Refurbished!!

I finally got hold of Angela's slippers! I have been wanting to 'fix' them up

ever since I saw this picture of her wearing them at a bonfire!! (tisk-tisk)

I gave them to her last January(check out her post here!) after she

shared a few of the NEW Unity stamps to try out!

The bottoms were intact but they need 'restamping'!

I've learned to put lots of paint on the stamp and lot

of pressure when stamping on the felted slipper.

And to make them outdoor friendly I added leather to the bottoms!

The leather will keep the bottoms from wearing out

and they are still soft and flexible on the foot.

And the 'restamping'!!

Now to get them back to Angela and get her feet warmed up!

MAKING CARDS!

Some of the Unity Designers do a challenge every

Monday! This week was to make a Christmas card

with non-traditional Christmas colors.

BABY WATCH.........

Not long now..........check my 'gma's countdown'!!

crowdSPRING...........hire Kelly Purkey !!!!

......for your new Community Marketing Manager!

SO I DECIDED TO MAKE STEW.......

...............and I went to the grocery store to get beef, potato's and carrots.

Yeh, I thought they were long carrots when I picked up the package.

But I didn't get the whole effect till I opened it!

How'd they get them outta' the ground with

out breaking them??

Just another card with Unity Stamps.
I was able to visit with my sweet friend, Angela today!

Unity Stamp Co.is really keeping her busy.

I admire how she keeps working on balance with work,

family and friends!! She's doing an awesome job!!

Angela and I at their 'hunting shack'!!

I'm practicing making cards!

I'm hoping to make my cards this year

and I'd say it's time to get busy!!

KNITTING FOR ELI!

Many people have been asking if I have been doing

a lot of knitting for Randi and Nick's baby.....well, I

just finished this little green hat this morning. And

the sweater/hat set I had finished last weekend and

just sewed the buttons on today. All three are made of

Classic Elite 'Premiere' yarn. (50%cotton/50%tencel)

It is sooo..........soft!

Next will be a Christmas stocking!!

HAPPY MONDAY!

Top of my list of things to get done today was to 'dig out'

any receiving blankets I could find for Randi.

They would be at least 25 years old.

Since that is how old my baby is.

But what would be better to wrap our grandchild

in than 50 year old receiving blankets.

My MIL gave me a few of Tim's baby things

many years ago.

(The top 2 blankets were my DD's and the bottom

3 plus the heavier one they are sitting on were DH's.)

I also had this little yellow wool hat of Tim's!

How about a vintage 1957 snowsuit?

(Note how they had the tie at the top of the head.)

I'll have to check with my MIL, but it looked like the

snowsuit was homemade.

And here are a couple of rompers!

How about this, Randi!!
It's a squirrel!!!!!

I have everything washed and ready to go!
(Not the clothes!!!! Just the blankets and little hat!)

Eli's ETA is Thanksgiving Day!! Randi's ready, heck we're all ready!!!

So......we wait!!!!

Almost for got about this white crocheted baby blanket!

My Grandma Irma (Randi called her 'big ga-ma'!) made it

when Randi was born! She made one for each of her grandchildren

when they had their first baby. It was meant to use for their baptisms.

The blue and white wool blanket was Tim's.

I love being able to pass on keepsakes with their stories.