We really love Halloween in our house. We start decorating in September, and keep adding new decorations every year. Last year we decided to start putting up a Halloween tree. This year I decided that I needed a Halloween themed tree skirt for it. I decided to make a spiderweb tree skirt, and am happy […]
We love to read in our house, and are constantly losing bookmarks. I am always trying to figure out new ways to make bookmarks to add to our collection. This fabric bookmark is a perfect quick and easy project. My kids love picking out the fabric to use for their bookmarks. The only materials needed
Now that it is fall, we have started decorating for Halloween. I decided to start working on some Halloween themed crafts, and the first thing I made was a jack-o’-lantern scarf for my daughter. This is a very simple orange scarf with a jack-o’-lantern at each end. This scarf is made in a child size,
Early last spring I came across a lot of Heat Wave yarn on clearance. This yarn uses the sunlight to generate heat. I bought some in several colors to make some warm hats and scarves for my family to keep them warm this winter. This pattern is for a very simple scarf that will be
I love to crochet bookmarks. They are a fast project, and require only small scraps of yarn. We always need more bookmarks in our house, because they get lost so fast. They also make a great inexpensive gift. My children’s teachers always love to receive them. I thought that a crochet sunflower bookmark would be
Today I decided to make my daughter a new Animal Crossing themed toy We recently discovered the pitfall seeds in our game, and I thought that she would enjoy having a pitfall seed to play with. Materials: White yarn Red yarn
I recently finished a beautiful baby blanket that I made as a gift for a baby girl recently born into our family. It may be a while before we get to go visit her, but I hope she will love this blanket. I made this blanket to be a toddler sized one so it can
My daughter loves scrunchies. I discovered that they are an easy and quick way to use up my small scraps of yarn. Now she has a ton of different scrunchies to go with all of her outfits. To make a scrunchie you will need a hair elastic, a crochet hook, and a small amount of
Our little strawberry patch is doing great this year. Last year we were only able to get a few strawberries from it, and most of them were stole by animals before we got a chance to eat them. When we started seeing strawberries this spring my daughter was determined that the animals would not get
Like many people, we have recently been playing a lot of Animal Crossing. My daughter has been begging me to make her some Animal Crossing themed projects for her to play with when she is not playing the game. I decided that a stuffed fossil would be a good item to start with. I couldn’t
