More Crochet

I have been informed that my Christmas headbands weren't as lame as I made them out to be. I was just feeling down about Christmas this year since we're having a bit of a rough go and I made presents out of leftover yarn.  I felt kind of cheap and chintzy and cheesy (but I can still rock the alliteration).  On this 3rd day of Christmas I won't be giving you 3 French Hens (why are there so many birds in that song?), but I will be showing you some more random crochet:

This was kind of an experiment.  I was looking at patterns and found these crocheted nesting bowls.  I love things that nest!  I gave them to SKD (and the hubby thought I was absolutely crazy).  She said she was going to force various pets and family members to wear them as hats.  This is why are friends.  I think they are weird and random and fun, and hopefully SKD likes them as much as she seemed to and wasn't just being polite. 

I will also be showing you some red, green, and white shoes to go with the nesting bowl color scheme.

Stripey!  And Mom just sent me a video on how to make shoes like this with fabric and fabric glue (and an xacto knife, which probably seems like a bad idea for someone as klutzy as me).

 

Stripey ballet flats.  I could wear these for more festive occasions.

No green, but very festive and fun.

This is a little cheesy, but Christmas is the perfect time for cheesy shoes, don't  you think?

Awww...Christmas shoes for the PB.  I'm going to pretend I don't see that the trees are made up of mustaches.

We're at the office today so I'm taking advantage of having internet access.  We're in the process of selling the house, which is why we're at the office so much since we can't be home while the house is being shown.  I haven't been writing about it, and if you comment, I'd rather you comment here rather than Facebook since I don't think I'm ready to make it Facebook official and the blog is a little more private.  Can I just say that I'm not enjoying living in a house that has to be show-ready all the damn time?  And vacuuming every day has not made me appreciate it any more.   This will be move 27 since I started college, and since we're going to rent for awhile and then buy something else, move 28 will be happening before 2016 is over.  At least I made it a little over 3 years in this house, I hadn't been anywhere for more than 3 years since I moved out of the parents' house.

Cards

According to my handy dandy holiday calendar today is Christmas card day.  Do you send Christmas cards?  We normally do a picture card each year, but this year we don't have the money.  I love getting Christmas cards, they are happy mail in my opinion, and a nice change from the usual junk.  I won't be sending cards this year, but at least today gives me a chance to go look at some Christmas shoe cards:

I like the simplicity of this one.  Plus I like the play on words with "shoe tree."  I'm easily amused.

Not as cute as the first card, but I'm impressed Oscar sent out shoe cards!

I think I've posted this one before, but it's still cute.

This one could have gone in my candy cane post.

This is weird. I'm not entirely sure what's going on here.

A little boring, but still cute.
 

 I like this one for the variety.

I like the added details on this one.

Hey, Mom.  This explains the choice for why we got to make cards on the Advent Calendar today!

Candy Canes

Tonight's post is inspired by the website which must not be named, which posted this picture on Facebook today:

 

It's December, so I can post a Christmasy candy cane post, right?  Because these are too cute to pass up.  I would totally wear these for a Christmas party if they were something other than slingbacks.  Of course I then had to go on a hunt for more candy cane shoes.

 

I actually know someone who owns these shoes!  Or some remarkably similar if not this exact pair.  He's a teacher and wears them in December.  See?  Guys can be fun and creative in the shoe department!

I think I would like this if they had a narrower heel.  Although I do appreciate that the heels are actual candy cane shapes.

Zebra stripes in candy cane colors?

These actually make me think more nautical than candy cane, but they're still cute and still fit with the theme.

 

Love love love.  I want to wear these to a Christmas party.  Quick!  Someone have a Christmas party and invite me!  Oh, and could you buy me the the shoes, too?...

I'm running out of candy cane related comments, but these are also cute.

If I were a teacher, or still in a parish, I would wear these for Christmasy things where I wouldn't wear heels.

Now I want stripey shoes.  And hot chocolate with a candy cane in it.

Talented

Christmas has definitely taken over, and not just with the blog posts.  I've been busy wrapping, mailing, baking (OK, not baking so far, but still making cookies), sending Christmas cards, shopping, decorating, etc.  Monday I stayed up way later than planned because I was watching A Miracle on 34th Street and finishing crocheting a Christmas present.  Yesterday I decorated Mom's big tree in the living room, and went to the high school Christmas program.  This year they did it a little differently:  In addition to the concert, they also had 2 short plays performed by the drama department.  I finally got to see Double A act!  She's really good.  I was one proud auntie/former drama nerd.  I also got to snuggle with The Bean for most of the performance.  Oh!  I also got my new glasses in the mail yesterday!  So today Dad and I traveled to the "big city" to get them adjusted because they were giving me an awful headache and I couldn't really see that well.  We got the glasses adjusted, ran some errands, had lunch, and came home.  Tonight we went to the theater for a small movie party.  Dad had invited some of his friends to watch his favorite Christmas movie, the musical Scrooge.  Can I just say it's awesome having a family who owns a movie theater where we can go watch DVDs on the big screen?  I got more snuggle time from The Bean, but tonight it was because she wasn't feeling well, poor thing.  Since tonight was at the theater, I took a picture of the Christmas tree there, that Dad and I decorated on Sunday:

 

Hmmmm... it seems to be leaning a bit.  Oh well, what I want you to see is that every ornament on this tree, with the exception of the tree topper, was hand painted by my mama.  Each stocking was made in honor of every employee they've ever had, with the employee's name on the back.  The rest are a bunch of different Santa Clauses.  She's pretty awesomely talented, my mom.  Dad cut them all out, too, so I don't want to leave him out.

So, all of tonight's shoes are hand painted.  I've had lots of hand painted shoes on here, but tonight they are all hand painted and all Christmasy.  I want these.

 

I'll take a pair of these, to, please.  Maybe I'd wear one of each of these 2 pairs for a nice contrast.

These are just begging for a gorgeous, coordinated Norwegian sweater.

Awww...colorful and whimsical.

I know a teacher who needs these.  He has some Christmas ones already, but I think he needs these too.  And maybe a matching tie.

 

Yummy little candy cane shoes!

See?  The whole family could have Christmas tennies.  It would be very festive!

All of these painter people are very talented.  That's not a skill I have.  I can't draw, and I can only paint walls if they aren't too complicated.  And now it's back to Christmas cards, and then maybe some crocheting.