Stitch Fix #11 - December 2016
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Stitch Fix #11 - December 2016

Welcome to my December Stitch Fix review!  I can't believe I'm already on box #11... where has the time gone?  This month, I continued the "surprise me" trend and Melissa delivered a fabulous box as always.  Read on for more!

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Whoville
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Whoville

My workplace is holding a Winter Wonderland competition to keep spirits high during this busy time.  Each team/department is to decorate their area for the holidays and the team with the best decorations will win.  They're also holding an ugly holiday sweater contest.

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Amigurumi Cubs Teddy Bears
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Amigurumi Cubs Teddy Bears

This week's project might have you thinking you're seeing double, but you're not.  Our Chicago friends announced they are having twins and I felt the only appropriate baby gift was a pair of teddy bears.  They're also Cubs fans, so of course the bears are outfitted with Cubs t-shirts to celebrate their big win this year.  I chose to use the same Cross Your Heart teddy bear pattern by Anne Schuler that I used for my Illini teddy bear earlier this year and I still love it for how easy it is to put together.

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Stitch Fix #10 - November 2016
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Stitch Fix #10 - November 2016

Welcome to Stitch Fix #10!  This month I asked my stylist, Melissa, for clothes to wear to my casual office since I recently started a new job.  I realized Melissa has been doing such a great job with "suprise me" fixes that I told her to do another since the things she'd sent in the past made sense for my office as well.  Here are her picks for me this month:

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Mary Maxim Snowman
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Mary Maxim Snowman

Mom bought a whole Mary Maxim snowman family for me to crochet for her last year. I took my sweet time getting around to working on them and now I'm down to crunch time to get it done in time for her to put out for the holidays this year.  I finished up the first snowman yesterday and figured I'd share him.

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Etsy Shop Now Open

Just popping in to give a quick update to say Orange and Shiny's Etsy shop is officially open! You can find it here (I'll be adding an Etsy link to the social areas on this site very soon).

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Crochet Christmas Minion!
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Crochet Christmas Minion!

Now that Halloween's over, I'm jumping straight into holiday posts.  I'm a firm believer in keeping all things Christmas (decor, music, etc) on hold until after Thanksgiving, but I had to share this Christmas Minion based on a pattern by Stephanie Jessica Lau of All About Ami.  I finished him up this week and sent him off to be donated to the St. B. School (the school I attended for 1 - 8 grades) Silent Auction that will be held next weekend.

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