Sunday Sneaky Peek!!

HELLO all my fellow hookers, yarnies and crafters how's everyone doing tonight? Hope you all have a had a relaxing or productive weekend. Whichever you were going for. ;)

Is everyone ready for a sneak peek of this weeks Project of the Week?

I'm not sure what kind of hint to give for this project. It can be classified as a kitchen item and a summer item. 

Hmmm? Any guesses??

The possible color combos are endless. This is the set I'm currently in the middle of.
So that's the sneaky peek. Stayed tuned for Thursdays Project of the Week reveal. ;)

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In other news this weekend I signed Offspring #5 up for Girls Softball yesterday. Cant wait for that to start. I love homeschooling my kids but I do find that I need to sign them up for more activities to remain social. So I hope this works for her. She has tons of energy and I think she'll like it.

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This weekend we were super blessed to have our great niece and great nephew overnight. My bestie brought her youngest offspring with her and we made play-doh. That was super fun and totally surprising. It actually works. I forgot to take pics while we were mixing ingredients etc. I mean with 5 kids and two pots going I wasn't really thinking about my phone lol.

Here it is in the final stages...heating it up until it forms a ball. Yikes that's an arm workout. ;)

But then........

and....

AND THEN.......

this happened....are they not some of the cutest kids ever. They loved the play-doh. 

Its such an easy recipe and really a little ingredients go a long way. I will totally be making more very soon. The end result is awesome. They all played with it all day today. I'm putting this in the win column. 

So that's all for this Sunday night. Lets hear those guesses about the Project of the Week. And let me know if there's a project you want to see me do. ;) 

As always Happy Hooking 

~Kate~ 

 

SUNDAY SNEAKY PEEK

Happy Sunday all my yarnies, crafters and hookers how are we today? 

Its a rainy lazy kind of day so we are taking advantage and doing crafts. The offspring have received so many craft kits for birthdays and Christmas etc that they pretty much have a craft a week. ;) Which is fine with this mama. I love that they get so involved and get in touch with their creative sides. 

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The Blue & Gold banquet went well yesterday. The food was delish and lots of laughs were had. But the best part of the day was seeing Offspring #3 receive his Wolf Badge. He has worked really hard this year towards his rank and achievements. He also received a gold arrow point and 2 silver arrow points. I'm so proud of my boy. 

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Okay so now is everyone ready for a sneaky peek at the Project of the Week?? 

Remember I told you it is actually a 'pair' of something. And I said they are my favorite summertime thing. I do have some tweaking to do with this pattern but I'm confident I can make it work better for me. 

I have to choose another two colors for the next 'pair' but I cannot make a decision. Please help me choose the colors. I need TWO color suggestions. 

If I use your color suggestion I will link to your choice of 2 of your accounts ie. facebook, etsy, blog, twitter etc on Thursdays Project of the Week post. So get those suggestions in. 

I hope you all are enjoying a relaxing Sunday. 

Happy Hooking

~Kate~

TGI...FRIDAY!!!

Hello there yarnies, crafters and friends, I hope you all are well.

Any big plans for this weekend??

The Man & I will be attending Offspring #3's Blue and Gold Banquet tomorrow. He is a Wolf Cub Scout this year. Very exciting indeed. 

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Tonight however I am on to the Project of the Week for next week. I'm pretty excited about this item especially since these are my most FAVORITE summertime item. I'll give you a hint....they're a PAIR of something. 

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So I wanted to let you all know of a new thing I'm trying along with promoting and building my business..... a YouTube channel. I have posted 2 tutorials so far. Please bear with me as I learn how to edit and clarify my videos. I'd love to hear your critique. I'd also love to hear about a particular tutorial you'd like for me to do. Right now I'm just doing small things that I can "practice and learn" with. So please head on over and subscribe. 

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I'd like to bring your attention to a new addition to the blog if you'll just take a moment to look to the left 

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You will see a new button....its called We're On The Fence. Please click this button to vote for my blog. You can click each and every day and it counts for a vote. This is a great place to help bloggers bring attention to their blogs. You never know you might even find another blog on there that you like. I know I've already found a few. I wonder how many more times I can say 'blog' in this bit about blogs. Bloggidy bloggidy blog. ;) 

Okay thats done :) 

*Remember to come back and click once each day* 

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Please tell me what you'd like to see me create for a Project of the Week. I will link your Blog, Etsy shop or whatever social site you'd like me to showcase if I use your suggestion. 

That's it for tonight my fellow crafters and friends. 

As always Happy Hooking!!! 

~Kate~

                       “Once you start pulling loops through loops, why ever stop?” – Vashti Braha

ITS TIME FOR A SNEAKY PEEKY !!!!!

Ahh to first of all ..... I'm ready for spring!! My oldest keeps saying "I hear the birds chirping mom, that means its spring". Yea well that may be true but I just cant feel the excitement yet because I can still feel this winter weighing in heavy. 

But what does excite me is the Project of the Week I've been working on. This time there are actually a few items that make up the entire project. 

INTRIGUED??

Good, here are some sneaky peeks. C'mon I wanna hear *read* those guesses. 

Remember I said multiple items. 

 Please feel free to leave me some comments and don't forget to put a link to your blog so I can come and check it out. 

So tell me whats on your hooks or needles this week?? 

As always Happy Hooking!! 

~Katie~

“A loop after a loop. Hour after hour my madness becomes crochet. Life and art are inseparable.” – Olek

Sunday....Sunday.....TWD Day!!!

So....its been a busy weekend in my little corner of the world. The hubs' birthday was today. Yay Happy Birthday Hubs!! Yesterday we went to my sisters for dinner and cake. Today I spent the day cleaning and I made him a cake for the children and I to share with him as some of the children were unable to make it yesterday. Yes we actually had half the amount of children in the house this weekend. And it was so peaceful. Three of the 6 minions that we claim to be ours (hehehe) were away since Friday evening. 

I tried to start cleaning and re-organizing my craft room today.....didn't get too far. So this week I am really going to try to get it done. I've been lazy this winter and just basically thrown my yarn back into any old spot rather than the color coordinated spots they belong. I've begun to separate all my cotton yarn.....holy crap do I have a lot of cotton yarn.....but ya know one can never have too much yarn really. ;) 

Since I didnt really have a lot of time to commit this weekend to beginning my weekly project I have started to redo my cotton yarn balls. Until a short time ago I would just wind the yarn into a ball. Well I have since learned to 'yarn cake'. Upon going through and separating all my cotton yarn I have discovered that I had a lot of balls of cotton yarn that need to be caked. So in between sweeping and mopping the floors, baking a birthday cake, several loads of laundry, watching our favorite weekly show The Walking Dead (actually during that) I would make a quick 'yarn cake'.

As you can see I still have a ways to go before I'm done but I'm making progress. Something is better than nothing right. 

I hope everyone had a great weekend. The weather was pretty decent her in New England. I hear we are supposed to get a storm this week though. Yikes!! I really am ready for spring. I think we all miss the sun more than we realized. 

Well friends its late and its quiet here in my abode so I'm going to put a movie on Netflix and do some yarn caking. ;) 

I wish you all a happy Monday. Dont forget to come back on Thursday and see The Project of the Week. 

Til then ..... Happy Hooking!! 

Kate