{"id":745,"date":"2011-12-23T23:28:24","date_gmt":"2011-12-24T07:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hippiemommy.com\/?p=745"},"modified":"2011-12-23T23:28:24","modified_gmt":"2011-12-24T07:28:24","slug":"christmas-crafting-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hippiemommy.com\/?p=745","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Crafting, Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&#038;bc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;fc1=000000&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;t=hippiemommy-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as4&#038;m=amazon&#038;f=ifr&#038;ref=ss_til&#038;asins=1579653766\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Shwew! I&#8217;m nearing the end of my Christmas crafting. <\/p>\n<p>The last week and a half have been kind of crappy. Both of my parents had to go to the emergency room (on separate occasions.) Then &#8211; since &#8220;bad news comes in threes&#8221; &#8211; my mom found out that she has cells with the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Acute_lymphoblastic_leukemia\" target=\"new\">Philadelphia-positive ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukemia)<\/a> mutation again. She&#8217;s had a bone marrow transplant and has been taking chemo to keep this mutation from growing, so that was an unpleasant piece of news. I&#8217;m hoping that this means we&#8217;re due for lots of good news in the next few weeks\/month\/years!<\/p>\n<p>Back to the crafting, though:<\/p>\n<p>My 4-year-old saw this Santa set in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1579653766\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=hippiemommy-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=1579653766\">Itty Bitty Toys book<\/a> and immediately fell in love. We&#8217;ve never made a big deal out of Santa, but I guess there is something magical about Santa that kids naturally love. \ud83d\ude09 I&#8217;m trying to finish up a coordinating &#8220;bag of gifts&#8221; for the Santa doll, but I&#8217;m not stressing about having it done. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images4.ravelrycache.com\/uploads\/hippiemommy\/85540237\/document_upload13105-1_medium2_medium.jpg?resize=356%2C500\" title=\"Knit Santa\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"356\" height=\"500\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/projects\/hippiemommy\/christmas-set\" target=\"new\">Click here to see my Ravelry project page and get more details<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I already have my first post-Christmas project planned. It is an adorable pair of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/deep-blue-sea-shark-mittens\">shark mittens<\/a> for my 9yo son. I wasn&#8217;t sure if they&#8217;d be too babyish, but he saw the pattern and instantly thought they were just the coolest things. I&#8217;m looking forward to working on them.<\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah! I&#8217;m looking forward to 2012 being a great year and a fresh start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shwew! I&#8217;m nearing the end of my Christmas crafting. The last week and a half have been kind of crappy. Both of my parents had to go to the emergency room (on separate occasions.) 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