Bella Rosa Purse Crochet Pattern.... Done!

Goal 1 completed!  I just finished listing my newest pattern:  Bella Rosa Purse! 

I have to say, I really like this one!  It is exactly what I would design for a purse for myself... wait a minute!  I did design it for myself!

Soft, pink, whimsical, dainty, feminine!

If you have forgotten, you can see Bella Rosa here!

Continuing Goals...

Our February Thaw has turned into a February Freeze!  This week temperatures have plummeted to -20 C with a windchill of -31 C.  For those who don't speak Celsius, that's -4 and -24 Fahrenheit!  Brrr!  But, it's a good time to stay indoors by the fire and proof read patterns and felt little creatures!  For example, the above picture... any ideas what belongs to these little bunnies?  Still plodding on to reach those goals... step by step...

New Month

Tomorrow morning is February 1st... a new month and a great a time to start making some goals.  I've been MIA for the month of January.  Where have I been?  Some exciting locale?  Nope, just stuck in my own head, desperately treading water, trying to stay afloat.  For somebody with Fibromyalgia, the cold winter months are really taxing.  It's very easy to loose your confidence in yourself, and this is where I am now.  BUT  tomorrow is a new month and I've set some goals!

Goal 1:  Next Friday I am releasing a new purse pattern.... I hope.  "Her" name is Bella Rosa Purse Pattern and the above is a little sample.  She's REALLY pretty, if I do say so myself!
Goal 2:  By the end of the month I am to have 10 new Easter Felted creations.  No pictures to show... they are all in my head.

Goal 3:  The last week I am releasing a new Hat Pattern.  I haven't decided which one yet... it will be Evandale (a flapper style), Cambridge (a pill box style cabled hat) or The Tia (a fresh, youthful hat that kind of reminds me of the 80's).
Goal 4:  This is exciting... I hope to have my own Website finished and launched by the end of the month!

Gulp... I think I had better go to bed and get some rest... tomorrow awaits...

Happy New Year!

                                      Christmas card my Mom sent to everybody this year.

I know, I'm a little late in wishing all my blogger friends a Happy New Year, but it's never too late to send well wishes, is it?  Actually I consider today the beginning of my New Year.  DH has gone back to work, most of the Christmas decorations are put away and it's time to clean and straighten up the house.  It's time to start fresh and new .... hence my choice of picture today.  A fresh newborn year... ready to be conquered!  Resolutions?  As always, loose that last 10 pounds, start my own website for my patterns (already in the works, I just need to wrap my head around this computer stuff!), decide whether I'm going to continue with my McBride House felting (after 1 lost parcel, and perhaps two, is it really worth the worry?).  Make my life more manageable... be nice to myself... and read, read, read!  Happy New Year Everybody!!!

Boxing Day Sale At McBride House

Christmas is just about over and it's time to take down the decorations.  It's also time to clean out my stash of McBride House goodies and put on a HUGE SALE!!

From now until shortly after the New Year most of my items are on SALE!!

Don't tell my little creatures, but when the sale is over, their little lives will change forever!  Whatever does not sell will be put on a shelf to be reworked into something else!

So this is truly the last time some of these items will ever be seen again!  If you like them, take advantage of the sale and bring them home!

 

Just in case you forget where these little guys live:  McBride House!  

Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all my blogger friends....both two legged and four legged!  It must be illegal to be this cute!

Christmas List

Guess what Piggy wants for Christmas?

Happy Winter Solstice!

Today, December 21st,  is the Winter Solstice.  Not only is it the shortest day of the year, but it is the official first day of winter.  In my part of the world sunrise began this morning at exactly 8:00 am and sunset is at 4:41 pm.  Thank goodness from now on the days will be getting longer!  Happy Winter everyone!

A Day of Crochet, Knitting and Chatting Part Two

What a fantastic day we had talking, crocheting, eating, laughing and knitting!

We had so much fun I actually forgot to take any pictures of us working on our projects!  I did, however, get Mom to take a picture of her shawl and send to me.  She did the main piece in knitting and I added a crocheted trim.  We call it her "Spiderweb" because the yarn for so delicate!

We also had a friend join us for lunch!  We had pizza and she had apples!

She is a young doe from last year that came to visit all winter.  If you look closely you can see her front right leg is held up?  She had something wrong with her leg and can't walk on it, but she made it through last winter and she even has a baby with her this year!

Here she is eating the apples we threw out for her.  Mom has this window completely decorated in glass snowflakes and icicles.  The make the loveliest tinkeling noise when you brush them!

Mom's famous popcorn balls!   One of the first times she made them she didn't add the cellophane.  She hung them from the tree on Christmas Eve and in the morning, the floor was littered with popcorn balls and the tree still had the candy canes!  After that she wrapped them up in cellophane and ties them with a pretty red ribbon!

Tea anyone?

Pretty little jewel boxes collected over the years.

A favourite elf from our childhood.   Merry Christmas everyone!

A Day of Crochet, Knitting and Chatting

This morning I'm off for a day of crochet, knitting, chatting and just plain fun with mom and my aunt!  Mom and my auntie are starting a pair of fair isle gloves together (I'm not a knitter!) and I'm working on a new pair of cabled wristwarmers (yes, cables in crochet!) that I'm really excited about.  I'm also working on the above project for my Mom.  It's a shawl/capelet/neckwarmer that she has knitted and I'm adding a crocheted trim to it.  I just finished the edging on another shawl for her and I'll try to get some pictures of it to show you today, along with some of her gorgeous decorating... I'm talking magazine worthy decorating!   Have a great day everyone!