Hi there...yes every thing's fine.
Right after I wrote that last post me and the entire fam came down with the plague! 3 weeks of misery.
It was during that time, while I was too sick to care about the computer, I realized how much time I HAD been spending on computer. So, since then, I've seriously cut down on my blog time.
I'm pretty sure this will be at least a long term, if not
Kai Models a New hat style which was the brilliant idea of a sweet customer in Finland. She ordered a Whimsy hat in a "girly, but not too girly" stripe and requested ear flaps and ties. She left the color/design up to me and this is what I came up with.
All I have to say is thank goodness for my customers and their great taste. This is my absolute favorite hat of all time....and it never
On one of my Thrift Store trips I found this Great Catherineholm Enamelware Dutch oven with the lid! It's a beauty...made in Norway in the 60's. This is the Lotus pattern in Green/White. Love this stuff almost as much as my vintage Pyrex.
Here are the Capes and hats I made the boys for the holidays this year....
The flashlights from Santa complete the ensemble.
I hadn't really intended them as a 'set'...
so funny.
More gift photo's coming soon.
I've started a new blog...a place to delve a bit deeper into our goals to change our family's consumer ways. It's called...Our Small Box Life.
An excerpt from my first post:
The goal here is to explore the process of adjusting the course of our suburban middle class life from the status quo...to that of a more socially and environmentally responsible family.
To move from the Big Box to
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