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It's a Shocker

I've actually been doing some scrapbooking. I know you probably thought I had given it up in favor of knitting, but no. I must thank Susan at The Scrap Room for inspiring me with her new Sketch Class.

These layouts are from the first three sketches. I think if you click on the pictures, you can make them larger.

Our friends with Melissa on her birthday at Disneyland

Aww...aren't they cute?

More birthday fun at Disneyland

I've also been making cards. These four are for a class I'm teaching at Craft Fancy. Who knew teaching classes on using the Cricut machine would be so popular. I have quite a following in the classes each month. (Sorry they are a little blurry, I need to work on my photography skills)

This is my favorite card, I'm sure you will see several versions of it in the future.

Yes Karen, Mom did get a handmade Mother's Day card (it just didn't arrive on Mother's Day) and here it is:

And finally there has been some knitting. One of the ladies in my knitting group has a 3 year old neighbor with leukemia who needed some hats to keep her head warm. So a few of us made some for her. Here is the one I made.

I'm also working on Mom's socks and a top for myself. Hopefully both will be finished before we go on vacation in June.

I also want to thank Kimi for the cute knitting project bag she made for me. I haven't had a chance to take a picture of it, but will post it in the next blog.

Thanks for reading, feel free to post comments if you would like. 

The Countdown Starts

Every vacation needs a countdown right? So here is the one for our Mediterranean cruise in June. It is right by the front door so we can see it every time we pass by. By the way, as of today the cruise is 45 days away.

He has socks!!!

I finally finished Dad's socks while we were at Disneyland. We went a little crazy taking pictures of them all over Toontown. These are just a few of the many photos we took.

These are in Mickey's house.

At the Toontown Post Office                        

Near Alice in Wonderland

On the White Rabbit near the Alice Restooms

And finally a close up on a random shrub in Toontown.

Fun new blog

Hey there, for those of you who don't know, Melissa (my daughter) just started a blog. She is doing some cool scrapbook and crafty things and wanted a place to share them. Drop by and take a look.

Happy Easter

I'm teaching another Cricut basics class at Craft Fancy on Tuesday, April 14. 

We will be making this cute Easter layout. I was kind of surprised that Melissa would let me use these pictures of her on the layout. I thought she might be embarrassed to have pictures of her as a kid in the store, but she wasn't. (For those of you that don't know, she works part-time at the store.) I just love the bunny and the chick, they are so cute.

Have a Happy Easter everyone!

Oh My

It has been a long time since I posted anything. Where did March go? As far as the weather is concerned around here, it is still the middle of winter. More snow is expected this weekend, will spring every arrive?

I have lots of things to share. First up, a pair of socks for my dad. This is the first sock which I hope to have finished in the next day or two. I only have about 1 1/2" left to do (the foot is longer than it looks in the picture, I couldn't get it to lay flat) and then I can start the toe. Hopefully I'll get a good start on the second one before I see him in a couple of weeks. They have a nice diamond pattern on them that doesn't show up too well in the picture.

Like my cool new shoes? They are from Land's End and are really comfy and show off my socks too. They will be great for all the walking we will do in Europe this summer. The socks I'm wearing are the Bellatrix socks. I love the way they turned out.

This is a mitred squares scarf. I haven't worked on it for a while. Too busy with the previously mentioned socks. Anyway it is a really easy pattern and will be great for next winter.

I'm also working on a tank top for myself. I was hoping to have it finished by the time we went to Disneyland but it doesn't look like that will happen. It looks kind of pink in the picture, but it is really a nice red. For some reason all my pictures look washed out when I post them here. Not sure what is going on with that.

One more yarny thing. Buddy decided that he needed to watch over my yarn mess while I was off doing something else. He didn't make the mess, I did when I unwound it to use on my knitting machine and then dumped it in a box for a couple of years. I decided I'd untangle it and wind it into balls. It took me two days, but now it is all wound up and ready to make a nice summery top.

There has been some paper crafting going on as well. This is a wreath I made for a class at Craft Fancy. 

This is a layout I did about a painting that my friend Marilyn did for me. It is one of my favorite paintings.

And finally a card and some cute paper posies.

That's all for now.