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summer stitching

2013-06-14T16:06:25-07:00

I'm not even going to attempt to catch up here. Let's just say summer is in full swing, and we have been enjoying every single jam-packed moment. We've been hiking in the desert, swimming at pool parties, making strikes and spares at the bowling alley, and caring for our school garden since classes got out in May. And when we just need to catch our breaths, in our quiet moments we're tackling embroidery. I signed up for the Wild Olive Summer Stitching Club, thinking that maybe it was something the girls and I could work on together this year, and...

felt froggy

2013-03-20T19:02:00-07:00

I made a little gift for someone special at the school last month. Literally, little. It was just under 4" tall. It's hand stitched, and the pattern is in the book Lovable Mini-Dolls. I picked it up ages ago, when I first started blogging and there was the whole Japanese pattern book obsession. I'm so glad I got this one, I can't remember how much I paid for it but all the patterns are really cute and pretty simple.

red white and blue bracelet

2013-02-23T18:27:28-08:00

A few weeks ago, Rebecca's pen pal from our sister school in China came to visit. She brought some cute little gifts, and Rebecca wanted to give her something in return. She asked me to make a patriotic bracelet, and this is what I came up with. I had a little (really little) pattern I was going to post, but now it's been so long and I can't exactly remember what I did. I do know I started with a foundation single crochet, and the whole thing just took a few minutes. Quick and easy, now living half a globe...

eye needed that

2013-02-08T19:13:17-08:00

I've needed new glasses for well over two years now, ever since I broke two pairs of clip on sunglasses when Jessie was in Kindergarten. Yeah. That was a long time ago. Well, I finally got a new pair last year from Firmoo.com. It was totally weird, because I'd been looking at Costco for awhile, but they didn't carry any frames that came with clip-on or magnetic sunglasses. And I *have* to have those, because I hate switching back and forth from prescription glasses. I always feel slightly woozy and end up getting dizzy or headachy. And in So Cal,...

freezing cold warm crazy

2013-01-19T13:30:47-08:00

The weather here in Southern California is totally schizophrenic. Last week when I was driving to work, it was 36 degrees. We don't turn on the heater at home because of bloody noses and stuffiness, but it was about 55 every morning when we woke up, which is just too chilly! Rebecca asked me to make her a cowl, so I started after Christmas. I finished it up yesterday morning, and the temperature was 80. Seriously. Today it's supposed to be 81. Absolutely insane. Rebecca chose the color and the yarn, and I modified the pattern from this one on...