I am getting back into knitting and crocheting with the fall finally settling in here in the Midwest.

I made this cream scarf rather quickly with large knitting needles, and a very thick wool yarn. I also realized it’s a lot easier to knit without looking when using big yarn and needles.

I am also working on this charcoal gray slouchy hat, my first attempt at a hat for me to wear.

A beautiful rainbow wavy patterned afghan for a friend who just had an adorable baby girl. She is decorating the nursery in Noah’s ark, so I thought rainbows would be appropriate.

This is a mousepad I covered my self to go with my new office area, and new computer. It turned out pretty good, I used stitch witchery. The only issue is that the edges are starting to fray so I am wondering if I should use some fray check. Couldn’t hurt, right!

I took a long unplanned break it seems from my blog. Summer has just been to crazy, business is picking up, I am traveling a decent amount, my computer has been on the fritz (which makes blogging all the more painfu
l).

I am now getting back into the swing of things since I have purchased a new to me car (old one died on a trip), purchased a new computer ( shown in picture), and organized my sewing room/office.

So you can look forward to some new things coming out of all the inspiration I have bottled up this summer. It looks like a couple of Craft shows are in my future too, so I will be busy with that stuff. I also have a couple new business ideas that you may be seeing a little from in the near future. So stay tuned. I plan on it.

I just spent a lovely afternoon with my Mom (& dad) thrifting and yard sale shopping. I will post what treasures I acquired later. For now I just want to say Happy Mother’s Day Mom, to the best Mom on the plant. I love you and hope you enjoy your gift.

Also a Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mom’s, Mom’s to be, and future Mom’s. I hope you all have a fabulous day.

So I have been working on a few updates for my business lately. My brother who is an amazing photographer and web designer (did his own site) is working on my new website livingspacechicago.com.
I have also ordered new business cards which look like this.I love them, and can’t wait to get them in the mail. I will be handing them out to everyone. ( of course some info was deleted for privacy purposes. : )

Two Dolls, one for a 3 year old named Chloe, and one for a 2 year old named Dijana. They are cousin’s and apparently best friends.

So I made best friend dolls for their birthdays. Not that easy of a pattern, but they are so cute I can’t complain (to much : ).

Well I have a list of To Do’s still to go this evening so I guess that’s all.

I recent joined the website Raverly.com and I am loving it. Belong to this site has opened doors, to fun and interesting people, new hobbies, great patterns, and fun ideas. One of the ideas that I came up with is knitting bags. Yeah, yeah not really original. But I needed something that is small and will work well for knitting without getting everything tangled up and jumbled together. This happens to me often. The bag above is what I came up with. It is small scale ( it’s holding 4 balls of yarn), has a pocket on the side for hooks and scissors, the top cinches so nothing falls out and it is the perfect hole to have the yarn unwind nicely out of. Plus it’s made from super cute fabric. I think I will be making some to put in the shop soon.
This weekend I went to my parents house to spend some time thrifting with my mom. We went to the coolest shops, Sisters garden and Bloom (unfortunately they don’t have websites) think Anthropologie meets home decor boutique. We also hit up some insanely huge consignment shops.

Lately I have been finding some great new blogs to read, and have been neglecting my tried and true list, over on the right, that I check regularly. I kind of feel like a blog cheater. It seems that when I find a great new blog I just can’t help looking at it till I have absorbed almost all of it. I am intrigued by crafters who are new to me. Here are a couple that I can’t take my eyes of of, and are popping up in my list to the right. Moonstitches has my fancy these days, some lovely little Owls, and beautiful crochet. This crochet has inspired so much. Another great blog is Praire Mouse, she just has some great stuff. And Sugar City Journal, the simplicity is stunning.

In other news, I have been knitting and crocheting like a crazy lady. I don’t know why but I have about 7 projects in the works right now. Some are in the photo below.I have also been teaching some of my close friends how to crochet (they’ve been asking for quite some time), and am soon teaching somebody to knit. She is a fast learner. Well I will leave you now. I have lots to do before this evening.

Today after a lists of errands got done this morning. I positioned myself in front of the tv to work on some projects. Below is the view of my work area. I have lots of ideas formulating in my head, and lots of unfinished projects to work on.

- Finish business card design and send to printer
- Make rest of strawberries
- Cut out bunny hair clips
- Knit blueberry cap
- Organize Embroidery floss
- Clean Craft Room (only to have it get messy within 20 minutes)
- Work on Website deisgn for fivelittlepetals (secret project that I am so excited about)
- Post stuff on etsy to make some extra cash : )

Well yeah that gets me started. Here is a little peek at a bunny for Easter anticipation.

My husband and I went skiing in Salt Lake City for our 4th anninversary. It was fun. Scary though. This was the first time we ever skied on a mountain. The ski resorts in the midwest are just very large hills.

We did a little bit of shopping too. I aquired some great new yarn.It’s so soft and nubby. I am working on making another one of these.
I also picked up the pattern for this crazy cute hat. This is the size for a one year old, at least according to the pattern, I have yet to try it on a child though , so we will see if it’s accurate. It is lined in a soft green fleece.

Well as I am enjoying ( or not ) the fruits of another snow storm, I hope the rest of you are all toasty and warm.

Strawberries made for somebody’s birthday. Hopefully she likes them. The pink strawberries are made from a vintage chenille bedspread, and the polka dot is just a sweet print I found that reminded me of a strawberry patch. They will be arriving to their destination shortly.

This is a Rag Bag for my laundry room. I have had this on my home to-do list for a while. I am always needing a rag or finding that I need to toss an old sock or wash cloth somewhere so this is now the place. The fabric is the same fabric that the curtains in the laundry room will be made from. Once I get around to them. :) I love pink and since I don’t have a little girl this is about the only room that I can get away with it. So when I found this chocolate,lime, and pink fabric I fell in love. I will show more pictures when I get the curtains done.

Stay tuned for more PINK!