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Happy New, New, New Year!

In honor of the impending new year, there are all kinds of new, fun things to check out around here.  First, as much as I have enjoyed my lovely little Typepad blog, there is now a NEW BLOG  Run right over and check it out and be sure to memorize it quickly (or bookmark it, add it to your favorites etc...) as this one will only be here a little longer...never fear, all the old posts can still be found over there.  Second, I have done a complete overhaul on the website.  I have been having so much fun changing it all up!  (really, I did it all for myself as it all makes me so giddy and school-girl giggly)  Third, I have done some re-arranging and fancied up the walls in the studio...hopefully photos will be coming soon.  Anyway, all that business should help explain the complete lack of blogging around here for the last litle bit (never mind the whole holiday thing).  Anyway, go check it all out and let me know what you think....you know how I feel about comments!!!

And here's a little peek at a cutie that braved a slight hurricane for me.....you'll see more of her in the very next post....

The Director

This week the loved and lovable Kitty came for his photo shoot.  What I didn't know when scheduling Kitty was that he would be bringing his "people".  That Kitty is such a diva.  His "person" came right in, set up a chair at the edge of the backdrop and announced "I am the director" and then proceeded to let me know what Kitty is and isn't comfortable with.  "Kitty doesn't do that", "Kitty doesn't like that", "No, no, Kitty likes to be thisway", and then he would jump in and grab Kitty.  Who knew that Kitty was so particular?  Anyway, I think I clicked the shutter about 5 times and then Kitty was all done modeling but I think we can work with what we got....

 

That's Kitty's "serious" look.....think "Blue Steel" (and why can't I think of the name of that movie??  Help!)

 

The director coming to poor Kitty's rescue. 

Hope you are all feeling Zen about your holiday preparations and are ready for the kids to be home on break...that starts for us this afternoon and I actually can't wait!  I have all kinds of big, festive plans in my head....we'll see if they make it out into reality!

Attached

(This project was inspired by this site sent to me by my very smart friend.)

 

I have a kid who is attached to a special something.  Her special something is a blanket.  She can't leave home without it.  It has been loved to death.  Over the years there has been some angst over its demise.  So much so that another one was knitted, and now a third was has joined the exclusive club.  Though she did tell me last night that it wasn't quite as good and she wasn't quite used to it yet.  The newest one is now wrapped inside the 2nd one so that it can absorb some of the goodness.  If you checked out the first link above, you will know what is coming....here's my attempt at preserving this memory for all time (just in case they do actually, in fact, completely disintigrate.

 

Old B

  That is the special mini pillowcase it has to travel in now as it is basically just a pile of yarn now...you can see the many repair jobs performed by grandma.

 

New B

 

While New B is in better shape than Old B, but if you look carefully you can see that she has had all her edges repaired (see the darker yarn?) plus many holes in the middle.

 

New-New

(name hilariously inspired by the Teletubbies)

 

 

A slightly different color as the original color is no longer available....but this one is fresh of the knitting needles, no holes or mending to be seen.

Anyway, this is one of her Christmas gifts.  All three printed and hung in her room (though not quite 40 x 60 like the hippo from the inspiration...really,go check it out).    Love this idea and have scheduled a session with someones special "kitty" next.

 

Hope everyone's feeling some holiday spirit by now.  Mine finally got here yesterday when I finally hit on inspiration (or was inspired by someone else) for, not 1, but FOUR different hard to shop for people that I love.  Even better, all kind of handmade gifts...or at least full of time and effort and love (awww....how cheesy is that?).

Traditions

So, perhaps you can tell it is officially December on the blog?  We are busily finishing up all the photography related holiday stuff and happily moving onto the family fun portion of Christmas.  That means less blogging and more playing.  Here's a little taste of one of our favorite holiday traditions....a trip downtown to see the big man, ride the carousel, see some snow falling, and a special out-to-dinner treat.

 

The boys.

 

 

(Note the giant swollen lip...guess who is going to be singing "All I want for Christmas are my FOUR front teeth")

 

 

The girls.

 

 

The snow falling.  A gold star for you, if you can spot the newest addition to our tradition. 

(Here's the link to last year's photos in case you need some clues.)

If you have a favorite holiday tradition leave a note in the comments so we can all adopt your as one of our new ones.

More blogging sometime...in the meantime enjoy all the fun holiday stuff!