Daddy's Birthday Present

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My dear, sweet hubby is turning 36 this week, and I have been on the search for a cute, personal gift to give him from our 5 year old.  After many hours on my favorite new addiction, Pinterest (well, it would have only taken ten minutes but I kept getting distracted by pictures of puppies and recipes for cowboy casserole) I found this "Daddy questionnaire" from Daffodil Design.

To be honest...though I loved the questions, I felt that the final product was a bit boring. So I took the questions/answers my sweet boy gave me and printed them on some pretty scrapbook paper (you can't tell from the picture, but it has a filigree design.)  Then I bought a small canvas, which I painted black, and mounted the questionnaire on it using some cute photo corners.  And finally, I made it perfect by having my boy frame it with his cute handprints!  Here is the final product:

I ABSOLUTELY ADORE the answers my kiddo gave me, and the fact that he took it very seriously, thinking through each and every answer.  I just love how his answers sound just like him.  My husband will be able to look back at this gift years from now and remember how our boy is right now.  Happy birthday my love, may we have many more years to marvel at the life we have built!

Crochet revolution :)

One of my biggest regrets in life is not sitting down with both my grandmothers before they passed and taping/writing down/ absorbing all their life experiences...not to mention their recipes.  Such knowledge lost!

One of my favorite memories of my beloved "Grammer Mae" is of her teaching me how to single crochet when I was around 7.  You see, there was no TV in my grandparents home, so the evenings consisted of chinese checkers and crochet. Not what most kids would consider a great time, but I loved it.  I remember those times so vividly and I feel compelled to carry on the hobby.  So a few months ago I went to Michaels, bought a book, some yarn and a crochet hook, and spent the next week trying to teach myself.  I'll just say it was a lonnnggggg week!

FINALLY, I started getting the hang of it, and with the discovery of many fun, free patterns online, it has quickly become my favorite pastime.  It is so relaxing, and one of the few times that my brain stops running on overdrive and gets quiet.  I get lost in the repetition, and often the only thing that comes to mind are moments shared with my Grammer.  Yet another gift that amazing women has given me.

Here are a few things I have made.  Sometimes I use patterns and sometimes I just wing it.  I have actually decided to open my own Etsy shop to sell my things, which I am hoping to do as soon as I make a few more items.  I will post the link to that shop when it is completed.  I am also hoping to write some of my own patterns, which I will share here on my crochet page.  So, if you want to join me in my crochet revolution but have some questions about supplies, patterns, stitches etc, I will do my best to point you in the right direction!

 "Teddy Bear" baby beanies: Newborn and 3-6 mnth

     A 2-3x wrap-around Infinity scarf