Happy Feet Day!! (I mean "birth" day)

My aunt gus is turning @% Years old on saturday. She has everything she needs , except a comfie pair of these! Now she'll have everything! I made them using the simply slippers pattern. I didn't embellish them becauase she is pretty simple, and the color is out there enough!

LONGING FOR DAYS GONE BY

I made this blanket for my youngest son when he was 2 years old. He and his brothers use to get so excited when i made things for them by hand, but those days are gone.
Weep! Weep! Weep! What's a mommy to do?

A RAINY WEDNESDAY PORTRAIT

IT'S BEEN RAINING, OFF AND ON FOR DAYS, IN MY NECK OF THE WOODS. I CAME ACROSS THIS PICTURE THAT I TOOK A WHILE BACK. IT WAS A FIRST DRAFT OF A COWL PATTERN THAT I WAS WORKING ON. I EVENTUALLY CHANGED THE PATTERN UP A BIT, BUT THIS PORTRAIT JUST FEELS LIKE TODAY, RAINY, BUT MERRY TO ME!

A BASKET FULL OF WELCOME

I GET REALLY EXCITED WHEN THE SUMMER COMES TO A WIND-UP, AND THE LEAVES START FALLING. TO ME IT MEANS THAT THE TIME IS COMING TO BRING LIFE INDOORS, AND I L-O-V-E PLAYING HOSTESS! JUST TO GET THING STARTED, RATHER, TO GET A HEAD START ON THINGS, I'VE ARRANGED THIS BASKET KF SLIPPERS BY MY FRONT DOOR. A FLICKR FRIEND SUGGESTED THAT I MAKE A BASKET FOR MY MALE VISITORS ALSO, BUT I'M ALREADY AHEAD OF THE GAME. I'LL BE POSTING PICTURES OF MY "MAN BASKET" OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS

IN CELEBRATION OF BLUE

LIFE CAN BE SUCH A CELEBRATION. I NEVER REALIZED HOW MUCH I LOVED BLUE, AND I NEVER IMAGINED WHAT A FESTIVITY SLIPPERS COULD BE!! PARTY ON!!!.

MEAGHAN AND TALULAH

IT MAY SOUND REALLY STRANGE, BUT WHENEVER I MAKE SOMETHING, I IMAGINE THIS WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE FOR IT. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I CREATED THESE SLIPPERS AND PHOTOGRAPHED THEM, I IMAGINED THIS WHOLE FLOWERY TALE. WHAT IF A GIRL NAMED MEAGHAN, WAS A BRIDESMAID, AND EARLIER THAT MORNING HER BEST FRIEND TALLY (WHICH HAPPENS TO BE SHORT FOR TALULAH), GAVE HER THESE HAND MADE SLIPPERS AS A GIFT. SHE'D WEAR THEM AROUND A BUSTLING HOUSE, ALL DAY, AS SHE HELPED TALLY GET READY FOR THE MOST SPECIAL DAY IN HER LIFE. JUST BEFORE THEY HEADED OUTSIDE TO A GARDEN OF WAITING WEDDING GUESTS, THEY'D PAUSE AND LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND REMEMBER THE DAY THAT THEY'D MET. IT WAS THEIR FIRST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN. TALLY WALKED UP TO A SNIFFLING, CRYING, MEAGHAN, AND ASKED HER WHAT HER FAVORITE COLOR WAS. MEAGHAN TOLD TALLY THAT HER FAVORITE COLOR WAS BLUE, AND THEY STARTED A CONVERSATION AND A FRIENDSHIP THAT'S GONE ON FOR THE PAST 24 YEARS. MEAGHAN TAKES THE SLIPPERS OFF, PUTS ON HER PUMPS, AND LEAVES THE SLIPPERS ON THE WOODEN SHELF IN THE CORNER. MEAGHAN CAN'T BELIEVE THAT AFTER ALL THESE YEARS TALLY STILL REMEMBERS HER FAVORITE COLOR. SHE PICKS UP TALLY'S TRAIN, AND THEY HEAD OUTSIDE.
SIMPLY SLIPPERS CROCHET PATTERN AVAILABLE AT WWW.FRANCINETOUKOU.COM

WOWEE KAZOWEE!! IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE MY LAST POST. I MAY NOT HAVE BEEN POSTING, BUT I SURELY HAVE BEEN CRAFTING, AND PATTERN WRITING. HERE ARE A FEW OF MY NEW PATTERNS. THEY ARE AVAILABLE AT MY WEBSITE WWW.FRANCINETOUKOU.COM. HOPE YOU'LL POP IN FOR A VISIT!