My sister contacted me less than 7 days before Christmas. said she knew of a young lady who had no hat/scarf/mittens, and it was cold out, could I help. Well, I will never turn down one in need. So I got out my hooks, got some yarn and  sat down to make this:

I love her smile. Sis said she had a tear in her eye when she was given the set.  I am so glad she liked it.

As a surprise for my sister, I made her a crocheted scarf as well, and a beaded crochet bracelet.

Beads...I am so frustrated over Beads!! I love working with them....till you buy boxes of 11/0 seed beads for a project and they end up like this:

i bought 18 boxes of these, all from the same company. 18 different colors and ALL of the boxes are like this.  nothing consistent at all.  cannot use for the loom projects which i bought them for.
A visit to the company website and many emails back and forth to customer service, they told me what i bought are CRAFT BEADS not jewelry beads, they are all going to be like this, and if i wanted consistency, i should buy more expensive beads. but to compensate me they will send me more vials of what I bought.  Now what sense does that make??  oh well, i guess let them send...i'll put them on Listia.

just a few photos of Jewelry I have made.

Another year:

wow a year has passed,  time got away from me again. Guess I should close this blog.  maybe.
or maybe I should just use it.

Lets see...in the last year, much has happened.
Was in and out of hospital, first because i took a bad fall, emergency guys thought i hurt my neck, but luckily no damage. Leg, knee and neck hurt like the devil for a while.
Then went to ER because my chest hurt so bad, felt like a knife stabbing me. but after many tests, they found nothing wrong. weird.

We put a new deck on the front of the house. it has a handicap ramp, so now I can easily leave without steps. so nice.  My power chair can easily go up and down, right into the house on bad days.

Hubby's father got very ill, and passed away. was very hard on us both. I loved him like my own dad.


On the crafting side, I still crochet. Market bags, dishcloths, potholders, beaded bracelets.
Have also started making jewelry. will post photos of one set i am so happy with.

Hubby bought me a portable scanner. it is a wand like item, can slide it down a page and it keeps the scan as a photo. will be so nice to have when i am out and see a recipe i want, or when at family to get copies of photos, etc.  I am thrilled.

Son and his wife are finally moving out. 6 months turned into over 5 years, but they found a place they are goign to rent to own. I am happy for them, and thrilled that the room they are in hubby has decided to turn into my craft room, with custom storage, desk for sewing machine, tables for crafting on etc!!. am so looking forward to it!! Everything organized, sorted so I know what is where. and can get rid of things like the plastic canvas i probably will never use.