spin, spin, stitch and love

alternately titled "this is a shameless plug, folks!"

i listed a few goodies in the shop this afternoon. lovely spinning/ felting fibers, hand painted yarns, a few wool crowns, and a couple lonely little monsters that need someone to love on them. please stop by and take a peek!
inspired mama MAKES!

kindly yours,
erika

hellooooo belly!

big ol' baby belly, just about 30 weeks, and a sweet little 2.5 year old who wants to be picked up and carried all. the. time *sigh* lately i am beginning to question whether i can realistically get any bigger. of course i know that the answer is yes and the chances are quite likely. 10 more weeks of growing just seems like a whole lot...

spherically yours,
erika

fungus obsessed

currently i am planning a whimsical woodland baby quilt collaboration with a group of my friends. how sweet is that?! i simply cannot wait to see the finished quilt, lovingly stitched by friends and family- and even better yet, the day i can wrap my new sweet babe in our wonderful creation. daydreams and discussions of said baby quilt resulted in a lengthy flickr browsing session where i viewed nearly every single mushroom project i could find. here are a few favorites. who knew a large dose of fungi could make one so happy?

1. dqs6 from cathy gaubert, mushroom girls, 2. OMGMUSHROOMS: YIP.52, 3. dqs6, 4. mira_and_maga, 5. Normy, Hefty, and Lil Gnome, 6. Mushroom House: Red

for love

this week ::
sugar cookies, glue sticks, paper hearts, crayons and glitter...

cards for her friends,

cards for her classmates,

cards for his friends,

and gussied up shoe boxes.

have a lovely weekend friends!
erika

for my boy

a little bit of handmade goodness i have created for my little guy over the past couple years ::

yours in celebrating our boys,
erika

for the boys!

february is BOY month! made has teamed up with made by rae for an entire month of tutorials, giveaways, tips and ideas for the special boys in your life. how fabulous and fun is that? there is also a celebrate the boy flickr group where you can share all things boy in your life. please be sure to check it out, and watch for my boy celebration projects this month. hmmm, i think a visit to the fabric store in honor of my little guy is in order, yes?

and just like that...

snow!! in my my last post i mentioned that we were currently enjoying spring in january, but it was not to last. the very next day we got snow- beautiful wet, heavy, slushy snow! it was not much good for snowball throwing, or snow man building, or snow angel making but that did not stop us from bundling up and trying all of the previously mentioned snow day activities.

we stayed outside until we were soaking wet and freezing then retreated inside to drink copious amounts of hot herb tea.

recent winter temperatures also gave me the opportunity to wear my new leg warmers that seemed to take forever to knit! two glorified stockinette tubes = a super boring project, but i am really digging the fuzzy warm they are providing. and i have happily moved on to more exciting knits, so all is good!

warmly yours,
erika