What's that you say? A free crochet pattern?

That's right! You too can own your VERY OWN "bunny crochet pattern" for the one time only LOW LOW LOW price of zero dollars! call in the next 10 minutes, and we'll throw in a free paperclip!


woah...sorry guys, the late night infomercial announcer in me showed there. ;)

But it just so happens, I'm finishing up a crocheted bunny doll pattern for my Etsy shop, and need a couple of volunteers to 'test crochet' a pattern for me and check for any kinks in the wording. The perks? Well. You...get the pattern for free? And a cute bunny in the end!

Interested? apply...well, OK, just leave a comment or email me at cuppscraps@gmail.com with 'glutton for punishment' in the subject line. ok ok...kidding :) put 'bunny' or 'i have a hook and I'm not afraid to use it' or 'help! I have all this extra yarn piling up and I can't find my children!' (ok so that last one might be MY version) ;)

Alphabet Soup

My Windows are OPEN

This is our weather forecast, for January 6, 2008, in Illinois.

When last week it was below zero windchills.

And they all said...

Amen.

Catching up on finished projects!

Now that I'm coming out of my knitting haze, and can think clearly enough to post, I thought I'd better try to catch up on the happenings around here!

This letter M was a custom order for an Etsy customer. I have a love/hate relationship with custom orders. I absolutely love them, they're fun, they're challenging, they sometimes make me think outside of my usual ideas. I HATE...not knowing what they'll think. I'm my own worst critic, and so I spend a few days wanting to curl up fetal style, waiting until I hear that they liked it. (or, in my worst nightmare, that they hate it) Luckily, the news has always been good thus far :)

I will say I was REALLY happy with how this turned out, and so was she!

Ice Ice Baby

ice
Originally uploaded by sarah.cupp07

This was actually the beginning of December. I'm just now getting around to blogging it. But really, it applies through most of December. Seems every weekend we've had ice, freezing rain, snow, sleet, or a combination.

As much as I love winter's pristine beauty....this is getting old.

Where am I? What day is it?

Ah hah! Thought you'd got rid of me forever eh? Sorry guys, I'm back! :)

What kept me away so long? Family tragedy (thank God, for once, no!) Exciting happenings? no. Running away and joining a commune? nah.

Just...busy? December was a lot of knitting. A LOT of knitting. And some crochet, and making ornaments, and a custom order from an Etsy customer, and some other things that just somehow sap time from me. And before I knew it, I had my auntie pestering me for a blog post ;)

But I've MISSED my blog, and reading all of my blogs, and spending an hour aimlessly browsing through pictures on blogs, with no real purpose or intent ;)

Alright, enough of that, time for a real post!

Turkey Volume Guessing Man!

Since youtube won't let me imbed, you'll have to settle for one of my favorite audio clips...ever.

It seemed appropriate today:

http://www.zianet.com/area51/mst3k/814/tvgm.wav

Bonus points to anyone who knows its origin. =)


Happy Thanksgiving you turkeys! Drive safe, eat well, and let's all check in later to report our new waist girth! (and for those of you insane - er, motivated - enough to head out at the butt crack of dawn tomorrow, like my husband, I'll be thinkin' of ya! ...and by thinkin' of ya I mean curled up in a semi-coma-like state in my bed.)