I've Made Friday Week 53

Good Morning Everyone.

I hope you are all having a good week

and are looking forward to the weekend.

I haven't made much this week.

With hubby being ill and I'm trying to recover

from seeing Justin.
It was fantastic fun, chance in a lifetime for Little Red
but boy am I paying the price!
I really wouldn't of missed it for the world.

Hubby still isn't 100% but he is at last
able to stay awake for more than 20mins
& he is able to eat.
Fingers crossed Little Red & Hubby will
be back at school and work on Monday.
I need the peace.

We've had a great week of finding things to do in the house.
It's been such good fun.
Little Red had a 15 A4 booklet of maths homework
to do so we've been doing 3 pages a day
to get it out of the way quickly.
Inbetween we've been doing some experiments with water:

Making a vortex with 2 bottles and some water

Holding a piece of card so that the water doesn't leak out

Keeping a piece of tissue dry in an empty glass in a bowl full of water 

Moving a diver up and down a bottle of water.
Using a pen lid, paper clip & bluetak.

We've also been playing loads of games.
I'm going to start taking pictures of them
and doing full reviews over the next coming weeks.

Now onto what we've made:

Me and Little Red gave wet felting stones a go.
I don't think they turned out too badly.

I've also made:

A bath loafer using the free crochet pattern:
Simple Bath Loafer by Crafts by Megan

&

A washcloth from
the Little Crochet Book by Linda Permann.
The one in the book is much fancier using different colours
but I wanted to stick to the theme.
It's a gift for a friend that is moving house.
Kindle

      
Book:

   

I will be making lots more out of this book!

There are loads of things that you just want to make.
I have already made a little applique for one of Little Red's T-shirts.

It's not a very good picture as within 2 seconds of snipping the last end
it was on him and he wouldn't let me take a picture.
I'm going to add more of the design soon.
as the book has much more to the design:

For her daughter I bought a present and then

made this bookmark.

Her head is always in a book and she loves the colour purple.

I used the free crochet pattern:

Rose Bookmark by I'd Rather Be Knooking

I also made a baby hat

using the curly cue hat

from the book:

Baby Crochet by Sandy Powers

     

In the book she uses pink but I decided

to go with a blue for boys :-)

Now as you probably already know Google Reader (probably GFC)

is going. I haven't panicked even though I am not looking forward to it

but I am looking into alternatives.

I have set-up a Feedly account (and added a pin to the sidebar if you want to join)

This is quite a good option as I like their android app.

I mostly read the blogs I follow on my phone so at the moment this is winning.

When you join you can link it to your google account and it will

automatically transfer over all the blogs you follow.

The other option I am looking at is bloglovin.

You will also find a pin on the side for you to follow me this way.

I do and don't like bloglovin. There are a few things

which are making it number 2 for me.

I don't really like how you get from and to each post

when you are using the app on your phone.

Neither app is as good as google reader on my phone

and it is going to take a while to get used to.

There are other ways to follow:

• Email
• G+
• Twitter
• or follow with another reeder.

I hope you keep following me

as I'll miss you all if you don't :-(

Now onto what I've been reading (listening to)

The Lost Prince.

This book wasn't as good as some of her others

but it was still a good read.

The book is about a boy, his father and their life

on the run.  The boy doesn't know the reasons

behind what is happening and doesn't really know they are on the run

and in hiding.  He just knows that his father and "friend" 

tell him the rules he must follow. He speaks many languages

and knows not to reveal anything.

It's the struggle of a father to keep his son safe

because if people knew who he was his life would be at risk.

The story tells of him meeting new friends and finding

out more and more new information before

he has to set out on a mission himself.

It's a very interesting story but i got a bit

frustrated about the characters being a bit too naive and

not relaising things till the story wanted them to know

even though in real life they would of figured it out long ago.

The characters are good and I love the way they all interact together.

It's a good read and as it's free I'm not complaining.

I listened to the book but you can also download it for free from:

Books Should Be Free

I've also got some other exciting news!!!!!!

Craftsy is having a spring sale!
So click on the picture above & see if you want to join a class today.
The Sale runs 5th - 8th April

Now it's your turn

It doesn't have to be crocheting

anything you've made is more than welcome!

Please try and visit at least 2 other sites

to see what other people have been making.

Can you also put the pin and link to this page

so that we can get more people joining in.

Thanks!

To Link Up Go To:

http://crochetaddictuk.blogspot.com/

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I've Made Friday Week 14

Wow the end of the working week already!

I hope you have had a really good week.

Little Red wants to make a volcano this weekend

so we are looking forward to having

lots of fun making lots of mess :-)

Little Red has been working really hard

at his colouring this week.

I am so proud of how he is doing

He also made his fathers day card at grannies

We have also made a pirate hook from one

of his make it books:

He wants to make more from this book so look

out for more pirate things coming.

Little Red loves this book

because there are lots of things we can make together

and he loves being a pirate

Book:

   

Now onto what I've been making this week:

I made my dad a cleric for a little silly fathers day present.

I got him an amazon voucher as well but I wanted something to give him.

My dad is a trained reader at church so I thought it was

something he would like.

This pattern is from:

Book:

   

I also made some bunting

for our living room:

I got the free pattern from:

http://suzies-yarnie-stuff.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/pennant-bunting.html

It's a really easy pattern to follow and I hope you agree

it turned out really well.

I have read a few books this week:

Accidentally married to...... a Vampire

by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

Kindle:

    

I love the way Mimi writes!

The story has twists and turns all the way through.

She has a fantastic use of sarcasm!

The story is about a normal girl about to start her life in the world

but what she doesn't know is she is destined to be the true love

of a Vampire.

Niccolo is a Vampire looking for an escape from his queen.

A God Cemil gives him an out but is it that simple.

There are steamy scenes in this book so be warned ;-)

I really enjoyed this book and would recommend

it as a really good read.

I give this book 4 out of 5

The next book I read is a short story:

Madly (Book 1) (Madly Series)

by M.Leighton

Kindle:

   

This is the first book in the series

and is setting the scene for the rest.

It is only short to give you a taster of what is to come.

Madly seems a normal girl to her fellow students on land

but she is really a Mer princess.

Her world is turned upside down

when there is a prison escape from Atlas.

This book is a good set-up for the series

and keeps you wanting to read more.

It's gives you an opportunity to meet the characters

and learn how the story is unfolding.

I enjoyed this book and am looking forward

to reading the 2nd in the series.

I give this book 3 out of 5.

The last book I have finished is:

2nd Chance by James Patterson

Kindle:

   

Book:

   

This is the 2nd book in the

Women's Murder Club

DI Lyndsay Boxer is called to the scene

of a shooting at a church where one girl

has been shot and killed.

The bug question to answer is was the girl

shot randomly or was she targeted?

I really enjoy the twists in these books and love the characters.

The women are human and have their own flaws but

when they work together they are unstoppable.

They get to the bottom of any case using each of their own know how.

This story was just as good as the 1st and will

be reading more!

My only negative is the ending! For some reason

at the end the author went into a baseball player

and I think it spoils the ending.

Apart from that I would recommend this

book if you like a good murder and cop story.

I give this book 4 out of 5

Now what have you been making this week?

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