With Isaac's birthday just a week away, I finally finished his afghan. It's what he requested- red, blue, and white. "Hey.. Gramma.. it looks a lot like the flag!".. Yes, it does.

STAGGERING TOTALS

I am never ceased to be amazed at the accomplishments of others~ particularly my best friend Sandi, who directs a crochet group called Hugs-n- Stitches. Her group makes afghans, hats, mittens and nice warm scarves for the homeless. The small group of women meet once a week, and what they produce among themselves is staggering when you think about it. The latest totals are in.. so hop on over to H&S to see what they have done this year.
You will be shocked and amazed. And don't forget to leave her a note to let her know you have visited. We all love those!

CHRISTMAS 2002

Mandy and I like to make candy houses around the holidays. These two houses were our masterpieces for the year 2002. We haven't done any since. I had so much trouble with mine- the windows kept falling off and then using wafer cookies for siding was a mistake too- layers fell off every time I turned my back and wouldn't stay in place. My chimney was made of caramels- a lot of work unwrapping those little candies. But the best part was when I finished the front door and left my house on the table to harden up- and when I came back, I had a frosted pane in it left by one of our chocoholic cats!!
The woodpile at the left was Twix I think. I can never be certain- this was NOT one of my better houses.. for sure.
This little cabin was made by Mandy- it was peanut brittle siding.. quaint, don't you think?
Her doors were made of Twix and I don't think she put any windows in hers... hmmm
Her's was perfect otherwise.
Maybe we can try again this year..?? Anyone up to a challenge? We can have others vote for their favorite..?? or something??

WE NEED TO TRY THIS AGAIN..

This is one of my favorite 'crafts' .. candy houses! This particular one was 6 yrs ago.
I may start a blog with pictures for as many interesting ones I have. (thousands, literally)

This one is a log cabin. The chimney is caramels.... tough to unwrap all those candies!