Not only were the holidays really wonderful this year, but I (more or less) stuck to the Buy Handmade pledge in my gift-giving.  I even had time to make a few gifts myself for people, like this scarf, and I contributed many of my owl soaps w/mini scarves .   I bought this adorable “miss you” card for Ian from CathieU…   as well as a DIY Felting kit from Mary Jane’s Attic…       and a few scrabble tile pendants from littleputbooks.   I saw Chihuly at Phipps (in Pittsburgh), as stunning of a show as I expected, so if you have a chance to see it before it closes Feb. 24, do so!  I ate more variations of pizza than I can count in the span of a few days.  No really, I kid you not, I ate 3 variations alone within my first 24 hours of Pittsburgh–pizza rolls, bagel bites, Eddie’s pizza–and then I vowed to not eat pizza again during the holidays, but failed.Not wanting to let this post end with excessive pizza-consuming, I will share a finished project from right before the holidays: custom cupcakes for a co-worker of Ian’s, who wanted them for a cupcake-loving and -making friend. Those are blueberries and a raspberry on the right!