2010: A Year in Review

looking back, I am grateful for the time alone I had with Max this year- who seems to have grown several inches by the look of him in some of these photos! I appreciate our cool and caring friends, Jo Ellen, Opal, Kai, the Newswangers, our family! and all the old and new friends who supported us during our crazy year- unemployment, a complicated pregnancy, and the hottest summer on record. I relish the fact that out of sheer exhaustion, worry, terror, sickness, broken cars, and not much cash, we kept our house, our family, our friends, and added quite the sweetie pie to the mix. On this cold winter night, I appreciate the green grass in the warm weather photos, bare feet, being home, the city we've nestled into, and each other.
And no matter what, there was always time for me to make some flowers!

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November...


December...

Santa was here...

Max got a Lotso. (his dream came true!)

For little Mimi, from left to right:
a frenchy baby shirt from Target, a Parisian rooster dolly, (her Corolle dolly,
2 mini brooches, a Lumpkin and baby tights.

Santa also sent lots of other gifts by way of family and friends. He even brought uncles, aunts, and cousins to play with, and who we've spent the last five days with...

(we're very tired now...took little Mimi lots of places, and Max wrestled with his cousin Jake...every day.)

We survived a sort of scary hit of snow- bringing the cousins here sooner than expected, and left Momma clenching the steering wheel one night, with two kids in the car. here's the beginning of the little storm we had..

As a group of 13, we hit El Rodeo (they gave us the special function room!!!), the movies (Max went twice, Mimi once!), Isaac's, That Fish Place, Central Market, the Marriott, Britain's Best...




and last but not least, Mimi has a soon-to-be-Godmother, her cousin Abby! :)

Merry Christmas!

1000 Artisan Textiles & A Visit to Flying Fibers

I took a trip to Landisville yesterday to pick up more Wensleydale wool at Flying Fibers.
When I got home my mother in law Rebecca had a present for me, "1000 Artisan Textiles" by Quarry Books. This is the third book my art has been in, but I hadn't seen a copy yet. So I was very happy to FINALLY! see it- the hair barrette/fascinator I made in celebration of Royal Ascot week in London made the cut.

It is made using wool (from a mill here in Lancaster county),that I carded, wet felted, and hand stitched with gorgeous yarn from Rachel-Marie of KnittyDirtyGirl. I also stitched roving (aka combed tops) to it.

(what you don't see is that on the underside I humorously stitched, "I felt racy." (Royal Ascot is a famous annual horse race, for those not in the UK).

here's a pic of the original art felt that I created to make the piece. Here it is drying, late at night:

and here, Mimi and Jeri meet for the very first time...

Mimi asleep in front of the Wensleydale yarn at Flying Fibers...ahhh....

I can't believe Christmas is only one week away! there's a house to clean, presents to wrap, gingerbread cookies to make, last minute shopping, and one more felty flower delivery!!!