Easter Crafting

Today I thought we would enjoy to look at some other crafty projects that we can make and enjoy for Easter. Doesn't that sound like fun? So have any of you made any Easter crafts yet?

Personally I am running a bit behind on making something, but I will most like still come up with a project I can enjoy and share with you.

1. The Little Fabric Blog

2. Crafty Sisters

3. Design Mom

4. Clare's Craftroom

Till next time from my neck of the woods.......

Hot Pad, Potholder or Dishcloth

Good Morning Friends,

It's gray and overcast in my neck of the woods and ice is in the forecast. Not really something to look forward to, but maybe we get lucky and it misses us all together. One can hope.

Well that don't stop me from sharing something I made yesterday with you all. It has many different uses and we all use them every day in some way or another: The Hot Pad, Potholder or the washcloth. For some reason I always enjoy making them and keep coming back to them. Hope you enjoy this one. Pattern follows.

I keep having this problem of my pictures turning when I upload them

to blogger. In my picture file they appear in the correct position.

Anybody able to tell me what I am doing wrong?

Help would be appreciated. Thanks!

MATERIALS:

Hook: Size G

Yarn: I LOVE THIS YARN COTTON
Stitches used: ch, sl st, sc, dc.

Difficulty: EASY

ROW 1: Ch 40, (dc, ch 2, sc) in 4th ch from hook. * sk next 3 chs, (2dc, ch 2, sc) in next ch. Rep from * across.

ROWS 2-18: Ch 2, turn. (Dc, ch 2, sc) in next ch 2 sp. (2 dc, ch 2, sc) in each rem ch 2 sp.

FASTEN OFF.

WEAVE IN ENDS

I also Made this little coaster (from left over yarn), that I found this morning with pattern on Debi Y's blog. Here is the link. I think it is very cute. Thanks for sharing Debi.

For now I hope you all have a great day and "Happy Hooking"!

Erika

Link-Yourself Monday & the letter "G"

Wow, it's Monday again. Here is hoping you all had a wonderful weekend! Mine was filled with working extra hours and than sadly with a toothache from you know where. Yuck, is all I can say. But feeling better today, so for that I am grateful.

Today we have rain in the forecast and it is super windy. As I was driving home from work this morning, I thought my Van wanted to lift of the ground or I was driving drunk down the road. Yup, that's windy.

With it being Monday, it's time for all you lovely Ladies to Link Yourself and show us all the beautiful things you have been making over the last week. Have Fun!

Now to the letter "G". I had to think over this one. Couldn't think of to many crafts that start with that letter. Hmmmm? So I picked "Gardening Crafts". What other crafts can you think of?

This is such a simple craft.

Just take Terra Cotta pots and

paint the rim with chalk paint,

than write whats in the pot.

Just love these glass decorations.

Go to the nearest flee market and purchase

glass vases or cups.

With glue #6000 glue the pieces together

as you like them to show.

So much fun to make and can be as colorful as you like.

Another simple craft.

Use and recycle old tires by cleaning them and

than painted them with exterior paint, stacking them, filling

them with potting soil and your favorite flowering plants.

Just a little something to cheer up any yard.

Last but not least - Little greenhouse

All you need to to is take a clear plastic bottle

cut off the top and put over your little

seedlings and watch them grow.

I have made all four examples and have to say that they all work and are fun to make. So give it a try.

"Happy Monday" everyone!!

Blog - Love Friday

With so many pretty and beautiful blogs out there, there are so many we never see or find. So for that reason we decided today is the day we will spread some BLOG LOVE! Who is with me?

The first blog that everyone just loves

is Attic 24.

Many of you already know her,

but for those who do not,

you need to take a looksy.

Second on my list today would be

Suz Place!

Are these flowers not just gorgeous?

No. 3 on the list today would be

Apple Blossom Dream

You will love her use of colors,

and her stash busting ideas are just wonderful.

Last, but not least in the No. 4 spot is

Teacup Lane

You will enjoy her many colorful projects.

She shares my love for the

color RED.

This is it for our first Blog-Love Friday. Hope you all come back next week to check out some more of the wonderful blogs out there. Now please go and visit them and leave them a little "Hello" to let them know you enjoyed their Crafts.

Now I would like to wish you all a nice weekend. What is on your needles at this time?

Link-Up Monday and the letter "F"

Good Monday morning Friends! Hope you had a wonderful weekend.

In my neck of the woods the sun is shining, the skies are blue and the daffodil's are perking their little heads out of the ground. So to me it looks like it will be a good day. But than again, any day the sun shines is a good day for me. Didn't realize how much I love the sun, but it sure seems to effect my mood.

Well since it is Monday again, today is the day you can add your link here. Show us your beautiful works. I always to love to look at all the wonderful stuff you are making.

As to the letter "F", it stands today for Felting. Have you worked with Felt before? And what have you made? I recently bought some Felt and am planning to use it shortly. Here are some of my favorite finds on Pinterest.

Couldn't find a link for 

this one

Are these Cute?

They look simple enough to make

Have a Heart

Just love these Ladybugs

You can find the pattern here

Some little flowers

and a few buttons

to complete = Pretty

Pattern

See you all again soon. Have a good start to the week!

Something New

Today seems to be the day when I run into one issue after another. When I came home from work this morning and after I crabbed a cup of Java, I sat down in front of my lap top and was fixing to do a little browsing on Facebook and Pinterest. But guess what, nothing happened. My Internet wasn't working. Couldn't figure out why it just wouldn't come on, since the little green light on my router was blinking just fine and saying it was working. So I kept on checking the settings, etc. Still, nothing. Well come to find out, apparently my Kittie cat walked over my keyboard and turned of the Internet connection button. It took me forever to figure that out, but glad I finally did. And than some other little issues kept coming up, but hopefully they are all resolved for now. Hope it stays that way.

Over the last couple of weeks I treated myself to some new books. Even so you can find so many patterns or ideas on Pinterest these days, I still like to look at a book, check out techniques and have the reference handy when needed.

For some reason two of the pictures I took won't let me turn them so I could display them here better, but I think you can still see what they are:

I bought this book because I am planning 

on doing a little sewing in the near future.

Stayed tuned for that.

Are these dolls not just to cute?

Love this book on Borders.

It is one of my weaknesses and 

will help me immensely.

Love all the different techniques 

in this one.

Broomsticks Lace

Something I haven't tried yet either.

How about yourself?

See you all later!

Erika

A few good Tips

Here are a few good tips:

A good way to clean steel crochet hooks is to soak them in rubbing alcohol from time to time and dry them with a soft cloth. They'll sparkle and give you a better and smoother stitching experience.

Kids are bound to get stains on those handmade items. For grass stains, apply ammonia and hydrogen peroxide alternately, followed by a cold water rinse. Just remember to do it as fast as possible.

Use a shoebox for your knitting and crochet yarn on trips. You can easily cut holes to feed the yarn without getting tangled. Works well at home also.

Keep a creative album of all your works, including pictures, yarn used, patterns and everything else that was important to your project. It's nice to have a record later.

Recycle old Preserve Jars for needles and pins or any other small objects you use for your daily crafting.