Pumpkins

Melanie is going on vacation so she won't be making any PW recipes for the next week or so. I said I would try a couple of recipes that I know she wouldn't want to make... but I've decided to skip this week, mainly because I am having issues with my sinuses and I can't taste or smell much! So for today I thought I would talk about 'Pumpkins'!

I was happy to see from your comments the other day that I am not the only one that is starting to wish for Fall. Stephanie said it best when she said "I don't want summer to be over, but I do want the heatwave to end". That's really how I feel too, it's not so much I want Fall to be here I just want the cooler weather that it (hopefully) brings with it.

Speaking of Fall, I knit an adorable pumpkin hat the other day and listed it at my Etsy store. I was happy to see that it sold very quickly and so I thought I would knit more, but then I got to thinking. . . what with it being a 'seasonal' item, I didn't really want to knit a lot and then be left with them all if they didn't sell. So I thought I might offer it as a 'custom order'. I wish I had a little guy (or gal) to model this for me, it is so cute :-)

To all you grandmas and Mommies out there, wouldn't you just love to see your little 'punkins' in a hat like this when you take them to the 'Pumpkin Patch this Fall? If you'd like me to knit one especially for your little one, just email me and I will get started on it straight away. Turn around time will be about 7-10 days before I can mail it out to you, but considering Autumn is quite a few weeks away yet it shouldn't cause any problems.

The hat can be knit in the following sizes: Newborn, 0-6mths, 6-12mths, 1-2yrs, 2yrs and up.
I am also hoping to knit a pair of matching booties this week for younger babies. I will list them at my Etsy store too but will also take custom orders on those if you would like them. There is one hat listed in my store right now... you can see all the details HERE. If you would like a custom order just send me an email to denise 'at' deniseschulz 'dot' com (I'm not sure how to make an email link on here - don't forget to replace the 'at' with @ and the 'dot' with .) or you can contact me through my Etsy store too.

Keeping with the pumpkin theme - do you want to see something really funny? You have my permission to laugh. . . .

This is a very pregnant me back in October 2000! My friend Julie gave me this idea when she showed me pictures of her belly when she was pregnant (she gave birth to her baby in Sept 2000), her hubby had painted a yellow smiley face on her 'bump'!

Jason painted a pumpkin on mine!!!

I thought it would be cute to buy some pumpkins and sit out in the 'pumpkin patch' with them. So yes, that is my actual tummy painted like a jack-o-lantern when I was about 8 1/2 months pregnant! I was 37!!!

The first picture is from my computer and for some reason is rather small (I may have just scanned it in because I don't think I was using a digital camera back then) so the next two larger photos I just snapped a picture of the original pictures today (using my digital camera) so they weren't as small. Ok, you can stop laughing now :-)

Linking to Outdoor Wednesday at A Southern Daydreamer

and Spotlight Yourself at Santa's Gift Shoppe