Dance of a Swan

Feathers float over her ballerina bun.

Artistic makeup adorns her fresh, pure face.

Her young dancers body is transformed into a fairy swan

with all its white flounce and silver sparkle.

She sits to slip ballet shoes in place.

All that's left to do is wait...

Act 2

Dance 2

By A Lake, Ballet

 from Swan Lake

Music by Tchaikovsky

Peoria Ballet Company Academy Performance

We sit enraptured through the magical show.

Every dance and each graceful movement on the stage

sweeping us along.

Then, finally...

There She is...

Our Beautiful Swan.

Dancing.

So many emotions.

So few words to describe them.

We have been watching the dance of this swan since she was three.

She loves ballet like she was born knowing it somehow.

I think maybe God sprinkled some fairy dust in the blueprint of her soul.

"Passion is universal humanity.
Without it religion, history, romance and art
would be useless."
Honore' De Balzac
(1799-1850)

Be My Valentine

There is happiness in my

heart

today!

I am just 

tickled pink

with the way the

Valentine Bunting

I made Gabby has turned out :)))

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3

In this picture I draped it over

a window I salvaged from an old shed

Scott tore down in our backyard in July.

On Monday I had it hanging over the french doors

leading to my dining room where I spend every

Monday evening

 having the time of my life

with my 

Knit Night Girls :)))

They loved all the happy little hearts!

I attached a pewter stitch marker 

{with hearts on it}

to each end for ease in hanging.

Not only does it slip over a nail

but it gives a bit of weight to each end

in case my daughter wants to simply drape 

it over Gabby's bedroom window

and not use any nails.

The pattern is actually written to be used as individual coasters.

I kept a few out for that purpose as well,

They were addictive to make.

As soon as I finished one 

my crochet hook was digging into another one!

Before long I had quite a collection of hearts :)))

Here

is where you can find the pattern.

Trust me~ 

You'll be 

hooked!

Guess that's all for today Friends!

{I was planning to wait for Valentine's Day to show you this bunting

but found I couldn't wait another moment :) }

Hope you are all 

Happy

& 

Healthy

and

Creating 

all sorts of lovely items today.

Xo

      Xo,

Danette

Baby Shells

I crocheted this baby blankie for

my granddaughter

Gabby

who is now a whole 6 years old.

Does time ever fly?!!

I ran across it this morning

and realized I had never taken any photos of it.

The darling wicker buggy it is draped over

is a gift Grammy found at an antique store

when Mommy was expecting Gabby.

There's just nothing quite like baby things.

Everything that has to do with babies is always so

soft

&

pure.

And I love to wrap new baby's in crocheted shells.

Hope you are all having a beautiful day!

P.S. In case anyone has noticed

I am having Picasa Web issues.

On Sunday I nearly had a heart attack

when I realized that all of a sudden almost all

of my past blog posts no longer have any pictures!

I am working on trying to get them back.

If anyone has any clue as to what I should do

PLEASE HELP!!!