See, I do other stuff besides play with clay! I saw one of these when I was surfing around ArtFire the other night, Kathy found the pattern on Ravelry & we proceeded to whip out a couple of these dusters. And I believe if Chan can dig up any leftover novelty yarn she was gonna join in too.
It's super fuzzy, I think I will try another one & not do so many fuzzy chains.

It was a fun & quick project. Too bad the actual dusting with it won't be as much fun. LOL
You need to use a machine washable novelty yarn so you can throw it in the wash when you're done dusting, or if it sits around long enough that it collects dust on it's own. ha ha
Hope everyone is having a good week!


And I now have 

Sissy & Gretchie are ready for the party! They were kind enough to supply me a photo. :)
And while I was on the porch taking photos of the cloths, this little guy came to visit the bird feeder. Well, I guess you could call it a bird/squirrel feeder since both use it. He comes most every day for a visit & a snack.
I've got another photo of him that I'll save for Wednesday. :)
And I thought that since the squirrel had been on the feeder, maybe I needed to put some more birdseed in there... here is where the MESS comes in. This is what happens when you are carrying your bird seed bucket through the house & your seed bucket is dry rotted & the handle breaks off! UGH!
I sure hope the birds don't mind a little cat hair in their food! The squirrel didn't seem to mind. LOL 
And check out this little cutie! He's a
And I was actually feeling a little creative on Sunday, the one day I had off last week... I ended up with Octopi. Silly little guys with their big eyeballs. Honestly, how could they not make you smile? :) These guys are listed in
I hope everyone is has a great week! May your friends & family make you smile too! :)
Here we have the goodie package... It included a Sandy Bracelet pattern from
Jessie from
I got these cute fish & octopus patterns. The fish is from
Gorgeous superwash merino/silk/firestar fiber from
A fluffy soft wool batt from
Seaglass superwash wool yarn from
Deep Blue Sea Black Blue Face wool fiber from
Some fiber curls from
A lovely mini bun of mixed spinning fiber from
Some pretty superwash sock yarn from
Soft Mercer's Pier spinning fiber from
Awesome Periwinkle silk top w/noil fiber from
Lovely superwash merino/alpaca/nylon yarn from
Incredibly soft Blue Hawaii silk milk & bamboo fiber from
Adorable stitch markers from
Squishy soft mohair/bamboo/superwash wool/glitz from
Another super soft Oceana falklands wool roving sample from
This gorgous sample is from
A pretty freshwater pearl infinity ring stitch marker from
And last but not least, some great superwash merino fiber samples from 



Hope everyone is having a good week!
We cleaned off the patio, needed it really bad. Even though it's so hot out there in the full sun we never use it. One day we will have this screened in! :) The rosebush on the right has been there for about 9 years & it's just HUGE. I cut it back this weekend because all the pretty peach blooms had been spent. It will bloom again in about a month. I bought it as a hybrid tea rose but I believe that died & it came back from the root stock. If I'm not mistaken it's a climbing rose, it gets taller than me, heck this year I think it was about 6 foot before I trimmed it back this weekend! And on the left is my new yellow rose bush that I finally got planted today. Along with a few vinca. The hubby mowed the yard while I put out new pine needles....
These poor daisys didn't fare so well during the thunderstorm, got a little beaten down. But the one's below still look happy. 
I couldn't resist a closeup with the water still on them.
And here is my gorgeous purple/blue hydrangea bush. Isn't it just beautiful?! I'm not sure why the pinker bush beside it didn't bloom this year...
I think this beauty of a bush is my absolute favorite! The bloom balls are just huge & they will last for a while in a vase if I want to cut a few & bring them inside....
We also heard from our recruit this weekend too, we got 2 letters on one day! He is doing good, eating lots & working hard. I'm so proud of him! I've done the bootcamp thing & I know it's really hard on him, but he's got such a great attitude towards it. :)



She sent 2 wonderful cloths, 2 scrubbies, a pretty card, wonderful lip butter (tastes as good at it feels!), a funny "I'd rather be knitting" notepad, an Elephant Poo Poo paper notepad (how funny is that? Paper made from elephant poo! It's not stinky though. LOL), an adorable angel made from dish towels & a hot pad (it's a shame to undo it, so cute!), and a gorgeous handmade bracelet. Did you make that bracelet Grace? I forgot to ask you. It's just lovely!!
This second one is the 





