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Monday, May 26, 2014

Link-Yourself Monday #29

Well my Friends, it is once again Monday and our next Link-up has arrived. Hope you can join us for this one with all the lovely things you have made of late. Every week I am astounded at all the wonderful crafts out there. But we are not limited to just crafts. You are welcome to post your link to anything you like.

This weeks top three most looked at posts:


1. Nata's Nest



2. Jannies Hobby Corner



3. Julie's Lifestyle



And now it's time for the Link-up.....
Go for it....

Erika's Crafts Corner Monday Link-Yourself Guidelines:

1. Add links for up to three of your blogposts using the Link-Yourself button below.

2. Please leave a comment on the blogs of the other participants. We all Love comments and know that         others appreciate what we make. Also please tell others you are linking up.

3. Please share this post through Google+, Pinterest or Facebook. That creates more exposure for everybody joining our link-up.


Friday, May 23, 2014

Blog Love Friday #10

Good Morning my lovely Bloggy Friends! Hope this finds you all well. Are you all ready for the coming long weekend (here in the US)?? Personally I am ready for the weekend, but on Memorial Day I have to work, but I hope to catch some BBQ somewhere in between. Here is hoping yours will be fun and relaxing.

So here we are back on Blog-Love Friday. Are you ready to get to know some new blogs and share the LOVE? Well here we go. Enjoy them and as always, please leave them a nice comment to let them know you have visited.

1. Annie's Place

She has wonderful crocheted items. Love all the bright colors.




2. The Beehive Cottage

Want to get to see something different? Here you will see a variety of things. Lovely!


3. Heartmade

Are these not just wonderful and neat?



Until next time from my neck of the woods......
"Happy Weekend"!

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Market Bag


Ladies, can you believe it? I actually made something else than a Mandela.

I found this pretty red and white striped cotton yarn
and knew right away what I wanted to make with it.
The design is my own
and I think it came out pretty good.


Here is my bag hanging next to my favorite bird.....
.....you know the one I mean, haha


Here you can see the whole bag in one piece
all nice and stretched out.


A little close up.


What do you think?
Did it come out ok?

Well till next time from my neck of the woods......

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

More Mandela's and the Give-away Winner


Here to show you three more Mandela's I made from the Attic24 pattern.
I used the same three colors, just in different order.
















And now to the winner of my little Give-away.

And
the
winner
is:

Taadaa

Beca

Now if you please get in touch with me through email Beca
I would appreciate it.

For everyone else, I will have another give-away in a
couple of weeks and I hope you come back and
try again. thanks for participating.




Monday, May 19, 2014

Link Yourself Monday #28 and Mandela #10

Well my Friends, it is once again Monday and our next Link-up has arrived. Hope you can join us for this one with all the lovely things you have made of late. Every week I am astounded at all the wonderful crafts out there. But we are not limited to just crafts. You are welcome to post your link to anything you like.

This weeks top three most looked at posts:

1. Summerhouse Cottage



2. Lunamon Design


3. Jannies Hobbyhoek



As you can see my Mandelitiz problem has not ended. Here now to show of Mandela #10, designed by none other than our own Lucy at Attic24. Who can avoid trying something out that Lucy has made? Not me, that's for sure.


As you can see, I made 4, all in different colors.




This last one I decided to make in red, white and blue and is this one
that is on it's way to England and Attic24 .
For Yarndale!


Hope you enjoyed my newest Mandela's.



And now it's time for the Link-up.....
Go for it....

Erika's Crafts Corner Monday Link-Yourself Guidelines:

1. Add links for up to three of your blogposts using the Link-Yourself button below.

2. Please leave a comment on the blogs of the other participants. We all Love comments and know that         others appreciate what we make. Also please tell others you are linking up.

3. Please share this post through Google+, Pinterest or Facebook. That creates more exposure for everybody joining our link-up.



Sunday, May 18, 2014

An Afternoon out and about

Yesterday I had a day off and my girlfriend and I decided to spend a day out, just doing something different to enjoy the day. We had heard that they were having a Music & Craft Festival in Hardy, Arkansas. It was raining first thing in the morning and at first we were debating weather to go or not, but than decided to take a chance. I am glad we did. The day stayed overcast for the most part. Every once in a while the sun peeked out, but not long enough and it was a bit cool at times. Sadly due to the weather, hardly anybody had put up their craft Boothe's, which was one of the reasons I wanted to go.

First thing we decided to do, is to have some lunch at a restaurant called Words and Afterwords. In the evening they often have life entertainment with different local bands playing. It's a cute, homey kind of place and the food is absolutely yummy.


 Today we decided on the Gyro's Plate, with Bagel chips and cream cheese. Doesn't that look good?


 Hardy is a small and quaint town, that sprouted up from a railroad construction camp in 1884 and is nestled on the banks of the Spring River. Many houses in this area are built from the rock found here, as in the picture below.

 The downtown area, pictured below, has many of the regions best antique shops and also crafts shops. I love the Murial on that building. Sadly it is fading a bit. As you can see it is not a very big town, but in the summer month chalk full of tourists.


 Here are the only vendors we saw. One of them was selling jewelry and the other hand sewn items for the household, like towels and aprons and such.


 Another view of the town




 I just couldn't resist to take a picture of this little English car, which belongs to the restaurant it stands in front of. It's an antique Mini Cooper 1000. It reminded me of the days my mother would drive such a little car back in Germany when I was child. I think they are just to cute.


 Here was the music part of the day. This little place is in the middle of town in a little plaza by itself. Every hour on the hour they had a different local band playing, mostly bluegrass. Very enjoyable. Some people even got up and danced.




 The little plaza from a different angle, surrounded be pretty flowers and trees.




 Another view of the town with it's lovely old buildings.


 A little antique shop with lot's and lot's of different things, from furniture to old milk cans and quilts.


 Another antique shop, with mostly old bath tubs, windows and such.


 We decided to take a little brake under this huge porch in front of one of the stores. We just couldn't ignore the nice swing to sit on and to just look around while swinging.


 Isn't that just darling? I like to see something old incorporated into a garden. And notice the metal bird on the bicycle seat. How cute is that?


 On the left on this next picture is a store I love. They have handmade pottery in all shapes, sizes and color, from dishes to vases and so much more.




 Just before you leave this little town in one direction, they have this little old gas station from yesteryear. This old car stands there in all it's rusty glory.


 This was an actual working gas station at one time in history. How times have changed.


Before we left town to go back home, we also decided to stop at the Spring River. It looked so welcoming with the sun finally peeking out for a few minutes. In the summertime, the Spring River is a big attraction around here for people that love to spend the day canoeing, kayaking, tubing or fishing, which is something we like to do here as much as possible.




It is so much fun tubing down the river when it moves nice and fast. You just got to watch your behind at times going over rocks when the river is not high enough.




 Here you can see some remnants of fishing lure in the trees. Just thought it was funny the way they were hanging there in the tree.


I thought I would also show you a picture from a road above the river, so that you could see how fast the rivers can get in certain places.


This is one of the little Bed & Breakfast places around here, nestled into the rocky mountain. I love all that iron on the porches. The house is built up high, as at times the river can rise quite a bit and many areas get flooded.


Well I hope I didn't bore you all to much with all my pictures. All in all it was a very nice afternoon out. Very relaxing and enjoyable to do something different. If you ever in this area, you should check this little charming place out. It's certainly worth it.

Now I wish you all a good Sunday, what's left of it. Until soon......

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