penguin

Made from an old t-shirt for my favorite five-year-old.

lavande

It's been so nice to open the windows for a little bit and let in some early spring sun. I finally got around to sewing and stamping a couple linnen sacs and filling them with the lavender I cut last fall. This afternoon, the house was filled with lavender and sunshine. It smelled amazing. I can't help but daydream about heading to Provence to skip through the lavender fields and picnic on the hillsides.

re-design

This winter, I've finally gotten around to a re-deisgn for my website. What it really needs is new content...that's the next goal. For now, I'm happy to have freshened up the site, and gotten a bit more organized. Now, this blog and my daily photo blog are integrated (well...linked) into one home. I've still got a bit to do, and hope to clean up the layouts of both blogs, but it's moving along. If you're looking for me, you can still stop by fieldfareflock or seules les images on blogger, but now, easier to find and remember, visit each of those sections through www.kimberlystrom.com and check out the rest of the site. 

afghans

I've been keeping my hands pretty busy this month- already finished three baby afghans (they keep me warm while I'm crocheting them). The green is just a loose shell stitch. The lavender one I used a pattern that you can get for free here. It was really easy, went quickly, and is adorable with the ribbon woven through. The blue is basically the same, but I made it a bit larger and square instead of following the dimensions of the set pattern which is a little bit narrow. I really liked making this pattern so I might stick to it for a few more...as long as friends keep having the babies. I should probably start distributing these before the kids get any older.  

wreathing

This morning, while listening to the Nutcracker, I finally got to wreathing the pine cones, twigs, moss, mistletoe, holly, and evergreen clippings I gathered from the woods with two swag branches from the florist and tied it all up with some twine. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here. Now we just need snow (fingers crossed).