My goal for this year is to make things I've never made before, so here are my first pair of crochet socks! Since Easter is just around the corner, I decided to make my socks using pretty pastel colors from Caron Simply Soft. I love the softness of the yarn and all fun colors that are available with this brand. The colors I used are Strawberry, Robins Egg, Sunshine, Soft Orchid, Soft Green, and White. I've never made socks before, so I downloaded a pattern from Etsy (I didn't follow the pattern exactly, so my socks look different from the ones on Etsy). I've included instructions for making the bunny appliques below.

I finally finished the second pair of slippers for my mom's Mother's Day present. Yesterday, my daughter and I went to the post office to mail them off. The post office has a machine where you can weigh your package, pay for postage, and print out the postage sticker. I think it's cool. And there's a really large mail box just for packages.  Before mailing the package, I stuffed the slippers with pretty tissue paper, and I wrapped the paper around the slippers. I reused an Amazon box, but I wrapped it in brown paper with pink flowers doodled on it. I think the box looked really pretty, but I tend to go overboard with the tape! Anyhoo, the slippers are finally done, and on their way across the country.