That's my mom :)

I think I'd better go get another crochet lesson from my mom. She's so good--can you see? These are purses that she made for her sisters for Christmas. She's from a family of 10 kids, so that's quite a bit of work. Although due to the fact that she's a total perfectionist (it must be a recessive gene), they ended up being gifts to welcome in the springtime.

Each one has a unique trim or finishing, which she worked to find to match the yarns she used.

Mom definitely provided me some of my craftiness when I was growing up, although with things such as sewing I never really applied myself enough to become very good at it (just one of many examples). She did give me my first knitting lessons, though!