Family Heirlooms

I’m named after my mother’s father. I never knew my Opa (he passed away when my mom was expecting me), but I am blessed to have inherited a piece of furniture that belonged to him. He owned a gentlemen’s clothing store, and the fabric samples used for custom suits were kept in a small cabinet. It’s a beautiful solid wood cabinet with cubbyholes.

Over the years it has displayed many collectibles, but for the past few years I’ve used it to store craft supplies.

We have many treasured heirlooms, but this is one of my favorites!

"Mall-ternative"

Our church is having a "Mall-ternative" Christmas gift fair on December 1st and 2nd. There will be ministries from and supported by our church offering items like baked goods, handcrafted gifts, books, holiday décor, fair trade goods and much more! I'm putting together ornaments for the fair, and all the proceeds will benefit My Friend's House.

I'm making the "Itty Bitty Crochet Hearts" to add as gift tags. 

My Friend’s House is a residential group-home located in our community which serves abused, neglected, and at-risk adolescent males ages 12-18 by providing for their physical, social, emotional, spiritual, and educational needs.  

The residents, staff, and volunteers of My Friend’s House made these!  

The boys came up with some great ideas!! 

There are many crochet patterns on the web---I found this one at:

http://saltforthespirit.blogspot.com/2009/02/itty-bitty-crochet-heart-tutorial.html