Make It Monthly

This month's gift is a crocheted tic tac toe board. Mine is 12X12.
It was easy to make, even someone new to crochet could do this.
I crocheted a rectangle that would become a square when folded. Then I made 4 chains for the lines and used yarn to stitch them onto the side that would become the "board."
I made 6 of each playing piece.




After that, I just whip stitched the sides together and added a loop for the button.




And the inside is the pocket you can store the pieces in.

Kaela loved it and insisted we try it out.
We played for about 30 minutes together after which she decided we should keep it.....or make one for ourselves.

February's craftyness

I was pretty crafty during February...

making an ornament for my YOE tree...


a cowl for someone's birthday...


and some owls for some peoples...

trash bag holder


pincushions...

and a little night owl...

I wonder if I can fit anymore craftiness in before the end of the month......

saying goodbye

I want to thank you all for your good thoughts and heartfelt prayers concerning my brother in law, Bill.
Today is his memorial service.

Bill loved my sister fiercely and for that I will always be grateful.

Once he and my sister moved to their farm, you would usually find him in the garden or with this blue beast cutting hay for the horses. Other times, he was dragging home stray cats and dogs to care for.




but he was happy to hang with the rest of the family too...especially if someone was telling a good joke.


We love you Bill, until we meet again...

I got spoiled yesterday....Jill from Life with Nature Girl mailed me this sweet package...for no reason at all.
The thermos has been put to use and the cookies are GONE.....all that remains is for me to make something with that lovely ball of yarn.

Thank you Jill!!!

clean up clean up!

I am a neat person



I am a neat person


I am a neat person



EXCEPT

Except at Christmas time...hmmm...make that except anytime I am crafting and wrapping and packing and shipping...which is a lot of the time!

So the other day I decided to straighten it up. Four hours later it looked like this:






But it won't last long, you see the stuff on the table?
Yep.....more stuff I'm crafting and wrapping and packing and shipping!


the cycle begins again....

waiting for baby

A lady that works with Dean is going to be a grandmother in a couple of weeks so I made a few things to welcome her grandbaby into the world.

a large reversible blanket, the reverse is non-pill white polar fleece. I also made a hand's free baby towel (tutorial here) and some burp cloths.



We are giving her a baby book so Kaela made a bookmark to go with it. The turtle and butterflies match the nursery and shower invitations.


and a crocheted blanket....this one is made using two threads of soft yarn, it is bulky and super soft.


now we wait for baby to arrive.

pretty girls

Last Friday night, Kaela went to her junior high "Who's Who" dance with some friends.

This is the dress we bought her for the dance LAST year but she had the flu that night and couldn't go. I'm so glad she got to go this year.


After the dance, everyone went out to eat...nothing like seeing 20 teenagers living it up at an IHOP while their parents sat across the room pretending not to know them!