Last time I got granola (a favourite for breakfast) the store didn’t have any of the fruit ones so I had to get the plain almond. I’ve ended up having a lot of fun adding raisins or dried blueberries or chopped dried fruit according to whim when I get up in the morning.Today I decided that my granola should be as festive as everything else in the house so I used candied cherries instead of dried. They looked so jewel like on top of the yogurt that I wanted to share (they tasted pretty good too - a nice sweet treat).

My Moo Mini cards arrived last week. I learned about them through Craftboom about a month ago. It took me a little while but I finally came up with a good reason to order some ...
 
I’m starting to develop quite a collection of partial or unused balls of leftover yarn and often the label has gone missing. Right now I can remember what each ball was from and what it’s made of but I know that wont last. One day I will be looking through that box and find something, and maybe even remember buying it, but have no idea what it is or why I got it. Now I’ll have my own little labels to put on all my miscellaneous yarn so I’ll know what things are and how long I’ve had them.
 
 
As the mini card box says:
 
 
PS. I got some picture cards and some stickers too.

These are so fun to make. I’ve been wanting to make some of these since I saw the tutorial on Moonstitches a few weeks ago but I just didn’t get around to it. Now that I’ve made a few I can’t wait to find some different fabrics and make more. They go so quickly and they are so cute!

I dug out all the fabrics in my stash that seamed to be the right weight (and later remembered some others I forgot). I’ve got some wools, a couple of corduroys and a velveteen (so soft). The linen for the tummy pieces came from my needlework box - I like the difference in texture. Even more fun than making all the little bodies was going through my button box and choosing eyes.

Here’s the whole group.

 

I think they’ll look very cheerful hung up somewhere around the house - maybe in one of the doorways or across a shelf. They make cute ornaments too. Rob even suggested sewing them together, tile fashion, into a blanket - wouldn’t that be great a whole blanket of little owls! I think I’d make a the bodies a little more hexagonal so they’ll fit together without any big spaces.


Just an aside but this is my 100th blog entry! I hadn’t realized I’d written so many. I have a lot of fun planning out (and taking pictures of) what to share with you guys.