March 31, 2011

Today I worked on that Gaelic afghan and I now have 7.5 rows to go.

AND I created a new bedroom setup, took down Tess' crate and vacuumed
up an incredible amount of dog hair and dust. I'm thrilled to have a
clean room for the new mattress.

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March 30, 2011

Today I worked on that crazy Gaelic afghan. I have 9 1/2 rows left. Andrew was right. I won't finish it by the end of the month. Well, this month. I will however finish it by the end of next month. OR tomorrow if this snow keeps up and I get my last snow day of the year! Fingers crossed. Pajamas inside out. Prayers said.

This is the view from the bench in front of the yarn store.

Pretty darn fabulous...

March 29, 2011

Today, after I got home from visiting a yarn store for sale, I worked
on this scarf that I may never finish.

Paper Dogwood Craft

How fabulously beautiful!

I bet it would look awesome as a garland....

http://www.marthastewart.com/article/paper-dogwood-flowers?backto=true&backtourl=/photogallery/paper-crafts#slide_1

Crochet Pennant Garland

So I'm reading my twitter feed and I come across this link to wine rack yarn storage and then another link for something else and then this link: http://www.prudentbaby.com/2009/10/crochet-pennant-garland.html for a Crochet Pennant Garland.

I LOVE GARLANDS!

I feel a new craft brewing.

March 28, 2011

Today I just worked on the Gaelic afghan that is pictured on March 11, 2011. I have 11 more rows until I'm finished. I may just make it to the goal of finishing by the end of the month.

March 27, 2011

I made this fleece pillow for my craft chair. It is dark charcoal and
chartreuse. It matches the color scheme of the room.

March 27, 2011

Made a few more button bracelets and worked on the afghan a little.

March 26, 2011

Today I made ribbon/button bookmarks.

Day 7 (Mystery Crochet Along)

Day 7 - Friday 3/25/11

 

FINISHING 

Flatten Day 1. Slip Day 5  into Day 1 at open edge. Sew across edge through all thicknesses. Sew Spots to Day 1. Sew Day 6 to Day 5. 

 

Join color A with sl st to top of Day 1. Ch 12, sl st in same st as join. Fasten off. Weave in ends.

March 25, 2011

Today I made button bracelets and barrettes while I had no parents
come for parent/teacher conferences.

I chalked the mystery crochet along, because I was pissed off that it
was a mushroom potholder. I'm now unravelling the yarn for a different
project.

Day 6 (Mystery Crochet Along)

March 24, 2011

Today I went back to work and wished I had stayed home.  I also contacted a local yarn store that is for sale to set up an appointment to discuss purchasing it.  Today, I worked on creating my destiny  and a happier tomorrow.  That and day 6 of the Mystry Crochet Along.

 

Day 6 - Thursday 3/24/11

• With color C, ch 2. 
• Rnd 1: Work 6 sc in first ch. 
• Rnd 2: (2 hdc, sl st) in each st around. Fasten off.

 

Day Five (Mystery Crochet Along)

Don't ask me what it is. It is still a mystery.

March 23, 2011

Here's the instructions for day 5 of the mystery crochet along.  Picture coming later.

 

 

Day 5 - Wednesday 3/23/11

• With Color B, ch 11. 
• Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across – 10 sts. 
• Row 2: Ch 1, turn, sc in each st across. Rep Row 2 until piece measures about 3 1/2 in. (9 cm) from beg. Fasten off. Fold  in half, so that first and last row meet for 'top' . Join B with sl st in one lower corner. Working through both thicknesses, sc evenly spaced around 3 sides to join. Work 2 sc in last corner. Fasten off.

 

 

March 23, 2011

Then I created this fabulous chicken and noodles dinner.

March 23, 2011

Today I created this fabulous Thai Chicken Pizza for lunch.

Day Four (Mystery Crochet Along)

Smaller, still.

March 22, 2011

Today, I spent the day helping kids print letters and decorate their science fair boards. Kind of a pain in the butt, but I helped because they asked. If kids are working on something for school I generally tend to help out and not complain. Let's just say that I'm sick of cutting out letters and having sticky glue stick fingers.


Today is also day 4 of the Mystery Crochet Along.

Day 4 - Tuesday 3/22/11

• With Color B, ch 2.
• Rnd 1: Work 6 sc in first ch. Fasten off.

Day Three (Mystery Crochet Along)

Thrilling, eh?

March 21, 2011

Today I did the third day of the Mystery Crochet Along.  Here's the instructions.

 

This let me down again.  I wait to get home to get the instructions and then all I have are 20 stitches.  To compensate, I worked on the afghan posted earlier this month.  My goal is to finish it by the end of the month.  Cross your fingers.

Day 3 - Monday 3/21/11

• With Color B, ch 2. 
• Rnd 1: Work 6 sc in first chain. Place marker in first st for beg of rnd; move marker up as each rnd is completed. 
• Rnd 2: Work 2 sc in each st around – 12 sts. Fasten off.

 

Day 2 (Mystery Crochet Along)

March 20, 2011

Today was day two of the mystery crochet along.  (www.facebook.com/crocheting)  Yesterday was 30 rows, today was 3.  Go figure.

 

This is all the creating I did today because I spent the day with my 5 favorite people. Mom, Dad, Andrew, Tonka, and Tess.  Catch you tomorrow. 

 

Day 2 - Sunday 3/20/11

• With Color B, ch 2. 
• Rnd 1: Work 6 sc in first ch. Place marker in first st for beg of rnd; move marker up as each rnd is completed. 
• Rnd 2: Work 2 sc in each st around – 12 sts. 
• Rnd 3: *2 sc in next st, sc in next st, rep from * around – 18 sts. Fasten off.

 

Day One (Mystery Crochet Along)

Here is the first day's finished part of the project. Tomorrow they
will give more instructions (which I will post here).

Day 1 Instructions

Day 1 - Saturday 3/19/11

• With Color A, ch 2. 
• Rnd 1: Work 5 sc in first ch. Place marker in first st for beg of rnd; move marker up as each rnd is completed. 
• Rnd 2: Work 2 sc in each st around – 10 sts. 
• Rnd 3: *2 sc in next st, sc in next st, rep from * around – 15 sts. 
• Rnd 4: *2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 2 sts, rep from * around – 20 sts. 
• Rnd 5: *2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 3 sts, rep from * around – 25 sts. 
• Rnd 6: *2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 4 sts, rep from * around – 30 sts. 
• Rnd 7: *2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 5 sts, rep from * around – 35 sts. 
• Rnd 8: Sc in each st around – 35 sts. 
• Rnd 9: *2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 6 sts, rep from * around – 40 sts. 
• Rnd 10: Sc in each st around – 40 sts. 
• Rnd 11: *2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 7 sts, rep from * around – 45 sts. 
• Rnd 12: Sc in each st around – 45 sts. 
• Rnd 13: *2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 8 sts, rep from * around – 50 sts. 
• Rnds 14-30: Sc in each st around. Fasten off.

 

March 19, 2011

Today I'm participating in a Mystery Crochet Along on facebook. Go to www.facebook.com/crocheting and click on the Mystery Crochet Along #2.

I'll post my work later today.

March 18, 2011

Today, worked on a craft kit from American Girl and Michael's that are
pencil toppers. Kinda cute, huh?

March 17, 2011

This is my flower garland that I made in January. The permanent glue
dots I used to glue them to sage colored grosgrain ribbon proved to
not be permanent at all. This past weekend the flowers continued to
fall to the ground where Tess was sure to find and eat them if left
unnoticed.

So, today I had a bright idea to take down the garland, peel off the
flowers, and find another way to hang them. I came up with punching
holes in the back layer of each flower and then stringing them on
cotton yarn. I like the effect much better than the original because
now they can drape instead of hanging stiffly on the ribbon with no
give. Heck, if they were smaller and nor made of paper, it could be a
pretty little girl (or big girl) necklace!

March 16, 2011

Today, I created a thank you garland for a friend.

March 15, 2011

Today, I took a break from creating and ran some errands that we needed to run. Our printer died, so we took a trip to Best Buy to purchase a new one. It was a chance for us to eat dinner together and spend time together--which we haven't been able to do for a while now. We srocery shopped and stopped by our favorite bookstore.

At the bookstore, (where I get most of my creative ideas from magazines...) I did find a really neat origami pattern in this really cool UK magazine called "Making" (http://http://www.makingmagazine.com/). I'll be getting the book from the library to take another crack at making an origami ball. Previous attempts have failed, but like knitting--I'm going to try 3 more times before I say, "screw it."

What I would really like is to see what you've been working on. If you would like to post a picture and caption, email me at michelejm.creates@blogger.com It will post directly to this blog!

XO

March 14, 2011

My circus pennant garland in bright citrus-ey colors. It goes from
door to door. I guess I'm ready for Spring!

The wall hanging is crocheted and woven. I made it several years ago.

March 13, 2011

Today I did more work on the afghan and I started this scarf.

March 12, 2011

Today I worked on the same afghan as yesterday and I made another
button bracelet from all my excess red buttons.

March 11, 2011

Today was a snow day from school so I worked on my Gaelic Afghan from
Lion Brand Yarn. Love. It.

March 10, 2011

Actually, the more I thought I about it, I helped create a memorable birthday for my favorite student. Her name is Alicia Ballard and she has been my student since she was in Kindergarten. So we have been together for 9 years. I've watched her grow up and I decided this year, our last year together, I would go all out for her birthday.

She loves Tinkerbell and I bought every single thing I could find that had Tinkerbell on it. Today, I gave her the huge box and the look on her face when she opened it gave me a surge of joy.

So, today, I created an awesome birthday memory.

March 10, 2011

Today, I created chaos. It was just one of those days.

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March 9, 2011

Family Fun magazine had a craft for using my buttons. So I made this
pretty blue/green/purple stretchy bracelet!

March 8, 2011

My first attempt at making felted wool beads. It was a failure, but
now I know how to fix the errors!

March 7, 2011

I created a name garland from American Girl crafts!

March 6, 2011

Today, I created this website to catalog my creations! (Yes, I cheated on today's creation. Tough noogies.)