Chicken and taters..... can't go wrong.

I was watching cooking channel the other day and fell in love with the Easy Grilled Honey-Dijon Chicken and Tangy Tater salad that Sunny was making, so I HAD to make it. YUMMY! WOWSER! Can get the recipe here.....Tangy Tater Salad and http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sunny-anderson/easy-grilled-honey-dijon-chicken-recipe/index.html
If those fail to work, just loook for Sunny Anderson on foodtv.com and look up the recipes. Very quick and easy and super YUMMY! Kids even cleaned their plates! Even Shaylee!!!

Cooked the Chicken on the grill and the taters inside. Man oh man was it GOOD!

Jar Covers

I love these things... I have them for everything almost... crochet hooks, barrettes and pony tail holders, pens & pencils... you name it... if it fits... it has a jar! LOL  

I use Peaches & Creme yarn always.  These are quart wide mouth jars.

I love how the variegated cotton spirals up the jars!!! Have to have a ruffle and a ribbon of course.

Another Cradle Purse

This customer wanted Pink, White and Blue... so.. here it is finished.... She didn't give a baby color preference, so I used a pink & a blue one. Nice little surprise for her.

OK... everybody... awwwwwwww

 

Kitty Couch for Precious

Made Amber's spoiled kitty, Precious, a Kitty Cat Couch. It is just HUGE! And this is the only pic I didn't goof and delete from my memory card!!!! I will have to get Amber to take a pic for me with her cell phone and I will post it too.. But you get the idea. SPOILED CAT!

My and is there so you can see how big it is and my cell phone is on it too!!!! That is how deep it is! I made the letters and hearts with sport weight yarn. Used Red Heart Super Saver in 2 pinks... you can also see the darker color of the bottom in this pic.

Mini Trinket Box Doll for daughter

I made this for Amber while she was in the hospital. I used #10 thread and a short fat RX bottle for the base. I just made her up as I went along. I have made so many of the big ones that it was pretty easy. She has her tongue, la brae and eyebrow rings in it. So very cute. She has wanted one of the cross ribbons and is in love with Black and pink.

Isn't she cute!

Here is her Black ribbon cross on the under skirt.

 

And here it is open... too fun!!! I love making these!

Daughters Leg injuries.... WARNING YUKKY PICS!!!!!!!

My daughter was hit by a hit and run driver on her 27th Birthday and spent 8 days in intensive care in critical condition and another 8 days in critical Orthopedic care followed by home visits from the home health care nurse and lots of Dr appts.

She had 4 surgeries in the first 36 hours after they got her stable enough to take her in!!! I honestly do not think I have never been so scared for my baby in my life. 

Her leg was shattered from the knee down. (her patella and tibia (?) ) She had 7 surgeries all together that 1st week and there will be at least 2 more. 

There is severe nerve injury as well and the 4th surgery was a femoral artery bypass because there was no blood flow to her lower leg.  2nd or 3rd day home, she slipped and broke her left wrist... tak about adding insult to injury!!! 

It is almost 2 mos into it and she has an infection in the femoral artery bypass site. Has been on antibiotics for it for over 2 weeks now and is on the 3rd batch now and hopefully it will go away.

I will do the least offensive pic 1st, the next couple will be VERY GRAPHIC... scroll to the next post if you are squeemish AT ALL!!!!!

This is after her leg was wrapped it (about 10 days).... She had half a million IV holes! It was unreal.

THE NEXT 2 PICS ARE GROSS!!!

       

  

This is after the femoral artery bypass and she was still unconscious most of the time. She had 4 stitches in her eyebrow and scuff up cheek and eye and black eye... she will kill me if I post that one!!!!!  

The dark hole (s) are on both sides of her legs are open incisions with drains to drain off the fluid from her leg.

Fishnet knee highs!

LOVE these! I have made 3 pair now, they work up so quick! Pattern here.....  http://www.crazycoley.com/2009/07/july-sock.html

I do not know what the yarn is, it was a gift from Margaret (THANX!!!) and had no label, but LOVE IT! These are mine!!!!!

  

   

 

The black are a sport yarn and the fall variegated is a sock yarn. I do have to say that they look WAY better on!

Trinket Box Doll for Sister's Birthday

This is my sisters Birthday present. She is one of the trinket box dolls! Sorry ... Horrible pic, I know, but snapped it as she was on her way out the door... literally! Threw up a backdrop and put her on one of Edie's Dishcloths. But at least I remembered this time!

Our Butterfly Garden

This is from the infomercials on TV... The kids loved watching the whole process and them getting to hold them and let them go too! They come in a plastic jar with food on the bottom and have 5 little bitty black larvae in them. They eat and grow and grow and grow and grow then do their cocoons and then hatch. You keep the for 5-10 days and let them go. They started eating each other after 11 days because we could not let them out in the severe rain we were having! So they will start eating each other! They are vicious little creatures. Out of 10 we let 8 go!!! Was very exciting.

The larvae and 2 fresh hatching's!!! (Note the dye dripping down, that is from the wings)

Butterfly enjoying our little garden

 Michael with a butterfly, they were in total awe!!!

  

Shaylee's 1st ever holding a butterfly!

Shaylee's Butterfly!

Michael's Butterfly

Ambers Magic Wand Pillow

 This it done without the button covers (well... snap covers) and Double strands of yarn throughout.

The inside is crocheted and single strands of Simply Soft... of course it HAD to be soft!

This is what it is going to house.....

All snuggled in its new home!