To catch up....

Okay, so this is sort of a craft shout out! I have been perusing various blogs and getting inspiration from them for my own household crafts. In no particular order -

These little chicks I saw a similar chick done at the Monkeybox blog and thought they were sooooo cute....

and so I embellished them a teensy bit and stuck them on the piano. My husband said he liked them because they reminded him of that painting of the farmer and the wife holdin the pitchfork! LOL

And the banner is a little trickier - I've seen them all over! So, I know that I can thank Jen from Rosey Little Things fo sho! The trim at the top came out a little crooked but I'm not too picky at my house. I did make it reversible without letters on the other side in case I want to keep using it in another season beside Spring. I was also contemplating making one in patriotic colors for Summer.....

This box of goodies was sent to me by my Mom! She saves all of the wedding sections of my hometown and sends them to me so that I can see if anyone I know has gotten married. And tucked in the box are TONS of vintage scraps of fabric! And a bag of ribbon and such. It will be fun to make some sort of project - but as of late have not figured anything out yet.

This is a flower brooch that I made - it took me for-ever to figure the pattern out! I found the pattern at knitting pattern central or something like that. The yarn was variegated so I didn't have to switch colors or anything. I had yarn leftover from a little teddy bear cardigan that I had knitted from a pattern from super cute Wee Wonderfuls for my friend Jan's daughters build a bear. Talk about a run-on sentence I know! I did not take a pic of the sweater, sorry. But it turned out cute!

This was also a super exciting package that I received in the mail from Stephanie DosReis over at A Little Deer.....so cool! She had posted a contest on her blog and I was one of three winners to receive a whole line of scrapbooking paper! Everything was tres fab! LOVE it! National Scrapbooking day is coming up 5-3-08 and you know I will be putting these papers to good use!