2008 was my start on becoming more self sufficient. Less dependent on the industrial food system, and the mall, is where I started. I feel good about our progress. I had my first vegetable garden this year. We were quite successful and learned a lot. I LOVE tomatoes fresh from the garden. Fresh green beans [...]
Archive for the ‘Embroidery’ Category
She pondered last year and looks forward to this year January 1, 2009
Posted in Advent Journey, Embroidery, Garden, Just stuff, Knitting, Locavore, Sewing, Tutorials, craftivism, house projects on January 2, 2009 | 8 Comments »
She Made Play Dough, Embroidered and Watched Rope December 10, 2008
Posted in Advent Journey, Embroidery, Just stuff, tagged Advent Journey, Alfred Hitchcock, indestructables, playdough, Rope on December 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been wanting to make play dough for mini. She likes working with her hands and while Play-doh is non toxic and all, it’s made with petroleum products, and smells yucky. I found a recipe on Indestructables, which is a very cool site if you haven’t been there before. I made up a batch, which [...]
She… December 7, 2008
Posted in Advent Journey, Embroidery, tagged Advent Calendar, Advent Journey on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Too tired for a full update, I’ll catch up tomorrow, but in case you came for the advent I wanted to be sure to keep that going. Enjoy!
Advent
Day 8
1John 4:10 This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
2John1:6 [...]
She journeyed December 6, 2008
Posted in Advent Journey, Christmas Gifts, Embroidery, Just stuff, tagged Advent Calendar, Advent Journey, Journey to Bethlehem on December 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Years ago the church we were attending started this amazing event called Journey to Bethlehem. They have a couple thousand people each year, go through this live, interactive Nativity experience. Going through the experience you get to meet the wisemen, prophets, shepherds, other families making the trip to Bethlehem for the census, and you end [...]
She got her Christmas tree and went to the town Soiree’ December 5, 2008
Posted in Advent Journey, Embroidery, Just stuff, tagged Advent Calander, Advent Journey, Calef's Soiree, Christmas Tree on December 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today is the first day of my exciting weekend! We started by cutting down our Christmas tree. We go to the same “cut your own” tree farm every year, it’s the next town over and is run by friends of my parents. We walked around until we found just the right one, and Mini helped [...]
She finished the bonnet, a sweater and a shirt December 4, 2008
Posted in Advent Journey, Embroidery, Knitting, Sewing, tagged Knitting, Knitting Kninja, malabrigo, Pauline bonnet on December 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I had a very productive “Finishing” day. I have a new top that is so fun, and comfy. Isabelle is faithfully modeling.
The item I’m most excited about today is the bonnet! I can’t gush enough about this pattern. It was well written, easy to follow, included interesting techniques, and the finished garment is just [...]
She finished knitting the bonnet! December 3, 2008
Posted in Advent Journey, Embroidery, Just stuff, Knitting, tagged Advent Calendar, Advent Journey, Malabrio 1 skein, Pauline bonnet on December 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This bonnet is fabulous! I finished the knitting today, including the I-cords to form the 3 flowers, and the 2 leaves, for the side decoration. The bonnet is drying, as you block it before attaching the flowers and leaves…also before knitting the ties, so I guess I do have a little more knitting, but that’s [...]
She started a sweater vest, a shirt and a bonnet December 2, 2008
Posted in Advent Journey, Embroidery, Just stuff, Knitting, tagged Advent, Advent Calendar, Advent Journey, Embroidered advent ornament, Knitting, Mangyle, Sewing on December 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m thinking I should have been more focused today. I may have gotten myself into some trouble. I decided to take my friend Kim’s comments to heart and just cast on a couple of projects that I wanted to start. The theory is that having started them I can get them out of my system [...]
She made a box bag! December 1, 2008
Posted in Advent Journey, Christmas Gifts, Embroidery, Knitting, Sewing, tagged Advent, Box Bag Tutorial, Embroidered advent ornament, Knitting, project bag, Sewing on December 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’ve been wanting to make more project bags forever!! I finally did it today. I spent time with my friend Kim and we, using 1 sewing machine between us, made project bags. We used the tutorial from Drago[knit]fly Blog, and while it served as a way to get us going, we both found it a [...]
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