Oh the Cuteness!

So yesterday was the deadline for my Finish It challenge and I must say I definitely fell short from where I wanted to be, but I still feel good about what all I got done. The craft fair helped me finish a lot of projects that were sitting in the bins, namely the owl pincushions, 12 of which had the body pieces sewn together and just needed some stuffing and finishing, the wrist warmers that just needed their buttons sewn on, and the hairpins which had all the covered buttons done and were sitting in the jar of hairclip bases. Vanessa took this one. ^ Even though I did not finish everything on the list, I am most proud of myself for not starting any new projects, save for the squirrels for the craft fair. Everything else was either a continuation of a line of unfinished projects or stuff I had made earlier and saved. But the best part of this challenge was by far the fact that some of my friends participated in it and finished all of their projects! Suzanne from my knit group, who is m...

A couple of readers recently messaged me asking how I made the little felt mushrooms that are featured on the banner for my blog. Funny timing, because I was just gearing up to make a few more of them for the craft fair at the RAC . I have made quite a few of these since Christmas last year, and they take me a lot of time to do, so I am understandably a little burnt on cranking them out. The thought of making them for this year's fair never crossed my mind until Jill was on the phone with one of the organizers discussing our space. The lovely lady that bought some of them from me last year, who happens to work for the RAC, was in the background yelling, " More mushrooms!" Thusly, with such an enthusiastic request, I had to make at least a few for fun. But these may be some of the last I make, and most definitely the last big grouping for a while, so I figured I would make a little tutorial so people can make their own. They would be great in Christmas colors as decoratio...

Well, the RAC Craft Fair was a complete success! Lots of my creations found good homes and the rest will go up on etsy, though I don't think I will find the time to do it in time for the holidays, oh well. Here's a bunch of photos from the fair, and there's a few more on my flickr page here . My roommate's boyfriend took home one of Sylvia's squirrels! They were by far her best seller. Angela took home a brown one and I got a red one. Insanely cute! My purdy ladies. A bunch of my friends from the stitch & bitch group I run all came out together to see me, I was so touched. Seriously, you guys are awesome! Our booth was so full of cuteness! I made about two dozen owls, the most I have ever made in one sitting. I nearly sold them all! The little squirrels cracked me up. I was inspired to make them because of Jill and her roadtrip encounter with the mystical white squirrels. Long story. And last but not least, I spent a good portion of Saturday working on a new tut...

Thanksgiving was a hoot at our house this year! We had a bunch of the orphans over (people with family out of the area), and we had a great time pigging out, laughing, and playing my favorite boardgame, Zombies! We had seven people all together; me, Dennis, my co-worker Aubrey and her boyfriend Mark, and Carolyn, Alex, and her husband Patrick, my friends from Stitch & Bitch. There was so much food that every surface in the kitchen, including the stove, was covered with serving dishes and we still had to put a bunch of dishes out on the table! And what's even better is that everything was absolutely delicious! And our epic game of zombies went on forever, with Carolyn finally being the victor! And I got some lovely hostess gifts. Carolyn brought some amazing fuchsia roses and Alex got me an organic cookbook that contained the recipe for her favorite soup, which she brought to share with all of us. And look at that packaging, are you friggin kidding me?! In othe...