Old Man Winter's Last Hoorah!

Woke up to find a nightmare come true! The snow is back!!!

Surrounding areas are losing power and the visibility is getting pretty bad. Hubby was just sent home from work (he drives concrete truck). How can we get 6-10inches of snow in April? Old Man Winter gets the last laugh!

Pondering an offer..

Today I visited a second hand shop. I saw lots of wonderful and unique items including handmade crochet cotton dishcloths. The owner saw I was admiring the work and told me how fast they were selling and the trouble she was having keeping the basket full. I made an off hand comment about enjoying making them for my kitchen. All the sudden she was offering me a proposition of being her supplier for the store soon since her current lady was retiring and she had no other replacements. I was caught off guard, but flattered at the same time. I don't even have an Etsy store, I just crochet for the delight in the eyes of the recipient. I told her I would need to think it over as I do work full time and am a full time mom of a 2yr old and 7yr old. My hubby says to go for it and if it's too much then she would need to continue her search. I'm just confused on making yet another commitment on top of the extra stuff I am participating in at work and Girl Scouts. Crochet to me is leisure fun, not meeting deadlines and filling orders.
Okay I just wanted to share some joy of the offer and rant of the decision making process. Open to opinions by the way.
Hope to post more this coming week on projects I'm working on, but need to wait for my days off. I'm running back to back 12hr shifts this weekend so no time for yarn fun. Hope it's sunny where ever you all are, it's beautiful here! Spring has finally sprung into gear.

Ipod pouch

My cousin requested an Ipod pouch with headphone pocket as part of her birthday present. Easy peasy to create, but stuck on embellishment? Any ideas? Flower? Heart? An iron on patch?

Easter family fun 2013

We had a very eventful and blessed Easter this year. The little ones really enjoyed the beautiful weather on Saturday. We took advantage of the sunshine outside most of the day. It was first time the swing set has gotten use this year. Lil man had so much fun taking his new Tonka trucks, crane  and backhoe he received at Christmas out to the sandbox. Hubby and I did a lot of cleaning up after our furry friend, Bella. The yard looks much better and no hidden landmines to mess the shoes. We discovered the burner on our grill needed replaced, but Hubby took care of that. We had our first grill out of the season and it was delish!!! So much fresh air and hard playing took place that lil man took a very long restful nap, which is a miracle in itself! We ended the evening dying Easter eggs and baking pretty cupcakes. The lil miss did a wonderful job frosting them with help from her big cousins.

 

I ended my long day working up a new bunny for my 11yr old niece. She declared she was too old for a basket as well. My younger cousin and new found crochet partner worked on her bunny too. She did a great job, getting the stitches in the round down pat very quickly.

My newest bunny created for my niece. I love this pattern shared here.



 

Play prop reveal

I was asked if I could make wildly crazy headbands that brought to mind Dr. Seuss characters for a play production  our agency is hosting. I took the challenge and used some creative idea with beautifully colored yarn. I am proud to say my prop has been seen in 4 shows between two towns and another 2 shows this weekend are scheduled.
Due to the HIPPA Laws I was not able to photo them being worn as I do not have permission to share peoples personal photos. I was able to hold up one of them backstage to take a snap shot. If a scene is photographed and published publically I will link to it, because seeing them together with the rest of the costume is adorable.

Another Hoppy friend

Soon all the youngsters around here will have a pocket size Hoppy friend.

Hippity Hoppity ta-dah!

With Easter around the corner I decided to spend alittle time today making a free pattern of this bunny rabbit.


Pattern can be found here ! Thank you for sharing such a cute pattern, Jeanette!

 

This was created for my cousin, who is soon to be 15 in a few weeks. Recently informed me that she was getting too old for a basket. She fell in love with him instantly! So much so that she became inspired to learn to crochet herself. I gave her a few pointers tonight even! I'm proud to say she left being able to complete a granny square!! Yay, I have planted seed to having another to spend hooky time with.