The Christmas lights for the porch have been hung. I must say, they look very pretty and festive. While I was out there, I dumped the contents of  several porch pots onto our mulch pile near the shed. It was such a pleasure moving the pots into the nicely organized potting area in the shed. What a difference from years past when I had to jam them inside each other, toss them on a pile of STUFF and hope I could find them the next spring. There’s more porch organization to go, but I can’t dump a pot in which the plant is still somewhat alive. It’s not in me. Plus, we have to fold up the Adirondack chairs and bring all the cushions inside.

Yesterday’s mini project. Reader Elaine from Ontario gave me this idea. I’m proud to say I was a bit of an enabler with Elaine and she now has two Blythes. I may be wrong about that number, Elaine, feel free to correct me. Anyway, she read about these little sweater ornaments that Target does every year. Of course, I had no idea they existed. They come on a gold hanger and they’re supposed to go on a tree. But, many people buy them for Barbies and Blythes. They’re only $3 each, This year, there is a white sweater and a gray sweater.

 Photo: Target

I knew the neck was too small to fit over a Blythe body, even the small licca body of Olivia. But they’re only $3 each, so why not experiment? I did try to fit it over Olivia’s body before I experimented, but the neck wouldn’t stretch enough. So I grabbed my embroidery scissors and snipped an opening at the back of the neck, extending about a half inch into the sweater. I used some Fray Check, but it’s really not meant for knits, so I ended up using my yarn needle and some yarn to bind the edges of the opening. It worked!

It’s not all that attractive to look at, but who the heck cares? I’m the only one who sees it and her hair covers it.

It’s a little bigger on her than it will be on her sisters as Livvy is the only one with a licca body. I love it. The hat, by the way, arrived yesterday all the way from Thailand. It was included with a dress I ordered. It seemed meant to be – perfect for this outfit and for Olivia.

The hangars are sewn in and can be easily removed.

I can’t afford to buy handmade sweaters for the girls that are holiday themed. That’s a lot of money for something I can only use once a year. This solution is perfect.

Thanks, Elaine.

Favorite line from Little Z (who is no longer little) during yesterday’s FaceTime. (He was about to go visit Santa.)

Don: Why don’t you want to see Santa?

Z: Because I’ve already seen him multiple times.

Stay safe.

Happy Saturday.