Wednesday, January 6, 2010

The End of 2009

My goodness I don't know where to start, end, or which photos to post! I think that's why I haven't posted, that and Little Man is now home with me because of slow-time at work and issues at his school. Oh, and after spending Christmas in Pennsylvania, we came home with a haul that was kind of embarrassing. And it wasn't just gifts for Little Man...oh, no...Santa was ridiculously good to all of us this year. And don't forget I had a birthday too, so we had birthday presents too! I couldn't possibly share with you everything we got, but I will tell you that when we came home we spent a couple of days just looking at, playing with and reading many of our gifts. And then, we busted open one of my presents...Wii Fit. And we've played it every night since. Oh my goodness the fun we've had! Rhythm boxing and the obstacle course are particular favorites of mine! And because we came home with so much, I felt it was only right that we do a serious purge around here. And purge we have...there's still work to be done, but nowhere has been safe...NOT EVEN THE CRAFT ROOM! I hope the fabrics and items that we've packed up make someone smile when they find them at the Goodwill.

I've been knitting here and there (and need to kick it up, because I've got some beautiful new Harmony interchangeable knitting needles) and managed to finish my Prairie Boot slippers. I used Tahitian Teal and Chianti colorways, and they are so SOFT! I couldn't find 12 affordable buttons that I liked, so I made them with Sculpey. They came out gorgeous...the purple wasn't 100% what I was looking for, but I'm so happy with them!


It's been so cold here that they will really come in handy. I'm also glad I was able to use the skills I picked up at the polymer clay class I took a few months ago. It was a thrill to have them come out right! I have a couple of other clay projects I want to work on in the next few months, and I may post a tutorial of sorts to share with you some of the button-making tips I learned. I've also been working from my stash and I am currently finishing up the below Ribbed Cardigan (o-3 month size). After it's finished I may try to knit myself up a hat to match my Bella mittens, because my knit headband isn't cutting it! And I want to keep working on my Hanami stole. After I get a few more repeats done I'll post photos, bit right now, there isn't too much to show on that.







Next post I'll share some more about my birthday and Christmas (after I have the chance to go through the photos). Until the next post we'll be here creating and crafting, because a new decade may have started but here at the Craft Chick household we're still CRAFTING!!!

4 comments:

Sinéad said...

Wow, what a haul it sounds like you got! Those buttons are great. I'd love to be able make custom buttons for projects.

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