Holiday Crunch Time

Anyone else feeling the crunch of the holidays?  I'm a bit of a procrastinator and I always have overly ambitious ideas of what can realistically achieved in time for the holidays.  Cooking, decorating, baking, making gifts...not to mention shopping, cleaning, etc.  Well, I did manage to pump a set of dishcloths out as a gift.  They are so pretty and make a great hostess gift...

Spiked Dishcloths

Hello friends...check out these super fun and funky "spiked dishcloths"...my latest creation.  They are super easy to make and loads of fun, especially when done in bright colours:

More Pot Holders...

Hello Friends...here are the other set of pot holders I've been working on, now complete:

Pot Holders

Hello Friends...I've been working on some crochet hot pads and pot holders for gifts and use around the house:

Look for the pattens soon in my Etsy shop, that is if I can finally get my act together and post them up...

Latest Round of Dishcloths...

Hello Friends...I've been having fun making more dishcloths lately.  I'm just lovin' this Bernat Handicrafter multi coloured yarn - it's great for kitchen projects.  I find the dishcloths are very absorbent and hold up well after multiple washings.  Here are some shots of my latest round:

Moved In...

Hello Friends,

After a very busy couple of months, we've finally moved in to our new house!  Move day was a crazy busy long day, but we finally made it.  Chaos and boxes surround us everywhere, but we are slowly making a dent.  I've managed to unpack most of our kitchen, but all was literally shoved into the cupboards with no rhyme or reason...a re-org is in order.  But, for now, we are good.  Thank goodness, J. is off for the week...he's been a huge help putting major things together.  Here are some pics.

Our living room with the morning sunlight.

Dining room.

Dining/kitchen.

Finished morning coffee.

I was able to bring  my potted herbs and flowers along with us.

Back deck.

The garden, which is one of the main reasons we bought this house.

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Beautiful garden again.

Unfinished Business...

Hello friends...I've been trying to complete some projects that I'd had started some time ago, then abandoned them for something else.  Do you ever find that once you start something, about part way through in your mind your on to the next project?  Sometimes I get so excited about the next idea, that I completely drop what I'm working on.  Although I try not to have too many things on the go, sometimes it's nice to go back and rediscover what was interesting about those W.I.P.'s.

I finally got around to finishing what started out as one potholder and dishcloth set, and added another potholder, to finish up some of my stash.

How many projects do you typically have on the go??  Are there any that simply never get done?  Do you frog your work often and restart on something completely new??  Or, are you a one project at a time worker.  Love to hear your comments...