Converse High Top Baby Booties

I have never made baby booties
 before today...my daughter called me yesterday with wonderful news...her and her husband are going to have a baby...we are all very excited...so I had to make some baby gear...my daughter and her husband both love
Converse High Tops...so I set out to
find a pattern!

I found a wonder blog called
"Knot Your Nana's Crochet"

The pattern for these cute booties

was very easy to follow and

perfect if your attempting to

make baby booties for the first time!

Tea Cups and Hats and My New Place Mats!

I was emptying my dish washer

a while back and

as I was putting my plates away...

I thought of making some

place mats and napkin rings!

I've had these dishes

for so long...all of our family meals

were on these plates...except Christmas.

And I love it when I get

 inspired by something I

already own!

 I made these

little tea cups

but my favorite are these

little hats 

The place mats are one row

of single crochet

and one row of double crochet,

then I did a bobble stitch trim.

 These little cups & hats are

so easy to make...and

they really fit with the plates 

It's been hard to find napkin rings that

look right with this set...but now I 

can hardly wait to use them!



So Cute Baby Boy

So cute baby boy, with big

green eyes and a cockeyed smile!

He's ready for a cold and windy

day with his little hoodie

and his overalls on!

Pattern for this doll and his clothes

were created by Teri Crews Design

Eyes are from SunCatcher Craft Eyes

Happy Mother's Day

In Memory of my beautiful Mother on

Mother's Day

My 1 of 3 sisters on the left, my Mom and me  

on the right...at Knott's Berry Farm!

(we were the babies)

 

And Happy Mother's Day to all

the wonderful Mom's out there!

 

My Mother’s Love

There is a grave on the side of a hill

It’s so quiet here even the air is still

But a warm soft rain begins to fall

Its been so long that even memories

Are hard to recall

I kneel down on the warm wet grass

Suddenly moments of my life come

Rushing at me so fast

I brush cob webs from the stone that

Bares your name

We are, you and I one in the same

Thank you for this life

Though at times it’s hard to bare

How much it would of helped

If only you could of been there

When I lost you it was like

A long walk in a cold and dark dawn

You want to stop but you keep

Moving on

I had never seen death in any bodies eyes before

How badly it hurts, right down to the core

You understand what the word final means

And all the petty worries, how silly they seem

I know you know that my heart is broken

Because between a mother and daughter

There is a language, though no words are ever spoken

Thank you for the gentle hands that cared for me

So much now I understand, with a woman’s eyes I see

You gave me life with all it’s twist and turns

You taught me lessons I’m sure you thought I’d never learn

You weren’t a perfect person and either am I

But because of your love

You make me want to try.

By Connie Hughes



'Anchors Aweigh'



I have enjoyed making these cute

little pillows so much...

and here in the Pacific Northwest it

has been so pretty outside lately!

 

 It's 80 degrees outside today...

so it really feels like summer

has come early and that just

doesn't happen here...we have

 had snow in April & May...so this is

a wonderful treat!

And nothing says summer like

 a sailboat

and a little sand crab!

This little Anchor pillow is one

of my favorites!

I have been crocheting now everyday

so now I am going on a ride on

my husbands motorcycle!

Hooray!!