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Sunday, January 26, 2014

Grannies, Stitching, Soup ,Snow and Cold !

Good Sunday morning ! Hope you are having a great weekend !
I am still working on the Granny Square blanket , Probably 1/3 of the way finished .. Still loving it !

The other blanket is the Puffy Flower blanket I made last year ..

I completed this ornament for January .. Little House Needleworks and Country Cottage Needleworks , started a facebook group and Vonna suggested to stitch an ornament for each of the 12 months , so at the end of the year you will have 12 ornaments from LHN or CCN.. Couldn't resist that :)

My progress on Silent Night , hope to get some stitching in today for #santasundayxs on Instagram !

I have supervisors for Dog Lessons..

Yesterday I made the Pioneer Woman's tortilla soup .. I make it ALOT .. I do a couple things different.. When I cook the chicken I use 1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper and 1 tsp. chili powder with a little garlic salt for the spices..( This chicken is also really good just sliced on top of rice with colby jack on top ) Also.. instead of big peppers I use a whole bag of the mini sweet peppers chopped..and I add a quart size bag of frozen zucchini from our garden ..I omit the black beans ( just don't like them ) sometimes we also add corn ,either frozen or fresh. Great way to get lots of vegetables in :) I fry the corn tortillas for the top.. and you have to have fresh cilantro .. This soup is amazing !! If I ahve alot left over , I put it into single serving size plastic containers ..It is great to take one of them out for lunch :)

Since I now live in Antarctica...( just kidding , Chicago suburbs) We had more snow last night and tomorrow it will be -6 for the high ...-24 overnight !!! Wonder if they will close the schools again ..

They were all enjoying watching the snow plow..

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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Valentine Chalkboard with Crocheted Rose Wreath

Good Morning !
First things first ...The winner of the Dollar Tree $100.00 gift card is Sandi from The Primitive Skate ! Congratulations Sandi !

I got this frame at the GoodWill store, and I wanted to use it for a chalkboard.

I painted the frame off white , I didn't paint it heavily , I wanted a lot of the dark areas to show through, kind of a white washed look ... I painted the canvas with chalkboard paint..It took 2 coats. Looks better already:)

I cut a heart shape out of light weight poster board.( I folded it in half and cut the heart shape ) Then cut about 3/4 inch inside that ...I made 14 more of the Attic 24 crochet roses ...and hot glued them to the cardboard shape. If you don't crochet you could use silk flowers , or even make a wreath from pom poms !

I used red ticking stripe fabric folded in half and glued to the back of the cardboard to hang the heart from the top of the frame.

I hot glued the top of the ribbon to the top of the frame. Wrote the word Love, added a heart and a little stitching line around the outside of the heart..

I hung it on the stair landing ..gives us a little Valentines day decoration !

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Sunday, January 19, 2014

Grannying ,Stitching and Thrifting !

Good Sunday morning ! I have been making a lot of granny squares ! They are so simple and fast to make .. The colors in this blanket seem so spring -summery !

I have 4 rows completed and lots more to join with the white ..

Hopefully I will have enough yarn to finish it :)

I have also been stitching ( and ripping out some stitching) Love this Lizzie Kate Dog lessons ! It is very quick to stitch if you don't make mistakes !

For the Santa Sundays On Instagram ( #santasundayxs) I am working on this Country Cottage Needleworks , Silent Night .. I started it before Christmas but just didn't have any stitching time to finish it!

Yesterday we went to an Estate sale , It was 75% off , so I got the pedestal, small corning ware dish , and platter all for $4.50 !

The platter still has a $28.00 price tag on it like its never been used.

I stuck the pedestal under these plates on the dining room buffet,

and for now the platter is under the snowman in the cloche.. love great bargains !

Then... I have been wanting an armoire for my youngest sons room , for more storage for his clothes ..They had $150.00 price tag on this so we got it for $37.50 !Its a Bernhart piece... I haven't decided whether we will paint it or leave it , it does need new knobs ..but where are you going to get a piece of furniture for $37.50 !

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Thursday, January 16, 2014

The Cutest Crocheted Rose Valentines Pillows

Good Morning ! Are these not the cutest ? I l-o-v-e them ! I am not usually a Valentines day decorator , but my imagination wouldn't let me not make these ! I wanted to make pillows with this red ticking stripe at Christmas time but I just didn't get around to it..I do have some ideas for next year :) So I love these crocheted roses and whats more Valentines day than roses ?

I bought the red ticking stripe fabric and the duck fabric ,pillow forms and yarn at Joann Fabrics. The fabrics I used are in the utility fabrics if you are going to make these. I used 1/2 yard for the red stripe and a yard for the duck which made 2 -18 inch pillows. I just made 18 inch squares and sewed a small 1/4 inch seam on 3 sides .. then hand sewed the bottom .. Super easy ! You could even glue it all if you don't sew :)

Each 18 inch pillow took 14 roses ..These are the same roses I used last year for the sweater pillows .. I used a G size hook and worsted weight red heart yarn.

I used hot glue to attach the roses , you could sew them also .. I just layed them out and glued away :)

For the red stripe and one of the cream ones I glued them on after the pillow was stuffed and the bottom sewed up.. The other cream one I did without stuffing it first and I didn't like the shape of the heart as much ..I even tried to peel the flowers off , but they weren't coming off !

I think the cream colored ones are coming to my bedroom after Valentines day ..

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