recent times in pics

i haven't had much to say recently. I've been busy doing promised volunteer projects. my circle is hosting breakfast for the woman's shelter we support, so I agreed to buy 3-4 containers of juice and 3lbs of turkey breakfast sausage and give a small donation. I've also been committed to filling 3 shoe boxes with small trinkets and hard candy for children in haiti, so they can have a christmas. I promised another group at church that i'd make some small craft items for the christmas sale table to support overseas missions, so tonight i finished that obligation up. I made 5 shawl pins and rummaged though my "give away" scarf pile and pulled several out to toss in. They wanted people to complete half-done projects and donate those, not go out and buy new stuff to make a new project.

This week I've completed:
a wrap done in wheat with a gold shimmer (here's a pic partially done & completed)
a single cable crochet scarf for the FIL for x-mas (the cable is hard to see b/c the yarn is light)
a double cable crochet scarf for the lady who cleans the lobby at chick fila (she's always VERY nice to us. We got someone to translate for us and had a nice conversation one day about making things and she told me she likes pink, so I made her this. It's got pretty gold buttons on it too!)
I also made a handful of scarves for our church mitten tree. One lady does the hats and mittens (she's a massive knitter) and I said I'd knock out some matching scarves b/c scarves are fast and easy.

There's also a pic of Mandolin's pumpkin, of mandolin (the fairy) with her BFF (the princess) at the friend's halloween party/trick or treat date. the BFF's g-mom was a pattern writer for mccalls, so that's a professional home-made costume. I loved how the girls rocked halloween old-school home-made style but looked good doing it.

I think that's about everything that's new. I'm making another scarf for a different lady who works at chick fila that's nice to us. She used to crochet and told my friend and i (we go there to crochet while MissM plays) that having us there in the lobby attracts people and is good for business as well as the overall environment. I am also starting another shawl, this one as a christmas present for the MIL.

I am almost done my x-mas shopping but i know what everyone is getting. I need to make 4 bunny rabbit blankets (as seen a few posts ago), 4 mermaids (my own pattern), one robot, and one airplane for the kids at MissM's day care and then I'll be done all my x-mas projects. easily do-able.