Mittens

Good day friends!

I know it's getting late in the season to be 

making mittens, but I wanted to share these with

you. I love this pattern for crocheted mittens

and have made many pairs over the years.

They are made with worsted weight yarn.

This pair I made crocheting into the back

loop only to give the ridged pattern.
I've never done this before.
I also single crocheted them together along

the edges.

These two pair I made the way I usually crochet them.

I crocheted into each full stitch and sewed the edges 

together.  I prefer this without the ridges.
It's all a personal preference.

What I love about these mittens is that they are

a little smaller at the wrist and then are long

enough to be tucked up your sleeve and

you don't get a gap between your sleeve and your

mitten.

I have made them in the past and made them double thick.

I make 2 pair and put one inside the other and stitch them

together at the opening.  They are very heavy and warm

when I do this.  But they are really warm making them

with a single layer too.

If you are interested in the pattern for these mittens

e-mail me at Mamamaynard55@hotmail.com and

I will e-mail you the pattern.
Also please comment to let me know you are

e-mailing me.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you have enjoyed your time here

and will come again soon.

Until then;

plan ahead, make some mittens for

next winter.

 

Swimming Layout

Hello crafty people!

Today I have a layout I'd like to share with you.

My son and daughter in law lived in an apartment complex
that has a pool.  Last summer, Marie had a ball going 

swimming.

We all had our turn taking her in the pool and

it was so much fun.  Sara got her the cutest bathing

suits, my favorite one was the one that was a mermaid.  She was so

darn cute in it.  One of the days when G-Pa was swimming with

her, he took them out for lunch afterward.
Marie got that HUGE Mickey pancake,

she cried when it wasn't Mickey anymore.

But she did enjoy eating it too.

Now they have bought their own house, with no

pool.  Guess they'll have to visit my brother's house

more often this summer, he has an in-ground pool.

Thanks for stopping today and having a little look see

at what I've been up to.

Come again soon.

Until then,

have fun with a child.

 

Selfies and Birthday

Good day everyone!

Today I have a scrapbook layout to share with y'all.

My granddaughter, Marie, and Uncle Brad, my future son in law,

 have a wonderful relationship.  So when Marie wanted to take

pictures, Brad was all in.

The other page is from Jaryd's birthday dinner.

We had a great time, as we always do when family

gets together.  After dinner we played

Throw Throw Burrito

which is a game he got from Kelsie.

Crazy game, but we had a lot of fun.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you'll stop again soon.

Until then,

have some fun with your family,

play a game, celebrate something,

take some selfies.

 

Blueberry Picking

Hey there blog fans!

Thought I'd bring some more summer into your

day with these layouts.

My kids went blueberry picking and had

a fabulous time.  These are the layouts I did of 

their fun day together.

These are of Jaryd, Sara and Marie,

what a beautiful day they had.

Auntie Kelsie was along too and they happened to

run into their friend Scotty who got them

pizza for lunch.
Marie sure was loving the blueberries.

Here's a close up of the little basket of 

blueberries that I made.

I wove pieces of card stock together, cut it

into the shape I wanted and inked it a bit to

give it a little definition.

The blueberries were punched from a couple

different colors of card stock 

and had a bit of shine added

with white pen.

And a little pizza I made from paper I had in my

stash.  Never know when you'll be able to use

a random piece of pizza paper.

They also went to a pick your own flower farm.

The flowers were so beautiful.

All in all they had a fun day and I loved

making these layouts.

Thanks for stopping for a visit,

come again soon.

Until then,

enjoy your family.

 

From Curtains to Apron

Hello, welcome!

Last year I won these curtains in a basket at a 

basket auction.  I don't even remember putting a ticket 

into that drawing, but here they are.

They have been sitting in my craft room all this time

and I did have an idea that I would make an apron from

them, so I finally did.

A couple days before Christmas I just decided to do it.

So I had hubby get my sewing machine out for me

and I set to work and just flew by the seat of my

pants and made it up as I went.

It took me less than an hour to put this together

and I'm very happy with how it turned out.
This is a mini apron for my 2yr old granddaughter.

She loves to cook and bake.
I plan to make another one for her so she'll have one at

home and one here.

I think there will be enough fabric for a

couple more adult sized aprons too.

This is one of the aprons she usually uses when 

she is here.  This one was my Mom's and when I

was little I had a matching one.  I'm hoping I can

find mine around here somewhere.

But if not, hopefully, I'll get one made to match

the one I made her for Christmas.

Here is my little baker in her apron.

Here she is guarding the oven that was baking

the cinnamon rolls she made with Mommy.

Thanks for popping in to visit,

I hope you've been inspired in some way.

Come again soon.

Until then,

create something to reuse some materials in

a different way.

 

Happies the Jellyfish

Welcome to my blog!

Last week I posted a unicorn I made from the

pattern in this book.  Today I have another animal to

show you.

Crochet Cute Critters

This time I made Junior the Jellyfish.

He was quick and easy to make and 

again I took creative license and made him

in the colors I had on hand.  

I think he turned out pretty darn cute.

My granddaughter, Marie, loved him and

named him Happies.  I'm sure that had to do

with the smile on his face.

I hope you like my little critter 

and will think about giving something

like this a try.

Now to decide which animal to make next

I hope you'll come again soon for a visit 

and see what else I've been up to.

Until then,

smile and be happy!

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