Pinata

To celebrate a dear little girl turning a grand old age of 7, I put together a horse-shaped pinata out of a paper bag.
Last year, a friend's 27th birthday was feted with a Pegasus-shaped pinata, mostly decorated with bits of crepe paper.
This time, I decided to use acrylic paints, glitter, yarn and bits of cardboard.
The shape came together nicely, but figuring out how to suspend the pinata was a bit tricky. This is when I wished I had more engineering skills. In hindsight, I should have punched out two holes and strung it up like the tutorial.
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to make it to the party, but I saw lots of photos of children wielding a stick and then a little crowd of kids gathering candy on the ground. I hope the horse-pinata fulfilled its short-lived life of duty.

Survey says...

My co-worker Stacey samples what I'm calling "Broken-Ankle Brownies," in honor of two other co-workers (not pictured) who have had recent tumbles. Success! (Not for the victims of broken ankles, I mean.)
I thought a batch of Peanut Butter Brownies with Chocolate Ganache would be the thing.

Zip! Zip!

Finally, the laminated fabric remnants find a life in these bigger-than-coin-purses, smaller-than-clutches creations.
Detail oversight: zippers are handstitched. One of the purses doesn't even have a zipper because I cut the fabric too short. So they're not the sturdiest purses in the world, but I can always reinforce later. Looks first!