On the Needles

February 6, 2010

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A cotton candy sweater for Miss Chief. It’s found at my Ravelry project notebook. I’m not really using a pattern but rather holding it up to her and guessing. I’m almost up to the armholes now and am considering doing a steek so I can continue in the round. I’ve never done one, so I’m [...]

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Daybed Plans

15 January 2010
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At present, Miss Chief still sleeps in my room. We have a hide-a-bed couch in her room upstairs for guests. It’s not comfortable. My mother-in-law is polite enough not to complain but I’ve slept on that thing and it stinks. I’ve been haunting Craigslist and searching for sales on a daybed for the space. After [...]

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Miss Chief’s 5th Birthday

23 November 2009
Fondant Unicorn

I adore birthdays. I mean, I really adore birthdays!
Miss Chief’s birthday was another opportunity for me to work on my cake decorating skills. She has been sucked into the Disney Princess black hole, so I felt that a castle was appropriate.

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Halloween 2009

26 October 2009
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This year, Miss Chief wanted to be Ariel (ar-ee-elle, not air-ee-elle). I sketched up a few ideas for her and we decided to go with this one:

The mermaid tail instructions came from Burnouthappy on YouTube.

Mr. B wanted to be a Water Dragon. I sketched this up for him:

And here’s a collage that links through to [...]

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Make Some Paper Pumpkins

11 October 2009
Paper Pumpkins.

Look at these beautiful Mod Pumpkins from Vicki! For the directions, just click on the pic.
On Friday, the children and I were at the playroom on the Oncology Floor at our local hospital. We created some kits of with one piece of brown, green and orange construction paper. Then, we did a quick demo for [...]

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