Leprechaun lightening strikes twice....

LOOK!!!! Our eyes match!!!

Oh my goodness....OH MY GOODNESS, I cannot contain my excitement! A very unexpected but well received surprise arrived in my mailbox today courtesy of my friend and fellow tatter Pamela -"Grande Dame" of all tatting leprechauns around the world!!!


...Let's back up a little: about this time last year my beloved "Brendan the Navigator" came to live with me. But his adventurous nature got the best of him and after a few months he decided to up and travel the world on his own...independent little chap that he is; we parted ways in Vietnam. I have missed him quite a bit but I have heard news here and there "through the grapevine" of his travels.

Well.....today Brendan's sister Blathnaid (or Brenda for short) has come to stay! I am ever so excited. ...and boy oh boy is she a pretty lass! You lot out there who have boy Leps better keep an eye on them once they get a look at her!
She is settling in quite nicely, after all Brendan has already filled her in on what to expect with the motley crew that I call my family.


Just look at how ladylike she is with her pretty earrings, flowered belt and little gems on her shoes! By the way; Blathnaid means "flowers". Isn't that lovely??


I also got a skein of "Vanilla Sky" which is one of Pam's HDT's that I was secretly drooling over the first time I saw it....so Brenda "the stay at home" and I are off to tat with it right now!

...Oh and thank you Pam for letting me open my Christmas present early! You have made my day!

Now that I have the luck of the irish on my side again, I am hoping that 2010 will be a fantastic year!

Leprechaun sighting

I forgot to share that Brendan made a brief appearance at Shuttlebirds. I was so relieved to see him. My heart was absolutely broken when I thought I had lost him forever. I apologized for the mix up in Vietnam, he said it was quite alright as he was thinking of going off to explore on his own anyway. I asked "B" if he was ready to come home, but when he heard that I was homeless and wandering around for the summer, he decided to continue his explorations. Well, that IS what navigators/voyagers do best. As a leprechaun mother I am sad not to have him for the summer. But I cannot begrudge him his heart's desire. I am hoping that he will decide to join us in Alaska. I am even prepared to make him mittens and a nice warm jacket. He was hopping around in my Shuttlebirds slide show 2 posts back. If you would like to see Brendan for yourself, go see if you can find him.

If you are wondering what the goob I am talking about please visit http://itsaleprechaunslife.blogspot.com/.

Brendan visiting an Asian Temple

Picture sent via Pam

My Leprechaun is still missing

I was hoping Brendan would come home for St Patrick's day...but he is still out adventuring around the world.

Any tips on his whereabouts would be greatly appreciated.



***UPDATE***
Fergal has been in touch with Brendan and even has some photos of him enjoying his holiday. I am so relieved! Thank goodness for the Leprechaun to Leprechaun hotline!

I need your help!!!

Brendan "The Voyager", my infamous tatting leprechaun, was last seen in Phu Quoc (an island off of Vietnam). Any information leading to his whereabouts will be greatly rewarded. Although we think he may be exploring Asia he is clever and resourceful enough to be anywhere in the world by now. He mentioned something about New Zealand a few days before his mysterious disappearance......


Update:
I got a tip that he was seen driving an old Chevy on a dirt road heading towards Lubbuck Texas. Please keep your eyes peeled. I would love to have him come home ASAP!

Spring HDT's and more clunies!

All my new colorways are now listed in the Etsy shop.

This is "BELL PEPPERS". I thought I lost Brendan and I finally found him nearly camouflaged hiding in this thread.....I may have to rename this colorway "Ye Old Leprechaun".

This is a very "Spring" forward colorway called "GERBER DAISIES". I LOVE gerber daisies; they were the very first flowers my husband ever gave me.

...and this is "WITCHES BREW". Yes I know Halloween is over and I had dyed several Halloween colorways but I think the one thing that was bothering me was the black so I got rid of it and Voila! I'm quite happy with this colorway.

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And look at this....does this look familiar? Again this is Elisa's "Rose Du Noel" pattern. This was tatted by Katie V. of NC. This is tatted in my hand dyed (HDT) tatting thread "ICICLE" size 20.

Brendan meets the gang

I took Brendan to "4 0'clock Rock" tatting group today. It was fun explaining what a leprechaun is....you know....how do you explain words like "mischievous" and "why do they come from Ireland"? Like I said, it was fun! Oh and since the Leps now have their very own blog, Brendan decided he should stitch a "B" on his hat so you could tell him apart from all the others.
Here he sits with Jinju's latest tatting creation: a cute bookmark. Jinju has her Josephine chain down to a science. Honestly, these girls are very capable tatters now and they don't need me anymore....snif snif.
Of course, I couldn't keep B still for long he had the whole shop to explore. It was like bringing a toddler to a candy store (or even worse....bringing ME to a candy store)....Sheesh! Here he is making friends with some handmade Korean Kitties.

I asked the girls if they had any folklore or such to share from their culture. Kyoung-Mi told me that a pair of birds are often presented as a wedding gift because the are representative of bringing together the earth and the sky. After she shared this story Brendan found just the pair!

....and he couldn't resist going for a ride on this dove....so he certainly had himself a grand ol time!

Ha ha!!!

Someone.....(dare I mention who??) was playing with my scanner last night.
I woke up to find this picture as my new screen saver.

A new family member for the holidays!

Look who arrived on Christmas Eve, it's Brendan the Bold, a.k.a "The Navigator" or "The Voyager". Click on his name for some great info!
He hails all the way from Cork Ireland compliments of Pamela of TatsKool.
My husband was the one who retrieved the package from the Post Office and decided to open it....even though it CLEARLY was NOT addressed to him...LOL!
When I saw the package was from Pam I got spaztastically excited and I may have embarrassed myself in public and confused my husband. I don't know....the details are fuzzy....


First I must show the beautiful Christmas Card with Pam's original snowflake pattern tatted in her own "Rainbow Bright" HDT.

And here is Brendan...Ta da! After such a long trip, I think he was a bit miffed at first to find he had landed in Korea...but he quickly adjusted and is now making friends. Just look at the smile on his face! I also got a skein of said "Rainbow Bright"...now I can quit slobbering all over my screen at everyone else's projects tatted in this wonderful thread.

Pam said that giving me HDT was like "sending coals to Newcastle"....(as Newcastle mines coal)...but I say not! Let me ask you, If you were rich would you object to someone giving you money??? Probably not...right???
Well, I have HDT from Marilee and I treat it like it is gold, and I will do the same with Pam's HDT. Thank you Pam!


I gave Brendan the run of the house so that he could get himself acquainted. Since Andy was the first face that Brendan saw, he immediately bonded with my giant Leprechaun of a husband. .... Well, Andy is unnaturally lucky AND very mischievous!


Then Brendan saw Chloe. Chloe is a cousin that is visiting for the holidays while her parents are in America.

And being the bold animal lover that he is....he acquainted himself with Chicane!

...and he was ecstatic to find my HDT collection....it reminded him of his old home!






....and finally I told him he could give a "shout out" to all his brothers! So...Hi Oisin, Killian, Danny, Cormac, William, and Fionn!


....Oh...and for everybody else...check back for a little Christmas present tomorrow!

Happy Birthday Jesus!