Yarn Along -14 March 2012

So, my shawl is at Grandma's house waiting to be frogged (I hate doing that with a completed project).  Yarn Along this week has me I'm working on a few new things to add to my store.  By the way, if you girls have any suggestions I'd love to hear what you'd like to see in the store.

he top is a cute little baby/toddler hat that makes little cat ears when it's worn.  I'll have to find one of Ella's dolls to be the model.  Pretty baby sweater in my favourite pattern.  It's a new yarn (to me anyway) by Red Heart.  Very soft and some pretty colourways.

We're reading A Day at the Sugar Bush since that's where we are heading this week.  We're going to Fulton's Pancake House for a homeschool field trip.

Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real -8 March 2012

Joining the ladies for Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real this week.

I wasn't able to get a picture of anything to show how happy we were yesterday.  It was 12C and it felt wonderful!  Really makes one wish for spring.

To make me Happy, my Mommy dropped this off.  What can it be?

A brand new sewing machine!!  Really she bought it for herself but found it was too much machine for her needs.  So instead of returning it, she's trading my old Brother (Jeans Machine) for this fabulous machine.  Do you see all the cool stitches I have now?!  I can't wait to get sewing.  Ella has the stitches already picked out for her Snow White costume.

My pretty, funny girl planting some marigold seeds at Seedy Sunday.  They had a great turnout, but I was rather disappointed with the vendor turnout.  There didn't seem to be much to see this year.

This week's real doesn't have a picture.  I still don't have the cupboard cleaned out so I can fit my food processor/blender.  And I have to frog my shawl  :(  I laid it out last night, using the blocking wires my sweetie gave me for Christmas, and there is no way it's going to lay flat.  I think I'm going to put this wool away for a while before I find a new pattern.

Yarn Along -7 March 2012

This week for Yarn Along I'm sharing the never ending shawl/scarf.   I see the beginning of the end.  And no Karen, I'm not tired of the wool yet but I am definitely tired of this pattern.

What's even worse is I think the shawl isn't going to turn out right.  Making it bigger seems to have been a mistake.  But I won't know for sure until I finish it and can lay it out and sort of block it.  This may end up completely frogged.

My new craft book arrived and it looks fabulous.  Ella can't wait to get started.

Spring

A bunch of my internet 'friends' have been sharing the signs of spring at their homes.  It's been so nice to see.  So I thought I'd share my current spring pictures, so here is my tulip garden:

Yep, that's a good 2 feet of snow.  Too bad Colin didn't get a picture of the thermometer this morning.  It was -10F!  The house is so cold today we've had to put the oil on a couple times.  I guess Colin is going to have to put the plastic back on the patio door (it came off in that crazy wind the other day).

Here's a real sign of spring.  The barn cats are out and about during the day enjoying the sunshine.  Another sign of spring (but you can't really see in this picture) is Zebra's (grey stripes) growing belly.  I don't think that's just lunch  :)
One last sign of spring:

Daddy busy finishing up his Canadian Quality Assurance (CQA) and Animal Care paperwork.
Is it spring where you are yet?

New Online Store

I have a new online store.  It's called Bella Ella Creations.  I've given up on Etsy as I just wasn't getting any traffic.  Hopefully the new store will work better.  I've also been able to lower prices because I don't pay fees to myself  :)  Stop by and have a look around.

Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real -1 March 2012

Another week for Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real -St. David's Day edition!

Today is St. David's Day.  This is the day to celebrate our Welsh heritage.  The Rees side of the family comes from Wales (when you go far enough back) and the Parry family (Mom's side) are Welsh originally too.  I would love to be in Wales right now.  It's a day of national celebration with costumes and parades and it sounds like lots of fun.  I'll be making Welsh cakes and Bara Brith.  We might have Welsh Rarebit for lunch.

My Pretty girl was so Happy to go skating yesterday with her homeschool friends.  The rink in Petawawa is rather small but the ice surface is so much nicer than at the PMC (too much hockey there).  It is so much more fun for Ella to have her friends around (easier on Momma too).  I think we'll make Petawawa our usual rink.  I hate to stop and think how old I was when I wore this skating dress(9-10?).  Even though it's a bit big on Ella, it fits well enough to wear.

More Happy Ella having a grand time on her 'mountain'.  Daddy even smoothed out a couple toboggan runs for her with the loader.  It was such a beautiful day, cool but almost seemed like spring (if that makes sense).  She sure was snowy when she finally came in  :)

Momma was happy with her haul from the Dollar Store on Monday.  I found the perfect basket for storing our garlic.  I did have it in some paper bags, but with how often they get moved (in and out of the oven) the bags get ripped.   The nice big tray is for out Lenten Garden, it's the perfect size.  The glass baking dish is for the garden too, hopefully the pond won't get spilled so often this year.

And here's Momma's Real this week.  I have to find a home in this cupboard for my new food processor/blender that my wonderful In-Laws gave me for Christmas.  It's fabulous and I want to make sure it's handy to get out and use.

And since it's the First of March here's the weather report: snow, snain, snizzle, freezing rain and just general yuckiness.  I guess we could say March has come in like a lion.  That's good since it should go out like a lamb and maybe Easter will be nice weather for a change.

Yarn Along -29 February 2012

Yarn Along this week finds me working on Ella's Easter bunny.  She's come along much faster than anticipated.  I was worried this would take forever like my last Jean Greenhowe project.

Some days I find the best books at No Frills.  This week doing groceries we found The Berenstain Bears and the Easter Story.  Ella loves the Berenstain Bears.