And how about a chocolate vanilla cupcake beanie!

This one has a crocheted cherry on top.   Such a sweet present for that special baby!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/267010710/chocolate-vanilla-cupcake-baby-hat-with?ref=shop_home_active_1

Vanilla cupcake anyone???

This one is knitted with a beautiful boucle cotton/acrylic mix yarn.   The strawberry I made out of felt and the sprinkles are little pearl beads I sewed on top of the hat.   Makes for an adorable OOAK baby gift, perfect for a baby shower you need to go too!  

https://www.etsy.com/listing/266992402/vanilla-cupcake-baby-hat-with-strawberry

Awesome embroidery!

Amazing work!

https://www.facebook.com/victoriaandalbertmuseum/videos/10153623315378880/

Boobie hats!

Okay folks winter isn't gone yet!  And btw it will be back later this year so for those of you looking for a fun baby shower gift check out these hats by Simplytatas on Etsy!  My favorite is the one with the bow.  So darn cute!

Needle felted wool baby booties

Yeahhhhh, I was able to hand sew a few things today!  So happy my hand is starting to get better after surgery and having the cast removed.   I'm even typing a heck of a lot faster compared to yesterday so yesssssss, I'm a happy camper.  

I had made these baby shoes before my surgery but needed to sew around the top and put a cord in it so that's what I did today.   I just listed them in my Etsy shop so if you are interested in purchasing a unique, sweet and oh so soft pair of needle felted baby shoes for that newborn this is the time to do it since I don't get to make these all the time.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/265458759/needle-felted-wool-baby-shoes-felted?ref=shop_home_active_1

Hand surgery - Done!

Well it's been a long time since I blogged but here I am!   Tomorrow I'm having my awesome purple cast removed from my right hand I can't tell you how happy I am to get this thing off!!!  Surgery was done on December 9th.  Week one I had a half cast on with a huge bandage as seen in photo one.  Week two they took all that off to check the wounds and put a full cast on as seen in photo two.  First full cast was on for 3 weeks.   Pin was removed 2 weeks ago after they took my cast off they removed a bead which was attached to the pin that held my thumb joint spaced apart so soft tissue could grow.  The doc removed 2 mm of bone on each side of that joint which will hopefully now have soft tissue grown in that space replacing the cartilage which had totally disappeared due to using that joint so much, knitting, crocheting, sewing, drawing, cutting, etc etc. etc.   I'm suppose to get a removable splint tomorrow which will be so much better then the cast if only to be able to wash my hand properly.   Having that pin pulled out of my hand was the weirdest feeling ever.   I'm not a baby when it comes to pain but I was a nervous wreck when I went to see the doc who promised me it wouldn't hurt.  You can see in the second photo the green ball on the side of my thumb which is what held the pin in place.   Before he was able to get to the pin he had to remove that ball.   I was very skeptical about that since he wasn't going to numb it and I must say the only pain I did feel was where he had to hold my hand stable while he pulled that pin out.  My husband took a photo of the pin but I need to get it downloaded to put it on here.    Anyways so glad that's over and done with.   So, I can't wait till tomorrow and find out how everything is healing. 

Cancer, knee surgery, hand surgery!

I know it's been forever since the last time I posted something but life has been crazy these past couple of months.  BUT, but, but ... some good news .... my husband who had the Gamma Knife Surgery for two brain tumors (from the RCC which has spread) was a success.  Last scan showed they are shrinking and no new ones were found!  So yeahhhhhhh!!!!!

Then he just had another body scan a couple of weeks ago to see how the Sutent meds are doing for the rest of his tumors and again, yeahhhhhhhh!!!!  ALL of his tumors (in both of his lungs, chest lymphnodes and adrenal gland) had significant shrinkage which isn't that common.  Most of the time some of the tumors will respond to the treatment, not all of them but he's on of the lucky ones since he's gotten a total response.  He's still taking the 50 mg Sutent pills.  The biggest side effect is the hand and foot syndrome.  This last round (he will be starting cycle 6, twee weeks on the Sutent and then 1 week off) he had a heck of at time with his feet being so so sore, red, sensitive, peeling, hurting, blistering but doc wants to keep him on the 50 mg as long as he can since he's gotten such great response to the meds.  This Saturday he's starting cycle #6 and since every cycle the side effects can be different we're hoping that the hand and foot syndrome will not show up again or at least in a milder form.

So that's all the cancer news I wanted to share.   Now that we have a couple of months without having to visit UVA I need to get myself fixed!  I've had a knee problem since last November and it's only gotten worse so I'm having knee surgery the end of this month.  It's all soft tissue repair and I'll hopefully be up and running again soon.  Doc told me one week on crutches but after that I should be good to go of course it depends on what all they find they need to fix he said!  Hopefully nothing more then what they already were able to determine from the MRI.  We're talking minor meniscus tear, minor tendon tear, a couple of cysts and a frayed Hoffa Pad (which I had never heard of until now!).  All the bones looked to be in very good shape, yeahhhhh no arthritis in my knee at least so that was some good news.

My hand is another story ... of course it's my right one so I've been a bit freaking out about needing surgery on it since I make a living being a Sign Shop artist, knitting, crocheting, sewing, etc. but this doc made me feel a lot better about getting it done a different way then the other two hand specialists were going to do it.   It's arthritis of the CMC joint and a bone spur which needs to be removed.  The first two were talking about removing a bone and replacing it with a tendon which kinda worried me.  This doc is going to just grind down the bones and putting a metal bar in place for 4 weeks while in a cast to make more space for soft tissue to grow while healing.  Metal bar will be removed and another 2 weeks in a cast then lots of physical therapy and hopefully I'll be able to continue my art jobs.  

I will definitely let you all know how things will transpire in the coming months.  I can type while I'm having my knee fixed.  Not sure how soon I'll be able to type after the hand surgery so no promises there.  

THanks for being patiently waiting for my posts everybody!