On the mark....

Kade just finished the winter session of Cocoa Club at our local library and had such a great time! The kids get dropped off, get read to while enjoying warm cocoa and then do a related craft.

The parents, on the other hand, get to walk down to a local coffee shop and chat for an hour. I was perfect and I am so grateful that Kathy, one of our local librarians, let Kade participate (he is a little younger then recommended but a good kid).

As a thank you I made this book mark for Kathy, and it honestly turned out better then I thought it would. I hope she likes it and knows how much we love her!



The pattern for this book mark can be found here.

Lucy's Birthday Gifts!

Kade has been invited to one of his classmate's birthday parties in a couple of weeks so I spent some time this weekend getting gifts ready.

The older kids in Kade's class have been learning to sew and Lucy is a pro. So I decide to create for her a sewing kit. I grabbed an old mason jar and filled it with all things needed in a sewing kit.



I pulled everything out of the sewing kit to show you what I put in it!



You can put what ever you can get your hands on in your very own sewing kit.

On the top of the mason jar lid I made a pin cushion! I did this by stuffing stuffing under the piece of fabric and then using hot glue to stick it tight!

Any, because every girl is a princess on her birthday, I also made her a pink crown!



You can find the pattern here to make this crown or I could make one for the little (big?) person in your life!

I wish I had a girl! I love my little boy very much but there a so many amazing things that can be made for girls!
Thanks for stopping in!
Melissa


Updated!

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This is what I came home too!

Last night I had to work late at The Blue Frog. My job is fun, sometimes stressful but always fun. The hardest part of working late is spending time away from Kade. When I checked on him last night after getting home this how lovely he looked. Just thought I would share!

And they grow and they grow!

Recently Kade found the Sea Monkey's he got for christmas and the boys in my life decided they would set it up and get it going. To be honest, I had no idea what a Sea Monkey was and kinda wish I didn't know what they are! We've had them for about a week and they are just now becoming visible. I will try, when they get a bit bigger, to snap a picture of them. For now enjoy the pictures of my loves!



Alex discovered that if you hold a solid piece of paper behind the tank, you could see them better.

"These are Kade's Sea Monkey's" a direct quote from Kade!

Birthday Bliss!

I had the most wonderful birthday!

Alex and I slept in (Kade was a the grandparents place), we went out for breakfast, and I got to talk to my brother, twice. Then I sat on the couch and crocheted for a few hours before we headed to my mother in laws for a wonderful dinner made by my brother in law. Thanks everyone over on Facebook for your birthday wishes!

Here are some pictures from my lovely day....

White and dark chocolate covered raspberries....so lovely!

Kade enjoying said raspberries! (Kade called me 'birthday girl' every chance he could today!)

Birthday dinner (care of Nick). Bacon wrapped chicken, steamed veggies, boiled potatoes and stuffing filled butternut squash! So good!

Birthday cards and a nice handmade gift from my good friend Sam (check out her blog). Also, check out our orchids, they are doing so well!

Ice cream birthday cake! So good but way to much dairy for me.

Some birthday gifts. Yummy Godiva chocolate from Nick and Cindy and Bamboo yarn from Marianne!

Last but not least, a birthday napkin that my mom has had since I was a baby. On the back of these napkins is the year that they were printed....1983, the same year I was born. Happy 28th Birthday Napkin! It's been a good one!

Hearts!

Part two of my school crafty creations are crocheted hearts for the boys and the girls. The pattern is simple (and can be found here). Once I was done I knew I needed to do something more with them, so I got little backing so the boys could pin them to their shirts and the girls could clip them in their hair....here they are!








You can see that I used three different backings....these were so much fun to make!

Ya Valentines!

If you don't already know, my birthday falls the day before Valentines Days!

Every single birthday party I had growing up had a V-Day theme and I'm just fine with that. I love love, and I can't think of a better thing in this world to celebrate.

Sometimes I go a little over board with celebrating....I'm not really into decorating but I love making things for people and giving them to them. Now that Kade has entered the world of school (Montessori, what what!) I get to make little things for the kids at school.

I'm going to be making these wonderful little candy filled hearts for the kids at school. If you're looking for something fun and cute for to make the one you love, follow the link below and make your own!

Click here for at wonderful tutorial!

Also, check out this new cowl I made for one of the lovely ladies at work!
(Yes, that's me in our messy little house!)



And, an orchid update!

Because I needed to share....

Just found the photo's I took on my phone of the hat, mits, and scarf set I made for Holly for her birthday.

I asked Holly what I should make her for her birthday, what she needed. I hate making things for people that they will never use (yes, I know I am writing this in the post right after my post about doilies, the most useless things I've ever made) but I like people to get something from me that they will really use!

She told me she needed mittens, so what do I do, I make her a scarf. I used the pattern for the Love Scarf, and it turned out lovely, if not a little too short. Then I thought, this pattern would make a great hat. And within a couple of hours, there was a set. But I still needed to make mittens and I wanted them to match...my mom told me that matching is really in this season not that I ever match.

I couldn't decide how to do the mittens. I was thinking I would make fingerless gloves and work the pattern back and forth until it would fit around her wrist but Holly didn't want fingerless loves. Then I found this really great pattern for gloves that I wanted to test for Becky and decide to make a brown pair Holly.

When I had worked the main part of the mittens and added the thumb, the wrist just came to me. I was able to use the same pattern as the scarf around the wrists, everything coming together.

It is hard to make something for some one when they are far away but I am told that they are well loved! As is Holly!

Picture!