The firetruck who came to put out the car fire that happened on the corner near my house. It was pretty spectacular. The new color of red. The hat I’m knitting. There is something about knitting in the round with five knitting needles. The rope marks – the end result of the quickie that SG…
Tag: crafts
POD – Kool-Aid
cherry kool-aid and wool yarn grape a bad picture (bad light) of all of the colors. two skeins I used commercial dye – the rest kool-aid. After seeing how easy the kool-aid dyed the yarn, I am trying hard not to think about how much of that stuff we drank as kids. Here are the…
Friday Field Trips
I read a blog called The Park Bench. The site is dedicated to “nerdy women”. I consider myself a geek, not a nerd, but that can become a discussion of semantics. Through her Thursday Randomness post, I discovered the Dr Seuss Parody Page. She had posted a link to the Dr Seuss Meets Star Trek. If…
Day 40 – Favorite Shirt
I guess I wouldn’t classify this as a shirt per say, more of a jacket. Regardless, my daughter DJ loves it. I refashioned it for her out of a weird men’s shirt I found at a thrift store. I was looking for funky shirts to remake into dresses for the girls. I found the…
When Life Gives You Broken Crayons…
Make Crayon Cookies! Indigo and I had a couple of hours to ourselves yesterday. While DJ and the Hubby were gone, Indigo and I made Crayon Cookies. I had seen this idea on a blog I follow called This Mama Makes Stuff and have been waiting to try it. As luck would have it last…
Gift Ideas
We are trying to keep Christmas under control this year in the gift department. With my family, this is important as we have had a lot of unexpected things happen that have resulted in people not having the finances they did just a month ago. This means getting creative in the presents department. I try…
Making Gummy Candy
A week ago, I posted a link to instruction on how to make gummy candy. So, the girls and I decided to make some today. Because we didn’t have any molds, we selected four different ones from a local cake/candy making supply store. Here are my observations of the process: While the instructions are easy,…
Tuesday Total Randomness
I have too many things going through my head to just post about one thing. So, you are going to get a stream of consciousness that will make the Hubby laugh and agree that this blog is appropriately named. Did you know that the Charger game against the Steelers created a result that has never happened in…
Pumpkins are Fun
Pumpkin carving in our house involves chisels, knives of various shapes and sizes, and other instruments more appropriate for woodwork. The Hubby loves coming up with a new design and carving some huge pumpkin. This year is no different. He found the largest pumpkin he could find (thankfully there were a couple to choose from…
Halloween Fun
So, you have a bunch of apples falling off the tree in your yard (or your neighbor’s tree). What to do? Why not use some of them to make shrunken heads for Halloween? The oldest was making these today in after school care. It was a pretty fun project. I love the after care coordinator…
