Etsy Shop Is Open & Updates

Well since it's been a while since I last wrote. That does seem to happen every few months around here. There was a good deal going on over here. First and kinda the most recent is the opening of my Etsy Shop: Knitendo! You can follow the link here or above in the link bar or even the link on the right in the "widget." I really am pleased with the way my first round of pouches came out. The sculpey clay zipper pulls were super fun to make. I had forgotten how much fun clay can be. That's on hold until I can get a clay oven though. Using a regular range for clay cooking is not recommended I've discovered, gets people sick. I've got a growing (quickly growing at that) list of ideas in the mean time... Can always get the stitching part done while I wait. I am open to do custom orders and also open to suggestions of what you'd like to see stitched. Let me know! :-)

We did again expand our little ferret family from 2 to 3 with the addition of recent rescue Bowser! He's a darker colored sable than Jack and is a little bit younger. He enjoys chasing your feet as you walk and wrestling with hands. Also a fan of having his chin an chest rubbed! ;-) Such hams they all can be.

As I mentioned in my last post, I've been doing rather larger cross stitch pieces. I decided while getting all these small stitchings done for the bags I'd throw a few in for myself. So here's the finished version of my "Baddies" set from Super Mario Bros 3 on the original Nintendo. The pattern is where most I use are from Sprite Stitch. They now hang in my basement bathroom next to the game room. The frames were little deals from Michael's. At about $2 - $3 a piece I think they worked out pretty well! I am still working on the map from World 1 of Super Mario Bros 3. I've almost got all the black detail of page 1 of 8 done... :-( Long way to go and fairly time consuming with everything else going on.

Saving the best for last, my mom came out to visit at the end of September! Above is a link to the Album from here visit. I'm still working on sizing and editing some of the pictures. We went to the Molly Brown House and the Denver Botanic Gardens. Then the next day we journeyed up to Estes Park to see the trees changing for the fall. The colors weren't quite as vivid and abundant in the park as I had hoped. However, the drive home through Grand Lake... Was amazing! The whole road was lined with beautiful golden Aspens. I think I'm going to make a new tradition of going to a new fall destination each year. Any suggestions from Colorado locals?

That's about it for now. Check back in with my shop from time to time to see what's new. I'll be working on getting a better variety of items up over the next few weeks. I'll be postings the announcements here in the "Update" box! Now time to go get ready for tonight's hockey game. Avalanche vs Calgary should be a fun one to go to, even with nose bleed seats! :-D