Dec. 16, 2009 - A Homemade Christmas ~ Slippers, Gloves, & Scarves
Since I was away from internet access this time last year, I missed participating in Miss Emily Rose's Homemade Christmas. So, it was extra exciting for me this year, knowing that I would be able to take part!
Then...I tried to come up with something to post about for A Homemade Christmas, only to keep running into brick walls. I wanted to use red felt for something (I don't remember what now!), but what I had thought was felt, wasn't. Toss that idea!
I suppose that I could have thought and worked a little harder at it, but this post is to make up for that, since I'm going to include not one, not two, but three fabulous ideas to make your loved ones for the Holidays.
Tea Scarf
I had the several balls of the most beautiful colored acrylic yarns, just waiting to be worked up into a scarf, and I finally did so, after finding the recipe for The Tea Scarf. Now, I completely and totally agree that the original is far more romantic, luxiourious, and feminine than the one that I created, but mine does have a personality all of it's own.
This scarf is super quick and easy, will work up with a fairly small amount of yarn, and look wonderful.
The pattern is called Intercostal Mitts, but I regret to announce that you can only get this free pattern if you have a Ravelry account. Seriously, you poor knitting and crocheting people without an account are missing out.
On to the pictures!
Knitted Moccasin Slippers
For this third, and final Homemade Christmas suggestion, I will simply redirect you to a previous post. The question of the pom-pom is old news, so just ignore that, but pictures, and a link to the pattern are still there.
If you would like to read more Homemade Christmas ideas, or if you would like to particpate, skip on over to SimplyVintagegirl.
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Dec. 15, 2009 - Why is the Cup Always Gone?
I don't know about your family, but my family has a great irresponsibility about cups. It is extremely annoying, and it seems, to our great misfortune, that it is incurable.
Some members of the family have Any-Old-Cup-Will-Do Syndrome, and if they happen to be thirsty, they look around for the closest designated drinking container.
I have diagnosed other people with A-New-Cup-For-Everything-Itis. People with this disease get new cups for any number of reasons, including but not limited to, getting a completely different beverage, and inablity to locate the old cup due to short-term memory loss or carelessness.
It is rare to have more than one or two clean cups sitting in the cupboard. More often than not you can find three or four scattered on the table, and another three or four hidden in little corners in an attempt to keep them separate.
So, is this the great unanswered question of our age? Why are the clean cups always gone? Is this a great mystery like that of the Disappearing Pencil, or Bigfoot, or the Bermuda Triangle? Will it ever be answered? Can this plight be remedied? Perhaps we shall never know.
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Dec. 14, 2009 - Multitude Mondady ~ 31 - 40
I am Thankful For...
31. My Daddy
32. My Daddy's birthday!
33. Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake with Chocolate Chip Frosting!
34. Christmas presents in front of the fireplace
35. My Grammy
36. Spaghetti Sauce
37. Leggings
38. My Canon Powershot SX10 IS
39. The Bible
40. Pillows
What are you Thankful for?
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Dec. 9, 2009 - Audio Classics
Many times, whilst knitting a repetitive work-in-progress, I enjoy listening to audio books. Recently, however, I have been watching movies, but I think I want to go back to listening to books. Sometimes, though, I am at my whits end trying to figure out what exactly I want to listen to.
I don't know if any of you are like that, but I decided that I would put together a list of some of my favorite stories to listen to, that you can get for free online! Where could you get a better deal?
- Jack and Jill ~ I sort of wrote a review on this once, but I think it is one of my favorite Louisa May Alcott books.
- Persuasion
- Pride & Prejudice
- Jane Eyre
- A Little Princess
- Great Expectations
- Wives & Daughters
- The Gift of the Magi
- The Owl and the Pussycat ~ My favorite edition of this in book form is illustrated by the talented Jan Brett. It's one of my favorite children's books ever!
- Anne of Green Gables
- Kilmeny of the Orchard
- Humility ~ By Andrew Murray ~ Just so you know, this is not a work of fiction.
- The Scarlet Pimpernel ~ Don't forget to look for other Baroness Orczy titles at Librivox!
- Scaramouche ~ Bluejane wrote a review on this, over at Out of the Blue.
- Ivanhoe
- Kidnapped
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
- Ben-Hur
- The Importance of Being Earnest
- My Man Jeeves
If any of these links are helpful to you, leave a comment and let me know!
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Dec. 9, 2009 - A Blustery Day
"Tut, tut! It looks like rain!"
~ Christopher Robin
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Dec. 8, 2009 - Multitude Monday ~ 21-30
I am Thankful for...
21. Surprises in the mail
22. Cough medicine
23. Such loving friends from church
24. Candy Orange Slices
25. My blog readers
26. Anne of Green Gables
27. One finished Christmas present down, at least three to go!
28. A clean kitchen
29. Quiet piano music
30. A beautiful Siamese kitty
What are you Thankful for?
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Dec. 4, 2009 - A Surprise in the Mail
It was such a blessing and an excitement to receive the Christmas edition of The Girlhood Home Companion in the mail today! I'm not really sure why I received one, but I am so glad I did!
One of the reasons I love this magazine is because of the lovely illustrations and paper dolls that Miss Breezy Tulip has in many of the issues. They are so beautiful. I plan on taking the paper dolls that I just got with the magazine, getting random frames from the thrift store, and hanging them on my pale green, bedroom wall.
If you haven't heard of The Girlhood Home Companion, then I highly recommend it!
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Dec. 4, 2009 - My Etsy Shop!
I suppose it is about time I tell everyone about the Etsy.com shop I started a few weeks ago! I was pretty excited, and still am, although only one person has bought anything.
I have been hemming and hawing about starting an Etsy shop for some time now, but have never been able to make up my mind on what I wanted to sell. So, when I came across the Knitted Moccasin Slipper pattern that the author offered for people to make and sell, I decided that I just needed to plunge in...and do it!
Now introducing, Eyebright's Elements!
There is only those two things in it, so far, but hopefully I will soon get into making and selling other things, or possibly offering more colors.
So, that's it! If you happen to have a spare 13 dollars hanging around, or if you have freezing tootsies, then run over to Eyebright's Elements and order a pair of slippers!
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Dec. 2, 2009 - Christmas Trees and Raindrops
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Nov. 24, 2009 - BEARPAW Shoe Giveaway!
The Dirty Shirt is giving away a pair of BEARPAW shoes, and let me tell you that you don't want to miss out because these look like awesome shoes. The ones I'm hoping to win are the brown Daffodils.
So hurry over to The Dirty Shirt to enter for a chance to win your own pair of BEARPAW shoes!
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Nov. 23, 2009 - Multitude Monday ~ 11-20
Here is this week's installment of my contribution to The Gratitude Community. I'm not actually an official part of it, but you can be if you like! Go check it out!
I am Thankful for...
11. Books
12. Blankets
13. Hot tea
14. Homemade bread
15. My first customer at my Etsy shop.
16. Pumpkins
17. Forgiveness
18. My best friend in the whole, wide world, Bluejane.
19. Knitting
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Nov. 18, 2009 - Sleepy Sarah
I made this for the little girl that we have been babysitting lately. We don't have many toys yet for children. Unfortunately for all of you non-Ravelers out there, the pattern is only a free Ravelry download. Well, what are you waiting for? Go sign up for Ravelry, add the pattern, and make me your friend!
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Nov. 16, 2009 - Multitude Monday ~ 1-10
Having seen this on first Bluejane's blog, and then Breezy's, I decided that I definitely needed to do it too. Run, don't walk, to check out this awesome idea called The Gratitude Community.
I am Thankful for...
- Yarn
- Slippers and socks
- My computer
- Food
- A warm bed
- Decent clothes
- A Provider
- Red hair
- My Mommy
- Books
What are you thankful for?
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Nov. 16, 2009 - Win Boots!
You've seen those beautifully soft looking boots that are so popular lately. Well, now you can have a chance to win a pair for yourself!
Head over to the website to enter to win!
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Nov. 14, 2009 - Bloglovin
Hey everyone! I discovered this blog reader called Bloglovin, and it shows you your favorite blog's updates in a kind of Twitter format. Anyway, I'm trying it out, and to claim my blog, I had to add the link below. Not an exciting post, I know.
Follow my blog with bloglovin
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Nov. 11, 2009 - A Little Friend
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Nov. 11, 2009 - Girlhood Home Companion Magazine Giveaway!
I must say that I am a MAJOR fan of The Girlhood Home Companion, even though I have only ever had one issue. I absolutely loved it! I would love to get the magazines, but that's not possible right now, so I entered their giveaway to win one of their Between Friends issues!
If you would like to enter to win their Anne of Green Gables edition of Between friends, plus the companion workshops on CD, then hurry over to the blog today!
Girlhood Home Companion Magazine Giveaway!
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Nov. 10, 2009 - NaNoWriMo: Day 10
Yup, I'm still plugging away at this thing they call a novel. There are days when I can write thousands of words, and then there are days when I don't even open my documents. Of course, there have only been ten days since NaNo started, and here I am talking as if I have been doing this for a least a month.
The novel is doing well. I think. So...I really don't have much else to say on the matter.
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Nov. 7, 2009 - My 4th Blogoversary
Yes, three cheers for me for blogging for four whole years, right? I think so. I don't really remember what I thought of blogging when I first started, so I won't go into any of that. All I know is that now I love it.
So instead of all of the usual sap that people post about for their blogoversaries, I am just going to post link to some of my favorite posts that I have written over these past four years. Does that sound like fun? I hope so!
2006
- The Books Are Always Better
- Central Oregon 101 ~ A brief introduction to my hometown.
- None Other Than My Mother ~ A poem I wrote for Mother's Day
- Humans and Habits ~ Have a habit that you need to break? Read this!
- Avoiding Foolish and Ignorant Disputes ~ with a Lord of the Rings flavor.
- Another Poem ~ I wrote a lot more poetry several years ago than I do now!
- A Thoughtful Journey ~ Yes, another poem.
- Analogies and The Great Critical Thinker
- I've Got a Plan! ~ What do you plan on doing after you graduate?
- The Better Blogging Movement #1
- The Better Blogging Movement #2
- How Important is the Pencil ~ Do you take the pencil for granted? Read this and gain a new perspective on one of the most little thought of writing instruments.
- Protecting Little Knees ~ Older siblings, we have a responsibility towards our little sisters and brothers.
- My Graduation Speech
2009
- No Fishing Allowed!
- Lament of the Stars ~ Are there no, truly good actors out there?
- Hardships of Friendships ~ Another lament, of a more serious sort.
- Only Jesus...
- Don't Waste Your Time! ~ Do you waste time of things that only have worldly value?
- Sweetness is...
- Living on Charity ~ Did you know that we are all living on charity?
Finally, these last two are from the last two months.
- The Church in the Wildwood ~ How I long to hear those old hymns sung in a church setting!
- Whose Leaves Were Fair
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Nov. 6, 2009 - NaNoWriMo: Progress and Location
It is now day 6 of NaNoWriMo, I believe. For the most part is is gong very well, and I am rather pleased with my progress. I have written almost every day, and I am well above the average word count per day, which is a good thing. It means I'm ahead of schedule.
There was one day that I wrote hardly a thing. I wanted to write, but I wasn't sure what to write next. I keep harboring suspicions that my plot isn't big enough for 50,000 words. Yet here I am, still plugging away. Well, plugging isn't exactly the right word; I am enjoying myself.
Just in case you wanted to know, there is now a meter on my sidebar that will tell you my current word count. It updates when I do, so, if you are interested, be sure to keep checking back!
I am quite in love with my bedroom/studio. I would like to think of it as my studio, at any rate. It's where I do almost everything! I wanted to show it to you, so here it is!
So, that's it! You had a peek into my charming attic bedroom and workspace. The poor thing is simply yearning for Christmas decorations, but have yet to make any. I have an idea for a garland...but that is not what this post is about.
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