Ravenhill

Feeling blue?

I'm not in the least, but yesterday I wouldn't give you any color, and today turned out to be shades of blue, starting with my promise to show you the color of the mittens I am working on!

I am mad about the turquoise yarn and need to finish them soon as Norway is getting nippy!

Maybe you would like to see what I have been up to today? I don't spend all my time doll making. Cooking takes a great deal of my time as my growing children eat 4-5 meals a day. Yes, they really know how to put it away. This really keeps me busy! Then there is the clean up. I just finished crocheting these dish cloths. So mundane, but so nice to have them to clean up spills and messes.

I want to give a long-belated thank you to Müriel! What a delightful surprise it was to find this pretty fabric and trim in my mailbox! What special Dutch fabric in the prettiest of blues! It will be hard to cut into this but I look forward to using it. It is so much fun to be in touch with crafting and blogging friends around the world! Speaking of which, we are going to be in Belgium for two days later this fall and if anyone knows of any wonderful fabric or yarn shops to visit in Brussels I would love to hear about it!

Thank you Sarah for including my work on your blog today! Thank you too, dear Kelly for including my matryoshka (which is also a shade of blue) in one of your very first Etsy treasuries and welcome back home!

Kelly requested a better look at the trim on the photo above so here it is in all it's cuteness!

I am hoping that if I posted this final photo of pants for Sebastian that I started in July when mom was here it might shame me into finally finishing them.

PS. Kelly requested (on the comments to this post) to see a close-up of the wonderful trim from Müriel. I have one right here. Isn't it cute? And the Dutch cow is so adorable!

My momther's Christmas goodness

I have been wanting to show you some of my mother's handwork for the longest time!

My father snapped the wonderful images, catching the beautiful Maine winter sunlight on my parent's dining room table. The table, by the way, was handmade by my dad.

Yes, I come from a family who all share a great love for creativity.

Mom made the oragami-like birds for the dear children she takes care of at the Waldorf pre-school where she is most happily employed.

Wee, little cookie mice have been a tradition in our family for many years now. They have chewy licorice tails and pumpkin seed ears.

There are brown mice and white mice. The white are made from a different dough and are dusted with confectionary sugar.

I wonder if anyone else makes mice cookies for Christmas?

The basket is filled with breads and ornaments for my mom's fellow Waldorf nursery school teachers. She also gets the nicest gifts in return.