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I am knocking the dust off of this blog for a while. My photography has slowed down and I have had sometime to start up some crocheting again. To begin I wanted to make another hat. They are usually simple and very satisfying. I adore those really slouchy beret types of hats so I let [...]
First of all, you must understand that I am very new to the world of sewing. I watched my mother sew for my entire life and didn’t really have an interest. Now that I have a little girl and frilly pretty things are so expensive it is nice to be able to learn to sew. [...]
I had a lot of fun posting my first crochet project with the Electric Twisted Cowl so I decided to get another one up. My Grandmother lives in pretty chilly conditions so she was in need of warmth for her neck. The chevron seems to be a popular pattern for decorating right now but it [...]
This weekend I wanted to use up some yarn that was so soft and a pretty color. I don’t often make things for myself so I decided to be a little selfish and use this yarn for me. I started out trying to make a hat but I didn’t like the way it was going [...]
So I mentioned before Christmas that I had bought a Silhouette cutting machine. It hooks up to your computer like a printer and you use the provided software to place shapes and then let the machine do the cutting. I will show some other examples later but I wanted to get this Valentine’s Day craft [...]
Holiday season has died down so I was finally able to get the final touch on my ART wall finished. If you recall, the ‘A’ was fixed with buttons, the ‘T’ was made using an embossing style technique and the ‘R’ just had some paper on it and I wanted to add one more element [...]
Now that wedding and portrait season has died down I have picked up my hooks and yarn to start crocheting. This particular project I haven been working on for over a year. If I was diligent I could have finished it in a couple of months but alas life got in the way. I made this for my [...]
I really really like to crochet. It is my stress reliever activity when everyone else is watching TV or doing other things at night. I take it with us on long trips and have it outside with me while the kids are playing. It keeps my fingers moving and my brain active. A couple of posts ago [...]
I used to get in trouble in class for not paying attention. Don’t get me wrong, I was a straight A student from K through 12 but I was sooooo bored in class. The stuff they taught I could always go home and learn it myself so therefor I didn’t listen so well. Instead I [...]
Do you usually do a special advent calendar? I haven’t done one yet for our family and have always wanted to come up with something special. My original idea was to make a bunch of books with secret compartments, wrap them with wrapping paper and have them on a shelf numbered. After making one I [...]