Weekly Round-Up

This week I....
.... worked on turning this into a blanket for my husband's birthday (which is tomorrow).

 ... enjoyed the company of some friends at an informal wine and cheese evening.

... added another layer to the papier mache mirror

... got a surprise package in the mail--the giveaway from CraftGossip.com included two books.  The first was Make your Own Cute and Easy Pompoms, which surprised me with the sheer amount of detail and variety and the other was Playing with Image Transfers by Courney Cerruti, which looks like a lot of fun for someone like me who is addicted to collecting paper with interesting images on it.
... stopped by to see Gen and little Madeline.  My niece Arwen had just loved that toy, so we were glad to see it making another little girl happy.  (Here's hoping it doesn't drive her parents crazy.  It does have an off button....)