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Bird's Nest

The other night my ridiculously tall husband hit his head on my hanging plant once again.  A bird flew out of it and nearly hit the house!  Curious, we carefully took the plant off the hook to take a peek.  What should we find?  A bird's nest!  I am constantly surprised at the craftiness of nature; this nest is perfectly made.  I'm excited for them to hatch!  I love birds and am glad this bird chose my plant to nest in.

Crochet!

After a time of no crochet, I got out the old hook and yarn and started up again.  I made some cute dolls.  

R. Dorothy Wainwright from "The Big O."

A cute doll I made for my swap partner for the "make me a doll swap" on Craftster.

I got a new car!  Well, its an '03, but you know.  Its a Subaru WRX sport wagon.  Its yellow!  I wanted a Subaru when I originally bought my first "new" car (the newest car I had before that was an '89).  The guy at the Subaru dealership was such an ass to me that it completely turned me off and I ended up getting a Toyota.  Now, 3 years later, I found exactly what I wanted.  So we traded in the trusty Toyota for the cute Subaru.  I was still a little peeved at the dealership- its my car but they insisted on speaking with my husband.  Jerks.  Anyway, its a quick little car and I really like it!

Easter Stuff

Here's a little chick stuffie I made for Easter.  Isn't she cute in her bonnet?  I made another one for my aunt as an Easter hostess gift.  We're going over to her house for ham and weirdness.

Um.  I think that's all I have for now.  Hopefully I'll be more entertaining next time.

Poppet

Over in the toys and dolls section of Craftster, there has been an obsession with a little doll named Poppet.  Wanting to branch out from amigurumi and try stuffies, I hopped on the band wagon.

Here is my poppet, Violet.  This is my first attempt at ever making a doll.  

If you're interested in making a cute poppet, here is a link to the poppet along on Craftster: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=205341.0

My husband also bought me a couple of books on making stuffies, so I'm having a blast making all kinds of stuff!  I'm glad the books came in the mail yesterday- its snowing really bad here and the roads are pretty terrible.  Looks like I'll just have to stay home and craft all day.

Hoo! Hoo!

Well I finally got out the ol' crochet hook yesterday.  And I made a cute owl!

I've been wanting to make an owl for a long time.  He's kind of a purple color.  The camera doesn't like to photograph purple correctly.  He's available on my Etsy shop.

The dog and cat are doing well!  The cat is almost back to her whiney, cranky self.  Today is the last day I have to give the dog pills, then I have to start up again in 8 days.  I feel like a nurse!

No Crochet Love

It just occurred to me that my blog is supposed to be about crocheting, and lately all the projects I've posted have been needlework.  I'm just not in the crocheting mood.  Sometimes I get that way and I have to be obsessed with another craft for a while. 

Here's my latest project:

I'm trying to decide if I want to list it on my Etsy shop or not.  The back of the stitching isn't so pretty, and you can see it every time you open the bag.  

On another note, the new dog adventure is going pretty well.  I had to take her to the vet after she had a couple messy accidents in the house.  The poor thing has giardia.  She's on medication and will be fine in a couple of weeks.  The cat is adjusting- she's actually touched the floor!  She'll now walk downstairs to get food and stalk around a little bit.  She's starting to realize that if she bats the dog with her paws, the dog will back off.  I think everything will be "normal" pretty soon.

That's all for now.  Remember to always buy handmade!