February 6, 2014 is the first official "Make a Snowflake Day"!  What do you plan to make?  

I will be making another Sister Snowflake in honor of the day but I don't know what others I will make on that day.

Here are some that I have made in the last several days, included in this group of my flakes is one I designed and another that Snowcatcher designed for a group I belong to called Sisters of the Snowflake.  You can check us out here.

I found this one here.

And found this one here.

and another one here

This is Sister Snowflake that Snowcatcher
shared with only a group I belong to called
Sisters of the Snowflake

This is the pic on the Sister Snowflake pattern.
Pinning sure can make a difference as you
compare my pinning of this snowflake
and Snowcatcher's pinning.

This is my creation and named Sailor's Heart Snowflake in hone of my Dad who was awarded the Purple Heart during WW2.  You can find the pattern here, in and earlier post.

Cedar Rapids Snowflake,
found  here.

This snowflake is an adaption of a Star Dream Catcher.
 I don't remember where I found the pattern but
 all I can find is this for it but it is not free, you can find the offer here.
But while there I found a free pattern for another snowflake here.

And you can find the pattern for this one I made here.

I just had to add some hearts to my window because its February and February always means hearts to me!

Still crocheting doll clothes!  I have started writing down directions as I crochet to hopefully write some patterns after Christmas.  Right now I am just in "get 'er done" mode.  With 6 eighteen inch dolls to crochet for it is consuming most of my time. 

A doily that I goofed up on but finished best I could to salvage all the work I had done.  I plan to crochet the doily in January but follow the pattern and get a finished doily that I can share with  credit to the pattern designer.

I am thinking this was taken at night with no flash!  I need to
practice using my camera in different modes but then I need to keep of
track on how I get the effect I got.  LOL

I really enjoy the snowflakes on my window!  This is a picture taken at night.  The street light definitely displays them in a wonderful way!
Need to get back to the recliner and finish a couple more doll outfits!
I hope everyone is more prepared than I am for Christmas!
I just have to remember the REASON FOR THE SEASON!

This mess, urr ummm, gathering of materials, lead to..

this!!

I call it my Festive Trio of Snowflakes.  I love it but my next trio of snowflakes will be called Elegant Trio of Snowflakes.  I find snowflakes both festive and elegant.  I'll be glad when I get my camera back.  I am not a photographer, far from it, but using the phone for a camera just isn't getting any great photos.  I left my camera in my sister's car while she was here in Michigan visiting.  Since she is from West Virginia my camera is either there or somewhere in between.  I am hoping the mailman brings it to me today.

I have been crocheting a couple hats this week also, a bonnet, which is not finished and a baseball cap for a newborn which is just the ultimate in cuteness.

The bonnet is my own design so it is taking a little longer, crochet a little bit, oops too large, oops too small, pull the stitches out and start again.  Oh, and don't forget to write and rewrite what that last round consisted of, increases, decreases, sl st or dc, work even!  You know the drill if you crochet or knit.

I still have the Giveaway going on but this will end Friday, August 31, 2012 at noon EST so hurry over to

 Brenda's Bric-a-Brac on FB 

for chances to win some snowflakes, a couple of hats and a 3D snowflake.  No cost to enter just Like, Comment  and Share the items you would like to win.

And while you are there check out all the items I have for sale and give me some ideas about items, sizes, or colors you would like to see offered.

Labor Day weekend!  Where did the summer go?  This is the time of year I get a little sad.  I was an Elementary School Secretary and I miss seeing all the new faces and returning students!  I tell myself every year I will go volunteer but I have only done that a couple of times.  So, just a reminder school is or will be soon in session so watch for all those students while on the roads!

Thinking Christmas in July!  Working on snowflakes in my spare time.

Crocheted a few snowflakes this past week.  But crocheting is not the end of the process for these snowflakes.  They need to be shaped, pinned, stiffened, glittered and then left to dry for a day.  Then you take them off the drying board and they are ready for shipping off to some nice families for Christmas in the coming months!  My goal this year is to make a mobile or two out of a couple dozen of the finished flakes.  I still have not come across the plans for a mobile that I think will work for them.  Any ideas?

Also, for a chance to win a dozen of my snowflakes go to Mad Mad Me's giveaway

And then I made this square for a remembrance blanket that a group on FB do for families that have lost a child. I love doing these squares, they give me a good feeling to hopefully help a grieving family.