Crafty Winters 2

I knew that I had forgotten to share something with you and then I remembered what had taken up most of my time before Christmas! This is the weighted blanket that I made for Nicole with hand-embroidered vintage pictures on each of the corners, her name and a Mary Contrary in the center.

The blanket is probably the size of a double and weighs over 10lbs.

You can't tell by the picture but Nicole and Mary were done in sparkly pink thread while the rest of them were just regular pink thread.

Mary Contrary is my favorite...sorry this is such a crappy picture of her! I used to have bed sheets with her on them....:)

The kitty is one of my favorites...so cute!

WooWoo Getting Closer!

Check out our new favorite room...the living room on the main floor!!!! Ooooh I LOVE it!!!!...Not quite done yet though we still have a portion to drywall and paint on the window wall but it's liveable and waaaaaaaaaaaay better than the basement!

Also noteworthy....a couple of weekends ago my parents came down and helped install our kitchen cabinets! They look gorgeous...we still have to install the mouldings and are meeting with the counter guy tonight....so pictures will be up relatively soon!

Crafty Winters

Here's my sewing project...A 'london shade'! It works perfectly with my kitchen but I have a problem with it wanting to slide "in" on the rod...guess I'll have to find some double sided tape to hold it in place. :) I have some of the cute flowery material left and so for my next project I am going to make one of those picture holder boards (the ones with the criss cross ribbons). I don't know what I'd do with myself during these winter months if I weren't so crafty!