We’ve been having a very nice summer here. So fun I have neglected you, my friends. I’m not going to pretend that I can catch you all up, but I may toss in a post here or there with some fun snaps from earlier this summer.
Here is something I did while my hand was broken. I believe I told you all that I discovered I could cross stitch with a broken hand. I decided I needed a pin cushion so I would stop putting my needles in the arm of the couch.
We had a very nice Mother’s day. It started out as any Sunday, cleaning and shopping.
Then I was off to play with the Yarrrn Club at InsaniTea!! I worked on cross stitch, as it is something I can do left handed.
At 4pm, when the fiber fun was over, Doug and the girls showed up. We had a little tea party. The Yummy Berry tea that Ingred served up was, well, YUMMY!!!! I had to buy some to bring home. The girls played the little bongo drums and a guitar and danced around between cups. It was a lovely time.
Then the four of us walked around a bit. It was a gorgeous day! Eventually we stopped and had a wonderful outdoor dinner at Raymond’s. They have a wonderful menu with both vegetarian and meat dishes. I have to remember them next time I have veggie guests!
Finally we crossed the street and grabbed some dessert to go from Cupcakes Galore. Kyla got an Elmo cupcake, and Vada got Hello Kitty.
They are my girls, alright. The first thing they did was eat the eyes. Mmmm.
Yummy! Elmo eyeballs.
Well, with the launch of Craft Hope Project 13, my little NJ apartment is about to get a lot smaller and a lot bigger at the same time. Smaller due the massive amount of handmade blankets that will soon start arriving on my doorstep. All to warm the hearts and the nights of those affected by the Alabama tornadoes. Bigger with the hope and love those blankets will provide. I look forward to each and every blanket. ©Copyright 2011 Jessie … Read more
Callooh! Callay!
It truly is a frabjous day, I have finally finished the octagon blanket!
I first told you about this crazy guy over a year ago. When I started him, there were so many other things I was working on, that he kind of ended up on the back burner. Life took hold and he spent most of the last year yearning for my attention. If you remember,the hexagon blanket was for Vada, and the octagon is Kyla’s. She was very happy to finally have her “banket” done.
I am happy to say that the lovely Jade of Craft Hope has announced Project 12! Bracelets for Russian orphans. Imagine the thousands of bracelets we can make together. It seems like such a small thing. Heck, my three year old’s will help me make a few this week. However, it is so much bigger then many of us can see. Many of these orphans feel as though they are worthless ~ as though no one cares about them. Something as simple as a handmade bracelet can change that. They will know that somewhere out there in the world is a person who cares enough about them to make this special gift. To experience the kindness of a stranger, some who will get nothing in return, can bring these children the hope they need. So I ask all of you to find at least the time to make one bracelet, though more is great. Do something to make the world a kinder place.
I stumbled upon this website after reading about Project 12. I will be making as many bracelets as I can between now and the deadline in June. I will do my best to post pictures of every bracelet I make, with links to the patterns used for (or that inspired) each one.
That’s me. Just working on finishing various half done crafts around the place. I just ran around and took a few snaps to show you all in blogland what I’ve been up to lately.
Last week I broke my rule about no new projects aside from holiday gifts or Craft Hope until I finish all the partially finished projects. There was a good reason, though: I kept loosing pencils. So I took a paper towel roll, a page from a board book the girls had torn up (I always keep old board books that are not in good enough shape to pass on, they come in handy for crafts,) some scrapbook paper, and glue, and I created this little guy.
Rather nifty, isn’t he? And it really only took me the course of one program I was watching with the hubby.
Here we go, a project I had found in my closet.
With just 1 yard of fleece, a sewing machine, some yarn, and a crochet hook, and this blanket edging tutorial you can make this quick and easy baby blanket!
I had some technical difficulties with my laptop just after my last post. Everything is working fine now, but I sure have a lot of reading to catch up on with all the blogs I love to read!
The girls and I have been taking lots of morning walks. We spend a long time walking through the park, and sometimes end with a while playing in the playground.
So much to do! I made a list of everything I want to have done by the end of Doug’s Spring Break ~ which is the first week of April. I have a lot to do.
But first things first ~ this is what happens when I leave the girls home alone with Daddy…
That would be a chocolate covered peanut butter bar in her hand.
I am finally starting to feel healthy again. Just the last remaining bits of congestion, but other then that, I am feeling good. I am also finally getting out of my funk.
Now that I am feeling better, these past two days have been very productive. I got a good bit of cleaning done. I went through some piles of paper that needed to be dealt with; and I even organized the foot tall stack of paper that needs to be scanned into categories (phone, car, medical and so on) so I can start scanning them in an organized fashion!
I came up with a plan and put it in motion to get my recipes in order. Every week I make a menu, and enter the recipes in a great recipe organizer on the internet, where I can also put my menu on a calendar. I did do that for this week, and even printed out the recipes onto index cards and put tabs in my index card box to keep them organized. I figure if I do this every week, eventually all my recipes will be in order. On the website, I can rate the recipes, and put tags on them, so that will help with picking out menus in the future. I still want the printed out index cards, so I don’t have to take the laptop into my tiny kitchen. I’m very excited about this, because I have so many magazines laying about with recipes I want to try, and a many, many bookmarked web pages with recipes, also. Maybe I’m just silly that way, but
