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Headbands

I've been nuts lately.  Really.  I've been crocheting likes nuts.  It's a relaxing past time while Ingrid snoozes.  Yesterday I whipped up a headband.  I'm thinking of doing more.  But right now I'm busy crocheting a pocket book....I hope it turns out!

Wordless Wednesday

Crocheted Aviator Hat

My attempt at a crocheted aviator hat....it's fun to try out new things! 

Ingrid was not into being my model this morning...

(I look forward to soon getting together with my cousin Katie......she is going to teach me to crochet a hat! Whoo hoo!)

Crocheted Mukluks

So I have finished the trial version of my first "mukluk boot".  There are many imperfections, and I'm slightly bummed that if I really knew how to follow a pattern, the boot would be pretty awesome.  BUT I think for not knowing what I'm doing it turned out okay.  (My second half of this pair was all kinds of wrong, so I have to start over).  Here it is!

Tis' the Season for crafting

I always go into crafting overdrive when fall & winter hits.  I love that I have a little girl to wear my creations!  I am no expert.  When it comes to crocheting I really only know how to do one stitch.  I can crochet the hell out of a square or rectangle shape.  One day I hope to really learn to crochet, so that I can follow a pattern, but for now I have to get creative to make what I want.  I recently made a "Cindy-Lou" hat for Ingrid, and I am almost done crocheting a pair of mukluk's for myself (more on that later).  Here are a few pictures!

Here is Ingrid's new hat!  She actually keeps it on too! 

This is the only good picture I could get of her wearing the hat, it was before I sewed the flower on.

I got this adorable boy sweatshirt on clearance several months ago, I "girled" it up by sewing some cute flowers on...

In my mental bank I plan on doing some baby mukluks, mary jane's (the shoe style, that is), and an aviator style hat.  

It's Paula Deen's fault.

I called Michael this morning while he was at work to say "Let's decorate for Christmas tomorrow".  In response I got a laugh....the kind of laugh that you do when you try to keep the crazies calm.  Anyway, he thought I was insane, but said we could.  But alas, with this warmer weather I decided to save our christmas decorating for another day...specifically next weekend if it's cold enough! (I love christmas, and want to enjoy my decorations longer then just 1 month!)  It all started yesterday when my mom bought me a Paula Deen christmas magazine.  I love that woman (I'm talking about Paula, but I love my mama too).  Since I flipped through the pages I've been day dreaming about garland, eggnog truffles, and christmas tree's.  It really is my favorite time of the year!  So instead of diving in with the christmas celebrations this weekend, I decided just to satisfy my taste by making some puppy chow, or as I like to call it, Snow on the Mountain (not really, I've never called it that before....but I think it works!)  

Tis' the season ya'll (she says with a Savannah twang')