Happy Holidays!

I just wanted to wish you all a very merry Christmas - I'm leaving for my mother's later today and I won't be back until the new year... There probably won't be much time for blogging while I'm away, but I'll see you in 2009! Have a wonderful holiday!

Christmas is coming!

Thanks for all the birthday wishes, I had a lovely day! This weekend I went home to visit my parents and sister (and little niece Stella, of course!) and got lots of presents and my mom's excellent lasagna. This is one of the birthday presents I got, a brilliant book by Patti Digh - check out her blog, too!

This is a little yarn wreath I made for our front door. Still needs some embellishment though... What do you think? I'm only just realizing how little time I have left before Christmas - and I still have lots of gifts to make!

And I almost forgot, my Harry Potter swap package was received! If you want to see everything I made you can see it here, but I just have to show off the Hermione-themed wall quilt I made for my swap partner - I'm really pleased with it!

My partner's favorite Harry Potter character was Hermione, her favorite colors were brown and burgundy, and she liked owls, so this is what I came up with to incorporate all those things. What do you think? Any Hermione fans out there? :-)

Happy Birthday to me!

Knit birthday cupcake by Anny Purls

Yes that's right, today is my 24th birthday! Keith just woke me up with breakfast in bed, and we're going out for dinner later. I'm celebrating finishing a huge group assignment and an equally huge swap package too, so it's a good day!

I have been crafting a lot lately, but I won't be able to show you until my partner has received... Can't wait! If you want to see more Harry Potter-themed crafty goodness, I recommend the Craftster swap gallery or this group. Hope you're all having a good day too!