Ice Drop - nuntium duocentesimum quadrigesimum primum

Well, Diane the Lace Lovin' Librarian has caught me in her web!  Here's my first Ice Drop.  She has a wonderful tutorial on her blog.

I think it's pretty cute but I have some ideas for improvement.  The encapsulating rings are a bit too stretched so I'll need to fix that but still it's nice.  My younger daughter said it looked like something to eat!  Ouch.

I really have been tatting and doing craft shows.

This was the first one of the year and it was crazy successful.  : )
Here you can see the preparations for the second show.

Those are the MN snowflakes.  Not big sellers after the first show, strangely.

Here's a hanky I made for a bride/colleague for her December wedding.  The edging is Joëlle's gorgeous Iris edging.  And here's me and my handsome husband ready to go to the wedding, isn't he still a great-looking guy?

Here's what I got from Ingebretsen's (local craft and meat market) who awarded me a gift certificate for my State Fair doily.

I'm so excited to have these!  I've wanted them for a long time.  If you own the cross one, I'd love to hear what your favorites are.

Show coming - nuntium duocentesimum vicesimum septimum

Tomorrow is a craft show.  As usual, I've spent the last few days trying to make the next best thing.  My sister suggested earrings and said dragonflies are "hot".  She sent me a pattern from Pinterest so here's the result.

She's going to add the findings and then we'll see.

And I found a way to weave in the ends with this teeny-tiny thread.  I've been using beading needles and it works but I can't get the picture to my computer.  Maybe tomorrow.