Category Archives: Clothes

Aug23

Strange dreams

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Strange dreams
Atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.

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Recently I’ve been having incredibly strange dreams that seem kind of real, but not really real. They’ve been very creative and somewhat creepy. It may be time to start using a dream translation book soon, or perhaps just a web site that will tell me what the main elements of my dreams stand for. Honestly, with the way my dreams have been going, I can’t imagine what they could be trying to tell me. Nuclear war, mean witches, high school… it’s all pretty disturbing.

Are our brains trying to tell us something each night as we sleep? Or is it all just a messed up jumble of images, phrases and situations that soaked in to our conscience and sub-conscience during the day? I know that my nearly 2 year old son dreams. He’ll begin crying, laughing or talking in the middle of the night and then just continue sleeping as if nothing happened. It seems a bit much to think that his brain is trying to tell him what his issues are while he’s sleeping. Do 2 year olds have issues? No, It’s probably just his little mind sorting through all the information that’s still too much too understand. Oy!

I’m pretty sure that I could go around and around about this for a couple hours if I let myself. Fortunately I have a life to get back to, not to mention a pretty interesting dream life.

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Sep28

The Sara Hat

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The Sara Hat

I recently designed a new hat to add to my repertoire. I’ve been fascinated with the cloche for a while now and decided to start adding them to my Etsy shop. So far I only have one in my inventory, but I crocheted a hat for my friend Sara and I absolutely loved making it. I’m quite proud of the results and am so glad that she liked it. I used a wool and acrylic blend yarn in a deep burgundy. At the end I decided to weave a gold and burgundy metallic ribbon around the base of the brim. I plan to make similar styles for the shop with different embellishments and using various weights and colors of yarn.
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The cloche is almost as lovely as Sara herself.

The cloche is almost as lovely as Sara herself.

Sep21

Feeling renewed

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Feeling renewed

After spending the past 3 months preparing for my first craft fair, I thought that I would be dragging my butt around feeling exhausted. Quite the contrary. Seeing and hearing the feedback from my customers was a great experience and made me tremendously excited to start new projects and to create more original items for my Etsy shop.

Sometimes I think that’s all it takes is accomplishing a big goal to make you feel great about yourself. Losing the baby weight was a big one for me along with breast feeding Miles for his whole first year of life. Now, I can say that I was able to prepare and turn a profit at my first craft fair. It certainly wasn’t easy. I crocheted and crocheted up until the last night before the fair and my wrist still hurts to prove it. Thanks to my husband Kofi for being super dad for the entire week leading up to the fair, I was able to get it all done and feel like I had enough inventory for the space.

Now I have several new products in my shop that didn’t sell at the craft fair, but seem to be very popular in the Etsy-verse. I’m proud of them and feel like I’m finally finding my artistic self through them.

Changing Colors Caplet


Fluffy Green Collar

Fluffy Green Collar


Changing Colors Cowl

Changing Colors Cowl


Black Arm Warmers

Black Arm Warmers

If you would like to purchase any of these designs or would like to see more, please visit my shop at http://MillionMiles.etsy.com

May8

organic care package from up north

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organic care package from up north

Our wonderful friend Sol from New Hampshire owns a natural products brokerage company and sends us care packages every couple of months. They are always filled with beautifully scented, organic soaps and lotions among other things. For the first 5 months of Miles’ life we didn’t need to purchase any bath or body products for him or ourselves. Even now, we only need to buy a tube of A and D ointment when his diaper rash is too much for the natural ointments to handle.
Today we received another box of lovelies from our dear Uncle Sol. It’s so nice to have a little treat every once in a while. Organic baby products are pretty dang expensive and we wouldn’t be able to buy them ourselves. So, we feel incredibly lucky to have a generous friend who cares enough to bestow some gifts upon us.

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Kee-Ka organic onesie (made with 100% organic cotton)

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Sanctum baby Bottom Balm (smells like fresh lavender, mmm…)

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fields organics toy cleaner (with organic tea tree oil)

I’m going to have to crochet him something very manly to show our appreciation.

Apr23

Quicky

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Quicky

I’m writing this quickly between breakfast, diaper changes, crocheting and plans for an afternoon with my niece. I just needed to prove to myself that I can still write and that there is still time for ME. These past two weeks have been very full of good times and lots of work. Miles and I spent a week with my parents in New York. We had a wonderful time with my family, but missed Kofi so much that I don’t think I can do it again solo. At least not for a long time. While I was away I spent most of my spare time crocheting because my scarves are now going to be sold in a shop in New Hampshire that I use to manage (LisAnn’s) I’m really excited about this and hope that they do well there. The owner and I have been friends for several years and after looking at my etsy shop, she ordered a dozen for the store.

Miles has been growing out of his britches and learning so many new things, I definitely don’t have time to list them all now.

It feels good to write again. I hope that more time opens up for me to write every day like I use to. That’s going to have to be it for now. Miles grows impatient and whiney. Smile.