Ambigram Drop

"Maputol" Ambigram	"Jackson" & "Strength" Ambigram
"Create" Ambigram	"Rik" Ambigram Cross
"Noah" & "Kayla" Ambigram	"Leslie" & "Lola" Ambigram
"JLF" & "KLF" Ambigram	"Questa Anche Passerà" Ambigram

New recipe & new pic

I've added a new recipe to My Recipe Book. This one was named after our friend Justin Merriam, who taught it to us after cooking it for us one night. It's not the healthiest, but it's very easy & an impressive tasting meal.

Chicken Merraim







And I've been diligently trying to get new pics of all of the old recipes. Here is my new shot of Shrimp with Coconut Rice (compared to a bad attempt in 2007 and again in 2008.)

Puppy Hat

Pretty early on I knew that Orson needed a hat with ears. I decided to make a puppy hat!







The hat ended up being a great fit, but it does spin around his head when he looks all about in the stroller (the main time he needs a hat). I added the ear flaps with ties later on, but the hat still moves around a little too much & I have to keep adjusting it. Oh well ~ it looks adorable!

Ambigram Drop

"Love", "Peace" & "Joy" Diamond Ambigram	"Daniel", "Dani", "Julia" & "Janita" Circle Ambigram
"Imagine" & "Dreamer" Ambigram	"Eleven" Ambigram
"Chantal" Ambigram v.2	"Chelsea" & "Lauren" Ambigram
"Sudipt" & "Athiest" Ambigram	"Andrew" & "Stacey" Ambigram

Mobile

Here is the mobile I made for Orson's crib!

I used those Teeny Beanie Babies that came in McDonald's Happy Meals years ago (I've had a bag of them sitting around forever), some painted dowel rods and yarn. The thing is huge! I love the way all of the bars weave in & around one another as it swings about.



It seems like most baby mobiles are more for decoration than for the baby to enjoy ~ the objects face the parent & not the baby! (Tons of them are even made with 2-D objects, which is just pointless.) I tried to lean the animals downward to make it a little more interesting than blank animal bellies.



Orson loves staring at it. He will kick his feet and giggle as it swings around.



One thing I learned about making mobiles ~ they are very finicky! Everything got off balance pretty quickly, so I taped all of the center strings in place to keep it straight. But the slight shifting of the outer strings was enough to throw it off balance again, so everything got re-adjusted and glued into place. And a little tip for you: Balance the bottom rods first, secure the strings and then work towards the top.