our year came to an end playing in what i like to call "white sunshine"...cabin life for a week, hanging out with the fine folk at ELB. it was full of family chaos, sled runs, snow slupee's, icicles sucking, lake skating, sorel wearing, quinzee making, game playing, reading, general over eating and many a happy hour starting at 12 noon. grateful. yes.
good bye 2013. hello 2014.
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when those waves of sadness hit, when your heart can no longer feel,
when you pick up the pieces to your new normal and feel you can't make it to a new day...
remember me mommy, my love, just remember me.
mommy look around you, because i am here...
i am in the snow dusted in december,
i am blooming in your garden in the spring,
i am the sticks collected at your door and the shells at your steps,
i will be the sunshine wrapped around you to keep you warm,
i will give you sunsets in the summer mamma,
i am in the laughter of all my friends,
when you hold Nicholas's hand, i am there to hold the other,
when you say i love you, i am saying it back softly,
when you hold my pillow, i am holding you.
don't be sad mommy, i am not alone and the same goes for you.
(in loving memory of Sophie Haines who received her angel wings december 2013)
and for her mommy xox
sometimes but not often i get totally jacked up to do a "craft"...some form of homemade goodness (because god only knows we don't have enough to do already right. so, lets tack on a craft to the list of to do's!!). but here's the deal, i love my mother in laws christmas stockings...their OLD, hand knit with vintage xmas characters on them. they're so fantastic, that if I ever get anything "handed down", i would want THESE stockings, instead of the family china! sorry barb (that's my mother in law), but the stockings are just so awesome...not that she reads my blog but just incase... hint, hint!
OH GOD, that sounded bad didn't it...i don't want you to "die", it's just...oh forget it, this sounds horrible no matter how i say it!! lol, the point is, i'm not getting any stockings, anytime soon (thank goodness) but i really want some fun ones in my own home!
so a guess then, it's time for plan B...make some! but dina, you don't knit? your right, but girl knows how to thrift!
so on my "travels" i found these very large hand knit socks, kinda looks like a lumberjack owned them. $2.99. i oxycleaned these bad boys and there ready to go!
then i spot this post on FB (thanks L.W for the post) about making stockings out of old sweaters, swEEEEt! i pulled out my 30% off card for VV and wrangled up two XL mens cable knit sweaters. this girl wanted to make some big ass stocking...a lady's sweater would not do! cost $8.00.
ok I added some fun to the girls knit stocking (cut out the dear heads from felt and added their initials from mohair) and sewed the sh** out of the other two sweaters and taa daa! i'm feeling quite pleased with the results!
so my mother and law can now relax that i'm not wanting her to "head on her way" to get my mitts on her stockings...lol.
BONUS...the unused sleeves make awesome leg warmers and yes i'm aware my boots need a "washing"!
