This busy bee has been buzzing along at a rapid pace. It all started in December, I joined an online sales group on Facebook. I have been selling under the groups Handcrafted Treasures, and The Treasure Trove Market. Busy is just the beginning. Very busy is oh so true. Designing products, photography are just the …
Online Event Plus Online Sales
About 2 weeks ago, I joined a group on facebook. It’s called Hand Crafted Treasures. It is a US based online event showcasing handmade items from crafters all over the United States. It starts by being invited to join the group. You do not have to be a vendor, you can be a friend. Vendors …
Hard Drive Crashed, My Computer Life Slowed Down
Your hard drive has crashed. Those words are not what we want to see happen to us. Well it did for me, and the past month has been chaotic to say the least. Over a month ago, my old Dell laptop decided it wanted to take a break from me. As I attempted to open …
Continue reading Hard Drive Crashed, My Computer Life Slowed Down
Christmas in July? The year half over, WOW
Here it is, half year over and Christmas in July movies on TV. Oh how Lee is one happy guy. Hallmark Channel should pay Lee for his viewership for these movies two months out of the year. I think he has watched all those holiday movies, but who’s counting. I can’t forget my brother, who …
Happy Gold Star For Spouses Day; WIPs: the year of…
Happy Gold Star For Spouses Day. Yes it is a national holiday for spouses. Let’s give our spouse a round of applause for taking the time to help out when its needed most. Right now I need Lee’s help as we go round 3 with surgery, this time its my mastectomy on my right breast. …
Continue reading Happy Gold Star For Spouses Day; WIPs: the year of…
Comfort and Finding it in Crochet and Knitting 2020
Finding comfort when people are sick and dying, how ? For example, knitting and crochet is one way. It has been a while now since my last blog post. With Baggy cat’s passing, I did not have the energy to sit and write about something I created or learned. Slowly as time went by, I …
Continue reading Comfort and Finding it in Crochet and Knitting 2020
Sewing Face Masks And How We Came Together in 2020
After many weeks of stay at home, and sewing face masks, I wanted to find out how this endeavour started. I sent out this questionnaire to our group leader, Susan Mitchell Mattera. She was kind enough to reply and here is the story. How did you become involved in sewing face masks? A group of …
Continue reading Sewing Face Masks And How We Came Together in 2020
Staying Safe at Home… Ideas For The Homebound
Safe at home, stay at home, self-quarantine. These are common words we hear every day, hour, minute of our lives. Scary words, scary time. Since we are all in the same predicament, I have come up with some ideas to help you get out of the doldrum of boredom. These ideas are not just fiber …
Continue reading Staying Safe at Home… Ideas For The Homebound
Baby Blanket Crocheted With Crochet Alphabet
The baby blanket was ordered from my favorite grocery checker. She ordered 2 blankets: a boy and a girl blanket. I crocheted the girly blanket pretty quickly as I had a plan for the yarn and the design. The boy blanket was a little harder. And with the boy blanket, do I use just one …
Continue reading Baby Blanket Crocheted With Crochet Alphabet
2020, Animals, and More Crochet Animals
This is 20-20. My year begins with a bang. My ocean themed crochet animals have made their way home to me. After several months of reflection, I decided to end my consignment and the end of 2019. The last 8 years crocheting hundreds of animals for her shop. It was a great run, now it’s …