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A prettier carrier for cheesy potatoes

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You may recall that my to-make list included a casserole carrier. (Or most likely you do not remember.)

Why this is important is that I have appointed myself family maker of the cheesy potatoes. It’s an important job that I take incredibly seriously.

I received a Pyrex insulated carrier from our wedding registry, but I was immediately smitten with the cute fabric insulated carriers at Homemade by Jill (and subsequently 2 Little Hooligans).

I had all my fabric and Insul Bright waiting for me to get going.

Then I saw the awesome carriers that my sister-from-another-mister Jen at Home in the Country made last week. Put me over the edge. I had to make one, before taking cheesy potatoes to Easter-slash-the day of my birth dinner.

So, after my birthday dinner and six iced teas, I went home and got to working. Here’s the result!

Nice people give their creations as gifts. But as the family cheesy potatoes maker, I have a job to do. And this lovely makes my job prettier.

I will certainly be making more of these in the near future. It was a relatively quick project (2 hours from start to finish) and the second one will certainly go faster.

So, all is right in the world. Cheesy potatoes were transported while staying warm. And I looked darn good doing it.

What do you think?

Comments

  3. This post is fabulous. Noone else should be attempting to make cheesy potatoes at our family events. Ever!

  4. Cute cute cute! (you AND the carrier).

    Thanks for the shout out… I am totally wishing that I made one of these for myself… maybe I’ll add “make two more of these” to my ongoing list of sewing projects?

  5. I’ve bookmarked those too. They would be great for a shower. And you could even put the new couples monogram on it. Also- have you posted the recipe before? If not, please do so stat!

  6. I can only assume that every time you make something, you whip up an extra and put it in your Shannon pile. I’ll come to collect in August 🙂 And feel free to include a batch of cheesey potatoes in that pile.

    Seriously, cute choice in fabric and cute picture of you!

  7. What do I think? I think that shot of you is just about the cutest photo ever! You’re so adorable in the kindest of kind ways 🙂

  10. I’m so doing this for every bridal shower this year (I know I’ve told you that before). So what kind of fabric did you use? And did you follow the tutorials to the letter? And do you just want to come to Denver and make them with me? I pour a mean glass of wine.

  11. I’m the cheesy potato girl in my family too!! I don’t have a cute carrying case though! I should work on that! 🙂

    And again, Happy Birthday! Because Birthdays really should last a month..not just 1 day!

  12. Alright Ms. Kim…is there anything you cannot create? My job is to make cheesy potatoes for my family events, too. We’re kindred spirits. ; )

  14. You are amazing. How you whip up these creations is beyond me. I’m much more like Sherry at Young House Love with the hot tears induced by sewing machine carnage. 😉

  16. This is so cute. I must have one! I think you are actually giving your creation as a gift… the gift of beautifully packaged potatoes!

  18. I absolutely ❤ it. Okay…….I’m going out on a limb here but Kim… you look good carrying ANYTHING! I’m just saying…..

  20. Wow, I love it! You are definitely transporting the cheesy potatoes in style. I, sadly, have no insulated carrier at all. So I resort to the ol’ wrap-it-in-towels trick, which is typically not the most effective. Maybe I’ll have to learn how to sew to make a pretty one like yours. : )

  21. So cute!! I was just lamenting my lack of transportable serving dishes the other day. I don’t have a casserole carrier, I don’t have one of those cake-protector-thingies … my kitchen is in bad shape.

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