And so we start a new month - hello February!

#33

#34

#35

#36

Here #33 through 35 are more of the table scraps pieces. The scraps are the left over bits after I cut things out. I really like the way they turn out. Oh, I'd better get busy cutting out more things as I have no more scraps to use.

#37

New Mitts

#36 and #37 are alterations of more of our friend Keith Long's exhibit cards. I saved them from many years ago and glad that I did. I have such fun with them. So far, the response I've gotten from him is good. Whew!







I'm still knitting, though I have no local sales locations, at the moment. I'm almost thinking of stocking my Etsy shop again. I stopped because there are so many similar products out there and the competition is strong, and I can't compete price-wise with commercial work from other places, if you know what I mean. Meanwhile, I love good yarn. These are made from a Merino wool.

Lunch meeting

Just for fun, here's a photo of something our grand girl left behind after a visit. She plays with salt & pepper shakers that I keep just for her.  What's going on here? She surely had a story to go with this set-up.  Got a story about this for us? Let me know.

Some holiday memories and last Mail Art of the year.

Rhea's snowflake

#150

 We had a winter's Solstice party and this is Rhea's snowflake. I really like it very much. Julie brought origami paper and it was the best for this activity. I didn't remember how to fold snowflakes - thank goodness for the internet, where I found a tutorial. What fun. Make some of these. You'll like it.











Today is the 150th day since I started another 365 Mail Art project. I'm thinking of starting a 3rd tomorrow along with a new group at Andy's Mail Art 365. I'm still not sure about this but am leaning towards doing it - that means 2 cards a day, and 2 record keeping booklets. Yes, I keep a record of cards made and to whom I've sent them; except, when I forget like with #100! dang.

 Our friend Greig Leach, a fabulous artist, has been making 12 Days of Christmas cards for the past 10 years. We are lucky recipients of them. Eventually, I'll make an accordian book with them so I can display them together. They are wonderful. Aren't we lucky to be on their Christmas mailing list?

 These are praline cookies. They were crispier than I thought they'd be, but yum good. I'll be posting the recipe on my recipe blog later today.

 I'm back to knitting. I sold several pairs of mitts at a small craft market this season. I only put one pair in my Etsy shop, but am busy making more of them. This is a wool yarn from Michigan, USA. Christmas Red is the color name. Soft and warm. I made 3 pairs in this color cause I liked it so much.  I've bought some new yarn from my fave shop, The Yarn Lounge.

 We spent Christmas day with our niece and nephew, watching Young Frankenstein and eating. Our nephew made us his famously delicious deviled eggs, tinted for the season. Here he is displaying them on one of his many deviled egg dishes. He has quite a collection of them.

 We had a gift exchange at our book club last night. My son got MY name. How fun is that!? He gave me such a cool  gift.
This little put together Dalek character, for instance, shown here with peanut for scale.
Dalek tries to obliterate a peanut!

 But here is the main gift - a salt and pepper shaker set. The Tardis is the salt and the Dalek is the pepper. How cute is this? Okay, come out and tell me if you are a Dr. Who fan.

Do I have fun or what?