Mt Camo Conquered!!!

Mt Camo is finally conquered! Yes, I've been to the top and back, and I just praise God that the trip is OVER! Been there, done that, got the t-shirt, ain't going back.

My brother loved it ( I think I would have threatened his life if he hadn't ). The body is Tunisian Simple Stitch and Purl Stitch, with a double crochet camo and black border. It was finished by Christmas, just didn't have a chance to post it.

I've gotta tell ya, I've never been so happy to be finished with something in my entire life!!! 9 months and 20 some skeins. I musta been crazy. Now the nut ( I mean darlin' ) wants a camo cardigan! Do I have stupid written on my forehead??? So I just said, "I don't know how to make clothing, honey." That should settle that.

Y'all be blessed!

Merry Christmas From The Babies

Aren't they sweet? From left; Chloe, a Toy Poodle; Reilly, a Yorkie Poo; and Keegan, a Yorkie.

It wasn't too hard photographing all three. As you can see, Chloe (our rescue baby) was ready to jump out of the photo, even if it meant going over the other two. Poor little girl, she's not used to the camera yet (or clothing).

Changing the subject, Narnia is a must see. It'll make your Christmas. You won't regret taking the time to watch it.

Well, my cyber friends, my son is coming home in the morning, so I'm not sure if I'll be posting in the next few days. I hope you all have a most blessed and merry Christmas! And remember, Christ is the reason for the season.

From my babies: "Fleas Navidad"

I've Felted!!!!

Purse and Matching Cell Phone Case

This is my first felting project. I'm so pleased with how it turned out! I hope my sis-in-law is pleased, too. It's her Christmas gift. ( if you were my s-i-l, would you like it?)

I was so excited to try felting, that I forgot to photograph before photos. Got to order more wool!!! Make one for me!!!! Yeah!!!

Y'all have a blessed day!

Completed Scarves

2 more completed gifts! Made with Bernat Boa on the blue KK loom. Fast and easy. Just the way I like it!!!

Wrist Warmers and Scarves KK Style

Love those KK looms! The wrist warmers are Rowena's pattern. They knitted up really fast, and my daughter loves them. The scarves are knitted on the blue loom in the flat panel style, one strand only. I really have the urge for more looms!!!!

Christmas Gift Scarves

Here's a few of the things I've been busy with. The gold scarf and the fur scarf (that free Bernat Disco yarn we're all getting) were made on my new Knifty Knitter Looms (fun, fun). The others are crocheted.

That camo afghan is still waiting to be finished!!! I suppose I should just finish it and get it over with. Ugh. One thing is for sure, while working on that afghan, I've discovered that I like smaller, quicker projects to crochet. I can't believe that afghan has been dogging me since spring!!!!!!

Y'all have a blessed day!

Holiday Gift Exchange From Crochetville

"Oh Happy Day"!!!

I got my Holiday package from reecie today, right before I left for work! ( which is such a good thing, because we've just discovered that an order we hadn't received was delivered last week, and obviously stolen)

When I opened the box, I'm sure my dogs thought that I saw a cat, the way I was squealing!!!
So many goodies.

My most favorite, The Martha Poncho!!!! It's my favorite color, and my favorite yarn!!!! As if this alone wasn't awesome enough, I also received assorted threads, cotton yarn ( which will be absolutely perfect as dishcloths in my kitchen), snow flakes, chocolate (yummy), Cookie Cutouts Body Butter and Lip Balm, and a "Fleas Navidad" Christmas card (so cute).

I wore my poncho to work to show it off. My co-workers couldn't believe that someone who's never met me would make me such a fabulous gift (I can hardly believe it, either). Then they were really blown away when I told 'em about my other goodies.


This has been a yucky week, and this gift has cheered me up sooo much!

Thanks, Teresa! Thank you so very much!

Knifty Knitter Loom Set

Michaels had these on sale for $9.97 this weekend, plus I had a coupon for an additional 20% off. I just couldn't pass it up!!!

KK Hats

A warning: Loom Knitting is addictive! In just a few hours, voilá, 2 hats! One is a gift for my uncle, the other for my little 4 year old cousin (Britti is making a scarf to go with the hat).

I have discovered, however, that I can make only so many hats. No one in my family really wears this kind of hat. Surely there are patterns out there for other stuff, like doggie sweaters!

Choices, A Thought Provoking Article

It's always so wonderful when you find out you're not crazy! Or that you're not the only one with strange, little idiosyncrises. I read this thought provoking piece at Crochetty Lady's blog. I won't copy it here, you can just go over to her place to read it. But here is my response to her article:

"I wonder if this is a trait of all creative people, or just perfectionistic creative people? I really thought that I was the only one with this "problem". Last year, I spent a lot of time and money to purchase the One Stroke painting kits and accessories. I tried it one time, and didn't like the results. My daughter said, "do you think Donna Dewberry was perfect when she started"? Somehow, I guess I did. She then remarked, "was your first photograph perfect"? As a professional photographer, I knew that it wasn't. She sure is a wise 17 year old. Unfortunately, I haven't picked up the brush again (yet). I, too, spend an inordinate amount of time on the computer, searching for patterns, books and such. I just started this wonderful craft of crochet about 11 months ago, and already have dozens of books, and literally hundreds of patterns saved. I'm almost afraid that searching is more of the hobby than crochet! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and perspective with the rest of us hobbiests (is that a word? Now I'll obsess until I look it up)."

Please drop me a line to share your your thoughts (and just to remind me that I'm not alone).

Be blessed, y'all!

This One's For Sally

Cuz she Meme'd me ( whatever that means ) over a month ago, and I forgot.

10 Years Ago: I was 36; just lost my beloved grandmother; still enjoying my kids; just had an ovarian tumor removed (which wasn't malignant after all, praise God!)

5 Years Ago: Went to Cancun for our 20th Anniversary.

1 Year Ago: We celebrated our 25th Anniversary, took our kids on a cruise. What fun!!!

5 Snacks:
1. Chocolate
2. Chocolate cookies
3. Chocolate icecream
4. Chocolate cheesecake
5. Chocolate covered cashews


5 Songs I Know All The Words To:
1. Happy Birthday
2. Dust In The Wind
3. National Anthem
4. Color My World
5. Silent Night

5 Things I would Do With 100 Million Dollars:
1. Pay tithes
2. Get out of debt
3. Pay for my kids college education
4. Help my extended family
5. Travel


5 Places To Run Away To:
1. Greece
2. Hawaii
3. Key West
4. Alaski
5. Mexico

5 Things I Would Never Wear:
1. Thongs
2. String Bikini
3. Nose Ring ( no offense, I just have too much snot in my head for that one)
4. French Maid outfit
5. One of those sheer head scarves (that my aunt still wears)

5 Favorite TV Shows:
1. CSI Miami
2. Criminal Minds
3. Navy NCIS
4. Monk
5. Still Standing

5 Biggest Joys:
1. Relationship with God
2. My family
3. My dogs
4. Having dinner at my aunts house
5. Being able to bless someone else

5 Favorite Toys:
1. Computer
2. Digital Camera
3. Anything Crochet
4. Car
5. Knifty Knitter Looms

This took forever! So I'm going to be sweet, and not tag anyone else!

Be blessed, y'all!

My First Baby Blanket

My cousin is expecting her new son any day now! This took about a month of evenings to complete. Am I slow or what? The yarn is Bernat Baby Coordinates, and the pattern is from Herrschners Blue Ribbon Afghans.

Britti knitted a hat to match ( her first hat ). Perhaps she'll let me post a pic.

I'm A CP List Winner!!!!

I just can't believe I actually won something! I'm a member of Crochet Partners (link in sidebar), and there's a sponsered weekly recycling contest. I won this week! Can you hear me squealing? What an awesome pick-me-up! The sponser for this contest was Essie, from Australia. She is sending me 4 balls of eyelash yarn, 3 afghan leaflets, 2 skeins of red yarn, some Tim-Tams [(an Australian chocolate biscuit)(chocolate and yarn in one package, what could be better?)], some knitting patterns for my daughter, and an Australian calendar! Is that an awesome gift or what?! Essie, if you're reading this, thanks again for blessing me!

You Are a Rose

You are a total alpha female who tends to be a leader. Your friends depend on you to hold things together and make decisions. Men are drawn to your feminine powers and strength. While you are the center of attention, you are secretly introverted and a bit shy.

What Flower Are You?

If Stressed Spelled Backwards Is Desserts, Where's Mine?

Ever had a day where you just want to crawl into a hole? How 'bout a week like that? Or 2 or 3 weeks like that? Okay, I guess you get my drift.

It all started with teenager problems. I just wasn't prepared for my normally sweet 17 year old to become rebellious ( or "missing" for several hours and unreachable on the cell phone ). A University in my state recently had a 17 year old go missing, and she was found this week, dead. But you know what? When we finally found my normally compliant child, I didn't raise my voice or yell, even though inside I was screaming! Doesn't that qualify me for sainthood or something? I even endured almost a week of the silent treatment. Now everything seems hunky-dorey. Hmmmm....It must have been a Jekyll/Hyde thing.

To top it all off: The commode at work decided it wanted to be a glorious water fountain instead of a plain ole commode. My hubby called me a my Club Crochet meeting, where I had finally started to unwind, to tell me the Salon next door to my work place had just called. It seems that they were getting water seepage from our office, and they couldn't locate the building owner. By the time I arrived, we had about 2 inches of water in an 800 square foot space. We had several shop vacs going when my brother called the local Fire Department ( he's a paid fireman in another town ). As it so happened, they were in waxing the trucks for an upcoming fire parade. So they came to our rescue, or we would have been there all night. God bless Firemen! We spent the next day cancelling appointments and cleaning up. Yeah, we felt pretty good about our clean up efforts, until I got another call at home that it happened again. This time we caught it sooner, but still had another mess to deal with. Now the landlord shows up, gets the "water fountain" fixed, and tells us it our fault ( because mostly women use our commode ).

All this before our Kids Autumn special, where we bring in hay bales, pumpkins and mums for the portrait scenery, in preparation of photographing hundreds of children in 2 days. I must tell you, the smell in that studio was horrendous!!!! Imagine the aroma of hay and wet, musty carpet. Yum, yum. Our carpets are getting cleaned today, so I get the day off. But you know what the real thrill is? I get to go to the ENT today and possibly have a light run up my nose again!

Where's that darned hole now???