hellooooooo! I've been trying to figure out why it feels like I've been on the run/behind/so out of touch for the last month or so... then I realized that I've been on the run & behind & out of touch since I last posted. It's been a bit of a whirlwind (to say the least); so I'm going to try to run through it in pictures for you.
Indie Spun booth @ Stitches! a few shots of all the awesome handmade in the booth:


Note the first Halloween things I've made in a long while in the bottom left corner of the last photo.
Close up of one of the Halloween tea roses here:
Right before Stitches, I finally upgraded my eye gadget. And after I got back, my fancy new filter case had arrived!
I LOVE IT:
I must have lost my mind earlier in the year, because I agreed to sell at Rhinebeck (through a friend's booth, thankfully, but still) the weekend after Stitches. Also, I had to make inventory for Craftland AND ICE's Pop-up Shop before & during Stitches. Then pull together stuff for Rhinebeck immediately after Stitches ended. Um, deadline organization fail for the month. But I managed to pretend I wasn't totally sleep-deprived & exhausted, and actually had a really fun weekend with friends.
Yummy taro & sticky rice dessert @ Crazy Weird Thai Place the Friday night before Rhinebeck: 
And of course, Rhinebeck itself. Animals, fiber, food... what else could a girl want?
PUPPIES!!!!

Gorgeous loop fiber bumps:

Fiber friends!!


I think I decided to have a mini-breather after Rhinebeck. And I made my first quilted thing ever!! in a class at Gather Here. It's not the prettiest thing in the world, but I am pleased with it & I needed a gateway project to make me less scared of quilting. It worked! I want to cut up all the fabric into little pieces & then sew it back together! I give you:
Halloween candy corn mug rug:

Oh, and with the rest of my "breather" (ie the last weekend of October) we went to California for the weekend for my dear friend's wedding to her Irish fella.
Look at how little luggage there was!
I'm a big sap, and love weddings. Dressing up is fun.
Us on our way down to the wedding:

The weather was gorgeous. Sunny & in the 70s.
Check the mountains! and yes, IKEA was right by our hotel:

But Hurricane Sandy was brewing at home on the East Coast, and our flight home was canceled before the wedding reception even started.
We booked a couple extra nights at a hotel near the airport (in case there was a chance we could get out earlier) and were surprised to find this in the room:
With extra unplanned "vacation" days, we did what we always do. We ate.
Yunnan bridge noodles. NOMS.

And we went to Half Moon Bay for the day. It was foggy, but beautiful:

And we ate some more.
XLB & steamed mantou (buns) with condensed milk. Yup.
I also bought fabric & felt & scissors to do some work, and then shipped the scissors home (no checked luggage). And I finished the book I brought with me, so I bought another:

Haven't finished this one yet. I slept most of the way home. And when we finally got back, October was just about over, and I was back to playing catch up again. More on November stuff & happenings coming up soon!