Just keep swimming, just keep swimming. . .

Awwww!
Ain't she cute?

It's that spring green that gets me.

That, and her starfish. . . oops, I mean SEA STAR (I've been corrected by my son who has a head chock full of little facts like that). . . is super cuddly, and not the least bit slimy as one might expect.

Her name is Seaweed

(the mermaid, not the sea star)

and you can visit her here.

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I must be in a mermaid mood today, designing several new mermaid patterns this afternoon. The tail is the fun part, of course. I'm in the midst of designing a funny little thing in one of those old-fashioned bathing suits too. Guess I'm missing a swim-able ocean now that Summer is almost upon us. The ocean here would freeze my fins off, excess insulation and all. Dylan has a wetsuit, so he can jump in the water on calm wave days. My self-esteem could not handle the sight of myself in skin-tight rubber footy jammies though. Plus, I'm really not that great of a swimmer. So I'll happily content myself with making mermaids, and leave it at that.

. . .

This week has inspired some

Halloweeny goodies too.

(What can I say? I like Hallooween.)

Dylan named this tiny punkinhead Erlie. Haha.
She's tiny enough to fit in the palm of my hand.

She used to be a normal girl, but Maya got a hold of her-- naughty, pointy-headed creature that she is.