Month: February 2008

surprise!

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We did it! We managed to surprise her!

I am completely exhausted from it all, but I wanted to post at least one picture and let you all know that the shower was a complete and total success. Thank you all for sending packages, traveling (or trying to!) to Long Island and making this such a special occasion.

I promise to give a better update tomorrow. I have to confess that my picture taking skills were not at their best, so Cara has taken the files home and is going to see about working a bit of photoshop magic. But at least this is a very cute picture of Cara and her sweet little niece Charlotte.

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does flag etiquette require that I bring in the flag during a snowstorm? Immediately after I took this picture a bit of wind came along and all of that snow dropped off.

Winter on Long Island has been a dull affair this year. There has been no significant snow fall until now. I enjoy a good snow and was griping about our namby-pamby weather.

Naturally I have a busy weekend planned! Cara is coming out for one final visit before motherhood rains down upon her head and my bff of 35 years is going to be here too. Mary has been hearing stories of all my new blogging friends and wants to meet one of you mythical beasts! ; ) Our little party doesn’t start until tomorrow and this storm should be out of here by then. So today I will proceed with the cleaning and baking plan.

one more thing ….. some excitement is in the works over on Vicki’s baby shower blog!

dorset buttons

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Tonight is Spinning Guild and I am in charge of the program. Martha (fellow spinner and talent extraordinaire) gave me a great tip and suggested I do a tutorial on Dorset Buttons.

These are a great way to make a customized button for your finished product and are fairly simple too! Here is a link to the directions I will be using, although I changed things up at step # 7, they say to do six spokes, but the picture shows eight and that works out much better.

The plastic rings were bought at a local drug store, but anyplace that sells sewing notions would carry them. Other than that, the supply list is simple – tapestry needle and either yarn or embroidery floss. The button on the left was done with embroidery floss and the one on the right was made using leftover Trekking XXL.

I am Mrs. Fancypants

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WordPress seemed to be acting up this morning and I couldn’t get this entry fully posted. Let’s try this again!

Here is a look at the cable needles that my darling Boar got me for my birthday. They are hand forged, sterling silver from Celtic Swan. Aren’t they gorgeous? Am I worthy?  (don’t answer that!)

I first heard about Celtic Swan through Julia – it was a few years ago, but they’ve be in the back of my mind ever since. See that, I have a reputation for being somewhat forgetful – but I don’t forget everything!  Now I need another cable project to put them to the test!