Champagne Mead

  The 2009 Indian Spring Mead turned out a little... bubbly.  We had an unintentional secondary fermentation after we bottled.  The good news is we were the only ones to suffer a spill, when a cork popped.  We've been thinking about trying to make a sparkling mead for some time...  Now we have, albeit accidentally...

File Cabinet Top

We bought a new file cabinet last spring to replace the two wooden ones we had. This cabinet was putty tan and distinctly uninteresting. It was also shorter (in height and depth) then the desk it sat next to. So, for X-mas I made Edward a top for the file cabinet. It consisted of two 12x12 inch marble tiles set in a frame. The frame was slightly deeper then the cabinet and designed to match the depth of the desk. Now they look a lot more like they belong together. And Edward has a little more working space on the desk.

Frost

It was cold in Florida this morning.  So much so that we had frost out on the ditch.  I had to get out there before the sun hit it.  Frost doesn't wait for people on vacation to get up, you know.


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Baby Blanket - ARG

Another exploration into non-tradition colors for baby blankets. This one was for my niece's first child.

Bookshelf

Another in the series of "if you can find it in the stores, make it yourself". A bookshelf designed for paperbacks. We'd run out of room on the shelves we had (converted media storage shelves) and were stacking books on the floor. I made this to fit in the space between the speakers in the room. When I first brought it home, I thought it was huge, but it didn't take long to fill. Turns out its a perfect fit.

Scarf

A scarf for a good friend from high school. Made from Angora yarn. I'd been looking for the right color to make her something, and this yarn popped up in a discount store.

Oh, and the cats love it. They wanted to help while I was making it.