Hello all,

I cannot believe that it has been a month since I blogged last. It has been an incredibly busy month.

One of my dreams has come true. I can't tell you how many years I've wanted to do this, but, I now have my own yarn store. Woohoo!!! It's enough to make you drool! God has blessed us so mightily to be able to do this.

The neatest thing through all of this is that all of the donating that I have been doing now has a new platform. We created the "Donation Station" here at the store. Giving people a place to drop off hand made items. So far the response has been incredible. One lady dropped off over 30 quilts she made this last winter. OMG!!! 30 Quilts!!! What an amazing blessing!! Our charity this month is the Time Out Shelter in Ladysmith again.

This time since the pressure wasn't on me alone to provide all of the donation I decided to make some toys to be given away at Christmas. Toys take me longer because they are so detailed. I don't usually make them for charity because they take longer than the average project for me.

So far I've made a "Teddy Bear Bassinet". It is an old Annie's Attic Pattern book that I've had for the better part of 10 years now. I've made the set probably 5 or 6 times now. I think I love it so much because every time I make it, it is individual and different. Many of the outfits that come with the pattern are boring to me, so I embellish. I add flowers to the outfits. I use the basic beginnings of a pattern and turn it into a dress. I make headbands and hats to go with outfits, etc. I even make a coat for the bear. It's cold here in Wisconsin!  I have included pictures of the latest teddy bear and her clothes and basket. (Thank you, Stefani, for helping me take the pictures!)

The next pattern I have done is called "Fairy Tales at your fintertips (some assembly required)" by Melissa Mall. Here is the link to the pattern: http://www.crochetme.com/node/166/print  it takes you right to the printable version of the pattern. Super cute!!! It's little finger puppets. But you know me, I couldn't leave well enough alone. I don't care for finger puppets so I stuffed them and closed off their butts. They have no arms or legs, but they are cute!! There is a dragon, a knight, a damsel and a noble steed. Perfect for little scraps of yarn. Yet, I felt like...they need somewhere to be stored. So I am in the process of creating a "Castle Bag" to go with the fairy tale critters. I have all of it done but the top and I am gingerly working my way through the shape of that. Once I get it completed, I will take pics and post them and the pattern for the Castle bag.

I have to work on a baby gift next. One of Tony's cousins had a new baby girl on Sunday June 4th, so I have to get wiggling on her gift. I have fallen in love with some really cute cotton patterns done in the sugar n cream yarn. There is a 'beach bag' that I am going to make into a baby bag. It's super bright and "omg" cute! It's in the "Flower Power" book put out by Lily brand.

Ok, well I've rambled long enough. Enjoy the pics of the teddy and her gaggle of clothes!

Have an Awesome Day!!

bizzer