Who says we don’t see snowmen in Florida? Not Raveen. In his world, when life gives you a lemon (a winter without snow), you make lemonade (with a paperbag).
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more moodiness {orlando children’s photographer, windermere, central florida}
only just a wee behind with my editing. I mean these are only from this past SUMMER!!! Thanks for being so patient with me, Mz. Moody. And tell your shining young girl that if I could use a magic marker and make some freckles for myself, and make it look good, I would!
Easy-Peasy Cable-Knit Bag
In current knitting news, I tackled cables and discovered that they aren’t beyond me…at least the most basic cables anyway. I’ll leave the intricate celtic knotwork types of cables for the pros . As always, Youtube has a wealth of instructional videos on knitting cables without a cable needle…easy peasy once you see someone else do it.
I knit this bag in the round with some yummy chunky yarn I picked up at A.C. Moore last winter. (pattern below if anyone wants to try it) 
Easy-Peasy Cable-Knit Bag:
I knit this in the round starting from the opening off the bag and working down to the bottom. I would just use whatever stash yarn you’ve got laying around and needles that would result in a close knit (just so there are no gaps between the stitches for any bag contents to slip through). I used some chunky wool yarn with size 8 circular needles.
Cast on 120 stitches (or whatever you want as long as it is in multiples of 8 – my bag has 15 lines of cable running down it.) Join to knit in the round. Use a stitch marker to help keep track of the beginning of each round.
For the first 4 rounds I did the seed stitch for the edging:
row 1: knit 1, purl 1 (K1, P1) – repeat all the way around
row 2: purl 1, knit 1 (P1, K1) – repeat all the way around
row 3: same as row 1
row 4 : same as row 3
Begin cable pattern:
row 5,6,7 : K4, P4 (repeat around)
row 8 : Repeat this pattern all the way around-
Slip 2 stitches onto a double pointed needle (size 8 or smaller) and bring them to the front of the knitting. Knit the next 2 stitches and then knit the 2 stitches on the double pointed needle , Purl 4
Continue knitting rows 5-8 until the bag is as deep as you want it. I repeated the pattern 10 times.
To finish, I went back to seed stitch (rows 1 & 2) for 4 rows and then switched yarns and knit another 4 rows of seed stitch.
To seam the bottom of the bag together I bound off using the three-needle bind off (Another youtube video lesson).
The strap is an i-cord.
voila…all done 
making baby headbands
Raenah’s hair is finally growing and it’s at the stage that all these wispy strands float across her line of vision. I’ve seen all these flowery headbands online and figured they ought to be simple enough to put together so…
I bought some 1/4″ elastic at Jo Ann’s and sewed a small one inch piece onto the ends of a length of grosgrain ribbon so that it fits around Raenah’s head. Then I sewed a tiny pom-pom silk rose (also found at Jo Anns) onto the ribbon. I made a few clips too with the tiniest Goody metal clips you’ve ever seen in your life! Sooooo sweet and a quick and simple project. 
oh a side note, thanks Crystal for this lovely idea. You mentioned it would be a good nursery idea and it made me think of a few outfits Raenah has grown out or that are stained but are still sentimental keepsakes. I thought this would be a lovely way to use the outfits and dress up her bare wall as well.
a little bird for my Raen-bird. She wore this onesie for her 6 month pics – I’m so glad I saved it.
My Birthday Baby {Orlando Child Photographer}
she’s one today.
She has 8 teeth, a fixation over her Daddy’s glasses, a temper, chinese eyes that close right up when she’s smiling, downy fine hair, and a ready giggle for whenever her brothers play with her. She dances when I sing to her, screeches when she wants to eat, and pats our backs when we’re holding her. She’s taken her first steps this week and it makes my heart skip a beat when I think of how quickly she’s growing up… She was given her first doll ever from her Nani and Papa today. The doll has these enormous blue eyes that close shut when she’s laid down and Raenah is in love. I don’t think the boys’ action figures are going to compare anymore
Happy First Birthday Babygirl, you bring such delight to us.
Christmas morning {Orlando lifestyle photographer}
Hoping everyone had a special Christmas. Here are some highlights from our Christmas morning.
Chivan scored a Ripstick, Raveen went ga-gaaa over an enormous dinosaur and Neil finally got his hands on the Lego Pirate Fort he’s been eye-balling for weeks. The cherry on top of it all was the Rock Band Beatles game from the grandparents in Maine. You should check me out rocking on the drums to “Yellow Submarine”- Ringo would be proud.
*Silent Night
Making Christmas Eve memories with some tree shots. Plus I thought I’d share some out-takes of this year’s Christmas card. Or more accurately E-card. We went cheap green this year and sent out e-cards instead. Check out Raenah’s face – she’s not too sure that holding the ‘ball’ is as thrilling as I was making it out to be.
Raenbirds first ornament. 
Want to try make starburst patterns on your tree lights as well? Try shooting your tree on aperture priority with a small aperture of 18 or so and letting the camera calculate the shutter speed for you. I used a tripod for the long exposure. The auto-flash was disabled.
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