Despite the lack of activity seen on my page and in my store, I have indeed been busy at my sewing and embroidery machines. Thread was a flyin' for weeks but most of my holiday embroideries literally were parceled out as gifts for family and friends. Finally as we jump into January and days begin to lengthen once again, I can take the opportunity to feature some of my projects. First on my list was finding a "not so creepy" baby doll for our 18 month old granddaughter for Christmas. I was actually looking forward to purchasing something that wasn't going to require batteries, a charger and a computer technician for a change. It seemed as though it would be a pretty easy undertaking. After the sleigh stopped in to the 3rd store in one day I wasn't so sure. Maybe I'm just particular but it didn't seem to me that there were that many options. I settled finally on this - a sweet little Cabbage Patch Newborn. They smell like baby pow