WHAT came "FIRST"..?

THE *BUNNY*-EGGS... OR, THE LITTLE COTTON NEST *BASKET* THAT I JUST QUICKLY WHIPPED UP FOR MOTHER..?

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I can't "DECIDE"...

SHOULD I "LEAVE" IT..? OR, "FELT" IT..?

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Actually, I'll probably just whip up ANOTHER ONE and FELT "IT"...

oh, BTW, in case You're "wondering", IT's a little "POT" - 3-Inches across on the INside.

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BABIES!! - *BEWARE* of BEANIE-Bearing-"AUNTIE"s!!

AS, THEY MAY BE LURKING ABOUT AT A "CRAFT-SHOW" NEAR YOU!!

Just as SWEET LITTLE EVANGELINE UNsuspectingly *Discovered* while Touring the SPRING
"ORIGINALS" CRAFT SHOW on Opening-Day with Her MOM and GRANNY...


*SomeHOW*, being
"Volunteered" as a "BABY-HEAD"-Sizing-MODEL, along with *ENDURING* a subsequent "impromptu" PHOTO-SHOOT by the CUTE-BABY-STALKING-OLD-LADIES-PAPARAZZI *didn't* quite make it to Her Day's PLAY-DATE-ITINERARY's *Latest* UPDATE..?!! -- [BAD APP!]

Sooo... *Remember* YESTERDAY's
"MOA-POT"..?? -- And, My "Theories" on whether IT would *FIT* a Baby's HEAD..?


WELL...

Funny-Thing... There We were, *only*
about Halfway up the FIRST Aisle of CRAFT-VENDORS when, We *happened* upon EVANGELINE and FAMILY...

...*STRANGER*-Small-Talk-Small-Talk-Don't-Worry-We're-Mostly-Harmless!-oh-"..BTW-would-You-mind-if-I-tried-THIS-on-Your-BABY'S-Head-for-Size?"...

Oooo!! ahhh.... [Altogether, now...] -- IT LOOKS SO *CUTE* ON HER!!

AND, seeing as IT *did* and, that She didn't "Fuss" at all, I let Her KEEP IT! - [Besides, She also Looks so much like LITTLE-PRINCESS-BIG-RED did at that Age!]

Anyway, I "know" now *Where* I have to make FUTURE-ALTERATIONS. -- Also, getting some FREE "Marketing" Out "There" didn't Hurt, either...

Not to mention, when She OUT-grows of IT, IT can easily go Back to being a "MOA-POT"!!

BTW, the MOA-POT has been RE-assigned as a *MOA-BONNET*
And Named, "ANGEL-BUD"!

MEANWHILE, it got to be a LONG Day... TOO many Lengthy, although Enjoyable, "CHATS" with Several VENDORS - [Old and New]. Along with the MOTHER-Herding on BUSES and ELEVATORS and ESCALATORS and through the Odd CROWD...

Whatever... Several "CARDS" were Acquired. I'll probably get *around* to Posting more DETAILS about THOSE TALENTED-ARTISANS, Later... But, for *NOW*, I need to get THIS Done and be off TO Bed!!

"DESIGNING" for the BABY-*STALKED*, it's Hard WORK!

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...AS is having My Computer CRASH TWICE THREE Times already!!..??



HUFF & PUFF -- Day 3

I'VE JUST GOT TO SAY, there's *SOMETHING* truly WEIRD about Watching some Poor CROW "Fighting" a HEADWIND to get to a TREETOP... And, STAY There!!

You know, AS much as I *do* Appreciate the EVAPORATION going on, THREE DAYS of Erratic Day-Time WIND-GUSTS is becoming *Annoying*... Though, THANKFULLY, it's also been SUNNY! However, TEMPS could do with being just a tad HIGHER..?

Whatever... I just HOPE that the "WIND"-Part Blows ELSEwhere, Tomorrow. -- MOTHER and I have "PLANS" for the Day! And, NIPPY-WINDS will NOT be "Helpful"!

ANYHOO...

I Whipped-Up another "MOA-POT" Today. THIS Time with a ROUND-Bottom... The FIRST-ONE's had been SQUARE. -- I have "Future"-PLANS on FELTING IT. Mostly, to see IF IT "can" be FELTED..?

Although, AS I "PLAY" with IT, IT's beginning to Look like a Cute GIRLIE-HAT..?!! - hmm..??

I might have to put that HOT WATER on "HOLD"... And, Find a *BABY*-Head to "TEST" My THEORY!

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SURVIVAL of the SUNNY-Saturday-Shopping-*SPRING*iest!!

GEEZ! - YOU'D THINK IT WAS A LONG WEEKEND OR SOMETHING...

So. IF You just IGNORE the SNOW-CAPPED LAWNS that Many a NEIGHBOUR were evening out to control Their "MELTS", IT was a GORGEOUS, WARM, SUNNY "SPRING" Day!! - Which, in turn, *meant* that EVERYONE-AND-THEIR-PROGENY were *OUT* on the Roads and IN the Store CHECK-OUT-LINES!!

Despite the TRAFFIC, We managed to make it to MICHAEL'S without *too* much Difficulty...

Surprisingly, it wasn't AS busy in There as I would have Expected from the almost Packed Parking Lot..? -- Whatever... I had a "DELIVERY" to make...

I Call IT a

"MOA-POT"

Even though IT probably looks like a POPPY or SEA-ANEMONE..?










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THIS is that "LITTLE-PROJECT" that I was Working ON Last Night *until* 3a.m.!!
-- Although, IT only took a Couple of Hours to Make, I didn't "Start" IT until *AFTER* MIDNIGHT! *And*, was "DESIGNING"-on-the-Fly...

Besides, MARCH is "CROCHET-MONTH" and I still hadn't CROCHETED Anything, YET!!
-- BAD Me!!

Normally, I would have Used COTTON-YARN - [IT's much Quicker to work with] - however, My *CHEAPEST* YARN on hand was THIS "PINK" WOOL... I *needed* a "Container" for the EASTER-CANDY-HOARD that I wanted to Give to the MICHAEL'S STAFF. -- ALL of My
"GIFT-BOXES" were More Expensive, the *Wrong* Holiday, and already FROM There! - Then again, SO was the YARN, but I thought I'd just get "CREATIVE" with IT!!

However, MOST of the "REGULAR"-STAFF were OFF Today!! -- No MANAGER-DAVE or AMANDA... Though, ANDREA did show up "Early" for Her Shift... Apparently, there's a Bunch of NEW-PEOPLE recently Hired that'll I'll have to "Break-In"..??

nuts! -- MORE Names to REMEMBER... I'm BAD at THAT...

ANYHOO... IT was still a "HIT"! -- No doubt, the CANDIES *helped*, too!

Meanwhile, not sure IF I'll eventually get IT "back"..? Not that it matters really, IT was a Simple
"PATTERN" that I can Whip-Up again. Which, I should probably do anyway, as I wanted to see *how* well IT would FELT-up..? - Or, even *IF* IT would! -- However, THAT is for Another Day!

AS usual, We STAYED *Longer* than We probably SHOULD have! And, there were "COUPONS" to USE... Just got TWO-BALLS of the "Regular"-YARN and some Colourful METAL-HOOKS... I'll POST a PIC on Monday, perhaps.

NEXT STOP - "Groceries"... At the "Discount"-Priced-Grocer... With, another PACKED-Parking-Lot and the END-of-the-WORLD-OVER-FLOWING-FULL-Shopping-Carts-INFINITE-Checkout-LINES!! -- Got "LUCKY" and found a *FINITE* One, but IT moved like Sludge!

EVENTUALLY, We *ESCAPED*! -- To THE MALL, Next... And, LASTLY!

hmm... NOT so "HECTIC", There... sorta... *More* GROCERIES... Then, HOME!!

Well. I'm POOPED! -- ALL of that WARMness and *SUNLIGHT*! - The "EXPERIENCE" was EXHAUSTING!

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