Back from vacation and back to crafting

It seems like I have been on a hiatus for the past month.  We had taken a family vacation to Disney World reunite with my daughter's family that we had not seen since last year.

When I returned home from vacation, I had a message on my answering machine from a very nice lady who had previously received one of my primitive Annie dolls purchased as a gift for her from one of my Ebay listings.  She loved it so much, she asked if I would do a special order for another one.  It gives you a great feeling to know that your work is appreciated so I agreed to make one for her in the color she requested.  This is the completed doll made from a Sweet Meadows Farm pattern.

I am working on another doll similar to this one that will be dressed for the 4th of July holiday.

I made another little Ladybug Annie doll and have it listed on Ebay. It is made from a Craftaholic pattern. It would make a perfect collectible for anyone who loves to collect ladybugs. (SOLD)

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I've had computer issues this past week. I was so upset when my computer would not boot up the other day. I tried all afternoon Sunday trying to get it working. Tried loading the recovery disk and nothing would work. I took it to the computer repair store and they were going to charge me $149 just to run a diagnostic test on it to see if if the hard drive could be restored, with no guarantee that it would fix the problem. I said never mind. I bought a new PC instead. I lost all of my pictures and files that had not been backed up. Let that be a lesson to make sure I periodically make back-up cd's of all of my files..........just in case it should happen again. I don't know what caused the problem, but I have been having problems every time I use Facebook and think that maybe the computer had a virus that attacked the hard drive. I'll never know for sure.

Since I've not had access to a computer for a few days, I had plenty of time for crafting. I've been making these Raggedy Annie dolls from a pattern by Cat and the Fiddle Designs. After I made the first one (Lady Bug Collector), I couldn't resist making more. Their faces are adorable. I have these three cuties listed on ebay.





I've also been working on the cabinet that I showed in my previous post. It's almost done and will show the finished results soon.