandas were made because the last time I saw her she had a crystalized panda iphone case so I thought why not! Haha 

These were done by Bryanna.

These "New York Skyscraper" themed nails were done by my friend, Tiffany and my cousin saw them and fell in love with them.

It's Official!

I now know how to knit clothing! :D I'm still learning but so far (besides from making scarves) I've made a racerback tank and a lacy dress! Also, I know this isn't about baking at all, but I think from time to time I may post DIY-y related things on this blog. After all, it is called, "Karess' Kreations." ;) Hope y'all don't mind!

Made with 100% acrylic. For any knitters who would like to make this, the pattern can be found here.

Made with 100% cotton. For any knitters who would like to make this, the pattern can be found here.  *note: this was originally supposed to be made to be a tee (like instructed), but I accidentally ended up making the length too long so that is why it is now a dress.  

If anyone is interested in buying any of these pieces or for me to make another in another color/size, let me know (email, comment, facebook, etc) and arrangements can possibly be made! :)

Gobble Gobble

Happy (late) Thanksgiving! Hope you all ate your hearts out, shopped till you dropped, etc!

Anyways this is how my holiday went about..

• Wednesday: My FST math class thought it'd be a great idea to recreate our wonderful Halloween party and change it up a bit to a Thanksgiving Potluck. I brought cupcakes as usual..(pictures will be posted below). 
• Wednesday night/Thursday morning: Started baking for my family's Thanksgiving dinner (this was the only time I could have the oven before the turkey would be cooking). Initially I planned on making 1 apple pie, 1 pumpkin pie, and about maaaaybe a dozen pumpkin spice cupcakes, however; the recipes I had made 2 pumpkin pies and 18 cupcakes! Oh my. Let's just say there was way too much dessert..
• Thursday: Since I had been baking all night/morning I was dead tired! By the time I woke up it had been about 3 pm! Long story short... the house still needed to be cleaned and I still needed to make fondant toppers and frosting for the pumpkin spice cupcakes. 
• Thursday night/Friday morning: BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING! Ha. Just kidding. But not really. It's actually a tradition of mine to go every year. I usually go with my family, however; this year I went with my friends, Nickta and Anisha. There really wasn't anything specific that I was looking for but I thought I'd give it a shot and go anyways...I ended up leaving empty handed. 
• Friday: Sleep, sleep, and more sleeeeep!
• Friday night/Saturday morning: Random craving for donuts!!! 
• Saturday: Sleeeep and my knitting phase has started once again.
• Saturday night/Sunday morning: thought I'd give it a shot to make meringues (I've tried once before and it completely failed..)
• Sunday/Today: Sleeeeeeeep....and now blogging ;)

What have I gained from this holiday, you ask? 

1. A messed up sleeping schedule

2. Many leftover desserts...actually just many leftovers in general (LOTS of turkey sandwiches..)

3. Knitting needles and yarn all over my house

4. Random cravings late at night/morning

This is not good....I have to go back to school tomorrow! Ah.

Okay enough of me blabbering, it's now picture time!!!!!!! WoOoOoOo.

Cupcakes I made for the FST Thanksgiving Potluck

The apple pie I made for my family (before it was baked)

Cupcakes I made for my family as well. Pretty much the same toppers as the ones for my FST class, except the turkey feathers were made of fondant wrapped on toothpicks (I didn't have enough drying time..)

The night/morning that I had a random craving for donuts.. haha.

Meringues...Brown Sugar Meringues to be exact (; ! 

At last!! 

The scarf I started last year but finally finished!!! 

Don't worry, the finished product is a lot longer ;)