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brown paper packages / swaps
I’ve got mail on the brain. First of all this wonderful little parcel arrived in the mail today from Jackie.
I admired her children’s PJ pants (Jackie, I tried to go back and find the original picture on your blog, but couldn’t…hmmm..) and told her I had been wanting to make some for my girls, so she sent me the pattern she used. Not only that, she sent along some adorable buttons (enlarge the picture, it’s worth seeing them up close!), some beautiful vintage fabric and look at the card she made! I’m just going to keep it at my desk to admire. Is it from one of your linocuts, Jackie? It is all beautiful and I love it. I can’t wait to pull out some of those patterns. Emma has already asked me to make her the little cross over swing dress…but I’m thinking I just HAVE to start with the pants and that little jumper top with pockets! Jackie and I have both shared our grumbles about dragging children to the post office, so I know the sacrifice it took to ship this little package!
I’ve also got my miniswap package on the brain as well.
I know that I need to get it out by the end of this week, so I’ve been doing a little knitting and sewing and picking up a few things here and there for my Canadian partner Mary-Sue and her two children….(who ironically are almost the IDENTICAL ages as Emma and Mary.)
Well, I had one other little crafty endeavor to share today. Something completely random that I whipped (wrapped would actually be a better word for it) last night. But Dan is out of town and I haven’t gotten his crafty opinion of it yet, so I’ll wait to share it…
He’ll be back in time for dinner this evening and I’m ready to collapse into his arms. Mary has been very sick while he’s been away…
…enough so that we’ve been to the walk-in clinic and had chest xrays. Let’s just say my sweet little Mary is still suffering from some major doctor’s office fears after her Christmas eve incident.
She screamed bloody murder from the moment the nurse tried to take her temp in her ear, all the way through the chest xray (it was horrible, and of course I shed a few tears, again!), to being approached by the pharmacist in a white coat at the drug store. She’s traumatized. But better (now that Dan’s coming home, of course!) She’s still coughing so much that she has to run to me and cling to my leg until the coughing passes before she can return to whatever she’s doing. It’s been a rough three days….Thank goodness for a little sunshine and balmy 37 degree weather ( I live in Wisconsin, remember!?) I even saw a kid in shorts today. It’s not THAT warm…
I’ve got mail on the brain. First of all this wonderful little parcel arrived in the mail today from Jackie.
I admired her children’s PJ pants (Jackie, I tried to go back and find the original picture on your blog, but couldn’t…hmmm..) and told her I had been wanting to make some for my girls, so she sent me the pattern she used. Not only that, she sent along some adorable buttons (enlarge the picture, it’s worth seeing them up close!), some beautiful vintage fabric and look at the card she made! I’m just going to keep it at my desk to admire. Is it from one of your linocuts, Jackie? It is all beautiful and I love it. I can’t wait to pull out some of those patterns. Emma has already asked me to make her the little cross over swing dress…but I’m thinking I just HAVE to start with the pants and that little jumper top with pockets! Jackie and I have both shared our grumbles about dragging children to the post office, so I know the sacrifice it took to ship this little package!
I’ve also got my miniswap package on the brain as well.
I know that I need to get it out by the end of this week, so I’ve been doing a little knitting and sewing and picking up a few things here and there for my Canadian partner Mary-Sue and her two children….(who ironically are almost the IDENTICAL ages as Emma and Mary.)
Well, I had one other little crafty endeavor to share today. Something completely random that I whipped (wrapped would actually be a better word for it) last night. But Dan is out of town and I haven’t gotten his crafty opinion of it yet, so I’ll wait to share it…
He’ll be back in time for dinner this evening and I’m ready to collapse into his arms. Mary has been very sick while he’s been away…
…enough so that we’ve been to the walk-in clinic and had chest xrays. Let’s just say my sweet little Mary is still suffering from some major doctor’s office fears after her Christmas eve incident.
She screamed bloody murder from the moment the nurse tried to take her temp in her ear, all the way through the chest xray (it was horrible, and of course I shed a few tears, again!), to being approached by the pharmacist in a white coat at the drug store. She’s traumatized. But better (now that Dan’s coming home, of course!) She’s still coughing so much that she has to run to me and cling to my leg until the coughing passes before she can return to whatever she’s doing. It’s been a rough three days….Thank goodness for a little sunshine and balmy 37 degree weather ( I live in Wisconsin, remember!?) I even saw a kid in shorts today. It’s not THAT warm…
life (in general)
Dan made a short pitstop at home this weekend in between work in Illinois and a job interview in Delaware. He just left a few minutes ago for the airport to catch a flight to Baltimore. He’s interviewing for a job in Delaware, stopping in for a short visit with my family and also getting the chance to spend a little time with our good friends from college and their new baby. I knitted up these slippers for the new babe this weekend. Also peeking out in the picture is a diaper cloth (that i just added a little ribbon detail to), and a little fluffy sheep that are going along as well. It was a struggle for my girls to let go of that little lamb and send it off to someone else!
The booties are from this book which is one of those books where I want to make every pattern inside.
And of course I had to include this picture of my wacky little girl. This is what she came downstairs in first thing this morning. She doesn’t waste any time in the morning. I forced her to put a tshirt over the slip because we still aren’t out of the single digits outside. I hesitate to say this, but why does this picture of her remind me of cyndi lauper??!! Wait until she finds out that this little number is actually a SLIP and not a dress! She’ll be heartbroken this summer!
Dan made a short pitstop at home this weekend in between work in Illinois and a job interview in Delaware. He just left a few minutes ago for the airport to catch a flight to Baltimore. He’s interviewing for a job in Delaware, stopping in for a short visit with my family and also getting the chance to spend a little time with our good friends from college and their new baby. I knitted up these slippers for the new babe this weekend. Also peeking out in the picture is a diaper cloth (that i just added a little ribbon detail to), and a little fluffy sheep that are going along as well. It was a struggle for my girls to let go of that little lamb and send it off to someone else!
The booties are from this book which is one of those books where I want to make every pattern inside.
And of course I had to include this picture of my wacky little girl. This is what she came downstairs in first thing this morning. She doesn’t waste any time in the morning. I forced her to put a tshirt over the slip because we still aren’t out of the single digits outside. I hesitate to say this, but why does this picture of her remind me of cyndi lauper??!! Wait until she finds out that this little number is actually a SLIP and not a dress! She’ll be heartbroken this summer!
sewing projects
Inspired by this Lois Ehlert book called Fish Eyes that I swiped off Emma’s bookshelf
and the pattern for the turtles, I made my own set of fish today. Perhaps I’ll create a little ecosystem.
The pictures in this counting book are great and give me lots more ideas if I feel so inclined. But my favorite fish are the little ones in this first picture, which were my initial inspiration. 
And this is the view out my window this morning.
We are getting a huge snowstorm and there must be at least 12 inches of snow outside. Not only that, we were getting lightning and thunder during the storm. Strange. The girls were freaked out.
Dan’s still out of town and we are all suffering from some severe cabin fever. I think I’ve got the worst case. Thankfully, Dan’s home for the weekend before he’s off again to Maryland for a job interview….
FYI: I’m computer-free tomorrow.
Inspired by this Lois Ehlert book called Fish Eyes that I swiped off Emma’s bookshelf
and the pattern for the turtles, I made my own set of fish today. Perhaps I’ll create a little ecosystem.
The pictures in this counting book are great and give me lots more ideas if I feel so inclined. But my favorite fish are the little ones in this first picture, which were my initial inspiration.
And this is the view out my window this morning.
We are getting a huge snowstorm and there must be at least 12 inches of snow outside. Not only that, we were getting lightning and thunder during the storm. Strange. The girls were freaked out.
Dan’s still out of town and we are all suffering from some severe cabin fever. I think I’ve got the worst case. Thankfully, Dan’s home for the weekend before he’s off again to Maryland for a job interview….
FYI: I’m computer-free tomorrow.
