The Afghan and Sweater Set

Wow. Two posts in one day. This is the baby afghan I was talking about in my last post. I have done several of these afghans before, I love this pattern.  

A little closer up view of the edging. The baby's room is actually "Rose Gold" color. Who can find rose gold baby yarn though? So, after much brain work and a lot of "UGHHHH", I just decided to do regular pink!! Sheesh.  We don't live near a lot, and have to drive a ways to any craft or other stores. 

 I was just going to do the baby afghan. But then I decided to do a little sweater set. It's been a long time since I did a sweater set, since they cancelled the OB Ward thing I was sending to. I will have to find links for all these. The little mittens are my own pattern. The hat is the Pumpkin Side to Side hat. The booties are Christals' "Impatiently Waiting for Baby" pattern. I can't remember the sweater off the top of my head. I actually combined two patterns. (I did one sweater, but I added the little ties and edging from another pattern.) I need to start keeping track of all these things. I try and go back and see what pattern I used "for that one sweater I did", and I never put the link in for it! I am going to go see right now, so I don't forget.

Of course, I already put all the patterns away. I managed to find the sweater pattern I did. But, I used the ties and edging for this sweater pattern. I wanted something old fashioned looking. The hat pattern. Impatiently Waiting For Baby Booties pattern. My mittens pattern. OMG I forgot about my other blog. I don't even remember how to get into that blog! (Sigh...)  Anyway, I have all the links there for future reference. Finally got it together for once. 😜 Now let's see if I can get it together to mail these in time before the baby is born! 

I'm Still Here...

I was having problems signing in to my blogger account. (Sigh....)  Besides all my other,Real Life problems. 😔 But I am back. I haven't stopped crafting, or crocheting. I am still trying to find (and upload-- SIGH!!) all my pictures of everything I have been doing. But this is a start. I've been making a lot of cards. This bear was for a pen pal friend of mine who likes bears. I printed out the sentiment on word, or notepad or something. The bear stamp is really old- might have been one of my very first stamps ever that I have. 

A Halloween card I made, trying to use up some bright colored index cards and envelopes I had. 

I had made these two little notepads out of the five packs of notepads you get at Dollar Tree. (Dollar Twenty-Five Tree). I sent one of these in Happy Mail to another one of my pen pals.

This is a baby card I made for the same pen pals son and DIL, who are expecting a baby girl. I actually crocheted a baby afghan and a whole sweater/hat/booties/mittens set, too. (And I got a couple outfits).  That's another picture I need to find and upload.

Okay, another Halloween card.

               I didn't have any polka dot paper, so I made my own for the little circle...

And another background paper I made up of my own, with another really old stamp I have. This card, I used a Trick or Treat bag I got from DT as one of the background papers, too.

                     And this is a more recent card I finished (yesterday, as a matter of fact.). 

I was trying to find a picture of the stamp set I had bought that I used for this card. I had been wanting it forever. And they had all their stamps on sale one week, so I got the set finally. It's called the Tea Lovers stamp set.  

I watched one of her video tutorials to make some tea pockets, using that stamp set. I made this one yesterday, too. I made the tea pocket and above card for the same person I crocheted the baby set for (well, for her grandbaby).  She has been here for me a lot lately. 

These are some I made the same day I originally had watched her video tutorial. I went a little crazy making the pockets. 😜 I don't know what I was thinking. Who am I going to even give all of those to? LoL.... I will have a lot of little gifties to give to unexpected people. 

 This is the very first batch I made, with two that I actually decorated. 

So, the "other Real Life problems" I have been going through is: I was diagnosed with cancer last month. It was and still is a shock to me. Even though I have a family history of cancer; I am not an alcoholic, and I actually took care of myself, ate healthy, took vitamins, tried to exercise....  (The people in my family who had cancer did none of the above and were alcoholics). I went to a new doctor this week. And I was talking to one of the nurses before seeing the doctor. And she said it sounds like I just got some bad genes. And maybe I should get genetic testing. She said all of our boys should get screened for cancer young. 😢   I had been not feeling well, and had a busy summer with our two older boys coming to visit. I will try to update my blog, now that I finally got back in. I have been going crazy with stuff online, all my doctors and stuff I have to do online... 😖 I should be starting treatment(s) in a couple weeks. If you all can keep me in your prayers.