12/27/2013
Embroidering on Air. (Or so it seemed)
As if I don't have enough going on. I found these scarves very reasonable and decided to try it. A few people said it was not possible, that just made me determined. If I had used WSS instead of printer paper on the front it would look much better. There was none in my stash and over an hour one way was to far to drive for a "betcha I can".
I did the beanie for my son in law yesterday.when the yellow finished instead of hitting the GO button.
Silly me, I hit the power button. So of course it was offset down by an eighth of an in. I filled it in with free motion on a regular ....sewing machine. It turned out fine though.
12/07/2013
A LITTLE BLACK METALLIC LOOK BOY OUTFIT
11/20/2013
Elf Hats Galore
Ellie is modeling for us. You can read about our girl here >ELLIE<
11/16/2013
Dance or Skating Anyone? Maybe Just for Fun!
There are 4 elf hats left to be crocheted too. Also an owl bag to be finished ( crochet). All between everything else. Oops almost forgot, my yard needs to be mowed at least one more time before winter..
Nope! I am not busy...
God is awesome.
Have a great day.
~ Ginger
Crushed White Velvet over Blue Metallic Checks.
11/13/2013
Baby Seraphina is Here
Now that Little Miss is here maybe I can get back to creating and blogging .. I so badly wanted to post crochet tutorials. :( However having to get several hats finished. Many leotards to make and all my other things needing to get finished, it might be after Christmas before I try again.
Almost forgot to mentioned. Miss Ellie needs to have surgery again. The sooner the better as far as she is concerned.
God is Awesome.
Good night.
~Ginger
10/25/2013
Camera Silliness....
I am sure having difficulty uploading videos from my phone to this blog. I can use the built in web cams but it is hard to crochet with a laptop between it and me. My phone takes much better videos too.
It seems my only recourse is to have someone else (Ellie?) hold the phone and take the video -then we can upload to the computer.
Anyone that knows Ellie.. Stop laughing. :)
10/24/2013
Nesting..... Baby Watch
It just made this little hammock very sentimental and a nice way to keep a piece of her shower around long past the diapers and pacifiers.
10/21/2013
Crochet 1
10/20/2013
Crafting Friendships
We had our weiner roast and hay ride at church tonight. They counted 130-150. Hard to say for sure. For a little country church we have a lot of souls. This is probably one of my favorite church activities. I did not stay late because I had taken a couple other kids with me. Smore's are just not my favorite food. The blackened hot dogs however I could live on YUMMY!!
10/18/2013
Ashley's House
Ashley Weir was Mira's very close friend all through school. From third grade on.
We will be donating 50% of our profits to the Ashley Weir Scholarship Fund. So I hope we do well, so we have something to give.
They already have the trailer and take it to schools or anywhere people want them to bring it to teach children about fire. They really want to get a flat screen T.V. and a DVD player for it. They play educational material during the tours.
There will also be a table set up with prints of Jessi Evans Art With the proceeds going to the Jessi Evans Scholarship Fund. Another girl that left us way too soon, I still can't type about her without choking on the words. So anyone within the vicinity of Norris City Crossroads church come on out and help support these causes.
God Bless!
~Ginger
10/17/2013
Bread Yet?
One cup warm water to one cup of flour. Stir it up well, cover and set on top the refrigerator (preferably in glass container) until it gets all bubbly and smells yeasty (24 hours). If it isn't bubbly just wait. According to everything I have read it can happen in 12 to 36 hours. I have a starter friendly climate and mine did well. After it is bubbly feed it 1 cup of flour and 1 cup of warm water. Wait again until it is bubbly. You might have water on top, that is fine (called hooch) just pour it off or stir it in. I kept mine. Now the next time it bubbles divide it in half. Throw half away and feed the other 1/2 cup flour and 1/2 cup warm water. Instead of throwing mine away - I made another starter.
After you have done this several times and it is obviously a good healthy starter it is time to feed it again then putting it in the refrigerator. Feed it once a week with 1/2 C f;our and 1/2 C water. Throwing 1/2 away before feeding.
To make your bread take the starter out and feed it 1 C flour and 1 C water let it sit on the counter until it is bubbly all the way through to the bottom. This is called a sponge. Make sure it is bubbly on the bottom too, it will look like a slow boiling cream soup or something. (you won't see it boiling, it just looks like it has been) After the sponge is ready take 2 C of it and put in a bowl with 2 T soft butter 2 t salt and 5 t sugar, mix it up and start adding flour until you have a soft dough. Mine has taken anywhere from 2 to 4 Cs. Not sure why such a difference. Just use the dough consistency to get the proper amount, not the recipe. Barely dry enough to be able to knead. Knead for about 10 minutes.or until a finger hole poked in pops right back out. Let sit until it doubles in size. Punch it down, shape into a loaf and let rize again. Sourdough start with no added yeast takes longer to rise. A LOT longer to rise. Best to start in the morning or let the last rising rise overnight.
My best advice is to not sew once you pop it in the oven.
Enjoy!
10/12/2013
Crochet? Anyone?
Our event today was rather slow. Things just did not work out as planned. Not anyone's fault, just the way it goes sometimes.
So we had other sorts of fun instead. One woman was teaching some crochet stitches to another woman. Several other vendors watched this interaction with some amusement. If you have never watched someone get crochet lessons, it might be worth your time. ;)
Tomorrow is supposed to be another show if it isn't raining. Maybe it will be a bit better..
God Bless
~Ginger
10/11/2013
Little Doggy Ruffs
God Bless.
~Ginger
10/10/2013
Work, work, work, or not.
God Bless
~Ginger
10/08/2013
Duct Tape and Baling Wire
10/07/2013
Another OOPS Day.
For weeks I have known Ellie's leaf collection was due yet I could not remember to grab my printer. (It was on loan to someone) So here it is the last day. We had a visitation to go to. Meds to go fetch for Ells only to get home to find her leaves in a horrible mess, labels missing, everything in a jumble. At some point I might explain about Ellie, she does not really process information like we do. It did not occur to her when the leaves fell out of the "pressing" book that they needed to be laid flat again and the labels put back with them separately....- Then we discovered her list and instructions were not here. Her Dad had just lost a close friend so I hated to bother him, I did finally call him but he was not back home yet. A friend finally told me to just Facebook it. Within 5 minutes I had the list.
The End
Maybe tomorrow I can craft or sew again. Fred lost her clothes again so I need to make something else sparkly..
Good night..
May God Bless..
10/06/2013
Another Fun Day
We got some curtains whipped up, now nesting mother can relax.
Mira has several plans for dressing them up.
10/05/2013
Duct Tape Doggy Decorations
Fred Gets New Clothes
10/04/2013
Bum Covers from the Behind Side
Just wanted to show what some of the backs look like. I meant to earlier and got sidetracked by life.
10/03/2013
Diapers
10/02/2013
Nursery Lace HOW-TO
10/01/2013
Meet Fred.
oooh Candy Corn
9/30/2013
Fred!
Not a Productive Day..
Fred our mannequin needs to be in here though so I can use her for display. We got her on a wing and a prayer one day. Some woman posted in a vendor group on FB that first comer could buy her and the price was well worth the hour long drive. I had just posted and she had replied when numerous others dibsed her all within 60 seconds. When we arrived at the meet-up spot, she told us the name was Fred. Someone had written on the bottom of her leg with a sharpie, and it was bad luck to change its name. Being a Baptist I don't believe in 'luck' nonetheless she remains Fred to this day. Nothing else (Fredericka, Fredda, etc) ever stuck.
Have a great day! ~Ginger