Uncle Matt, aka 50's, aka Uncle Fives picked up some good finds at a garage sale last week. A green felt cowboy hat, and a plastic bear mask will soon lead to fun, fun, fun. Can't for my little guy to tell me he's some sort of scary faced bear cowboy. "Raarr!" Also in this photo, a hand made coonskin cap given to Finn for his 1st birthday by Crystal Quinn, aka Rhinosnacks. A concerned cowboy in READ MORE
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Our friend McTubbins aka Aaron Anderson aka Hollingsworth J McTubbins heard that I/WE was/were looking for a Gocco and graciously donated his to the Henhouse cause. Now nothing can stop us, invitations and "than you" cards, here we come! READ MORE
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I am so proud of these socks, they are 2nd pair I've made, and they are so awesome. This pattern is found in the Knitting Vintage Socks book by Nancy Bush. There are at least 5 other patterns I'd like to make in that book, so I will be busy making socks for awhile. Next on the docket, "Child's First Sock", in a really sweet Koigu mustard colored yarn.Here are the specs:Pattern:: Gentleman's Fancy READ MORE
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In honor of Aaron's Birthday and the unofficial last day of Summer and my return to work after 8 weeks off, we decided to have a few folks over for some food and some yard games.Elsa and I had our work cut out for us. First thing's first. Cupcakes for Rip. We were low on supplies so we had to do some improvising. I only had enough butter to make the cupcakes. I got on the interweb and looked myself READ MORE
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Jeff and I went to our friends, Mark & Arielle's wedding this weekend. I've been to a lot of weddings in my day, but this wedding took the cake (ha) for best hand made decorations. So like all good craft bloggers I decided I should take some photos and share it around the interweb. Paper flower bouquet's are totally awesome. I need to find the pattern for these somewhere, I don't know why, READ MORE
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