Friday, April 22, 2011

Happy Birthday Sherry!

Hot dogs, beads and scrapbooking - three of my favorite things in one shopping center. Wendy, Amy, Sherry and I had lunch at the Dog House Grill for Sherry's birthday today. Sauerkraut, chilli, cheese, French fries, potato chips, cole slaw, Cokes, cookies, lemon cake - we covered ALL the food groups! After lunch we browsed through lots of shiny, pretties at Blue Girl Beading Company and dropped in to say hello to Ann at Gulf Coast Scrapbooking. She has so much good stuff for making scrapbooks and cards and was kind enough to take a picture of the party girls.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Art for Japan On Etsy


Thinking of Home (Japan Earthquake Relief)
by naokosstoop on Etsy.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Spring Fever?



It's actually been cold here on the Gulf coast this winter. And I love it! I love sweaters and cords, polartec socks and scarves because, as WC would say, "I look fabulous in winterwear". Seriously, I do look better bundled up because you can't really tell what is bulky layers of knitted clothing and what is me. Yep, that's right, winter clothes are just another part of my trompe l'oeil wardrobe plan. The Nervous Little Red Dog has not been enjoying the cold weather so much. I made her go outside to look for her shadow on Groundhog Day and she's still sulking about it. It took me ten minutes just to coax her off the bed this morning and then she she was ready to come back in before the morning's mission had been completed.


Linneaheide graciously included a pair of my earrings, Hint of Spring, in an Etsy treasury called Botanica. Everything is green and reminds me of spring. I feel very honored to be included in the collection. Thank you!


I found a great crocheted vest pattern in The Crochet Closet and started working on it last night. It has a nice stitch pattern that works up fairly quickly and the yarn I chose, Caron Simply Soft, in turquoise and lime green is very happy and Spring-y looking. Maybe I can keep my momentum going and actually finish it to wear sometime this spring. My stick-to-it-iveness is sometimes woefully inadequate. You know, the old "the spirit is willing but the..........Squirrel!" routine.