Annoucement

 Hello Blog friends.

I just need to let y'all know that I have to take a little break

from my blogging for a bit.

2 weeks ago we had a fire in our garage and it has turned

our lives upside down.

We were grilling for dinner and when I dumped the hot coals into the grill

from the chimney one of them fell into the garbage can that was near by.

My husband put the garbage can back where we keep it in the garage.

An hour or so later we had just finished up dinner and were relaxing on

the deck when our daughter, Kelsie, heard something and when she checked it

out, it was a fire.

The volunteer fire department were here within about 5 minutes and put the

fire out pretty quickly, but, of course there was a lot of damage.

We will be having the garage totally rebuilt and Dave and I have been

going through the contents and listing what we have lost, which is

about 80% of what was in there.

So many special things were lost, as we were storing some of my Mom's 

antique furniture in there, but at least we still have our memories.

We were very lucky that this fire wasn't much worse than it was.

I can't imagine how people deal with a house fire, the garage is 

hard enough.

It's been a real struggle and very emotional

and you wouldn't think it's as bad as it is.

But with it being a 2 floor garage, we had 

a lot stored up in that attic and that's where 

we lost so much.

Anyway, all this is to say that I just don't have

the time be crafting and posting right now.

So I'll be taking a break for a couple weeks,

but then I'll be back with my usual 

creative posts.

Thanks for your support and understanding.

I'll leave you with something happy.

This is my beautiful little Marie, 

on Easter.

And Marie with Sara on Easter.

Hope these pictures give you a smile.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I'll see you in a couple weeks.

Crochet Easter Animals

Hello and Happy Easter!

When I saw the pattern for this little chick,

I knew I had to make it for Marie's Easter basket.

It was so easy to make and worked up 

quick.  I made it while I was watching TV one 

evening.  I love how it turned out and I bet she'll

love it too.

If you're interested in the pattern you can find it

right here

Then I found patterns for other animals and had to make

this cat, or mowmow as Marie says.
I'll be honest, I had a hard time with the face and I'm

not totally satisfied with it, but it's the best I could

do.

Here is the post for this pattern.
This lady has so many beautiful patterns,

if you are interested in crocheting animals especially,

you should check her out.

.

And I couldn't help myself when I saw

this pattern.

This was the easiest and fastest one of all.

And I learned a new stitch making this.

I'm not sure what I'll put into this little cup,

but I'll figure something out.

Marie is sure getting some cute handmade

things in her Easter basket this year.

Thanks for stopping in and spending time here.

I hope, if you crochet, that you'll check out the links

above and give some of the patterns a try.

Come again soon,

until then,

learn something new!