Watching the clock until the furnace repair man comes

Wanting a warm house

the noun

the verb

breakfast

packing up the valentines

off to school

craft time for mommy

gray skies

mirror self-portrait

in the carpool line

knitting while I wait

Thanks for all the apron love...you guys are the best!

This week I have been seeing stripes.  Then I started knitting some.

And knitting random stripes is much harder than I thought.  Next time, I think I'll use this.

That would be the sound of me screaming with excitement!  The spring issue of Adorn hit the newsstands yesterday and I AM IN IT!

Wow!  After I made this pinafore last fall, Adorn's Craft and Decorating Editor, Linda Perrman emailed me and asked if I was interested in making an apron for the tea party story.  Was I ever!  They sent me a great bundle of fabrics from Reprodepot and I got to work.  Here it is...

You can also find me on the contributors page.

I was extremely honored that they wanted to showcase something I made.  I never imagined that I would ever be published in anything, let alone a great magazine!  This would have never happened without Tie One On so a big thank you goes out to Amy Karol.  I am also in good company...bloggers Abby and Lisa are in this issue, too.

I'm off to do more cartwheels.  Go check it out!

I spent the weekend in Birmingham visiting my good friend Shannon and celebrating her birthday.  We had so much fun!  Shopping, movie, pedicure, dinner, and lots of chatting.  Many thanks to her husband, Andrew, who took their girls to visit his family so Shannon and I could have some good girl time together.  Fatty gets a big pat on the back for manning the home front here.  You guys are the best!  I made her a bird shirt (similar to these), but forgot to take a picture (email me one, Shannon, ok?) and I am working on a knitted bag for her too.  She picked out the yarn while we were shopping and it'll be done later this week. I'll post a photo then.

Today's birthday girl is my sister-in-law Heather.  Happy Happy Birthday to you!  I made her a bunch of gifts for Christmas, and although I think she is probably handmade gift-ed out, I couldn't resist throwing another one in with her birthday package.

I sent hats to the rest of her family for Christmas, so I figured she needed her own.  The flower is from Blair's fabulous tutorial and the hat was made using Sarah's flapper hat pattern.  I wish I could say putting them together was my idea, but, alas, I swiped that and the pinked edges on the flower from Sarah, too.  Thanks Sarah - they are perfect together!

Long story short:  Jane had the stomach flu so we canceled the babysitter and ordered in.  I am still working in the sewing room....it's all trashed out and ready for organizing.  If all goes as planned, I will have photos to share later this week.  A wonderful package arrived at our house, too - more on that another day.