I jumped the gun.

Ha ha! Silly me. I thought I was all caught up to Christmas 2011. I did a lot for Christmas 2011, but there were a few projects before that. Let's start in April. For Ava's third birthday I made her a Super Ava cape. She chose the fabrics. It has a velcro closure at the neck and hairbands at the wrists so she can spread her cape out and fly. She was excited about it at her birthday party, but hasn't played with it much since then. :(

Crocheted Snowflake Ornament

I crocheted this snowflake for my work's ornament exchange. I got the pattern from marthastewart.com. It worked up pretty quickly, and then I stiffened it with a cornstarch and water solution and pinned it to a cardboard box to dry. I would probably do this again (there were 3 other snowflake patterns I didn't try) though I was surprised at how large it turned out... it's probably 6 or 7 inches across.