Crochet Ugly Duckling pin

 

 This was so fun to make. I just adore him! I gave this to my daughters best friend even though I became quite attached to the little fellow. He was just so cute and crazy eyed, that I just loved him! 

No Place like Gnome

 

We have met some of the best people on our camping trips and one of the ways I met so many like minded camping peeps is that I joined Pop Up camping forums online. It was there I found people were meeting up at campgrounds from around the world. One of the best people we met at the MidCon Rallies in America are our beloved friends Rae & Fred from Ely, Minnesota. Rae is not only an avid camper, but she writes novels, and has a few articles in PopUp Times magazine, did I mention she can crochet? She made everyone at the rally a Traveling Gnome. I adore this guy and as you see he is letting us know that during the Obama era the gas prices were sky rocketing to nearly $5 a gallon. They do not make traveling come easy for us penny pinchers!