Seams of Life

the good witch and the hungry zombie

I was disappointed when my girls told me that they wanted a store-bought costumes for Halloween this year. I tried my best to convince at least one of them to dress-up as Little Red Riding Hood because I really, really wanted a reason to make a long, flowing red cape just like in the movie. Alas, my power of persuasion rarely works anymore on these opinionated little girls. They both fell in love with a couple of witch costumes at JoAnn's and I reluctantly bought them. Sniff, sniff...no handmade Halloween this year.

Then, at 4:45pm on Halloween Day, Sarah insisted (with all the drama and tears that 7 year old girls can muster) that it was her life-long dream to be a zombie for Halloween. What choice did I have but to get crafty! Sure it involved ripping and smearing instead of planning and sewing, but I got my handmade Halloween and she got to be a hungry zombie.

We all had an awesome Halloween.

egg dying fun

Hope you had a fun-filled Easter!

Christmas 2010 Flashback

Typical of me, always late to the party. Just in case you're still savoring the holiday and you're not sick of holiday pictures yet, here are a few of our Christmas photos that I should have shared before Christmas...

 

 

 

 

 

 

a memorable Christmas

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Ours was spectacular. Many memories were made with family, hearty food and good times spent together. My daughter, Carlee, even pulled a tooth on Christmas Eve night so we had a visit from Santa and the Tooth Fairy on the same night. And then, the most memorable part, Sunday morning we awoke to an amazing sight...

 

 

...snow!

Crocheted Christmas Pennant

**I'm so happy that so many have been enjoying my Chain Tree tutorial! I truly appreciate every comment I've recieved. Thanks bunches to everyone who's been stopping by.**

I seem to be 'hooked' on short but sweet crochet projects like this crocheted pennant.

 

The flower triangle pattern can be found in my all-time favorite crochet book Crochet Adorned. Oh how I wish I had a little one so I could justify buying Linda's newest book Little Crochet (the booties on the cover so darling).

 

 The red and green yarn came from my stash. I believe they are both a wool and acrylic blend. The cream colored yarn is Stitch Nation by Debbie Stroller. This was my first time purchasing and using this yarn and I love it. It's 100% Peruvian wool -- I bet it would felt up beautifully -- and I can get it at my local Michael's. (sorry, I didn't mean to turn this post into an advertisement but I really love this yarn!).

I'm really loving how the pennant turned out. I think I must make one to hang year-round...after the holidays, of course. Hope everyone is having a lovely, low stress, joy-full holiday week!