I've missed a computer so much! I just got a new lens for my camera, but it's not exactly the right one, so I can at least take pictures but they aren't as fabulous as I'd like.

craftwise I've been up to a LOT. I had planned on making Christmas ornaments every day but we've been too frazzled to do that. i've turned the boys lose and let them do whatever they want with the craft supplies but nothing has made it to the tree. I have been working on peg people and other projects.

The coolest thing I've been working on is with my early Christmas present. I now own a scroll saw. it's cool and everything but it's painstakingly slow and I snap a lot of blades from impatience. results are cool though.

sorry that this is a photo dump, but I want to catch up so I can share more regularly. most of these have been taken with my camera phone.

various taggie blankets for friends







set of peg gnomes I made for a friend's daughters. (will make another set for my niece)

a rare craft I made for myself! a Monster Book of Monsters for my newly acquired Nook




Scroll saw things!







Mario mushrooms and tree topper






and the most laborious thing I've ever done (possibly? recently? anywho...)

Crabbe Goyle Malfoy Voldemort


Dumbledore


Hagrid and Harry Potter


Dobby


Ginny Luna and Neville

AND.... HOGWARTS!!!






Owlery


Great Hall


the roof


outside paint job!

I hope these things make a lot of children happy this year. it was fun making them.

up next: Batman pegs and some more Star Wars pegs.... a horse + jockey and some farm animals!