A Solid Place to Land

Wordless Wednesday – Lady Cardinal

lorax5 — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:14:55 +0000

Wordless Wednesday – A Special Visitor

lorax5 — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:24:57 +0000

Wordless Wednesday – Garden Fence Sparkles

lorax5 — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:41:44 +0000

Baby Gifts

lorax5 — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:49:00 +0000

We are lucky enough to have two new baby arrivals for January so we’ve been busily making welcome gifts.

Ramsey, my cousin’s little girl, arrived last Thursday. With those Wisconsin winters you really can’t have enough hats. This one is a pretty simple 2×2 ribbing so theoretically it should fit a newborn and stretch out to last a while. I also made my first pair of baby mittens to match. What is it about hand and foot ware in miniature that makes it so ridiculously cute?

We are still awaiting baby girl number two but she should be along any day now. Her nursery theme was based on the Paul Frank Julius line which initially threw me a bit. After a little searching I found out that he actually uses all sorts of wonderfully fun bright colors giving me yet another excuse to use stripes. The blanket is a basic stockinette stitch with a crochet border. The sock monkey was Piper’s contribution with just a little help from me on the tougher hand sewing. I’m still giggling a bit over her choice of cashmere blend socks “in black because that’s Aunt Carrie’s favorite.”

Wordless Wednesday – Yes, I Made the Chickens Oatmeal

lorax5 — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:10:22 +0000

Handmade Challenge #3

lorax5 — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:06:01 +0000

I managed to squeak out my last item for the handmade challenge right before the New Year. My favorite cousin is in Wisconsin and has some trouble keeping her feet warm, so I wanted to make them a bit thicker than the ones I made for Piper. These use DK yarn and #5 needles and I have to say the joins at the stripe transitions seemed to come together much easier with this yarn weight. I loved the way these turned out and I hear, thankfully, that they are a perfect fit despite her pontoon-boat feet. ;-)

New Year’s Wrap-Up

lorax5 — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:17:43 +0000

Thought I’d post a few pictures I had hanging out from the holiday season since I have once again turned into a completely unambitious blogger. :-)

The obligatory ornament photo

Piper opening her calligraphy pen on Christmas Eve which is wrapped in one of my favorite fabric bags

I can’t believe I have my own iPad!

Thank you so much to my nieces for the very cool platter and this from the girl who told me she couldn’t make anything but websites. ;-)

Why we took the tree down early. This was just from removing the decorations.

And last but not least nature’s New Year’s gift this morning…

Happy New Year!

Wordless Wednesday – Squirrel Invasion

lorax5 — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:37:08 +0000

Wordless Wednesday – House Finch

lorax5 — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:28:30 +0000

Wordless Wednesday – Horse Snowflakes

lorax5 — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:00:55 +0000