Sunday, June 27, 2010

What's Blooming on Cathy's Totes and More


My new hair accessories have been gracing some real cutie pies, and I had to show them off.


Taylor had her pictures done, and her Mommy
loved the crocheted headband and chose it
for her photo shoot.



Annabell was a flower girl and wore my lilac hair pins in her updo.
The sweet little toddler flower girl had a matching headband from Cathy'sTotes.
Thanks to Sandy, and Heather for sharing the pictures with me!

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Pampered Knit Together In Love Pooches





I wanted to feature some of my customers' precious puppies that
have purchased Pet sweaters from my Etsy shop Knit2getherInLove.

Some of these have been custom made, such as the lovely lass Roxi,
who is sporting an Irish couture sweater with a white collar-
Work it Roxi!

The lime sweater has been a customer favorite and has been featured
on the front page of Etsy 2 times!

Friday, July 24, 2009

Newest Earrings: Falling Leaves






I purchased these cute lucite leaf drops from a shop on etsy, and knew
immeditately what I was going to do with them!
I paired them with these Czech Glass Floral beads and used both silver and
brass findings. I hope you enjoy them!

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Limeade Sweater Featured Again!



Claire has done it again! She has caught the eye of another talented etsian! This time she is featured in My Handmade Registry. Check out the site, they have some wonderful features.

Thanks Dorana!

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Josh and Alicia Prom 2009




Monday Night was Prom Night for Joshua. Alicia was his lovely date- they made quite a handsome pair!

Monday, June 1, 2009

Ipswich River Park Craft Fair


This past Saturday was Craft Fair Day for the Lento and Parson families!

After hours of crafting, planning, gathering- our day at the park finally arrived.
The sun was shinning brightly- the weather was comfortable, occasionally a wind gust that sent us all chasing the business cards and light items that blew off the tables.

We had an excellent location right by the main gazebo where the raffle tickets were being sold. Our large tent (lent to us for the day, thank you John Reddy!!) was centered between our 3 spots.

Our girls were the big sellers of the day! Once again, my youngest just about sold out her entire table. Maybe it is because she is so cute? Or maybe because she has nothing over $2.00 on her table and everyone is looking for a bargain these days!
She and Robin's daughter are definitely sales women! They playfully twirl the streamers they made, or walk around the grounds with their wares- (and Robin's handbags. Those two have to go to a good business school!

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

March 13th was my Mother's 80th birthday!

My Mother is a pretty incredible woman. She has lived through
bombings in Naples during WWII. Her father died 2 months before her
wedding. She came to the USA as a new bride, away from her family, and learned a new language, and a new way of life.

Christ was her constant companion through it all. She had accepted Him as her Saviour
with her Dad at a missionaries persistent prompting to come to church when she was a young woman. When she came to the USA she found a small Italian church across from Mass General Hospital. Eventually, she ended up at the AG in Revere, MA, where my earliest memories of church, and the love of God were birthed. She begins each day with the Bible in front of her, and a cup of coffee. All through the house, you could hear her singing at the kitchen sink, and when you were hearing her pray, you knew Mama was pouring out her heart and soul!

My Mother is a very talented woman. She is an amazing cook! No one makes homemade pasta, pizza, bread or biscotti like my Mama. She went to school to learn to become a seamstress in Italy. One of her first jobs in the USA was working in a bridal boutique on Newbury Street in Boston. I always remember customers coming to our house for my mother to do alterations, or bring her to Saks Fifth Ave for her to recreate a dress there that they wanted in a different color, or sleeve length.
Wish there was a way to extract all that knowledge and wisdom!

I am grateful that my girls have such a godly heritage! I wish we were closer so they could spend time with her more than just a few times a year. She doesn't always
get the new trends in church, or fashions with the kids. But my girls know she loves them. She is concerned for their saftely, and their walk with God.

We have our humorous Nana stories, about her quirks, and cute accent. The girls have fond memories of visiting Nana's house in the country, and their adventures there. They get yearly slippers knitted by Nana, and Pasta e Fagioli. The lectures in broken english about safety in this crazy world, illegal aliens, her latest find at Goodwill and having to try to talk over Rush Limbaugh blasting in the background on the radio.

Thank You Lord for my wonderful Mama! For all the times she would pray for me before I went off to school, even embarrassing me in front of my middle school friends when she would do it with them waiting for me! For her faithfully living her faith in front of me, inspite of some very dark times in our family. I am so blessed to have been raised by you! I love you!