Mmmmm…. Yummy yarn for some selfish knitting! This is Noro, a Japanese yarn. I’m going to make a gorgeous cowl for myself. Love the colors!! Hubby Dave gave me a gift certificate for Christmas to my local yarn shop and it was just about exactly enough to cover the two skeins of Noro and the {…Continue Reading}
I entered almost daily for Somewhat Simple’s Twelve Days of Christmas giveways, and I was the happy winner of Day 7. Check out all the goodies I get! Some of these will be gifts for others, but I know at least a couple that I’m going to keep for myself!! What a nice Christmas surprise! {…Continue Reading}
Best wishes to you and your family on this merry holiday! We’ll be attending the candlelight service this evening, preceded by dinner at a great Chinese restaurant. After, we’ll spread sparkly oatmeal in the yard to feed Santa’s hungry reindeer and set out cookies and milk for the big man himself. Then we’ll open warm {…Continue Reading}
Do you Pinterest? Is that a verb? Well, it should be… I’ve been enjoying Pinterest so much that I thought I’d start sharing my pins with you – maybe you’ll find something that you’d like to pin! If you aren’t a member, send me a comment and I’ll invite you to join. AmyTangerine Ca-ute! I {…Continue Reading}
I decided to make up a little gift for Arden to pass out at daycare. My Mom had introduced me to the concept of Snowman Soup a couple of years ago, and I thought it would be perfect for a bunch of two to four year-olds. The bags and labels were Avery printable bag toppers {…Continue Reading}
Remember the adult robe I remade into a kid-sized version for Arden? Here it is in color! Arden chose the light pink dye. I didn’t tell her what it was for, only that she could choose her favorite color. I think she chose the perfect color! I decided not to wrap it as a Christmas {…Continue Reading}
I decided to knit up a little earwarmer for Arden after the umpteenth time I decided it wasn’t worth the trouble of trying to wrangle a hat over her ponytail. Since her hair is long and it gets all gummy with food if it’s not put back, 90% of the time it’s up in a ponytail, {…Continue Reading}
If you already follow One Month To Win It, then you’ve seen my big news. I’m going to be a contestant for Season 7!! For my audition, I entered my ladder shelf project I made from reclaimed lumber from our garage reconstruction. If you’re not already following, then get over there and start! It’s an amazing {…Continue Reading}
Hadley is a little over two months! I was waiting for her two-month well check to post this so I would have her updated measurements. As of today, she is 14 lbs., 13 oz and 24″ long. That puts her at 97th percentile for weight, and 90th for height. Looks like she’s going to be {…Continue Reading}
I had two cotton robes that I had purchased as guest robes, but after about four years only one of them had ever been used. So I decided to redo one of them into a robe for Arden.  They’re nice organic cotton – I bought them while on a business trip in Thailand. I {…Continue Reading}
