IT HAS BEEN A VERY LONG TIME
Blogging and crafting has simply come to a complete stop since having gone back to work.  It's sad but true.  I'm finding it almost impossible to care for a 9 month old and keep this stuff up.  Don't give up on me quite yet, I just might not be as frequent as I used to be.


I would however like to take this opportunity to give a good friend of mine Ann Symington some publicity for her  little hobby/business.  Ann has been making some great little things for babies and mom's since she's been off on maternity leave.  You can check her out at the following web addresses.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/littleheadbands
http://littlemissheadbands.weebly.com/index.html

A DONATION FOR A VERY GOOD CAUSE
I recently stumbled upon two sisters from Ottawa who are really great illustrators.  They started a project called theDADproject (drawing a day) after having sadly lost there father to metastatic stage 4 colon cancer in his lungs and liver this past October.  They opened an Etsy shop selling the  drawings and donate $10.00 of every print sold to the Canadian Cancer Society.  They have also been accepting donations from other artists on Etsy and have been selling them as a weekly feature and donating that money as well.  That being said, I felt it was a very good cause and a wonderful idea, so I have donated one of my knitted goods.  It will most likely be featured this Friday, Jan 21st in there shop (http://www.etsy.com/shop/theDADproject).  You can also check out there blog to see my bio ( www.theDADproject.com) 


Here is the neck warmer that I donated to this great project!

AND THE WINNER IS....THE ONE AND ONLY PERSON WHO ACTUALLY ENTERED IN THE GIVEAWAY...MY BEST FRIEND MEL!!
CONGRATS MEL AND THANKS FOR ENTERING!

ONE MORE DAY FOR THE FREE GIVEAWAY!!!!

GETTYSBURG
My father in law is only slightly obsessed with that place.  He literally travels there at least twice a year all the way from Ottawa to hunt for ghosts, no word of a lie.  I'm pretty sure if he could travel back in time he would have a giant handle bar mustache, a horse, a musket and would definitely reside in Gettysburg.  That being said, he asked my husband to ask me if I could draw him a picture of a famous photo taken of 3 prisoners in Gettysburg a very long time ago.  I decided to surprise him and paint him the photo instead for Christmas.  Needless to say he was pretty friggin excited to see it on Christmas when he opened it.  There was a lot of little detail in that painting and being the procrastinator that I am left it, for the most part, until two weeks before Christmas.  There were times when I was going to give up, but I knew how stoked he would be to get it and that kept me going.  
So check it out!  I'll post a photo of the original as well.

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL PHOTO

ONLY 4 MORE DAYS...free giveaway!
January 14th is quickly approaching and only one person is in need of a free baby hat!!??  All you have to do is check out my Etsy shop and tell me which item is your favorite item and become a follower on my blog.  It's really simple. 

YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.....
If you want it...come and get it!