A blogging breakthrough

Blogging is one of those extraneous limbs you lose when you're trying to keep vital systems functioning. Which is an overly dramatic way of saying I haven't been feeling great lately. Nausea, fatigue and sleepless nights. All my energy has been channeled into survival.

That is, until about a week ago. I had a surge of energy and inspiration and I made the most of it. After all, Christmas and birthdays are coming. For the first time in quite a while, I wanted to create. And now, a week later, I'm feeling ready to write a couple sentences about it and put up pictures! Progress.













This first idea was inspired by this memory game tutorial. Simple and cheap. A little time consuming but satisfying. I found the wooden squares at Michael's and discovered some really cool paper there as well. Next time I would make more matches. I only did twelve squares and it makes for a fairly quick game, almost too easy. But, there are times when that's a good thing.















I relied on a some old standbys for other gifts. Like The flower washcloth from Weekend Knitting for part of a teacher's gift.















Good ol' bean bag frogs from purl bee:











































And the Wee Wonderfuls Big-Footed Bunny:















(The best part is that none of the recipients read my blog, so I get to post pictures)

My manic crafting has already slowed down but hopefully I'll be inspired a few more times before the month is out. If so, you know I'll share every last, boring detail!