Amelia Magic

Slouch Potato

I don't know what that means either, but I made a slouch hat and it's darn cute, on a potato or otherwise.

Have a looksee;



It's made from a really soft, light gray blend, fuzzy, but not at all itchy.......

...with a big slouchy pouf at the back........




...and finished off with a cute ribbon (Piper picked that out)......

 

.....hee hee, she looks cranky about it, but she's not, she was just tired of modeling for me.

I will be listing my hats in the shop starting tomorrow, I will have this one for kids and grown-ups, but not potatoes.

Tres' chic.

The Re-do

I have been trying to DO more of the things I want to blog about and blog less about the fact that I WANT to do these things.  Get it?  Sort of?  For example, I DID finish a little painting that has been on my art table for well over two months, and now I can blog about it.

Here's the story:  I did a painting for the CHIFund a looooooooong time ago and I promised the lady that inspired me to do that said painting a print of the painting.  My mom was so nice to offer to take the painting to her office and mail it off for me, thanks mom.  I told her it is muy importante to por favor-a scan the painting so I can make some prints.  I repeated myself a few times before she left.

My mom forgot to scan the painting before she mailed it, uhhhhhhhh, thanks mom.  (Just kidding.  My mom is so sweet, she offered to go to the auction and buy back the painting!)

No worries, I thought, I will make a new painting for the very sweet lady who said such nice things about me and the original painting that I had done.  I won't even tell her, I will just surprise her.  The only surprise she got was no print, no e-mail, no nothing for three months and now who looks like a flake?  Surprise, surprise.........me. 

But!  Now!  Finally!  It is done and in the mail on the way to her house.  I hope she likes it, I hope she forgives me for being such a flake and taking so long.  I hope this post isn't going to go on forever.

Here's the painting;









See?  Pretty cute.  A lot like the other one I did, but different. 

I really hope she likes it.

Yellow Is A Happy Color

Do you love the hat?  I do.  I made it for myself for my ski trip in case I got stuck in an avalanche, I thought I would be easy to find with this Tweety Bird color on my head.  I told a wise old friend that and he dryly responded, "Well, at least they will find the hat."  I guess I should have crocheted some strings on it as well to tie under my chin so it would stay put; safe from avalanches and little girls' sneaky hands.  It seems that Piper and all of her friends have responded well to this bright sunny color.  I have not been able to wear it once.

It's ok.  She looks much cuter in it than me.



Despite the open weave it is quite warm and cozy, especially for So Cal "cold" weather.  I will have to make some more of these.

Just for fun,here are a few pics that Little Miss Yellow Bonnet took on this rainy day, I love her photos.  It's great to see what her world looks like. 

Love this....



...and now look down, what do you see?





Purrrrrrrrfect, don't you think?

Usually when I sit down to do a post I have an idea of what it will be and I almost always have the title worked out.  Today I just have a picture.  It has been such nice weather around here, an early spring, that we have been moving our business outside.  We have a lot of nice little places to sit and read or draw or crochet.  There is a courtyard with a "track" that the girls can run around or ride their scooters, but for some reason, the girls love to set up camp here, in the hallway just off of our back door.  I don't know what it is about this spot that they like, maybe just the fact that they picked it and I think it's weird.  I usually hang out on the steps just below this spot and read or I do my dishes which is a whole four feet away--I can hear their chatter so this feels safe to me.

I just love these two monkeys so much, I love their intelligence and independence and sweetness-to name a few-I know that is so obvious, a mother loving her kids, but I can't seem to feel it enough or to share it enough. 

So there.  I'm sharing.