Ring, ring, rings......

I am so tired of rings.  

I love this particular blanket and it has always become a favourite of the kids that receive it.  It's made of many rings with many holes to stick tiny fingers into.  Unfortunately, the rings are made of different colours and I get tired very quickly of making them.  But, I think the end result is worth it.

                                                

                           

My picture taking skills are not the best but I think that you can imagine what it looks like.

I know that we don't need the blanket until June or July, but I just became addicted and this blanket is all I wanted to work on.  Unfortunately, my brown monkey also wanted to help and she ate about 6 or 8 inches of yarn before I caught her at it.  This is the first time she has eaten yarn and it is always around the house.    It's also the first time I've used acrylic since I've had her; maybe she has an Acrylic fetish.

She got a couple of syringes full of hydrogen peroxide.  She looked rabid with all the frothing around her mouth but she would not vomit.  So we fed her a big spoonful of vaseline to help the passage along.  She does not like Vaseline.  At all.  Nor does she really like Hydrogen Peroxide.  Now we wait and see if it tangles in her intestines.  

I received my tax receipt for my Museum donation last year.  I made a set of 5 christmas cards cross-stitched with a series of 3 repetitive pictures across each - a star, a penguin, Rudolf's face, a snowman, and a santa I think.  I made them awhile ago and I must admit my memory is not what it used to be.  I did not even think to take pictures of them - I really need to learn to take pictures of what I make.  Anyways, I got my tax receipt and they went for $50.00.  Awesome!

Now I need to start making Valentines day cards, birthday cards, and an Anniversary card.  Time to start thinking of designs.  Hmmmmm......

Happy New Year

I had a wonderful Christmas and New Year.  We went to BC to visit family.  In the month before Christmas I made many, many bags from scrap fabric to "wrap" presents in.  They were color coded; Mom had red velvet, Dad had green velvet and my brother got blue with white snowflakes.

I made very simple quilled cards this year.  A small snowflake in the middle of the card.  Unfortunately,   I mailed them all before I thought to take a picture.  The snowflake was made from 1/8" white quilling paper with a metallic blue edge.  It was placed on a small white circle which was bordered by a metallic blue of the same color as the edge of the quilling paper.  This was mounted on metallic white or cream cardstock - I only had so much white card stock as it turned out and needed to substitute the cream.  This is at least the second time I have used snowflakes as the focal point of Christmas cards in the last 4 years.  I need to start thinking about this years christmas cards now I guess.

I get the Mary Maxim catalog and have finally decided to order something.

This nativity is sculpted cross-stitch and my mother-in-law will absolutely adore it.  

These little guys are cross-stitch.  I plan to break them up into sets of 5 and donate some to a museum Christmas Silent Auction Fund Raiser.  Some may end up on our tree and I imagine that some will be presents.

We are also having a birth in my husbands side of the family and I am madly crocheting a baby blanket for the occasion.  It won't be needed for about another 6 months but it is such a finicky blanket with many colour changes and takes awhile to make.  Look back in a couple of weeks to see the finished product.  I promise to remember to take a picture of this one :)