Groovy wall art

I made this to hang above my bed. I don't have a headboard, so wanted something cozy and fun. The pattern is Krochet Krystal's, a charity blog that gives out the pattern if you donate a few squares to make charity blankets.

Crochet cupcake

Based on some free patterns I saw on the internet. I just winged it and didn't write down what I did.

Columbia scarf

Pattern by Robin Chachula. I didn't want to order a $30 skein of yarn for the main color so I bought some on ebay that was hand-dyed for only $12.00.

Oversize Sunglasses Case

My mother has a pair of those oversize sunglasses (that fit over your prescription lenses). She had a case but lost it and now can't find another one. So she asked if I would make her one (and her twin sister too). This is what I came up with. All my own pattern too!

Mari the dog

I don't write much on this blog anymore. With my Facebook page, that is pretty much where I am most of the time!

I was looking on this blog and realized I never put up a post about my dog Mari. I got Mari when I saw him on Petfinder.com (just like how I found Treif). I had also seen a lot of other dogs I liked, but Mari's foster mom was the only one that responded right away and with regularity. I took that as a sign he was the dog for me (I tend to think the easier things turn out to be, the more it was meant to be).

So I picked him up in Toledo in November, the weekend before Thanksgiving. And now it is April already, and I can't remember what life was like without him. He is so entertaining. He is still having trouble getting along with my cat Cricket, but it isn't too bad. He also has a problem with peeing on the carpet occasionally. It is few and far between, but I am not good at discovering it until it is almost too late. So I bought a blacklight and regularly check the carpet for any "new" problems.

Is sometimes wonder why someone gave him up. Maybe they couldn't afford him anymore, maybe they didn't want even one accident on their rugs, maybe he ran away... I will never know. But I am glad he is in my life.

Footstool cover

I finally finished it. I had bought the yarn way before xmas of 2009. It was not fun to make, that is why it took so long. The footstool was one of those vinyl blue-colored flexible ones, and I had had it for years and it never did match anything. I just decided one day to dress it up a bit.