In keeping with the handmade tradition that I started last year, I have been working feverishly on a handmade gift that I finally finished!  Yahoo!  And this is why I have not been paying enough attention to my blog lately.  I committed myself to finish this caplet and I needed every spare minute and then some.  I think it turned out great.  If only I had uploaded the photo and realized that I was not in focus before I packaged it up and sent it off.  Either way you get the essense of the caplet.  It took me seven days to knit.  Non-stop knitting (as in during naps, and evenings, only stopping long enough to get in my reading time before bed) but alas it is finished.  I think it turned out well and can’t wait to see it on the person it was intended for.   Now, back to my pumpkin hats.  I have another order of four to do up before I can even think of doing some more for my shop.  I guess next year I will start much earlier if I want to really stock up on them.

My next handmade gift is a gift close to my heart.  I gave the gift of my photography.  I know this has been my life long dream to be a photographer, but I truly wanted to start giving some of my photography as gifts because it is the reason I take photos to begin with, to share with others.  So these too were packaged up today and sent off, both are the same photo, but because they are framed differently they look a little different.  I hope to keep on with my new tradition of handmade gifts and am already organizing my Christmas list.

And just because we were laughing and having fun the other day, here are two happy photos of J and Apple.  I am so blessed with happy kids that I just had to share.