The Shtick I Do

So this is something I've been working on for quite some time now. A Facebook friend asked for a raccoon when she saw my post of Chip . Since I couldn't find an all-ready-for-me-to-use pattern, I've had to wing it. I think it's going well so far but we'll see when I get to working on the head. I was talking to my husband one evening while we were fixing dinner, basically complaining because I couldn't come up with anything for his head! *sigh* So just like a man he calmly says, "I think the head should be in a cone shape." <insert facepalm here> I really did feel silly at that point but I trudged on and started sketching a head on a piece of Store List paper. (You know, those note pads with magnets that go on the fridge?)  So, I'm saving the head for last but I believe I can do it!  At least I'm hoping I can . . .

Okay, church this morning was AWESOME! I am a member of United Methodist Temple here in Beckley and attend the Journey@ThePlace worship service. Clif Adkins is the Director of The Place and is also the speaking pastor at this 11 AM service.  I like calling it "unbridled" because it's nothing like a traditional service. It's in a gymnasium and it's very laid back. Feel free to show up in your jeans and T-shirts, God don't want you for your clothes and neither do we! =D  The sermon series we're in is called " Trader ". No, not traitor as in to your country, but trader as in someone that trades one thing for another. Today we traded in our idols. The things that get in the way of our relationship with Christ. It can be something as simple as a TV program or something harsh like pornography. We were given plastic hearts as we entered. In each heart was a small amount of Play Doh , and of course lots of people were playing with the Play...

This is just a post for me to put my stuff in, a place for the pics of things I've made. Button Bracelet Owl made for a friend of my son. Scarf and Hat I made and donated to a local elementary school (Along with 8 other sets) Double Awareness Ribbon Pin My pattern! So easy! Bracelet I made in May when my niece was born. I love buttons! So I made a necklace with them. A Work in Progress (WiP) which is now finished. It's a Ripple Scarf. Another button project. This time it's a hair pin. Anyone NOT know what this is? Angry Bird crochet hat. I made 2 of them as Christmas gifts for my sons. This one is a Cat Toy. My pattern. Added catnip and gave a set of the birds to a friend as a Christmas gift. Since I was in an Angry Bird mood and my oldest daughter loves pigs . . . Go Mountaineers!  Slouchy hat I made for my daughter. Added a bit of eyelash yarn to the edge and it looks awesome on her! My youngest ...

I like to make things and create things out of stuff (usually my husband calls it rubbish) that's laying around the house. Like taking the rings from the gallon of milk, crochet around it in festive colors, add a bow and call it a Christmas Wreath (and hang it on the tree!). I walk around in Cracker Barrel and see things . . . I take pics of them with my iPod and think to myself I can make that!  Drives my husband crazy. I'm on  Ravelry   and in a group called  Amigurumi of the Month . I just joined, but find that I like it a lot. I made the Monkey with a Banana and absolutely fell in love with it! (That's him up there - I named him Chip) I plan on sending him to Florida for my niece. If I can part with him that is.