Merry Christmas from Clio & Phineas

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One more to go...

While it was snowing and my feast of seven fishes was NOT happening on Saturday, I headed off to the craft lounge. So, another diaper bag and changing pad is done, done, done! I am really happy with how it came and I hope MarMar likes it. All it needs is a coat of Stainguard.

Changing pad.

Which leaves just one more diaper bag to go. However, I am not going to start that one until after Christmas.

Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!

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Thank you to Calliope, Orpheus and Linus for a fun weekend in the snow and at the circus!

Polyjuice Potion

I took today off to prep for tomorrow's Feast of Seven Fishes and finish up any holiday shopping.
But, in the interim, I leave you with this photo.


My nephew, Orpheus, is a huge Harry Potter fan. So, after a recent haircut, he asked Pete the Barber to put all of his cut hair into a zip lock bag. Pete humored him. Last weekend when I visited, he sent me home with a lock of his hair so that, if I needed to, I could make a polyjuice potion which would make me look like him.

And so, I will leave you with this thought: wouldn't it be wonderful to be a six year old at Christmas again? I think so.

Happy Friday!

Multi-tasking again, yet not taking pictures

I don't know what is wrong with me. I spent all weekend at my hobbies, but somehow did not take a single picture to show you.

In addition to all the candy making, I:

• drafted some alterations to my pencil skirt pattern and cut it out in my fabulous plaid and silver fabric
• cut a muslin for the Hot Patterns Calm, Cool and Cowl Neck top.
• did the final edge stitching and slip stitching of the Diaper Bag for MarMar
• started embroidering a onesie for my new nephew
• wrestled some more with my 3 Graces cowl neck top (I am not quite past the point where I get apoplectic whenever I think of it)

But I took not one picture. And the Craft Lounge still looks like a bomb blew up in it. A few weeks ago, Magenta was musing about finishing projects, and that may be where I am stuck. I have 5 projects in various stages of completion. Or it could just be that, at this time of year, my attention and energy turns toward holiday shopping, cooking and baking, and sewing gets back-burnered.

Either way, you are just going to have to muddle through with me. I will try to update you on each project individually as I make progress.

Santa's Kitchen 2009

Peppermint bark, peanut brittle and chocolate truffles.

This weekend, Phineas and I powered through our holiday candy making. It went pretty quickly. Even the truffles, which are usually a pain, went smoothly.

Spurred on by my candy-making success, I ventured another try at spiced nuts. Last year, Erato told me that she really liked my first batch once she added more salt to them. So, that is what I did. Naturally, I over-salted them. Sigh. So, I have assigned holiday spiced nut making to Phineas. Possibly permanently.

Nothing really matters, but Moi....

When I learned that Disney had acquired the Muppets, I had very mixed feelings. On the one hand, I would love to see the Muppets revitalized. On the other hand, I shudder at the thought of them being disneyfied.

However, their recent appearance on YouTube makes me cautiously optimistic.



Happy Friday!