counterpane success!!, music swap & adventures in babysitting

there's been a fair amount that's happened in the last week & a half since I was ill. I'll start off this photo post a tad bit out of order...with my music swap package!! my secret swap giver was miss Claire and she outdid herself on this one!! I got not only a mixed cd, but the cutest scrap of fabric, a great vintage-y flower button, two super cute badges (one with an owl..my favorite! and she didn't even know...she's that good!), a sweet, sweet postcard and message (with e.e. cummings poem), and my favorite thing...magnets!! (there's a close-up of those below) she made them herself, as many others have done lately. I've been wanting to try it myself and she inspired me to do so! these little cuties have since made it onto my magnet collage I posted about in an earlier post! thanks so much, Claire! we've also discovered since I got my package, that we both have twin brothers! and they are only a few months older than my brother & i! ha. what are the chances of this?? it was meant to be! lol.

here's where my counterpane was 2 days before I got ill
(yeah, it would've been finished that weekend)

and this is the sweet little face that got me ill
(how could I resist that lil guy??)

the cabinets I got @ target
(finally, after reading Scout's blog about them!)

I'm not totally happy with the arrangement (ocd, hello!)
but all in all, I love them so much!!

we also picked up this bright Spring bedding @ target
(minus the blue pillows/throw & brown shams...we already had that from IKEA)

and finally....my counterpane..90% finished!!!
(hehe...this was such a fun knit, once I figured it out! I can't wait
to make another one already! well, once I put this one together..
and knit the millions of other projects, plan a bach. party, try to get a business going, etc. ya know)

so there ya go! I know I'm forgetting even more things, but oh well. I'm hoping to post more regularly now that I'm more caught up with things. I'm really exicted now, working on my Colorswap pal's package, my Orangina sweater (yes, I finally started!), some fabric flowers for a future, secret purpose, thinking of ideas for future shop items, etc. :) oh and working on a super huge, super secret (for now) project with a knit-bloggy friend o' mine...hehe. soooo excited about this!! thanks for taking the time to read this all (to whoever did!). happy crafting, ladies (or gents)!!

***ps: would it be worth it for me to switch to typepad & pay? I love blogger, but I'm getting tired of it not working correctly on IE. just curious what you guys thought!

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