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Gay Pride Cake

Danielle made Keith a gay pride cake for his birthday.  How freaking sweet is she?  Check out how much time and effort she put into this cake.

And……………here’s Molly……………representin’………..under the gay pride flag in Keith’s office.

Danielle gets a Thorpe

My Thorpe love continues.  Here’s a Thorpe I made Danielle for her birthday, with a little Carrie thrown in because she likes to model – she never met a camera she didn’t love.

Happy birthday to……..

ME!!!!  Yes, Happy Birthday to me – even though my birthday was December 22.  My parents had Mark and I over for dinner.  Corey and Danielle came too.  I thought we were there just for dinner and dessert but then my parents disappeared and came back out with this beautiful pumpkin bread.  Dad made the pumpkin bread (topped with pecans – yummy).  He then cut it and arranged it beautifully and Mom topped it with the candle (zero years – I’ll take it).

Why a birthday party on February 27 when my birthday was December 22?  My parents got me Amazon gift cards for my birthday and Christmas and they got misplaced so I didn’t get them for my birthday and Christmas.  I told Mom “no big deal” – I don’t need gifts anyway.  She found them and my parents did this little surprise party to give me my gift cards.  Awwwww.  And then here’s the double awwwwww – Sammy – not great pics because it was dark and I was using my iPhone – but this is me holding my cake and Sammy on the floor wishing he could have a piece.  He’s adorable.

It was a great surprise – I couldn’t figure out whose birthday we were celebrating when everybody starting singing “Happy Birthday”.  Thanks Mom and Dad!!!!

I Heart Thorpe!

Thorpe – what’s not to love? I love this pattern and I love this yarn. This is my second Thorpe – this one is for Justin for his birthday. He picked out the yarn at Joann’s (on sale 2/$5.00 – nice!). The yarn is Deborah Norville Serenity Chunky and the color is Seven Seas. Gorgeous. The pattern doesn’t call for a ball on the top but we all decided we like the ball. I added a ball to mine also. Danielle is getting a Thorpe for her birthday too – hers is nearly done.

This is a little of what we did on Justin’s birthday party weekend. We all went shopping and ended up in the baby clothes department at Meijer. Fun fun. Here’s Keith and Corey looking for baby clothes for Zachary.

And here are Corey and Danielle picking out some outfits.

Corey……you are talented, my son

This is the picture from a book that we sent to Corey of a bench we wanted built as a Christmas gift for us.

This is his finished project!

He even finished the inside – he made an insert and covered it with fabric and it has a handle on it to pull it out for cleaning.  He put felt around the lid to cushion when the lid closes.

Beautiful summer day

This is a YouTube video Keith posted when he came home for Grandpa’s birthday (Happy 76 Dad!!  How many times do I have to tell you to stop getting older???).  This was taken from the swing in our back yard – it truly is beautiful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HZVaNB7OQs

Happy birthday to………..

Happy birthday to two of the men in my life.  Corey and Danielle had a cookout.  For dessert, no surprise here, it was pumpkin pie for Corey and German chocolate cake for Mark.

Happy Birthday to YOU!!!

Happy 21st Birthday to Danielle!  We had a sweet little party for Danielle.  We had brownie sundaes and I knitted a scarf and fingerless gloves for her with yarn she picked out from my stash.  Clearly, she loved them.

**Regia Crazy Chris 5439**

Danielle’s Birthday Bag (ok, so I’m a little late posting about it)

***Patons Classic 100% Merino Wool
Colors: Denim Marl and That’s Pink***

This is the Booga Bag I made for Danielle. It’s my second felted project. My first was a crocheted clog – can you say “yuck”? It’s in a landfill somewhere. I’m working on the Fiber Trends Felted Clogs now and like them much better. But I digress……back to Danielle. I made this in March for her May birthday but never blogged about it. In looking back in my Picasa, there are several things I still need to blog about so I’ll be doing some catch-up blogging. This was a really easy project and the pattern is free: http://www.blacksheepbags.com/booga_bag.html. Danielle picked out the colors – I designed the stripe pattern just randomly – she said she wanted stripes.  The first picture is obviously the finished project.

The second picture is the bag before felting – pretty already.

I then made I-cord handles. She told me how long she wanted them. I made them her desired length but she could have easily adjusted them shorter just by cutting them off if she wanted. She liked it just the way it was.

The last picture is the bag after felting, during the “stuff it and mold it and shape it and play around with it until it’s perfect” phase of felting. I put a box in it, which I had covered with plastic grocery bags, and the box was the perfect size so I was lucky.  I used the big box of Bisquick from Sam’s Club.

I LOVE felting and need to do more of it when I am done with Christmas gifts and my other works in progress.  Mark picked out another felted purse he thinks would be perfect for Danielle so………..that’s the one she’ll get for her next birthday.

Socks for Julie (Pair #16)

**Regia Multi Effekt Braun 5376**

Happy 50th birthday to my great friend Julie. The colors in this sock perfectly coordinate with Carrie’s fur. Julie asked if the beautiful model comes with the socks. I think not!