This is a simple, mostly double crochet pattern for making arm warmers for those with small hands and tiny wrists. I am petite and typically have to modify patterns for arm warmers and hats or they bag on me so I decided to make my own arm warmer pattern. These are worked in the round. [...]
This tutorial will show you how to dress up a plain white flour sack dish cloth. I picked up four cloths at Deal’s scoring each two pack for only a dollar. For the embellishments I used fabric paint and fabric from Hobby Lobby. The fabric cost a few dollars because I didn’t need very much [...]
I am a book junkie and it is an expensive habit so I tend to chose wisely and pick only books that will be the most beneficial for the household as a permanent addition to our library. A few times a year tho I splurge on a whole box of books but the reason I [...]
Here are a few of my favorite posts this week, just in case you missed them: The Thr33 Lies from the Modesty Writers Guild Blog – A great post (ignore the lack of capitalization and other things of that sort that make the eyes scream). This post talks about the three lies that one needs [...]
I realized that I never posted the projects that I finished through December, so here you go (photo heavy). The army of monsters for the children…
It’s a week into December now and I am on my way to a Homemade Christmas. I managed to finish several things last night and tonight and I think I will actually complete my goal of handmaking every gift I give this year (of course, Santa brings fabulous toy store goodies). If you are knit [...]
I LOVE to make things – just about any kind of things with the exception of scrapbooks (I will never understand the whole addiction to scrapbooks). I like to crochet, loom knit, paint (canvas & crafty stencil things), sew, quilt, glue, glitter, and all other sorts of stuff. The problem is I don’t follow instructions [...]
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