I made this little guy from the same book that the giraffe is from and although he is a little cutie, he is not the hedgehog of my dreams. He’s so tiny! Seriously, this guy fits in the palm of my hand. I am hoping to have Charlie take the pattern to work and enlarge…
Archives for December 2005
Carved Stamp Swap
As promised here are some pictures from the carved stamp stationary swap moki set up. Click here and scroll down a bit to see the entire contents of the package and who made what. My favorites tended to be those featuring bird stamps like these three but I also think this lion is adorable and…
Giraffe
We had a nice Christmas weekend, full of great food and good company. We managed to find a babysitter on Christmas Eve and treated ourselves to some awesome South Indian food in Framingham. And on Christmas Day we went for Lebanese food with good friends during the daytime and ordered super spicey Chinese food with…
Esme
For the last few days I’ve been working on this doll. She is made from the same pattern as Sonya and Sarah, but this time I tried my hand at yarn hair. I’ve been afraid of attempting yarn hair that is sewn to the head for a long while now, but I’m glad I gave…
Gift basket and stationary sets
Roxy and I delivered the gift basket to Charlie’s office this morning. Here is what it contained: -crackers and goat brie -plates, napkins and some knives for spreading -assorted fruits -star sugar cookies with lemon icing -orange pound cake with orange glaze -spiced almonds -pistachios and -chocolate coins The Rox was a big hit, as…
Spiced Almonds Recipe
This is such a busy time of year. I feel like I’m really busy but nothing is getting done. Here is a list of things I’ve been working on: -We hosted Charlie’s office holiday party here last Thursday and I got the most beautiful flower arrangements from Winston’s. Here is close up of the white…
Sweater Hat
Need a cute holiday present you can make in 10 minutes? Sweater hats. I got a book this morning at the library called Rags: Making a Little Something Out of Almost Nothing, by Linda Allison, and in it are all sorts of great quick things to make. I happened to have a thrifted blue wool…
Snowbot
My sister, Rachel, is visiting us from D.C. for a few days. We had some success finally in taking Roxy out in the snow. Instead of crying because there was snow on her boots, she actually enjoyed being pulled along on the sled and making a “baby snowbot.” Notice the palm tree she is holding…
a fish, a hedgehog, an ebay find and a snowstorm
We are seriously considering doing the new baby’s nursery in black and white, maybe a few red accents. Inspired by this idea, I made another fish. Charlie helped me think of the contrasting yellow and purple for the eye. A few days ago I saw this found here thanks to Molly Chicken and became interested…
Soft Block
Inspired by a project in my Jean Ray Laury book, A Treasury of Needlecraft Gifts for the New Baby, I made this soft block out of felt. Lots of good embroidery practice and it came out rather nicely. It’s squishy and fun to play with. Such a fun, easy project – it came together in…