Hootenannies

In recent years, owls have become all the rage. I don't care if I'm just following a trend here, because these are just so darn cute. And pretty easy. I just followed the free pattern here. You know what's not easy? Taking a picture of yourself wearing mittens.

These were a gift for my friend Sara, whose birthday party was one for the books. We played a game in the style of Balderdash, but instead of word definitions, we wrote wine label descriptions, guessed which ones were correct, scored points for cleverness, and sipped for about 3 hours straight (there were 12 of us, but still...a lot of wine). After 11 bottles, lots of cheese, crackers and other snacks, the wee small hours featured Steely Dan on the hi-fi, fireside pantomiming and Perrier drinking to help burn off intoxication and over-stuffedness. Nevertheless, Sunday morning featured headaches, as well as a camera filled with photos like this one:

I'd say it was worth it.