and this is what i WILL be working on

i just recieved my order from repotdepot and i am sooo excited. i have been browsing their site for years and finally just went ahead and ordered some of that very cute fabric that i'm always drooling over...adn i'm so glad i did. the bees were even on sale! it's going to be a cozy (aka blanket) for molly. i generally am afraid to order fabric on line because i'm convinced that the colors will be completely wrong and/or it will end in disaster...but not this time!

the bee fabric (and ladybug too, mind you) will be the top and the red and white the underside. i figure i'll fill it with some flannel to make it extra cozy (because you all know you like that) and it will be a perfect little snuggle cozy for her. i'm sure she won't be as excited about it as i already am, but hey, at least one of us is all giggly! aw, who am i kidding? she's always giggly.


i can't wait to put it all together. it's going to be very simple because i got just enough fabric to do it (no margin of error here, people) but i'm hoping to do some cute quilting with it to make it a bit more impressive. i'll be sure to post the finished product!

i love fall!

it's by far my favorite time of year. as much as i love the fresh fruit and veggies of the summer (and being able to swim and dig in the garden!), i love it when the trees all decide to change colors and it becomes sweater (and scarf) weather.

so here's what i've been up to:

this is the scarf i mentioned in the last post. it's the first rib i've done and i'm very happy with how it came out. the gradiation in the yarn is very pretty, too, and i'm thinking that it will match my winter coat quite nicely. i know it matches one of my favorite sweaters, so we're all set there, at least!

and this is how i decorated the front door of our house. it makes me happy (and please note the scary black cat...i made him last year and decided that he needed to be by the hitching post with his own little pumpkin this year):
and i just realized that it would have been a much prettier picture had i rolled up the blinds on the front door, but o well, you get the idea.