I have created an Etsy Treasury ... it's of bags because, well, I LOVE bags!
This is the first treasure I have created and it was fun to do!
The link is : http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=10312
(For those that are unfamiliar:
Etsy - an on-line shopping center to buy handmade items
A treasury - a group of 12 items created by an etsy member of 12 things they would like to show the world!)
I haven't spent much time in the past looking at treasuries to be honest, but I started browsing them last week and they are fabulous! So many great things to browse through. It can feel overwhelming to find things on etsy sometimes, but the treasuries make it fun. Usually the title will clue you into the things you'll find on that treasury so you can quickly scan the list and click one that sounds interesting! So go forth and become addicted to them as I have! LOL!
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Saturday, September 29, 2007
It's finally finished!
A kind of long time ago (well, back in June) I started a little jacket for Little Man. I honestly thought I would finish it quickly and it would long ago put in the closet waiting for summer weather to turn a bit chilly.
Well, the weather is starting to turn here and it lay blocking away down in my basement. And in the meantime I have started quite a few other knit projects and managed to finish them! Tonight I was actually going to attempt to start some more knitting and I decided that I needed to finish up this little jacket before fall turned into winter!
So, it is with great pleasure that I present to you, a finished knit hoodie for Little Man (well, maybe for Little Man anyway - I may decide to just give it away to someone else!)
Here is a close-up of the yarn ... the light blue really is more of a light green/torquise really. I need to figure out a way to take pictures that show off the true colors better ... but for now this will have to do!
It does feel good to get that out of the way and finished. And to not have it laying in the basement, taunting me every time I walk by and not pick it up! LOL! =)
Well, the weather is starting to turn here and it lay blocking away down in my basement. And in the meantime I have started quite a few other knit projects and managed to finish them! Tonight I was actually going to attempt to start some more knitting and I decided that I needed to finish up this little jacket before fall turned into winter!
So, it is with great pleasure that I present to you, a finished knit hoodie for Little Man (well, maybe for Little Man anyway - I may decide to just give it away to someone else!)
Here is a close-up of the yarn ... the light blue really is more of a light green/torquise really. I need to figure out a way to take pictures that show off the true colors better ... but for now this will have to do!
It does feel good to get that out of the way and finished. And to not have it laying in the basement, taunting me every time I walk by and not pick it up! LOL! =)
Friday, September 28, 2007
AAARRGGGHHHH!!!!
That, my dear readers, is the sound of me screaming!
I really have something to tell you all, but I'm not telling it yet! Monday, on Monday my friends, come back and check in with me. Because hopefully then I'll have something so fun and exciting to tell you. And I swear I am not trying to be mean and doing the whole "I know something you don't know" routine. I'm just about to burst and this is helping me feel less like exploding ...
and just in case - allow me to tell you, I am NOT pregnant. Because if I were, my husband would be pretty upset since, well, we paid a doctor to keep him from getting me pregnant ROFL!
In the mean time, I started something else. And no I shouldn't have started another project with everything I have half-started, but oh well! Here's a picture to tide you over ...
I'm not sure about it yet .... but I'm going to keep plugging along on it! It will be one of my Homemade Christmas gifts so hopefully I can get another gift made quickly! LOL!
Some more yummy things I made this week:
One bag of these:
One helper (and I can't tell you if he is putting the apple pieces in the pan or sneaking one piece to eat because he did his fair share of both! ROFL!)
We filled the pot!
I don't have the end pictures, but 6 big jars of applesauce are in my freezer and one huge jar is in my fridge! Yummy ... there is nothing like homemade applesauce! =)
And oh - the best part ... the bag of apples was 3 bucks! They were all "seconds." Admittedly, there were 4 that just went straight to the trash. A couple had small spots - the rest, I can not for the life of me figure out how they made it to a seconds bag - they were perfect! We did cut up a couple just to eat them! Really, I can't imagine - all that applesauce for 3 dollars! If I'm lucky dh will bring me home another bag just like it tomorrow to make more applesauce with!
=) Yes, we are blessed!
I really have something to tell you all, but I'm not telling it yet! Monday, on Monday my friends, come back and check in with me. Because hopefully then I'll have something so fun and exciting to tell you. And I swear I am not trying to be mean and doing the whole "I know something you don't know" routine. I'm just about to burst and this is helping me feel less like exploding ...
and just in case - allow me to tell you, I am NOT pregnant. Because if I were, my husband would be pretty upset since, well, we paid a doctor to keep him from getting me pregnant ROFL!
In the mean time, I started something else. And no I shouldn't have started another project with everything I have half-started, but oh well! Here's a picture to tide you over ...
I'm not sure about it yet .... but I'm going to keep plugging along on it! It will be one of my Homemade Christmas gifts so hopefully I can get another gift made quickly! LOL!
Some more yummy things I made this week:
One bag of these:
One helper (and I can't tell you if he is putting the apple pieces in the pan or sneaking one piece to eat because he did his fair share of both! ROFL!)
We filled the pot!
I don't have the end pictures, but 6 big jars of applesauce are in my freezer and one huge jar is in my fridge! Yummy ... there is nothing like homemade applesauce! =)
And oh - the best part ... the bag of apples was 3 bucks! They were all "seconds." Admittedly, there were 4 that just went straight to the trash. A couple had small spots - the rest, I can not for the life of me figure out how they made it to a seconds bag - they were perfect! We did cut up a couple just to eat them! Really, I can't imagine - all that applesauce for 3 dollars! If I'm lucky dh will bring me home another bag just like it tomorrow to make more applesauce with!
=) Yes, we are blessed!
Big Congrats ...
going out to the Cubs tonight .... They clinched the division and are in the play-offs!
Now, I make it no secret that I am a Sox fan at heart. But unlike some people ::cough Blagojevich cough:: the Cubs are a Chicago team and I am VERY excited that they have accomplished this. And I will be rooting for them during the play-offs!
Go Cubs Go! =)
Now, I make it no secret that I am a Sox fan at heart. But unlike some people ::cough Blagojevich cough:: the Cubs are a Chicago team and I am VERY excited that they have accomplished this. And I will be rooting for them during the play-offs!
Go Cubs Go! =)
Thursday, September 27, 2007
CGI ...
Right now the Clinton Global Initiative is happening in New York.
My friend Emily is there right now (and blogging about it here).
Today she shared the link so that we can watch it live via the web ... go check it out ... here.
I've been able to sneak in a bit between everything else going on here and wow - some amazing things going on there. Lots of good talking. Lots of good sharing. Lots of good ideas. Go, watch, listen, learn and maybe something will spark with you and you will be moved to do something!
My friend Emily is there right now (and blogging about it here).
Today she shared the link so that we can watch it live via the web ... go check it out ... here.
I've been able to sneak in a bit between everything else going on here and wow - some amazing things going on there. Lots of good talking. Lots of good sharing. Lots of good ideas. Go, watch, listen, learn and maybe something will spark with you and you will be moved to do something!
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