crafts

Minions Knitting Bag Done!!

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Minions Knitting Bag

Minions Knitting Bag

I finished sewing a Minions Knitting Bag, Woot Woot.  The first one I’ve done so there are a few things I will change about the way I sew it next time for the pumpkin fabric.  The written instructions were not super clear to a basic sewer but I did figure them out even if one was after the fact (link is to Martha Stewart’s website to the pattern and a little video that was helpful but not in-depth instructive for the written instructions – tho I’m sure an experienced sewer will have no problems at all).  Mistakes help understand instructions sometimes :P.  It is a medium sized bag.  There is another pattern I want to try as well to see which one I like best.  I will definitely make this one again. 😉  I’ve put up two more pictures of the bag so you can see the fabric I used on the inside and what it looks like with the long handle looped through the little one.  I like it, it’s MINIONS!!!  I’ll work on the pumpkin bag on Saturday when I have more time.

 

Minions Knitting Bag 2

Minions Knitting Bag 2

Minions Knitting Bag 3

Minions Knitting Bag 3

BRRRRRR

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Snow Woman!

Snow Woman!

 

Is this not so cute?  My sister made this for me for Christmas.  She promised to put the instructions up on her blog Eat It Anyway.  I’ll keep bugging her until she does cos’ I want to make a pair (snowman and snowwoman) lol.  She has some awesome things under Share It on her blog.    If you haven’t visited her site I would suggest it, she’s very crafty (in a good way :P).

For those of you following the weather here in IA, yes we are VERY cold.  It is -3F outside and if that were all it wouldn’t be too bad but with the wind chill it is about -28F, brrrrr.  It will only continue to get colder as the day goes on.  They closed the schools here today because of the wind chill.  It will be colder tonight at -17F ambient temp so I imagine the wind chill will be in the -30’s to -40’s depending on the wind.  I’m inside where I am safe and warm :).   On a positive note, it will be up to 17 on Saturday  and maybe the low 20’s on Sunday :).

No matter where you live, stay warm today :).

Jacob’s Ladder Seaman’s Scarf

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Jacob's Ladder Seaman's Scarf

Horseshoe Cabled ScarfI have been working on the scarves.  I finished the first one, the Jacob’s Ladder Seaman’s Scarf, shown on the left.  It was a fun knit (this picture was taken before blocking).  I am working on the scarf showing on the right.  I decided since the missionary I’m knitting this for didn’t want a seaman’s style scarf that I would do a different pattern and chose the horseshoe cable stitch from this scarf.  I love knitting cable designs, they are interesting to knit and visually appealing. 🙂

 

Wall DecorationMy best friend in high school sent this to me.  Her mother passed away this year but had been working on the things she always puts into a Christmas Craft Fair every year.  Her mom had chosen the fabric and cut it out but didn’t get a chance to put it together.  My friend decided she would like me to have it, so she finished it.  How wonderful it is to have something from her and her mom.  It is a very lovely wall décor piece and the sentimental value is priceless.  Her mother was a wonderful lady who had many talents and was quick to share them.  She will be missed.

 

Happy Valentines Day :)

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wing chimes

Wind Chimes

Sock Critters

Sock Critters

My sister is a very talented lady :).  She has designed these “critters”.  They are sock dolls of a sort.  They are really so cute!!!  The picture on the right are some Wind Chimes (well they dont really have any chimes on them, just wasn’t sure what else to call them).  You can click on the picture to enlarge the view and I have another picture below to show them up close.  They are very pretty :).  How lucky am I to be related to her? 🙂  Especially when she gives me stuff 🙂   You can view her site here to see the things she makes and the tutorials she puts up on how to make them :).  Look under share it for her blog on what she made and the drop down under create it for the tutorials :).

Wind Chimes 2

Wind Chimes 2

Well the ground hog saw his shadow this month and made me very sad. 😦  We have had a very cold and very snowy winter, just like that danged Farmer’s Almanac said we would.  I think I’m gonna work on outlawing that thing, unless of course it comes up with a better prediction for this coming winter :).  I see that wordpress has updated some stuff and I can’t find spell check, sigh, so I hope everything is spelled ok, if not I’m gonna blame WordPress :P.

Oh My Gosh, A Small Miracle!

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Ok, I’m a ditz!!  I was coming home from Easter Service today and when I stopped at a red light (about 5 miles from church – having gone up a winding hill at about 35 mph and then down a big hill at 45 mph (if I mind the speed limit, there are no police reading my blog right?)) someone honked from behind.  I didn’t think anything about it, but then this lady runs up to my window grabs something off the roof of my car and hands me my purse – LOL I had left it on the roof of my car because my hands were full of stuff from the Primary class I teach and I forgot to get it off and put it in the car with me.  I can’t believe that it was still on the roof of my car.  I profusely thanked the lady and then said a quick prayer of thanks to my Father in Heaven for that little miracle and for loving me in spite of my ditziness.  I think he has his hands full with me.

Easter Goodies

One of my friends at church today gave me a little treat.  They are so cute, I was trying to get a picture of them before I ate them all.  Only 3 of the 5 made it to get photographed :P.  Wasn’t she clever?  The baskets were made from a sugar cookie recipe (made without the leavening) and put over the outside of a little mini muffin pan (cool idea).  She used icing to make the grass inside (special tip, or some kind of very small long candy things, I have an awesome grasp of language don’t I 😛 *updated – sprinkles is what I was trying to think of, hehe) and secure the jelly beans and chocolate bunnies in with frosting ;).  Ok Susie now you can experiment – I’ll let my talented sister show you how they are done :P.  You can see my sister’s awesome blog about food and crafts at Eat It Anyway.

Spring Has Sprung!!

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Butterfly Shadow Box

I saw the male Robins last week, was sooooo excited – Spring is here, tho’ I have to admit we had a really awesome winter this year.  I always love this time of year, with the tulips, crocus, and my favorite – Hyacinths (absolutely wonderful fragrant smell!!!), and other early spring flowers coming up.  I love everything about Spring!!!!

I went to a craft get together early this afternoon that our Relief Society president does once a month so we can all get together and enjoy each other’s company.  For those not familiar with what Relief Society is, it’s a woman’s organization in our Church that is dedicated to helping others, and uplifting not only others but our selves as well.  There were several projects to choose from but I absolutely adore butterflies so I chose this Butterfly Shadow Box to do.  It was simple and fun. 😉  I’m excited to see what we can chose to do next month.  Hey Sis, you would love this one.

Update on 2nd Comfort Shawl – Kinda Sorta :)

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Well, obviously deadlines were made to be broken ;).  I have been knitting on it , and this is not a great picture but just to show you it’s a bit over 1/2 way done.  I wasn’t able to knit on it as much as I had hoped and I made an error on a row and will have to tink back 3 rows to fix it, arrrgh!  That has made me put it aside for a few days but I’m going to tink the rows back this evening and get started on it again.  There will be a few changes to the pattern before I publish it on my website, some things that I weren’t what I was trying to do, but can fix them in the pattern.

I hope you all have had a chance to check out my sister’s blog Eat It Anyway, she has some good recipes and awesome crafts there. (Hey, sis, can I have some pralines now?) hehe.

I Hope You Voted!!

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I hope you all got out today and voted.   I did.  My son and I tease that we cancel each other out.  But that is alright, it’s our civic duty to vote, what an awful state we would be in if we didn’t have that right and opportunity!!  Guess we will see in the morning who will be in control of the House and Senate and our state.

lsfiberadventure has posted a picture, of the PIF I sent, on her blog. 🙂  You can see it here.   PIF’s are fun to do, they take time and a little bit of money :P, but they are fun.  I think the most fun is waiting to see if they will like what you sent, and well, yes – the excitement of getting your own PIF package in the mail ;).

Embroidered Apron

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1 Yard Apron with Embroidery

Embroidry text

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I forgot to take the camera with me to the Activity Day Girls activity and so I have no pictures of their sewing skills on the pockets.  I had two aprons left over so instead of sewing a pocket on them, I am machine embroidering on them to give as gifts.  Sorry my photography is not great, and I couldn’t find my iron, which I know is around here somewhere, so that I could make it look nice and not wrinkled.  But such is life.  I know I’ll find it eventually.  I have posted a closer picture of the actual embroidery so that you can see it.  I love this one. 🙂

Yesterday was my last day at the current long term temp job so I am out looking again.  Surely something permanent will be forth coming soon.  All I can do is rely on the blessings and tender mercies of the Lord after all I can do.

Another New Hobby – sigh

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Beading my first necklace

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My beautiful daughter and I went to a Relief Society meeting this last Thursday night (it was her birthday by the way :).)  A sister taught us about beading.  Oh my, this is another hobby that I could get into but alas it is kind of expensive so I will just do things once in a while.    Being from the desert southwest, I love all things Turquoise & Silver, so that is what I made (not real Turquoise and Silver tho,  just a facsimile, but pretty never the less.)  I’m still working on it, I have to get a clasp on it.   It was very fun to do.

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I’m working on some 1 yard aprons  for the Activity Day Girls (girls ages 8 to 11) that I help teach in my ward.  This month is our Pioneer celebration month to honor the pioneers that treked from MO, IL and IA to Utah, most of them on foot with just handcarts.  I am pre-sewing the aprons, except the pockets which they will whip stitch on.  Teaching some of these skills that were well known to our ancestors is one way to help the youth connect with those who came before, helping them to understand the way they lived, and hopefully helping us appreciate the things we now enjoy that they did not have at that time.  I personally am really fond of my car, sewing machine, computer and ipod ;P. 

I’ll put a picture up in a few days with one (or more) of the girls wearing her/their apron(s).  Just depends on how fast they sew :P.