Like Mother Like Daughter...

...and that's just what Molly #14 and 15 are... Mother/Daughter set for   and her mum,  . Sorry its this late coming but they are finally done! Will pack up and send soon as I can find an owl for them :)



For others who are waiting I have not forgotten and am working on them as I can, the past few months have just been a bit 'harder' than I expected :)

C`rafty What I Did on My...

...Summer Vacation Winter Non-Motivation bout with depression time. While I've been alternating between battling being sick and battling various firsts (Thanksgiving in November, Dad's birthday December 10, Christmas and New Years) I really haven't posted much of myself. Well, finally uploaded two months worth of photos from my cameras and can share a bit of what I have managed to accomplish and been doing with myself a bit.

Did manage to finish three more Mollys (numbers 11, 12 and 13 for those keeping count) One was for a crafty witches project which I forgot to take a photo of before mailing to

josee_madalia and the other two were for a swap on HPCrafters.

Along with that, Joe and I decided to do Christmas ornaments for our congregation for each Sunday in Advent (four) with something attached to each one explaining the meaning. One was simple gold stars that sparkled that we found at Walmart in packs of 16 (A star shone in the East). Others were the Christmas Nail with poem -- simple concrete nails with a red ribbon tied for a hanger. Also found beaded ornament kits - candy cane and crosses.




Along with this, for Christmas Eve, we found snowglobes with the nativity in them for each family. Small church which made it rather doable.

Christmas was nice here as the congregation decorates for the season and it was really nice and 'homey' feeling when we went.





Especially with all of my decorations still in storage. Maybe this year I'll be able to move and decorate again :)

I'll do a squee mail catch up post later and also one about our weekend adventures last week later!

I am pleased to introduce to you.......

Vladimir..... My new laptop replacing Marius who stopped working near the end of that nice 16 day trek of mine in May. And yes, I know several of you knew I planned to name this one either Marius or Maharet. However, as I was setting him up, my mind was commanding my right index finger to type "m" while my left index finger is hitting "v" and the typing just continued until he was named Vladimir. He wanted Vladimir he got Vladimir :D



Still have some programs to add but up running and we're getting along quite nicely though Vista is 'interesting' ^_-

And as promised earlier some photos from Squee Mail received over my birthday weekend.

First off apologies to kimberly_elf for completely forgetting to mention the lovely photo album she designed and had sent to me with memories from Phoenix Rising that arrived on that Thursday:



Friday found the beautiful original design afghan from hp5freak



Come Tuesday, Alucard found his way to my home courtesy of Dragon Breeder jennbrad52



And just because I never did get a picture posted when I got it, this is Iggy the Owl made by quietish and he came home with me when I went to visit her for Mugglefest in June. Also pictured is his sister, Toriya who came home with me also!


And in case you're wondering, yes I do love red and black, very much :D

More Squee Mail

Ok, not only did my sock kit swap box arrive but so did a surprise package from Shae containing a pair of her awesome paper dolls and a purse all created by her as you can see below:





Molly and Arthur and a dragon purse. Shae rocks!

Even more Mollys!

And we have now completed Molly #9, 10 and 11 winging their way to hpmommy, kimberly_elf and Shae

It's been awhile........

Since I last posted what I've been up to. That's because for the past couple of weeks things have been busy and active and hectic and along with trying to complete mollys for friends, I've also had to complete an afghan for a wedding present by this past Saturday. Joe had a wedding to officiate at our church and I made this for the couple.




As well as did their programs and a ceremony booklet for Joe to use during the service and then be a keepsake for them after.



Also, have been working on some mollys and mailed out three so far so Kadidid, Overcast and Lezlishae watch your mailboxes!!

Shae!



Kadi


Delana


Have assembled and am working on the trim for Flipendo's and have Hpmommy's waiting to be assembled and trimmed. The body for Hp5freak's is almost done and will be starting another batch of sleeves as I work on more bodies as well.

Taking a break -- well is it a break if you're working on Mollys as you listen? -- Joe and i went back to Sweet Bay Coffee House in Ft. Smith for the celtic music they have on the second Sunday of the month.  It had been a few months since we'd been there so it was a nice way to relax.





Now, back to work on Mollys!

By they way if you are keeping count, that's 9 mollys completed!

Mugglefest 2007

As Rosemary has mentioned, we had an AWESOME time at Mugglefest 2007. Once again the Norman Public Library (Yay Rebecca!); went all out and with the support of local businesses, provided an great day of Harry Potter fun and magic for area families. Rosemary worked the information table during the afternoon and I was the prefect for the Care of Magical Creatures class. One of the demonstrations involved creatures I cannot stand and am totally terrified of... he went to the FARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR end of the room away from where I would have to watch the door from me. Obviously, as you have guessed by now there will be no photos of that guy in here. However two wonderful officers from the Norman PD brought their partners, Pablo and Lux who were the most pleasant officers I have ever met. Course I wasn't doing anything illegal with them around. Two very beautiful german shepherds.




At the end, each student received their own magical creature, a pygmy puff, to care for. Over 300 pygmy puffs found a home.





Of course Lady Macbeth was with me and did a bit of fangirlin'




However, so did Emily, the Merch lady for HatP! Hp5freak had created some great little cookbooks she gave us at PR. She let me have a few extras and I shared one with Emily who immediately began squeeing and fangirling



However, we did find some unusual looking fans at Mugglefest!



A long but wonderful day!

Oh yea and what did I do between CoMC sessions... well, here's something you don't see every day Molly making Mollys!

Creature Swap

When you are having a bad week, mail like this makes it better... my swap from bradjenn on the Yahoo HP Crafters group



Have I mentioned that I LOVE it? Thanks again Jennifer...SQUUUUUUEEEEEEEE

Crafty SPS

A crafty sps today as we spent this weekend watching Irish movies and working on crafts together. Colcannon and Corned beef for dinner yesterday and just a very relaxed productive weekend.



Earlier in the week, completed a Gryffindor Dragon for a HPCrafters swap on yahoo. He should be arriving at his new home very shortly :)



Also completed some work on Ofenjen and my secret PR project. A clue :D


And on a drive back from Hartford AR Friday, we saw this sign......yea sounds appetizing and can't wait to eat there can ya? hehehe