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hello peoples. unsurprisingly, i am unprepared for christmas even at this late date. ah well, i thought i would share this little thing that i worked on until the wee hours this morning. first off, supplies... i ordered some tasty wool felt from tadaa studio felt on etsy. such lovely colors: and fast shipping as well, so they get my recommendation! so my best friend had her baby a bit early. their sort of "theme" for her room is pink and brown and cupcakes. soo, i put together a little "baby's first christmas ornament" kind of thing. it is far from perfect and i probably should have done a little practice one first, but it's five days from christmas right now. so, no. (sigh.) i sketched out my cupcake shape on paper, cut it out... and traced it onto the felt. i left a bit around the edges for stitching. in the future, i think it'll be easier to cut out the two shapes (frosting and cake) separately. i did a bit of free hand embroidery and... ...

such blog silence lately! my apologies. much of my knitting time has been spent on the two new babies-to-be in my life. (not mine!) a couple new autumn-y dolly things... ( in the shop ) (not yet in the shop) nextly, new yarns! closeups to come. things will be changing for the better after the end of the year. this includes more knitting time! oh 2011...

i finally got the sweet bookshelf i've been hemming and hawing over. the dolls now have a shelf in the new place! this could only mean.. time to play with miniatures! this month's issue of craft leftovers is all about miniature crafting. so yes, this was the issue that got me to order. yay! excited about the little chair pattern. i also love this teeny camera that embellishyourself blogged about a couple days ago. oh my god need this. love it. also, a good idea on blythelife for making your own little dolly foods. now just need to arrange the girls' setup... maybe snap some pictures!

(my new twitter background, which i made up--or colored in, really--on colourlovers . so... yeah. i finally went ahead and joined twitter. hello hello! maybe it was havi of the fluent self 's description of it as "the twitter bar", or the fact that i've been following more and more twitter feeds through my rss reader.. it turned out to be fun! besides, with the way my schedule's been lately (and looks to be until the end of the year), 140 characters is a bit more manageable than this ol' blog thing sometimes. in other news... working on some dolly things for fall (bit by bit). pink and black seem to be the theme.

so as it turns out, my best friend and sister are both knocked up at the same time. oh heavens. now that we know it will be a girl and boy, respectively, all baby knitting options are open! stripey waves blanket , on ravelry the blanket i started for my sister's last month at the beach (i don't really swim). just stripes, based on a a stitch pattern in 400 knitting stitches , (which i'm really liking, by the way.. and it was 40% off at knitpicks!). the other stuff is still in planning mode. under consideration: * baby surprise jacket , of course! handspun for it in the works soon. this may be a little overambitious of me. * the chicken viking hat , which i've been wanting to make forever * baby tart , which i kind of want to make for myself * sheldon the turtle, for my sister's little one. * offset wraplan , a very cute asymmetrical sweater. * boheme , a lovely girly lacy top. unfortunately, the pattern seems to be down for the time being. and of course i am ...

some doll-related blogs that i subscribe to... we play with dolls : read and be updated on blythe, pullip, and bjd news. also tutorials on customization and such. and this is how i discovered pika and mika . sigh! latidah : companion blog for the latidah flickr group for lati yellows. not updated very often, but love seeing lati pictures! feltland : a bilingual personal blog with awesome photos of miniatures. lots of dollies as well! requiemart , of course: great photos, tutorials, reviews and more. there have to be more out there... recommendations, anyone?

for blythe... ( in the shop ) for me... ( on ravelry ) for my swiffer... ( on ravelry )