Anytime the kids are sleeping!

No explanation necessary, I’m sure.

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Here are just a few things…

I love this guy:

I love this swirly whirly cinnamon roll belly button so much that I just want to gobble it up.

And I love these little twinkletoes:

She always walks on her toes.

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So, I kept you all in suspense, and all it was is this simple little scarf for the girls. Got the idea from Martha, but it came as no surprise to me that the idea was originated by Betz White (whom I’ve mentioned several times before). Just to catch you up, Betz White is the queen of felted sweater crafts…and she’s a genius.

I needed to do something with my felted sweaters and I thought the girls might like wearing this for dress up (because nobody actually wears scarves in Florida). I was going to just post a few pics of the completed scarf today, but I ended up taking some pics of Charlotte with the scarf…so now this is pretty much just a post with pictures of Charlotte playing with her new scarf…which she loves.

It’s actually a very cozy scarf. Charlotte went back and forth between snuggling with it and wearing it. So, if you’re north of the Mason Dixon line, you could probably make this to keep little necks warm during these last few weeks of winter.

She also drug it around quite a bit.

And of course, the pigtails. So cute. She’s eating a pine-needle.

There you have it. My littlest girl and her brand new felted heart scarf! Thanks for looking.

P.S. Can you tell I’m still playing around with PW’s actions? I’ve been meaning to take on a new “no photo editing” policy…but these actions are just so darn addictive!

Less than 5 miles from our house is beach access to the Gulf of Mexico. It’s a very small beach and the water is too polluted to swim in. But, it’s still a beach, and I think there are few things as humbling as seeing the water stretch out over the horizon. The vastness is such a beautiful reminder of the greatness of God’s glory.

Sunday night we took the  girls up to the beach for a picnic dinner at sunset. The girls had an absolute blast and it was the perfect way to close out the weekend.

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I will be joining Jenny for a photo project that she’s hosting. Here are the themes:

Monday (1/26) ~ Something that makes you smile

Tuesday (1/27) ~ Something in your town

Wednesday (1/28) ~ Something you are working on

Thursday (1/29) ~ Something on your wall

Friday (1/30) ~ Something you love

Saturday (1/31) ~ Your favorite time of day

Here are the rules:

No rules. You can join once or all week. You can post one photo or several. You can share the story behind the photo (I love the stories) or not.

I’m really looking forward to having some direction and maybe stretching my picture taking legs a bit.

If it sounds at all interesting to you, I hope you’ll join in!

No, I’m not having a baby. There’s enough of that going around, already.

But…I have been working on something that I just can’t keep to myself any longer.

I’d like to invite all of you over to a new blog that I’ve started called One Crafty Place.

Over the last year or so I’ve gathered an impressive number of craft links on my del.icio.us account. A few months ago, I started toying with the idea of adding a del.icio.us widget on this blog to share all the sweetness I’ve been saving. But, I’ve also been following The Crafty Crow for a while now and I love how Cassie uses it to share her finds and connect bloggers together. Plus, I’ve found it to be an incredible resource for finding activities to do with my girls. I’ve come across so many bloggers and so many children’s crafts that I know I would never have found on my own.

That’s basically how OCP came to be. Those who are interested in making things for their children will find inspiration and resources such as links to tutorials and free patterns. I hope that it will become a place where like-minded folks from all over can find each other.

I’m really excited about this new venture of mine and I would be eternally grateful if you would link to my new blog, either in a post or on you blogroll. I also have a button that you are more than welcome to use.   And, if it’s up your alley, be sure to add OCP to your reader. I’ll be publishing 3-4 posts a day, so there should always be something new to see! Be sure to shoot me an email if you find something, or have made something, that you think should be added to my list!

Thanks for your support and I’ll see you soon!

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El Capitan

Captain VonChocolate was the result of this:

From our trip to the zoo last weekend. She wears her chocolate well, don’t you think?

Thought I’d post a little update on my last post.

I’m enjoying the knitting, but have yet to learn how to correct my mistakes without starting over.

I haven’t gotten very far.

But, I also just received the very loooong version of Pride and Prejudice in the mail. So at least I’ll have something wonderful to watch while I knit the first five rows of my dishcloth/coaster/scarf over and over again.

As for the craft closet, it’s been painted a happy shade of turquoise, and a desk has been installed (special thanks to the hubby). The Ikea shelves that we bought are 3/4" too long, so I won’t be able to "move in" until other arrangements are made. Perhaps another weekend or two of organizing and moving stuff around is all I’ll need.

Not a whole lot going on around here, lately. I think with the flurry of the holidays over we’ve been enjoying some much needed down time.

Time to rest.

Time to play.

And time to enjoy just being together.

I’m not sure how much I’ll be around in the coming weeks. I’ve been trying to learn to knit and I think I just need to have a few days to really focus on getting some rows completed. Plus, Charlotte recently moved in to her big sister’s room…which means we get our office back…which means I get to carve out a little crafting area for myself. I’ve been using the dining room table and I cannot wait to have a dedicated space all to myself.

See, now I’m thinking about being gone for a while and I just can’t do it. I’ve got meme’s to post and blog awards to pass along. I’ll be back soon…promise!

P.S. Don’t you just love how in that last paragraph I make it seem like people will be teetering on the edge of their seats as they wait for my return? Oh, how I flatter myself.