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Here is the second Phoncible knit this week. I just can't get enough of the pattern. WOOT!

~W

Phoncible by Alexandra Tinsley

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I just love this pattern! I brought it on Ravelry and have been in a hat phase. I love the way Noro colors just stripe and can turn just about anything into a coordinated piece.

~W

Precious Pumpkin Beret

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I love this pattern! Its called Precious Pumpkin Beret and I got it on ETSY.

Definately have to knit it again in other colors.

~W

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Books and more books to come!

Can you believe its almost the end of 2009? Not only that, but so many books are still coming out!!!

OCTOBER
Hex in High Heels by Linda Wisdom (Mass Market Paperback - Oct 1, 2009)
Bite Marks by Jennifer Rardin (Hardcover - Oct 2009)
Never After (Paperback) by Laurell K. Hamilton on October 27, 2009.
Tempted (House of Night Novels) by P. C. Cast on October 27, 2009.
Grave Secret (Harper Connelly Mysteries, Book 4) by Charlaine Harris on October 27, 2009.
Bound to Shadows (Riley Jensen, Guardian, Book 8) by Keri Arthur on October 27, 2009.

NOVEMBER
Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb on November 3, 2009.
Fade Out (Morganville Vampires, Book 7) by Rachel Caine on November 3, 2009.
Me and My Shadow (Silver Dragons, Book 3) by Katie MacAlister on November 3, 2009.
Winter Kiss: A Dragonfire Novel (DRAGON FIRE NOVEL)by Deborah Cooke on November 3, 2009.
Magic in the Shadows: An Allie Beckstrom Novel by Devon Monk- Nov 3, 2009
Missing in Death by J.D. Robb November 24, 2009

DECEMBER
Divine Misdemeanors: A Novel (Meredith Gentry, Book 8) by Laurell K. Hamilton on December 8, 2009
Demon Bound (Black London Novels) by Caitlin Kittredge on December 1, 2009.


And for 2010.... (whine)
Kitty's House of Horrors by Carrie Vaughn on January 4, 2010.

Steamed: A Steampunk Romance by Katie MacAlister on February 2, 2010.
Unknown (Outcast Season, Book 2) by Rachel Caine on February 2, 2010.
Flirt (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 18) by Laurell K. Hamilton on February 2, 2010.
First Drop of Crimson (Night Huntress World, Book 1) by Jeaniene Frost on February 9, 2010.
Fantasy in Death by J.D. Robb on February 23, 2010
Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison on February 23, 2010.

The Vampire and the Virgin by Kerrelyn Sparks on March 9, 2010.
Voices of Dragons by Carrie Vaughn on March 16, 2010.
Silver Borne (Mercy Thompson, Book 5) by Patricia Briggs on March 30, 2010.

Love in the Time of Dragons: A Novel of the Light Dragons by Katie MacAlister on May 4, 2010.

How are we ever going to wait for all of these?!
~W

Hallow's Eve Friends

Wandering in from the night, a band of new customers make their way into The Monster Cafe...

A new line of plushies have arrived! Slowly being posted throughout the week and along with our standard dolls, this Halloween line has been so much fun to create!

The Monster Cafe

~Wierdlings

Guess Who!

We have a new patron of The Monster Cafe! He is coming over very very soon! Muwahahahaha!!!

~Wierdlings

Candy Corn Mittens

Woot! Created my first Ravelry free download at the following link.

Candy Corn Mittens

Of course I goofed it up and double listed it, so they are working on merging it all together for me. ::blush::

So very excited! Yes, I know you are asking why I need mittens in Florida... we all do I say!!!

~W

NEAT

Lyrics | David Bowie / Queen - Under Pressure lyrics

More Books Read! Jun/Jul/Aug

• Walk on the Wild Side (The Others, Book 5)
• Prey
• You're So Vein (The Others, Book 7)
• Ashes of Midnight (Midnight Breed Series)
• Seduce the Darkness (Alien Huntress, Book 4)
• City of Souls (Sign of the Zodiac, Book 4)
• Magic to the Bone (Allie Beckstrom)
• Magic in the Blood (Allie Beckstrom)
• Desire Untamed: A Feral Warriors Novel
• Curse the Dawn (Cassandra Palmer, Book 4)
• Outcast (The Cat Star Chronicles, Book 4)
• Rapture: The Shadowdwellers
• Wolf Tales VIII
• Taming the Fire
• Wait Till Your Vampire Gets Home (Broken Heart, Oklahoma, Book 4)
• Street Magic (Black London Novels)
• Obsession Untamed: A Feral Warriors Novel
• Breath of Fire
• Hostage to Pleasure (Psy-Changelings, Book 5)
• Caressed By Ice (Psy-Changelings, Book 3)
• Leader of the Pack: Tales of an Urban Werewolf
• Cape Storm (Weather Warden, Book 8)
• Over My Dead Body (Broken Heart Vampires)
• The Fire King (Dirk & Steele Romance)
• Gabriel's Ghost
• Mine to Possess (Psy-Changelings, Book 4)
• Branded by Fire (Psy-Changelings, Book 6)
• Huntress
• Bengal's Heart (Breeds)
• Destined for an Early Grave (Night Huntress, Book 4)
• Finger Lickin' Fifteen (Stephanie Plum Novels)

Total so far for the year... 76!

~W

Our newest little friend!!!

Isn't he a cutie!!! We have added him to our ETSY Store and will be having his brothers joining him over the weekend! He is being called Casper Doll Plushie.

Hope to see you there!

~W

I'm Still Here!

I have been sewing up a storm, reading a ton of books, and even had a friend come to the area and stay for two weeks. It has been a crazy June. I also turned '40'.... ::cough::

Oh well, time marches on and I have much to do!

Will try to be more thoughtful and write more! So sorry! Booklist coming up in the next day or so.

Take care!

~Wierdlings

SPOILER ALERT!!!

I can't help it! He is just too awesomely cute!!! I have recently brought him for my sister's ugly bday present! She always gets an 'ugly' present from me and when I saw him at Megan's ETSY SHOP I could not resist and had had had to buy him! She will love him and if she ever read my blog she would get this spoiler early... as she barely had an internet connection, she won't know until she reads this when I tell her about it! I know, I know, I am EVIL!

~Wierdlings

New Look!

Another new look coming to the blog and she is a cutie! This image as well as the past few blog resets comes from my membership at CILM and from the artist, Jasmine Becket-Griffith aka Strangeling! Check them out!!!

~W

One More To The Family!

So this past weekend, with hitting the Romantic Times Convention with my sister, as well as a full weekend of sewing... we have added a new family member to our lil nest of siblings!

Meet our curious cousin! Tropical Yeti!!!

He is a bit shy and even tried to escape our clutches, but we have caught him well and true! With a strange craving for 'Runts' candies, he stole into our lives and we are going to keep him. ::nod nod::

(My sister was so excited to see the one I made for Matt Griffith, husband to renowed artist Jasmine Beckett-Griffith aka Strangeling, that she has wanted to join me in possibly creating our own online creature factory. That being said, she has wanted to learn to sew for a while now and this was the final straw! She had to make one of her own! And she did, I am so very proud of her!!! Not only learning (and buying) on her own sewing machine, but figuring out how to cut patterns, hand-sew something more than buttons, and finally taking a project from start to finish in less than 2 days!)

More to come regarding that!

~Wierdlings

New Books Coming!

I can't wait to see more of the series I read continue! The list is getting longer of authors that I read (and money that I spend! ::whine::). Oh well... I just HAVE to have them... hehe.

APR 09

1. Curse the Dawn (Cassandra Palmer, Book 4) by Karen Chance on April 7, 2009 - GOT IT!!!
2. Lover Avenged (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 7) by J.R. Ward on April 28, 2009
   

MAY 09

1. Crouching Vampire, Hidden Fang: A Dark Ones Novel by Katie MacAlister on May 5, 2009
2. Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 9) by Charlaine Harris on May 5, 2009
3. Ashes of Midnight (Midnight Breed) by Lara Adrian on May 26, 2009

JUN 09

1. Carpe Corpus (Morganville Vampires, Book 6) by Rachel Caine on June 2, 2009
2. Demons Not Included: A Night Tracker Novel (Night Tracker Novels) by Cheyenne McCray on June 2, 2009
3. Skin Trade (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 17) by Laurell K. Hamilton on June 2, 2009
4. Undead and Unwelcome (Queen Betsy, Book 8) by MaryJanice Davidson on June 2, 2009
5. City of Souls (Sign of the Zodiac, Book 4) by Vicki Pettersson on June 30, 2009
6. Huntress by Christine Warren, Marjorie M. Liu, Caitlin Kittredge, Jenna Maclaine on June 30, 2009
7. Rapture: The Shadowdwellers by Jacquelyn Frank on June 30, 2009

JUL 2009

1. Mercy Thompson Homecoming by Patricia Briggs on July 21, 2009
2. Destined for an Early Grave (Night Huntress, Book 4) by Jeaniene Frost on July 28, 2009
3. Hunting Ground (Alpha & Omega, Book 2) by Patricia Briggs on July 28, 2009
4. Leader of the Pack: Tales of an Urban Werewolf by Karen MacInerney on July 28, 2009

AUG 09

1. Bad Moon Rising: A Dark-Hunter Novel (Dark-Hunter Novels) by Sherrilyn Kenyon on August 4, 2009
2. Hunting Ground (Alpha & Omega, Book 2) by Patricia Briggs on August 25, 2009

SEP 09

OCT 09

1. A Touch of Dead (Sookie Stackhouse) by Charlaine Harris on October 6, 2009
2. Divine Misdemeanors: A Novel (Meredith Gentry) by Laurell K. Hamilton on October 20, 2009
3. Bound to Shadows (Riley Jensen, Guardian, Book 8) by Keri Arthur on October 27, 2009

~Wierdlings

Pieces of Flair!

I know know know know you have seen that movie 'Office Space' where Jennifer Aniston has a roll of the upcoming girlfriend to the main actor, but in the movie she is a waitress at like a TGI Friday sort of restaurant. In it she has to wear 'flair' aka buttons with funny sayings on them or pictures.

Well Facebook has a similar premise. YOU can create and share flair with your friends. Pass it on, save it, create 'Flair Albums' on your homepage, etc. The uses are boundless.... and yes, I have fallen again and started to create flair myself. ::facepalm::

So drop me a note and I shall send you some FLAIR on Facebook too!

~Wierdlings

I have been sucked in!

Goodness, I swore I would never ever do it.. but I did... ::groan::

I fail!

I have joing the league of Facebook people. ::le sigh::

Granted I have found a few High School friends, can keep up with some of my favorite artists (Jasmine Becket-Griffith) and their upcoming works, and even enable a few people with my hangups, habits, and adictions like yarn, plushies, and fairies. ::yes, I am evil::!

Now I have a few more places I have to visit daily on the web. Why can't there be more hours in the day Lord?! You created the world in seven days, can't they be just a little longer I ask you?!

~Wierdlings

200 Books Read Goal

Being the bad blogger I am, I have failed to update my blog with the list to date of books read. My goal was quadrupled this year as compared from 2008..... 50 --> 200 books /audiobooks (A) / Rereads (R) .... and this is where I am at!

Total To Date - 46

Jan 2009

1. Ecstasy by Jacquelyn Frank
2. Veil of Midnight by Lara Adrian
3. Any Given Doomsday by Lori Handeland
4. At Graves End by Jeaniene Frost
5. Zen and the Art of Vampires by Katie MacAlister
6. Midnight's Daughter by Karen Chance
7. Dark Magic by Cheyenne McCray
8. Primal Needs by Susan Sizemore
9. One Foot In the Grave by Jeaniene Frost (R)
10. Naked in Death by JD Robb (A)
11. Glory in Death by JD Robb (A)
12. From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris (A)

Feb/Mar 2009

1. Night Huntress by Yasmine Galenorn
2. The Vampire's Bride by Gena Showalter
3. Rogue by Cheryl Brooks
4. Kitty Raises Hell by Carrie Vaughn
5. Coyote's Mate by Lora Leigh
6. At Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost (R)
7. Loyalty in Death by JD Robb (R)
8. The Better To HOld You by Alisa Sheckley
9. Desire Unchained by Larissa Ione
10. Seduced by the Storm by Sydney Croft
11. Wicked Pleasure by Lora Leigh
12. Only Pleasure by Lora Leigh
13. The Forever Kiss by Angela Knight
14. Black Silk by Sharon Page
15. White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison
16. Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs (R)
17. A Perfect Darkness by Jaime Rush
18. Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper
19. Deadly Desire by Keri Arthur
20. The Mane Event by Shelly Laurenston
21. Hunted by PC Cast and Kristin Cast
22. When He Was Bad by Shelly Laurenston
23. Would-Be Witch by Kimberly Frost
24. The Mane Attraction by Shelly Laurenston
25. Urban Shaman by CE Murphy
26. Urban Shaman by CE Murphy (A)
27. Thunderbird Falls by CE Murphy (A)
28. Coyote Dreams by CE Murphy (A)
29. Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs (x2)
30. Promises in Death by JD Robb
31. Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon
32. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer (A)
33. Club Dead by Charlaine Harris (A)
34. Dead In Dallas by Charlaine Harris (A)

~W

Y-E-T-I spells Matt!!!

Many of you, unless you are Jasmine Becket-Griffith aka Strangeling fan, do not know that a few paintings of hers have an awesomely cute blue Yeti. Jasmine has stated on her blog and in person how the Yeti, to her, represents her hubby, Matt. Matt is a very devoted husband and partner for Jasmine and works hard and is very proud of the success his wife has developed. To this end, I had an idea.. why not make the YETI come to life!

So I went Yeti hunting!!! I found the fur on an online fabric store and ordered it a couple of months ago. I had planned to work on the project and give him this plushie back in February at the MegaCon he and Jasmine attended, but my RL workload did not lend itself to giving me the free time. I then decided to work on it for their next appearance. The Celebration Art Festival.

Working last week, I drew my pattern, cut the fabrics and assembled him Friday eve, Saturday Day, and bright and early Sunday morning. Each time I finished a portion I had to show my hubby and see his reaction. YEAH! Jasmine gets dollies and Matt gets plushies!

Finally complete, I stuffed him and the yeti and I journeyed to the Art Festival where I presented him to Jasmine and Matt. Their reaction was all I could hope for and they were floored to see him come to life. I forgot to ask Jasmine what his name is!!! Must ask her later.

~Wierdlings