To Sew With Love is having their vote for the To Sew With Love’s Finest of 2011! I was voted July’s Finest in 2011. So I am a finalist in the year end vote!
I would LOVE it if you would go and vote for my project to win 2011’s Finest!
My project is the July—4th of July outfit (flip flops). They are also giving away lots of other prizes to those that vote! So head on over there and check it out!
(You can vote daily until January 14th!)
Thanks so much!
I have been busy crocheting lots of stuff this winter. I have made a Cowl scarf and I am working on a couple of other scarves! I also made this really cute hat!
I found this free pattern over at The Dainty Daisy. It is super cute on my 3yr. old!
I love when I can find free, cute patterns that crochet up well! Thank-you Betsy @ The Dainty Daisy!!
I found the flower pattern here on Ravelry. If you do not have a free membership on Ravelry…go and get one! Especially, if you love to knit or crochet!
If you have not ever tried to knit or crochet…it is SO time to give it a try! The funny thing is that I started learning to knit first. But I have found that I really like crocheting much better. I guess it is just a personal preference.
Here is a little story about my first time knitting.
We have books for sale all the time in our lounge at school. One day a couple of years ago, there was this book entitled…”Knitting”.
It claimed to teach you to knit 6 great projects! Oh and it was on sale..only a few dollars! I ran into the library where several of my K-team were sitting. I began to tell them that my new book was going to teach me to knit! They were very skeptical. Our librarian helped me get it started..and after that I just took off! Needless to say my K team was amazed that I actually had made the scarf that was in the book!
My motto in life.. if you want to learn how to do something badly enough…
You CAN DO IT!
JUST TRY!
There are always people out there that can lead and guide you in your new learning! (I have had several guide me! And I appreciate it!)
While I am on this topic…let me share a my FAVORITE guide to learning to Crochet or Knit. I still use them to help me learn or re-learn stitches.
I think I picked both of mine up at Hobby Lobby. I also found them here and here on Amazon.
Let me know if you give either one a try!
I am a December finalist at to Sew With Love! I would LOVE it if you could head on over there and vote for my Christmas Outfit! Voting is open until January 6th!
Thanks so much!
I will start by saying that I hope everyone had a WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS! Both of my kids really enjoyed Christmas this year! My 3 year old thoroughly enjoyed it! She is just now old enough to really understand and have a fun time! So lots of memories and fun times were made!
I have taken the term “Christmas Break” quite literally this year. I usually try to cram as much stuff into my breaks as possible! But, not this year! I have really just hung out with the kiddos! I have done a little cleaning and organizing, but not much considering that I have been off for about 10 days now.
So, now I have hit panic mode…with only a couple more days I have a list of things to do!
Has anyone else done the same thing?!?!
I have a couple of projects that I want to post! But I need to go snap a few pics. first!
Stay Tuned!
I have been such a slacker on here lately! Hopefully, I still have a few people that are still hanging in there with me! I am just finding it really hard to find a balance between my REAL job..full time Kindergarten Teacher, mom, wife, and my blogging and crafty side. (If any of you have it down…please clue me in on your secret!)
So, what HAVE I been up to lately?!?! I have had a few free minutes to whip up some fun and crafty stuff! Just not a lot of time to blog about them. (I need someone to just transcribe for me!) I have TONS of blog post swimming around in my head!
I whipped up two Christmas outfits for my daughter and my niece. They turned out super cute!
I saw this awesome tutorial on how to sew in a reverse applique on a shirt. I followed it to make a cute candy cane shirt to match the ruffled pants. This is a really awesome tutorial and oh so easy!!! LOVED IT!
Rose and Heather over at Sew Stylish Boutique are creating some pretty cool stuff! They were looking for some bloggers to review their new headband idea! (Which I might add…is such a GREAT idea!)
I was super excited when I received my little box! Basically, they have used a thin wire as the headband part. Unlike traditional headbands, this one does not pinch or poke the sides of your head! Nope…Not once did I feel like I was wearing a headband!
Most of you know that I am a Kindergarten teacher. This year I have 12 girls and 6 boys. I had several of my girls comment that my headband was cute! Not only did I get numerous comments from my kinder kids; there were several teachers and interns that raved about it!
I would definitely go check out their Etsy shop! These headbands would make great Christmas gifts and stocking stuffers!
Here is a pic. of the cute headband they sent me! I absolutely LOVE IT!
Here are a few of my favs from their Etsy shop! Of course, I could have listed so MANY more!
Hope everyone can stop by and check them out!
Anyone that knows me well knows that I love winter, cold weather, and SNOW! Living in Arkansas, we usually do not experience too much snow. However, last year was a MAJOR exception! We ended up with 12-14 inches of snow! That is pretty major for us! I LOVED IT! (However, I was not all that excited about going to school until the middle of June.)
All that to tell you this…
My 4 K-teacher friends and I were meeting after school the other day. We have these awesome new promethean boards this year. We were playing around with the board when one of them put a beach background. I mentioned how SNOW would be much more enjoyable as a background. Well, we agreed to disagree on that one! (Me being the ONE that loves the snow WAY more than the other 4.)
I was playing around and found this pic. I found it very fitting for my 4 friends!
So, this one is for my K-team!
So, if you had to choose…
Would it be..
Snow or The Beach???
