My own wreath

Today I finished this crochet wreath for my home. I am excited, I think it's beautiful and I am proud that I made something for my own home. :o)

Have a wonderful Sunday!

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Just a quick post to show you guys the shrug I made last night after baby Lucas went to bed. The idea came from an episode of the TV show "Uncommon Threads" that I had recorded in my DVR forever, but as always, I decided to add my own touch, so I made the ruffled trim.

A quick and fun project that has gotten my head spinning with ideas for new & different shrugs!

I don't have much time today, baby Lucas has an ear infection - poor little guy is not feeling too well today, plus I'm in charge of the Thanksgiving desserts and hubby asked me to make 3, so I better get started!

Before I go, I want to say what I'm thankful for today:

- my filter that allows me to have hot or cold water at any moment, very convinient to make the baby a bottle;

- the YMCA nursery staff that treat my little one so well while I exercise;
- my iPhone to keep me entertained and connect to the world any time;
- my baby's pediatrician, for being so nice and caring;

Cheers!

A couple of posts ago I asked if you guys could help me with my tea problem, I'll be hosting a playdate next week and would like to offer the moms some tea, as well as apple cider, hot cocoa and a light snack. That's just how I am, I really like to have people over and I think it's nice to have something handy to offer. Well, so here I am to thank you for giving me your advice!

I bought a box of Earl Grey and a sampler pack also - I'm content now. Oh yeah, I also bought a tea box at World Market (boy, do I love that store or what?! hehe), so they can easily look and pick whatever they want. Isn't it neat? Thanksgiving is coming and my idea is to start writing about things I am thankful for, so here are just a few:

- I am thankful for you, blog friends, that are always here visiting me, leaving your kind comments, giving me your advice and encouraging me to craft more and more;

- I am thankful for the Moms & Babies group that I joined, those moms are so nice, it's great to share experiences, to go on playdates, to chat and to keep me sane;

- I am thankful for my beautiful family, for having such a loving, understand and supporting husband and for a smiley, healthy and happy baby;

Cheers!

Hello my friends!

How have you guys been? What have you been up to? Well, we had a quiet, yet great weekend. On Saturday, my mother-in-law came over for dinner, we had salmon and clam chowder from a little place in town - so yummy and very affordable. I ended up giving her the crochet wreath, she was thrilled, I'm glad.

On Sunday my hubby, baby and I went to the thrift store to buy picture frames, we got a whole bunch of them, they are different sizes, different styles, but they will be all painted black and then they will display our family pictures on the hallway.

Well, before we went to the thrift store, I sat down by the fireplace, sipping a nice cup of hot spiced apple cider and... I crocheted, crocheted, and crocheted... how fun is that?!

I made 5 baby hats, 3 of them are for Lucas and 2 are for a friend's little girl. I have added a listing to my etsy shop where you can pick your favorite colors and I'll custom make a hat for you. These are so much fun to make.

What do you think?

I also made these two neckwarmers, the cream one was sold a little after I listed it. This is also my own design, I created it as I was crocheting and I gotta say, I really like it!

This plum one is made with eco-friendly yarn (80% acrylic, 20% post-consumer recycled polyester), besides being good to the environment, this yarn is so soft!

Have a great week everyone!

Once again, the pictures are not very good, but I know I am not the only one facing the bad lighting problem. Anyways, I made a Christmas wreath to give to my mother-in-law, my idea was to make the styrofoam ring to look like candy cane and then I used a two different tones of red for the roses and added some pine green leaves. I hope she likes it!



I still want to make one for my home, I have already started working on the roses, but that's as far I've gotten. Oh, I also was able to make a hat & scarf set that will be given to a friend, so I'm excited that I'm getting some gifts done.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Hello, hello. I apologize for the bad picture, but it's not even 3 o'clock and it's already getting dark, which makes it very hard to get a good picture. Oh well... this one will just have to do it for now. Anyhow, the picture is of a knitted scrap scarf that I started yesterday and finished today, now I'm crocheting roses to make a couple of Christmas wreaths, one for my mother-in-law and one for me and my little family. Christmas is approaching so fast and I need to step on the gas to get some gifts made for a few friends.
Also, I have been meaning to mention that I ended up making the cabled scarf into a neckwarmer, but I still need to add buttons before I can take some pictures, so soon you will be able to see how it turned out. To be brutally honest with you, I am not crazy in love with crochet cables, maybe I should have used a thinner yarn, because it ends up being quite bulky, that's why I decided to make a neckwarmer instead of scarf, in my opinion it would be too thick for a scarf.

Oh, one more thing, I started hosting play dates, some of the moms and babies of the group I belong to come over and we chat, the kids play, it's a win-win situation. BUT I always like to have something to offer, I bake some cookies, a cake, have hot cocoa, spiced apple cider... but I know that a lot of people love to drink tea, I am not much of a tea drinker (I like coffee better), and for that reason I'd like to ask you guys what kinds of tea should I buy and have at home to offer? Please give me some ideas! Thank you in advance.