27 Monday May 2013
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crochet, earrings, embroidery floss, free, jewelry, patterns, seed beads, summer, thread crochet
I’ve been working on some new items for my shop, & there earrings are the first thing. I don’t have enough of the floss I used for these left to make another pair, so they may show up in other colors. I wanted to be able to use these pics anyways, so when I typed up the pattern for my own reference, I thought, “Hey, why don’t I post this on my blog?”
So here you go.
12 Friday Apr 2013
Posted in Food
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I mentioned yesterday we were going to try to make individual versions of the fresh apple cake. Dinner became my responsibility after the bf had to work late, so I gave them a whirl last night.
A whole mini cake uncupped
11 Thursday Apr 2013
Posted in Food
When I found the recipe for the Apple Oven Pancake, I also came across a recipe for Fresh Apple Cake. Apples, cake mix, & butter – sounded easy enough for even me!
Yummy!
I made a few changes based on the comments & served this to friends at our Deep South Paranormal premiere watching event. It went over very well.
Based on some grumpy comments on the original post I should point out, this is less a cake, & more a cross between a crumble & a dump cake. I have wondered how it might have turned out if I’d used more of the cake mix, but that is a cake for another day.
01 Monday Apr 2013
The baby is here! I haven’t gotten to see him in the hat yet, but here is a pic of him with the proud grandmother:
First grandbaby
Now on to the noms! Over the weekend the boyfriend & I tried a new recipe I had pinned, the apple oven pancake from About.com’s Southern food section.
Yum!
27 Wednesday Mar 2013
Posted in How-to
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I’m moving! I had ordered a white bookcase to go in my yellow room, but it now resides in a rental standard white room. Boring. I plan to repaint the bedroom furniture, so once I decided on a color I thought the inside back of my bookcase would be a perfect place to start. It makes the bookshelf stand out, plus gives me a real taste of the color in the room.
The bookshelf is just your basic cheap, white bookcase & the paint is Glidden’s French Grey. I bought the sampler bottle for about $2.50 & painted it with a foam brush. It hadn’t been assembled yet, so it was super easy to paint.
23 Saturday Mar 2013
Posted in Crochet
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beanie, crochet, crochet applique, Family Bugs Blogging, for baby, free, free crochet pattern, gifts, handmade, hat, Jenn Maple Handmade, links, patterns, skull applique
A friend’s son & his wife are expecting their first child together. They are a young couple whose tastes don’t lend themselves to typical baby attire, so I decided to make a hat they would be proud for their baby to wear.
26 Tuesday Feb 2013
Posted in Crochet
I told Kathryn I would do this, & then I got sidetracked & didn’t until now. (I know, you’re all shocked.) As I am posting this there is only 58hrs to get in on the Indiegogo funding action!
You might remember Kathryn from her book (I won) Crochet Saved My Life. BTW, I am reading the book & loving it, but it keeps making me cry so it’s slow going.
Here’s a little about the project from Kathryn’s website, Crochet Concupiscence:
Do you have a desire to explore your creativity but also a fear of calling yourself an “artist”? Do you wish you were more creatively fulfilled but fail to take time for yourself to just create? Are there emotional issues blocking your creative side? Crochet can help! This simple and easy-to-learn craft can be used in unique ways to get in touch with your inner artist, explore and eradicate your deepest creative fears and restore balance to your personal life.
Please consider helping me out with my just-launched crowdsourced funding campaign for my next book project, which includes multimedia components like online classes and personalized email coaching
(Big Announcement: My Next Book on Crochet for Improving Your Quality of Life!)
She has several tiers of donor rewards, starting at just $1, so please take a look & consider helping out at her Indiegogo funding drive. Even over goals, every little bit helps to make the finished product even better!
13 Wednesday Feb 2013
Posted in Food
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candy, candy canes, chocolate, Christmas, crochet, dessert, DIY, food, gifts, handmade, needs more sausage, peppermint, peppermint marshmallows, recipes, red hots, Valentine's Day, white chocolate
Peppermint Bark!
I made this for Christmas, but have seen something similar made with red hots so that would make a nice Valentine’s Day variation. It was very popular & most commonly described as “pure sugar”. It’s like a tastier version of rocket fuel!
I first made this a few years ago after finding some large skewered marshmallows coated in chocolate & peppermint. This was my, far lazier, version of that. No cooking required, just a little time in the microwave for melting the chocolate. (The pics were a last minute idea while I was making them Christmas & I was running late, so here you are shadows & all.)
16 Wednesday Jan 2013
Posted in Crochet
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cat model, cotton, crochet, dishcloth, FaveCrafts, granny square, handmade, Lily, links, Maggie's Crochet, nylon, patterns, Pinterest, pot scrubbers
I made my grandmother a crochet dishcloth & a couple of pot scrubbers for Christmas. They weren’t my patterns, but I wanted to share the patterns I used & the results I got.
Crochet Granny Square Dishcloth & Pot Scrubbers (Modeled by Norman)
Patterns below the cut. Continue reading »
14 Monday Jan 2013
Posted in Repurposing
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hair doodad, hair elastics holder, organization, photo holder, picture holder, ponytail holders, repurposed, repurposing
Just a quick idea I thought was really cute. I was looking for a way to corral my collection of ponytail holders & had this photo holder sitting around. It seemed like a natural fit, so here you go!
Photo Holder repurposed to hold ponytail holders
