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December 07, 2009

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Dominique

All your ideas are beautiful !
I have finished yesterday something with your birds and I am very happy of that. If you have any time, have a look on the pool or on my blog.
Have a good week.

Megan

Love all your happy things. It's been gray here for a bit, too, and when there's a blue sky moment, it makes me giddy :) Also, I brought home that same bird tray from IKEA a few weeks ago. It's so pretty! Mine lives on the little ledge behind my kitchen sink so I have something pretty to look at while slogging through the dish washing :)

Shelley in SC

Wow!! You must be in a whirl with all the projects and Christmas!! Thanks so much for taking the time to share your color and beauty with us! It's making for a very beautiful Christmas season.

Krista - Poppyprint

My children were born Jan.2 and 8 (two years apart) so I can sympathize wtih the sluggishness at holiday time. There was no room at the inn for turkey, that's for sure! Winter babes are so cozy and cuddly, though. I wanted to take the opportunity to wish you a wonderful delivery...I can almost picture you in a colour-coated dreamy trance of hookiness, coaxing that little life out so you can lovingly place her/him in their sweet baby blanket that is all ready and waiting. Best wishes Lucy. -K

Claudia W

I agree with some of the others...take time, slow down, relax! You are doing something way more important than cleaning...you are creating a new little cutey!

Freakish Lemon

Your advent garland looks great. It's so colorful and fun!

Heckety

I think your garland will be very useful in teaching the Little People that waiting can be fun too, as well as helping them so wait by numbering the days. Its a difficult comcept for children...huh, some adults haven't grasped it yet either!

Anna-Karin, Sweden

Lucy, You must take it easy, I know how hard it is though, but try! Please!! :-)
Your Advent garland is beautiful!
Love Anna-Karin xxx

Sofisan

You very brave mountineer! even if you do need a push up some of the hills:) I find it hard getting it all together and I'm not slow and heavy at all, well I AM slow but not because of any bump. I do salut you for taking on that mountain and look forvard to seing you at the topp!

Jackie

Lucy ~ I can't think of a nicer or more colourful way to count the sleeps to Christmas. Good Luck with the rest of the shopping and please try and slow down a bit and take things a bit easier ~ I've heard that tea and cake and perhaps a little chocolate are very good for this! :O) xx

The Coffee Lady

What a great idea. It's lovely to see something that doesn't rely on sugar to get its message across.

Having said that, we're relying on sugar. What can I tell you. That Learn to Crochet book hasn't come from the library yet.

Petit Filoux

Oh good luck with all the household (not so much fun) stuff, look forward to seeing you again once you've reached the summit and managed to fit in a bit of crafty creativity! x

vanessa

Hi Lucy, I just wanted to say thank you for your tutorial on the snowflakes. I made them and they are totally addictive! I am very very new to crochet but the bug has taken over me! I find it really hard to understand the book instructions but have found your tutorials with pictures brilliant and so easy that I can do them, and it makes me jump around the house I can get it and make it! So I just wanted to let you know how great they are for people like me! Vanessa xxx

Shannon

I love the garland so much that I ran out to the store after teaching today and bought four skeins of brightly colored yarn. I'm not as quick as you, but it will all be done by Christmas. :)

Kim Schmidt

Love your blog Lucy...whenever I need a happy anything during the day I take a peek at your blog...love all the colors and the joy you bring through your creativity. :-)

Wendy Wager

Just had a thought about your garland - you could leave it up after Christmas and when Bump24 arrives, encourage LPs to make card circles to spell 'Welcome Baby' which could be attached instead of Advent numbers or use numbers to count down to 'Baby Day'. On the other hand, just rest, relax and enjoy this magical time in your lives. x

Marian M-S

You can do it! I am starting to feel the pressure to get things done as well, and I don't have a baby getting ready to come out either :-). I have had two pregnant Christmases though...lovely memories :-). I am hoping to decorate this weekend too, and have some serious cleaning to do before as well. We better get to it! Can't wait to check back in at the end of the week...good luck with your mountain scaling :-)!

Peng Peng

i cannot tell you how much you have inspired me lucy. every time i see your project it gives me inspiration and a push to continue with mine. thank you lucy. you're wonderful.

xx

Tara

I can't WAIT to be too tired to do anything because I'm about to pop! Have to graduate and get married first though :( Boy, I've got the baby fever bad. Anyway, YOU just make sure you stay relaxed and only work on stuff when you feel like it. The only thing you really HAVE to do is feed the kids and shower occasionally. =) You deserve to be proud of everything you get done on top of those things. Ok, that's all the advice I have. I do also want to say that I'm a huge fan of all your work and I was ecstatic when I saw your comment on my (purple snowflake) photo on flickr. I made my boyfriend come read it, after which he made fun of me for quite a while for being excited. Boys.

Lisha

I think it's time to take a day off from everything and slow down. Forget the clutter, relax and have a day at home with your feet up and do a little craft. It's amazing how much better you'll feel. You'll gain a little bit of extra energy to keep on going. I did that last week I just wasn't going to get my boys off to school in time so I didn't. We stayed home and then did a few fun things and I felt so joyful the moment I decided to not do anything. My boys loved it too because it's such a crazy (but lovely) and overwhelming time of year. Lishaxx

Shasta

The garland is gorgeous. Do take it easy and rest; cleaning is very low on my list of priorities.

Emma Angel

I love the garland Lucy, it so colourful and so you. I only wish i had the patience and the sense of colour.
Don't worry too much about the cluuter. I use the excuse that it is all part of being creative.
Try to take it easy and look after yourself. You deserve it xx

amy

I can totally commiserate with you on the waning energy- I am a week ahead of you in my pregnancy and like you had not planned to have more- so had given all my baby stuff away! I have also had life come to a screeching halt this past week with (sometimes) debilitating back pain. 6 weeks to go and much to do, I am trying to get things done in 15 minute spurts, since that is about all the longer my back allows me to keep moving! Oh the joys of pregnancy :) Hope you still find some time to be creative even in the chaos!

Hook & Scumble

I remember this time 4 years ago...huge and pregnant - and in the end I decided to just get on with the creative thing and leave all the other stuff to Mr Hook & Scumble ! I think he realised that it was much more than being just creative...it was more about creating things my little ones would be able to keep for their Christmas's when we were long gone....and from that time on I have decided to try and make at least one additional "creative heirloom" each Christmas, something for my girls to treasure and show their Children in years to come - so enjoy seeing all your creativeness coming to fruition and thanks for sharing it too !

Mamalion

You'd be surprised what becomes part of Christmas Lore for Little People. I look at the Playmobil nativity set and shake my head, "But Mom! We have to have it!" We were trying to scale back this year, due to home reno, and my kids about had a fit.

And I definitely think you should take Sara West Mids' advice- clean/shop in the morning, and then rest/crochet in the afternoon. Thanks for your lovely colors, they really brighten my day!

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