Pictures from my 55 gallon freshwater planted tank

We have had a 55 gallon tank for a few years.  It is pretty stable and wonderful to watch.  It has two angels, 2 plecos (albino bristle nose & sail fin), tetras (neon & glow), a red tail shark, and a herd of guppies.  We had a snail outbreak and now have more than we can support.  The plants include swords, anubus, and moss.  I love my little moss logs. 

Group picture

Angels with the Sail fin Pleco

More Angels

Neon tetras

Glow tetras (not really sure what it's technical name is)

Moss log

Sword

New Years Nebula

New Years Nebula

For her Christmas present, we gave our thirteen year old daughter a floor to ceiling canopy around her bed.  We added the LED lights to give her something to read with and to dress it up.

She also really wanted a Nebula or astronomy image put onto her ceiling.  Her older sister, Hannah, came over on New Years Eve/New Years day and painted her Nebula.

She loves it.  Now we just need to move the corkboard.  Maybe paint it? 

View from outside.

View from laying inside.

Owls for a friend

These are owls that I made for a frind for Christmas.  Her whole family loves owls and I made one for each of her siblings.

Mounted Caribou head for my daughter

My daughter is into bones and taxidermy.  For Christmas I gave her a mini mounted head that she loved. Here is what I did.

She is going to hang it with her other mounted heads.

Too much fun.

Supply bags my daughter made

With Christmas around the corner, my daughter decided she wanted to make her friends presents instead of buying ready made.  

We got the sewing machine out and in just a couple hours came up with dimensions and plan.  She chose to have an outer and inner color for two of the bags and did same on same for the third. 

Here are her finished products.

She bought the fasteners in lieu of velcro.  I think it was a smashing idea.

Great creative and problem solving activity.

Done in a day chunky scarf

Chunky scarf- done in just a few hours.

I have wanted to work with a huge hook since I saw my favorite crochet guide, Mikey, post a tutorial on Tunisian crochet with a massive hook.  See link below.

Tutorial from Mikey of Crochet Crowd 

I shopped for a hook on line and found they were expensive ($30 dollars).  Then last week while Christmas shopping in Hobby Lobby, my husband made a joke about- "what would you hook with that".   It is a 25.00 MM hook for $10.  I was so happy, he bought me an early Christmas present.

I also got 4 skiens of yarn.  I doubled the yarn and found that with just 4 skiens of yarn and a little over two hours I had made a 7 foot scarf.  

I toyed with single crochet and double but found that half double crochet was the look I liked.

I hope you enjoy.  I hope you give it a try. 

Crochet- baby blankets 2013

Found pics from Two baby blankets I made this year.

The first is a star blanket I made for a coworker having her first Grandbaby.

 The second blanket I  made for by bestest of friends.  This was for her first baby.