Thursday Homemade Love Week 3

Good morning everyone.

It's Thursday already!

I can't believe how quick time seems to be going.

Me & Little Red have had some making fun this week.

We used some of his cookie cutters to make the shapes.
We used the wax so you would get some patterns
& then little red painted.
Once he'd finished painting his shapes he also
pained some pictures we had printed out.
I cut out the shapes he had made
and stuck some self adhesive magnet to the back.
Ryan really loved this idea as he could stick the pictures on the fridge.

This is the dove that Little Red Made :-)

This weeks handmade love theme is Eggs.

I thought it was apt for the week.

Don't forget if you want to link anything handmade it doesn't have to follow the theme.

Ravelry

Ravelry Free

Now if you have something handmade you want to link

please feel free you don't have to use the button but if you can add it to the post

it will help to spread the handmade love:

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What you doing Wednesday Week 2

Good Morning everyone.

I hope your week so far has been a good one.

It's Wednesday so it's time for you

to show off what you are doing.

I can't believe the weather here!Last week everyone was walking around in shorts.Today we have sleet, snow and hail.There are gail force winds and the temp is 3 degrees!
Little Red is off school for his easter break at the moment.He is at the moment dancing round the living roomto Chipwreaked.
I have managed to get a kidney infection.I'm drinking lots and if thatdoesn't work back to the doctors tomorrow.
I have one make I am in the middle of thatI can't show you as it's a surprise for someone.I don't know whether or not it will get finishedas the directions in the pattern are really confusing!
I do have one WIP to show you:

Yes I've been making more of my african flower blanket.

Hopefully I'll have them attached for next Wednesday and the blanket will

be looking a bit bigger.

I can't wait to show me my next felted animal.

I'm not sure whether I'm going to show it tomorrow or Friday.

I think today is going to be a longgggg day.

Little Red is upset that I can't transform 

one of this transformers.

I've been very lucky this week, Melissa from 

Lazy Daisy

has awarded me the Liebster Blog award.

She is just too kind!

Now I have to tell you 5 facts about myself and award 5 people.

1. My favorite animal has to be dog, especially the cavalier king charles.
2. I only moved out of my mum and dads home when I was 29 years old.
3. I met my husband when I was 17 through my boyfriend at the time.  Over the years we went out a couple of times and it took till I was 29 for us to realise we were meant to be together.
4. I'm not a touchy feely person but spend as much time as possible snugglying with Little Red.  I know I won't always get them so I am making the most of them whilst I can.
5. I didn't pass my driving test till I was 25. I lived in the middle of no where with hardly any buses so for a lot of years I relied on my dad to drive me about.

Now to the people I want to award:

Deb from http://poetesswug-thewugsbackyardblogspot.blogspot.com

Pinkundine from: http://www.misadventuresincraft.com/

Cassie from: http://www.livelaughl0ve.com/

Ali from: http://macscrochet.blogspot.co.uk/

Sarah from: http://www.craftsfromthecwtch.co.uk/

I am currently reading:

Mortal Obligation by Nichole Chase

I am really enjoying it so far but I'll tell you more about the story once I've finished it. 

Now I hope you will go and see some of the other projects people have on the go

and I hope you'll link anything you are making:

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Tuesday's Patterns Week 3

Welcome to

Tuesday's Patterns

This week has been a good week for my brain.2 weeks in a row, not bad.I'm still suffering from a nasal infection & it feels like it's spread to my sinuses.the doctor thinks this is going to be the virusthat starts up every time I get stressed or run down.I'm going to be treating it for the next couple of monthsso hopefully that will clear it.I was up most of Sunday night with the pain so could do with it clearing.I am finding with this crash that the ups and downs canchange on an hourly basis as well as a daily basis.
Little Red is off school for 2 weeks for Easter.We aren't able to go out anywhere as I'm not up to itso we are planning on doing some fun things together in the home.I've invited a few of his friends to come and playbut Easter is so busy I don't know whether or not any of them will make it.
Anyway I've waffled enough.As you know I finished my latest Dragon hat last week.I've managed to get a few picturesof Little Red wearing it.

I have followed a fantastic pattern this weekend.It makes such a difference with the house being quiet.My brain gets chance to think rather than trying to process the noise.I made a hat I won from Sarah N Dipities
This is Sarah's picture of the hat (much better than mine)

And this is my version of it:

If it had a head in it then it would look the same.

You also get a pattern for a flower to add but I decide not to add a flower to this one.

The pattern was really easy to follow.

I think most beginners would be able to follow this pattern as only really uses sl, sc, hdc & dc

I really enjoyed making this hat and would make another one.

I have also followed a pattern for needle felting in 

Wool Pets by Laurie Sharp.

Now you aren't allowed to laugh!

I followed the instructions (mostly without reading)

& I didn't read the instruction at the start that gave you the basics.

I now know why it's better to read all the instructions first.

This is how my owl turned out:

I would recommend this book if you are wanting to make 3-D

felted animals.

My one big recommendation would be to read the instructions at the start

before trying to make one of the animals.

Little Red likes him which is the main thing.

Remember if you are looking for a pattern

There is a 50% at 22 Threads:

http://thisandthatfromhome.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/support-for-my-sister-and-50-off_29.html

All funds are going to her sisters family,

as her brother-in-law has suffered a stroke whilst working away from home.

There is also a donate button on Hillery's website.

I tried this pattern this week as well.

confession time.

I used a different weight of yarn.

At first I got a bit confused by the terms but

once I got my head round the pattern 

I found it quite an easy to follow.

To be honest I used aaran wright yarn and didn't add anymore

rows to make it slouchy.

I really like the outcome.

Sorry it's not a good picture.  

I've only just finished it.

It looks really good on.

I think I'll be wearing it today :-)

Now it's your turn.

Link to patterns you would like to recommend

As long as it's a pattern/instruction for something handmade you are welcome to link.

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Review Monday Week 2

Good Morning Everyone!

I hope you all had a good weekend and are ready for the week ahead.

I can't believe it's April already!

This weekend has been very strange.

Little Red stayed at his Gran & Granddads

We dropped him off on Friday evening

and we didn't pick him up again till Sunday afternoon.

It's the longest he has been away

and part of me felt lost all weekend.

I'd got behind on reading my blogs

so Saturday was just a catch up day.

Hubby had to drop his brother off at the airport with his family.

Then on the Sunday he had to pick

his mum and her husband up from the airport.


If you are a crochet fan on facebook
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If you are interested in buying some crochet patterns

at the moment please hop

over to 22 threads

Hillery is having a 50% sale and all funds are going to

her sisters family.

Her sisters husband had a stroke whilst working away.

as you can see from the pictures below

she has some beautiful patterns

\This week I would like to review the Kindle

I love my kindle.

I know they aren't for everyone but if you read they are invaluable.

The facts of why I love my kindle:

1)  I can have a multitude of books on tap and ready for me to read

2) If I find a book I really want to read I can have it there ready

3) When I go on holiday I don't have to pack loads of books.

4) I can load pdfs onto my kindle so I can add patterns and take them everywhere with me.

5) The kindle is so light and fits in my bag.

6) Due to the way the screen shows the text it doesn't cause eye strain or set off my migraines

7) I have even bought a waterproof cover so I can read in the bath.

The cons:

1) It is in black and white so my 5 year old isn't interested in reading books on it.

2) Mine doesn't have 3G so I have to make sure I have enough books to keep me going

3) you have to be careful that you don't put anything heavy on top of the kindle.

When we went away my old kinde fell out of the bag in the boot and something fell on it.

The screen was ruined and hence the new kindle.

4) as there is no keyboard it can take a while to enter anything you want.

5) It takes time to organise your books if you have a lot of them.

6) I don't like putting instructional books like crochet books etc on the kindle

I prefer a hard copy as it's easier to open the page at what you want. 

7) Although it shows you the percentage of how much you have read I would prefer to read how many pages I have read and how many pages there are in the book.

Things that are a + and a -

the weight is 170 grams - I have mine in a cover so it feels heavier. 

I cannot get used to holding something so light.

Up to 1,400 books or 2GB internal (approximately 1.25GB available for user content) - 

you have to read a lot to be able to get through that amount of books!

When I got my first kindle I went on a mission and downloaded hundreds of free

books.  I haven't even dented the amount I downloaded.

I use calibre to convert any other types of books I buy so that I can read them on my kindle.

Do you use any other programs to get your books onto your kindle.

The kindle does allow you to go onto websites but to be honest I prefer to use my kindle 

just for reading books.

I am upset that amazon hasn't released the Kindle Fire in the UK yet.

I'm really interested in buying one for my son.

He doesn't like the Kindle as it's in black and white.

We love books and he has 3 bookcases full of them.

I would prefer something like the Kindle Fire as it doesn't take as much space.

Exciting news everyone.

I won a giveaway at sewmantra

& the prize was to be featured this month.

Go over and check me out:

http://sewmantra.blogspot.co.uk/

Have you reviewed something that you would like to link up?

The only rule is it has to be a review:

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Giveaway Sunday Week 2

Good morning everyone!

I hope you are having a good weekend. 

This last week has been a bit hectic

as it was my birthday and people came visiting.

It didn't half tire me out but the nice

weather and some resting has helped.

If you are a crochet fan on facebook
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I've had a very lucky week again this week:

I won add space on http://oneartmama.blogspot.co.uk

held by: http://dancers4life.blogspot.co.uk/

Giveaway held by: http://lauriethoughts-reviews.blogspot.co.uk

supplied by: http://www.jaguarsunseries.com/

Giveaway held by: http://www.wahm-bam.org

supplied by: http://chrishaughton.com/george

Giveaway held by: http://madhousefamilyreviews.blogspot.co.uk

supplied by: http://www.mobadgames.com/app/webroot/site/

Giveaway supplied and held at: http://sewmantra.blogspot.co.uk

Giveaway held by: http://thediydreamer.blogspot.co.uk

supplied by: http://www.etsy.com/shop/junghwa?ref=seller_info

And here are some giveaways I've found for you this week:

Now if you would like to link any giveaways you are having you are more than welcome

Please remember only link giveaways today.

Mark on the title if it's US, US\Can, Int etc.

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