Finally...

Thanks for your patience! Finally, I've had time to transfer pictures from my camera, so I can share them here.

This was a Christmas present for my dear friend Katie. We met at Michigan State and have been friends since. She lives in Ann Arbor (home of our mortal intra-state enemy, U of M), which aside from that dastardly institution (okay, I know, it's probably _because_ of said institution) is a pretty happening place. Katie is the epitome of artsy cool, and she cracks me up, which is why she is one of my oldest friends. We have become great pen-pals, and try to visit each other a few times a year. This year, I vow to make it the Ann Arbor Art Festival in the summer. What better way to see such an esteemed show than in the company of a dear friend and local artisan?

Also a Christmas gift, this one is the key hook I made for my sister, Jennifer. She wants to be/thinks she is a princess, her husband treats her like one, and the rest of us don't have the heart (or stamina) to tell her otherwise (although I think her day job tips her off now and then). She is forever forgetting where she has put her keys when she comes over to visit, so this is now the appointed place.

And this is Charlie in his holiday attire. Gotta love him!