Blankets for Marie and Asher

Good day crafty people!

Today I'm showing you two of my favorite

gifts that I made for Christmas.

Back in September, I posted about making my

grandkids each a pillow.

Not long after that, Marie asked me to make her

a blanket.

She specifically wanted it to be pink, purple, pink, purple.
I told her I couldn't make one, because I didn't have the

yarn for it.  

Of course I got the yarn and started on it right away.

Her favorite color is "dark pink" so I went with that

and a variety of other shades of pink and purple.

She was thrilled with her new blanket when she

got it on Christmas.  She said it was "exactly what she wanted"

Of course, I had to make one for Asher too.

His matches the pillow I made for him.

That variegated blue is what his pillow is 

crocheted from.
He was very excited about his new blanket from

G-Ma.

These 2 are so appreciative of everything I make

for them and love it, no matter what I make.
They are the sweetest kids ever!

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you've been inspired in some way

and will come again soon.

Until then,

surprise someone with something you

make for them.

 

Chicken Obsession

Hello crafters!

Welcome to my blog.

Today I'm showing you a few of the gifts I made

for my husband, Dave, for Christmas.

This past summer, he wanted to redo the "decor" 

in our back yard.  Someone suggested chickens and he

went with it.  Several years ago we bought a 

chicken nesting box while antiquing with some

friends, but it didn't work out where we wanted it 

to go, so it's been sitting ever since.

He mounted that nesting box on the back fence,

and started collecting chickens for the box and 

the fence.

This is what the back fence looks like.

Actually all the spaces in the box have a chicken in them

now.  Next summer he will have more to add to the yard.

It's become a bit of an obsession with him now.

One day I was shopping in Micheal's and cut down the 

fabric aisle.  
(Yes, Micheal's now has fabric!  Very nice fabrics at
great prices.  Not a lot, but some really great patterns)

I happened to see this chicken fabric and had to

get a yard to make pillows for our deck in the back.

I happened to have some pillow forms that someone in 

our buy nothing group had given me and they worked out

perfect.

This chicken can't be left outside, but I knew 

he would love it.

I found the pattern on line and used

some left over yarn to crochet it.

One day, Dave and I were out shopping and he mentioned

that he should have a chicken ornament.

So of course I made him one.

Both of the crochet chickens were whipped up in no time.

They were quick and easy to make and I used

some left over yarns from my stash for both of them.

Yes, I'm feeding his chicken obsession,

but what the heck, it's something fun for both of us.

I also got him a couple more chickens for the yard to

put out once spring comes to 

Western New York.

Thanks for popping in to see what I've been up to.

I hope you will come again soon.

Until then,

find something cute to work on.

 

Loaf Cats

Hello and Happy 2025!
I will be posting a lot of gifts that I made for 

people for Christmas and here is my first for the 

new year.
Kelsie told me one day that she had seen a 

crocheted cat that looked like one of their cats, but didn't

buy it.  When she went back later, it had been sold.

I said what I often say, "I can make that."

So I found a pattern for "loaf cats" and 

crocheted 3 of them.  Each one looks like one of their cats.

These were a gift for my son in law, Brad.
Dave wrapped them in a bag, so when Brad pulled out the

tissue, he would see his cats looking out at him.

As you can see, he loved them.

This is Iris, she's their ginger,

with some white on her chest and belly.

Here are the pictures I had to work from.

Sheba is a mix of gray and browns.

with a bit of white mixed in.

Here's a picture of Sheba.

This is their "fat cat"  Cora.

She is a really good sized cat, about 20 lb. and

as they say, she has no butt.

This is Cora.

She's so ladylike!

Brad was thrilled with these cats,

he said they are prefect and I got the sizes

just right.

It was a fun gift to make and I'm so

happy that he loved them.

Thanks for stopping by to see what I've been up to.

I hope you have been inspired in some way and

will come again soon.

I'll be posting more of the gifts I made very soon.

Until next time,

create something fun.

If you are interested in making some loaf cats, 

just google "pattern for loaf cat" and you'll find many.

 

Hanging on for Dear Life

Good day crafty people!

Today I'm showing you an ornament I made for a

friend for Christmas.
She loves frogs and I've had this pattern for a long time.

I put off making it, because I just knew it was going to

be a tough one to make.

I was so wrong.
I used cotton crochet thread, rather than a yarn.

Honestly, I think it would have been really big

if I had used yarn.

I was just to visit Mary for a week and I gave her the

ornament at that time and she loves him.

It won't be going on her tree though,

she wants him out all year round.

I think he turned out pretty cute.

If you are a crocheter, give it a try and see what you think.

Using a tiny hook and finer thread isn't as hard as you

would think.

And the results are so fun.

Thanks for visiting today.

I hope you'll come again soon.

Until then,

try something you think is out of your

skill set, it may not be.

 

Growing Candy Canes

Hello my faithful followers!

Sorry I've been pretty absent lately.
I've been busy with Christmas projects

and not a lot of time for posting, but I

will get back to it soon.

Today, I'm showing you what I did with 

Marie last Christmas season.

I decided to grow some candy canes with 

Marie and Asher.
I got a container with potting soil and

we planted a few "starlight mints"

you know those pink and white swirly

peppermints.

She was very excited to see what would happen.

We put the pot on the back counter near the window.

Low and behold the next time they came over,

the candy canes had sprouted.
The kids were very excited to see them grow.

The next time they came, their elves,

Bernadette and Bernard, came along and

they found the candy canes had grown even more.

And they just kept growing.

Here are both the kids, with G-Pa checking

out how much they had grown.

Look how big they are getting!

They grew into full sized candy canes!

Harvesting the candy canes.

So excited that we grew them.
Of course, I got clean ones once she was out

of the room.  I told her I needed to clean the 

dirt off.

She was so excited to take them home and show 

Mommy and Daddy what we grew.

Thanks for stopping by today to see what

I've been up to.

I hope you will keep checking in.
I'll be posting some of my Christmas projects soon.

Until we meet again,

do something magical with some kids!

 

General Cards from Stash

Good day my crafty followers.

Today I have a couple quick and easy cards 

to show you.

I had some pages from an old planner that my 

daughter gave me, so I decided to use them

for cards.

I simply fussy cut some of the flowers and leaves

for this one and adhered them to a card base.

I stamped a sentiment on the front and was done.

For this one, I simply cut the page to size,

and adhered it to a card front.

I then used a die set to cut the hello and it's

shadow and adhered them to the front as well.

It's hard to see in these pictures, but these pieces

both have some beautiful gold foiling on them.

The vellum in the lower card is gold.

On the inside of this card, you can barely see some

trim on the inside of the card.  
I cut a piece of polkadot card stock from one of the

pages just to give it a little pop on the inside of the card.

I do love how these cards turned out.

They were quick and easy to make

and used some more of my never ending stash.

Thanks for stopping by today.

I hope you have been inspired in some way

and will come again soon.

Until then,

use some of your stash!

 

Trunk or Treat

Hello crafty loving friends!

My granddaughter's school had a "Trunk or Treat" 

and we participated.  We had so much fun.

Marie chose the theme for the trunk and she decided on

unicorn, which didn't surprise any of us.

She is obsessed with unicorns! 

Here is my creative part of the day.
I decided to do unicorn hair.
I used my Pebbles chalks and colored my hair.

Since my hair is mostly white and gray, it was simple.

Marie loved it and wants me to color it again

for her birthday party, which, of course, will

be unicorn themed.

Here are the kids with G-Pa aka Yoda

Marie was Miraculous Ladybug and

Asher was Hulk.

Sara was Sully.

We handed out some great snacks as well as

stamps and temporary tattoos.

There were over 400 kids there and we gave out all

of our goodies.
We all had a fun time and would definitely do this 

again.

Thanks for stopping by to see what I've been up to.

I hope you will come again soon.

Until then,

use your craft supplies in a different way.

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