Another giveaway!

I finished the frog hat and scarf - the perfect duo for your toddler to wear on a brisk spring day!
[Pattern for hat & scarf from the book "Knitted Critters" by Jean Adel... see January 5th post below]

Enter to win by leaving a comment on this post by Friday, January 30th.
Be sure to leave your email address or a link back to your own blog, so I can contact the winner!
The winner will be chosen randomly by one of my adorable daughters <3

And the winner is... Layanee from Ledge and Gardens http://ledgeandgardens.typepad.com/ !!!

I'm so excited!...

I just bought this book - I've been eyeing it and it was on sale this week... I'm very excited to start "Knitting For Peace!" <3

One of my beautiful nieces...

Enjoying her Christmas tea set... cute!!! <3

I'm pondering another giveaway...

I'm knitting the CUTEST hat and scarf from the book "Knitted Critters" by Jean Adel and I think I'm going to use the creation in my January/February giveaway... the creation is called Jeremiah the frog...

stay posted...

My finished Christmas projects...

From the gorgeous book below, "Itty-Bitty Nursery" by Susan B. Anderson



my niece June's teddy bear and blanket...






and my niece Elaina's tea set

They were SO much fun to make! <3

It's finished...

The purse I started yesterday (please see post below) is done ~ and it's so So SO cute!!!


up close...

and in the the bedroom (I made all the purses [neutral crocheted bag on the shelf, lunch pail with black flower at the bottom of the shelf, the Hello Kitty purse and the "straw" knitted purse with embroidered flowers], the top hat [paper mache'] and the mattress and bedding in this room)... the floor of this room is made from popsicle sticks that I glued down, sanded the heck out of, whitewashed with watered down acrylic white paint and then painted with a satin clear gloss... the shelf is made from scraps of wood and bits of miniature molding around the top and bottom - also whitewashed. The victorian looking picture frames hanging on the wall are from the local scrapbook store - I just bought stickers from Belle & Boo [www.belleandboo.blogspot.com] and am going to hang them using these frames! They're going to be adorable!!! <3

I just got a new book...

I love knitting - it's a newly discovered passion... and I just bought this book ~

and I'm trying to make the purse on the front cover - it's SO cute! But instead of making it large for me, I'm making a small version - with a few alterations - for my dollhouse doll <3

Here's my progress so far...

knitting... tiny socks!!!

I'm sick with a cold/sore throat/cough virus, as is my 10 year old and my dad :( ...

and I'm just not feeling like working on my dolls at the moment - but, I did learn how to knit socks this week!!! They fit my dolls - and they're my first attempt, so I'm really, really proud of them... I included a penny so you could see how small (and thus even cuter) they are <3

I just finished knitting this little blanket for my niece -

she turned one-year-old last month and I'm

very, very late in sending her birthday gift...

I found the teddy bear in Lake Arrowhead - so cute!

and the blanket's significance? My Grandma Peg, when

she still had her eyesight, would knit a receiving blanket

for her new grandchildren... she passed away several years

ago, having lived a long, adventurous and wonderful

life into her 90's, and we still miss her terribly -

the blanket is in honor of my grandmother's tradition

and a loving memory to share with my niece <3

I found a new YARN shoppe in Claremont - WOW!!!

There's a new yarn shoppe in town (http://phebies.com) - and it's heaven on earth!... It's in the "packing house" in the Claremont Village - upstairs... I hadn't been to the new addition to the Village since it opened last summer - and it's incredible! There's an art gallery downstairs, a children's art gallery/class, a children's "Young Chef Academy" (http://www.youngchefsacademy.com) and SO much more!...