Barbie Bridal

The new year started with a new project.  Barbie Bridal!  I bought the pattern from Annie's Attic several years ago, and have been contemplating making it.  Well, I finally did it, and here she is!

Here is the finished product.

For many nights as I watched television I crocheted lace.  Lots and lots of lace.  Then came the flowers.  Some so tiny it was difficult for me to hold them.  Then came the day to assemble her.  What a feeling of accomplishment.  I made a few changes to the pattern, like using faux pearls for the buttons down the back of the dress, instead of using snaps. 

The Bouquet!

The train.

Since she turned out so well I am thinking about making a few more.  When I purchased this pattern I also purchased about twenty more.  Which one to do next?  Decisions, decisions!

Welcome

I would like to welcome you to my new blog. 

I am a beginner to actually writing a blog, so please be patient with me.  I hope you will enjoy what I share, and forgive the mind wanderings of a domestic diva.  I am now and for most of my life been a stay at home mom.  Every now and again I venture out into the world and get a "real" job.  But soon return to the safety of my own home.  I am very opinionated about most everything, just ask any of my children.  I have ten so I am also sure you would get a wide range of answers to that question ranging from enthusiastically supportive to downright crude and negative, it would just depend on which one of them is upset with me at the time. 

Archie

I am married to the most wonderful man I have ever met Archie!  Yeah I know everyone says that.  However it took me a couple of times to get it right.  He has been the most supportive person in my life.  He is aware of my faults but does not dwell on them.  He sees me in a light that I wish I could see myself.  It is his support that allows me the freedom to be myself.  And at age fifty-three it is about time I figured out who I am, and to my utter delight I find that I love who I am becoming.