Christmas is done (almost)

I am just about done with Christmas. All the ornaments are made. The crocheted snowflakes turned out great. I have to get some in the mail to my other two brothers. My younger brother and his wife got theirs over the Thanksgiving holiday. His wife was definitely excited about getting them. She does,however, tend to get a bit excited about Christmas. I finished the fire place screen for my Mom. It was not exactly how I wanted it to be, but it was still really nice looking. I guess like any other "artist" (there's a stretch) I am usually not satisfied with my work. I can usually see ways that it could have been better. "If I had only done........" However, at some time, I just have to say "Uncle!" and finish up.

Now comes the really fun part. Clean Up!!!!! My room is a mess. It looks like a cross between Martha Stewart and Pigpen invaded. I have craft stuff all over the place. I am not sure where it is all gonna go. I realize most of it was already here, but I'm not sure where it all calls home! I guess I'll hafta reorganize as I clean. Yeah, my 2 very favoritest things to do; clean AND reorganize. ALICE, where are you!

I can now get back to my list of things to do/try/learn. I have definitely let it slide lately.

Baby Blankets and Christmas Ornaments II

Well, the good news. I finished the baby blanket! (cheers from the masses) I finished up just in time. I finished on Monday and the baby shower was on Tuesday. I guess as long as you finish before the deadline, everything is good.

Now the bad news. The Christmas ornament idea I had flopped. Really, really flopped. I had this wonderful idea of draining some eggs and painting them and then decorating them. Something like Faberge eggs. The two test eggs I tried turned out horrible. I could not get a nice smooth finish with the paints. I tried a couple of different types of "finishes" and they turned out even worse. I ended up throwing those eggs out and coming up with a different idea. I am now crocheting snowflake ornaments. I am using cotton thread, about twice the size of sewing thread and a teeny, tiny crochet hook. They are coming along OK, but I may be blind and have carpal tunnel before I am finished.