I made a few butterfly coasters as a gift to a butterfly lover!

GORGEOUS sky this morning!
  

Finally finished the thank you/Christmas gift for my Perfect Sister!  She likes putting a little something at each place setting on her dining table, and they are always of the same theme, but each a bit different.  So....  I made these for her and got them off in the mail today!

Then I did some embroidery on a dish towel for the folks who helped train Musketeer for me:

Mom's Christmas Gift

Mom's birthstone is a sapphire and she loves sapphire blue.  I made this esp. for her.

I love you so very very very very very much, Mom!

Some recent HAPPY made (pay no attention to the threads that need to be trimmed).

Old sheets:

Made into a new rug:

I'm going to aqua therapy to try to make my back work better and relieve some discomfort.  I was texting my Mom about it and she does the voice to text thing.  I get a message from her, asking how AWKWARD therapy was going!  That cracked me up and next time I went to "awkward therapy" I told my "awkward therapist" about it.  She LOVED it and we have been going on and on about it, each time I'm there.

Last time I was at "awkward therapy", the "awkward therapist" was telling me that she needed a new badge for her uniform, "Awkward Therapist".  Little does she know... I made one this morning!

Now THAT is a lot of HAPPY!  I'm going to bring a safety pin so she can be all official and wear it!  HOW HAPPY IS THAT!!!!!

And...
She LOVED it!!!  She laughed so hard, I thought she was going to fall over!  After awkward therapy, she went to show everyone else in the office!  I love giving happy to others!

Find a little

HAPPY

every day

and RUN with it!

This took awhile to finish (would have been much easier if I had a rotary cutter), but I made my first rug out of "sheet yarn" (cut up strips of old/new sheets).  TADA!

I made a bandanna for Musketeer:

I made a birthday gift for my Mom.  It's on the way to her right now!

Back at the Beach with Stormy Seas

                                          

Life's a Beach!

Early Birthday Gift

for

My Mom

My Mom had told me her shoulders get cold esp. during meals at the nursing home and asked if I'd make her a cape with royal blue yarn.  My Mom had fractured her wrist, so sometimes fastening a button is more of a challenge with one hand over the other.  I put a button on BOTH sides, so it could be fastened from the right or from the left.  Happy Bonus Birthday, Mom!

A Beautiful Day To Be At The Beach:

America ROCKS!!!

I painted more rocks.  This time I painted a ROCK band!  I still need to SEAL the deal (put sealant on them) and have them SPLIT UP by hiding them in different locations and sent out hints on the "NameOfOurTown Rocks!" Facebook group page!

ROCK ON!

A perfect way to wash worries away:

Painted more Rocks for

AMERICA ROCKS!

America Rocks!

Towns all over the USA have started Facebook Groups with their city or town name and added the word "Rocks" after it.

WHY???

Remember how popular Pokemon Go was for those two weeks?  The "Our Town" Rocks can go on and on.

HOW DOES IT WORK???
Someone starts a Facebook group with your town/city name with the word "ROCKS" behind it.  Folks find/get rocks, paint them, put them out in public places.  You can post photos of the rocks on that FB group and hints where you put the rocks.  THEN, the people who find the painted rock can keep the rock or re-hide it, post photos of their VERY HAPPY children or grandchildren or teens or couples or elderly who have found the rocks....  and you have folks who want to paint and you have folks who want to find and it's ALL HAPPY!!!!

Here are a few I'm painting for the fun of it:

My grandma crocheted little delicate teacups to use as nut cups at my Dad & Mom's wedding.  I've had one siting on my desk for several years, wishing that I could make one as well.

I taught myself how to crochet about a year and a half ago.  Since learning the basics, I've been in search for a YouTube video or a pattern to use to try to make a crocheted teacup.

The pattern finally showed up yesterday!  It's not exactly the one my Grandma used (it called for the use of a glue gun to hook the handle, cup and saucer together - grandma did NOT use a glue gun on hers!).  But with some tweaks of my own, I figured out how to make it as one piece.

Here is a photo of the crocheted teacup that I made, next to the one that my grandma made.  What do you think?

Lovin' Lake Michigan!

More Happy Items!

I made some new bookmarks and ornaments!  What do you think?

Getting ready for the Fund Raiser!

Another outing to the State Park, about two weeks after the last visit.

Sometimes it's important to step away from the screens in our lives and take in some nature.

All three of my older sisters have birthdays this month.  I've been busy making gifts for them and their puppies and their spouses who also have birthdays in March.  WHEW!

More HAPPY made today!  It gave me an idea that I'll work on later this week, if possible.  YAY!

I finished the gifts I made for the man that made the donation that made it possible for me to send the down payment for my Service Dog, Musketeer Puppy!  THANK YOU!

The down payment is just the start!  

Donations can now be made directly to the company training the Service Dog!  

HOW???

Click HERE, go to the bottom blue part of the page and click on PAYMENTS on the 2nd from the right side of the page.  Click on BUY NOW.  In the payment description, type in MUSKETEER PUPPY (other wise the funds will get lost), along with your amount.  Click CONTINUE and follow up with your payment information.  They take credit, debit and PayPal!

THANK YOU so much for your HELP in getting Musketeer Puppy the Service Dog HOME!

That's some HUGE snowflakes!

Mom received some HAPPY from me today!