Death Toll, Damage Map and Tsunami Animation
According to the American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP), a leading charity watchdog, as well as many other sources I have read, the best way to help the tsunami victims is to give money, not goods. As crafters, our first thought of helping often turns to what we can do [...]

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For the very first time ever, I met an online friend today. Pfirsch is home for the holidays, and we got together this afternoon. We met at the LYS and then went for a bite to eat and coffee downtown. The conversation flowed and before we knew it, nearly four hours had flown by! I [...]

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One for the Ripple Along at Crochetville:

And one for Sherry:

Looks like I am all about blue lately. :-)

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Here they are! The things I ordered from the Crochet me Swank Online Market and Crazy About Freeform. They actually did indeed arrive before Christmas (December 22nd, as scheduled) but that was the day before I was leaving to visit family for the weekend, so I haven’t had time to take photos until now.
Left: Tote [...]

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Rebecca started a thread at Crochetville asking everybody to share their Christmas tree or other holiday decoration. I’m so glad she did because I’ve enjoyed seeing everyone’s trees. Finally, here is mine.

And I have to share one more ornament–my crab Santa.
A few years ago, we drove out to Harker’s Island for a nice weekend day-trip [...]

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