It snowed almost all day yesterday, so the ground is covered in snow today. I will admit that a fresh coat of snow on the ground always makes it look quite lovely and cozy. Although I could do without the cold temperatures that it brings… I went outside to take a few photos of it this morning, but didn’t last long outside since it was so cold. Ben let me use his camera so that mine wouldn’t have to experience the severe drop in temp from inside to outside (which was very nice of him, since it meant that his camera did have to go through the drop in temp). Although my fingers couldn’t handle the drop in temp, so it meant that I wasn’t outside for long:)

I got these lovely goodies in the mail the other day from the very sweet Elena of TickledPinkKnits. I don’t think Elena has a blog, but her shop is absolutely lovely and she is very sweet! Thanks Elena! :)

I have only been doing a tiny bit of crafting & sewing lately… I really need to get more done on that skirt if I want to have it made for the holidays. I did get another scarf made and into my shop though…

I had actually been thinking about this scarf for awhile and had set the fabrics aside for making a scarf. It is the same fabric combination as this bag that I made back in July. I love these two prints and love how well they go together even though they are from completely different fabric lines. I order most of my fabric online, so sometimes it can be difficult to match colors and make sure things go together if you can’t look at it in real life and compare. I feel like I sort of lucked out on this fabric combination:)

Axel and Pounce were sitting on the couch together last night, so I thought I would take a few photos. (Both of them have gotten pretty use to the camera and the clicking it makes while they are trying to sleep:) Ben had shown me some photos of Abyssinian cats on flickr the other day, and there was one photo in particular that I really liked and wanted to try to capture something like that of Axel (who is a tabby/abyssinian mix). I didn’t get quite what I wanted, but I do like this photo that I took quite a bit at least…

Speaking of flickr & photography… I really need to get myself a pro flickr account. When I started using flickr, I really wondered why anyone would pay for a flickr account & now with over 200 photos in my flickr stream I totally get it:)

The fabric for my holiday skirt….

Black velvet, black tulle, and a grey/silverish fabric that is actually quite sparkley in real life but the photo didn’t pick that up. I looked at 2 different fabric stores and had quite a hard time deciding what to go with for under the tulle. When I saw that fabric though, I thought it would be perfect. Cross your fingers that I actually finish the skirt by the holidays! :) Does anyone have any tips about sewing with tulle? I have a feeling I might need some tips…

I am thinking about putting an about page on my blog… Right now I just have a little blurb in the sidebar, but it doesn’t say much at all and I have this whole website so I might as well make an about page, right! :) I thought I would check first though and see if anyone has any questions for me about my blog, me, or just life in general? Now would be the perfect time to delurk, say hi, and ask me my favorite color (which changes every five minutes in case you were wondering…)

And because I thought this was just too cute not to share…

(They are best buddies most days, but Pounce doesn’t normally tolerate Axel cuddling up to him like that for very long so I was pretty surprised to see them cuddling. Even more surprising was that they let me take a photo without running off to eat or play.)