Happy Friday!

I am making these tags for my advent mittens that are not up yet....yes I am slow that way.  My projects tend to spread out for years it seems....the mittens were made last year and this year the number tags for them.  Pictures to follow later of the completed calendar.  I covered the wooden tags I found at Jo Ann fabrics with some stash I had ...a modge podged linen look on the front, a glued red felt on the back.  I rubber stamped them with silver snowflakes and green numbers and am in the process of gluing silver pipe cleaners around the edge....oh and I did add the rivets...And as to the date on my photos...the camera will not let me change the year for some reason.  some day I will think I took the picture in 2005!

A poor shot of all my little tags!  But now for the gem of Friday...a creepy Santa once again from St. Charles Missouri...they definitely outdid themselves!

While this Santa has hands this time, he has his helpers complete with tools....check out the guy in the left corner with the hammer...I don't like that look in his eye!  Santa looks like a jolly guy, I'm just not sure about those helpers...Happy Friday to all and to all a great day!

Back just in the "Nick" of time...

St. Charles, Mo., a photo by meanmomk on Flickr.

I haven't been blogging for nearly a year...time flies when your having fun. It's what they say anyway. I'm going to try to get back in the swing of it and just in time for creepy Santa fun.
This older gentleman was hanging out in St. Charles Missouri with his crusty carolers...hey wait...where are Santas hands?!..call the police!...or just give him some hooks. He might want to use them.....mwaa haa haaaa!

Getting Spooled Up

Recently I was making yards and yards of i-cord...long knitted cord made on 2 needles that can get so boring after awhile one puts it aside and starts wondering if there is an easier way.  Isn't that the bane of our society?...constantly looking for a faster easier way?  I started looking at Knitting Nancies or spool knitting dolls on the internet.  Can't believe I don't own one...hence an excuse to go shopping.  Of course I didn't just want any ol' Knitting Nancy....I wanted "the cutest" spool doll....and I found it!

I ordered this little Djeco french knitting doll from Moolka , a European toy store here in the states.   Besides having all kinds of cute things making me wish I still had little ones, I think they are just about the only store in the US that carries this little french knitter.  It was reasonably priced and shipped quickly.  

Here is what you get when you open up the box.  The OH SO CUTE knitting doll, 3 colors of yarn and the instruction book...very neatly packaged.

We've had some snow days this week so what else can one do but play with knitting toys.  You wrap the yarn around each prong and use her scepter (not pictured but stores in the hole between her hands) to take the loops off her four pronged crown.  

Here is the cord she created....a nice sturdy cord.  I was thoroughly delighted with this toy...big boys have their toys and so do big girls!  It is well made and creates a nice end product.  While I do think I can pump out the i-cord quicker with my two needles watching TV,  this Djeco french knitting doll is a too fun to resist!

Vintage Ornament Wreath

Today I was going to start my annual Christmas cookie bake-arama...instead I made a wreath.  I've had these glass ornaments...all vintage..some Shiny Brite, some not.... for a few weeks.  I got them at an estate sale on one Friday jaunt.  This was a fun and fast (relatively speaking) craft.  There are several tutorials on the web but it's basically cover a foam wreath with tinsel garland and go to town with a glue gun.  There is really no wrong on a project like this.  So now having finished my wreath I'm going to get going on those cookies!