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I had about 400 pins in my crafty stuff/crochet board so I've been doing some reorganizing. I just wish that I could have sub-folders within the same board because there is not a really good way to let your followers know to follow a new board when you go and change stuff around.  I added about 5 or 6 new boards as follows: Crochet hats, Crochet afghans, Crochet - home decor, Crochet Techniques, Crochet Clothing, Crochet Bags - maybe there was one more...  Well, it's the point that I've been pinning so many crochet projects and inspiration that it got to be so much that it needed a reorganization.  I've been nesting... I have 6 weeks until my baby boy is born.  Here are some projects that I pinned:  Pretty as a Package by Connie Stults I made this little hat 3 times - in three different sizes... maybe it was the type of yarn that I used, but all three hats were way off on the size. The 0-3 month size fit loosely on a 6 month baby. I made the small a...

In my repertoire for 2013 I challenged myself to make something from the amigurumi style of crochet.  And I finally did! Wednesday night I started it, Thursday afternoon I spent about an hour on it, and then Friday I finished it up. I was so surprised about how quickly you can make things... (normally I made afghans and they take forever). I don't know why but I thought it would be difficult, but it's not - it's easy peasy! I got this book: Amigurumi Two  but I found it at a book store in the Netherlands so it was in Dutch like this: Superschattige figuurtjes haken. So, it took me a little bit of figuring out just what the heck they were saying... reading a recipe in Dutch is no problem for me, but reading a crochet pattern in Dutch - difficult. I think I got it though. I made the "hot air balloon with teddy" and I know just who to give it to :) I must say, I'm impressed with myself for completing one of my New Year's goals - it feels pret...

Name Nerds: this is a new term for me. I didn't know I was one. But I do have a thing for names. Ever since I was a young girl and since I've kept a personal journal, I have been keeping lists of names.  Whenever I hear a name I'm not familiar with I ask the person about their name. What its origins are - what it means.  I have a keen interest in it. I remember going to the temple as a 12 year old girl and remembering unique names of persons I was baptised for and in behalf of... like Dorcas. How could that be a real name.  But since I own a baby name dictionary for world names - I see it's a common name - or at least it used to be. Some names are totally common and popular in the Netherlands that wouldn't work at all in the United States. For example, and this is no joke, this is a real name: Freek (boy). So is Joke  (girl). Of course, they are pronounced differently in Dutch than in English. This is part of the problem with choosing a baby name. A good ...

I've been kind of happy with Pinterest lately. I think I mentioned this last month in a post . Well, I finally have been trying a few recipes here and there that I pinned. The ones that turn out pretty tasty are usually the dessert recipes. But I've tried a few other more adult - grown up foods that were good as well. Like some French Dip subs for example, but what I really want to share today are two crafts that I did that worked out well and one dessert. Nutella Smores Bars This isn't a recipe I would have gone looking for, that's why it's nice to just subscribe to a few other Pinners who like similar things and then you get some really great suggestions. This one actually came via The Cake Bar. I have been wanting to make it for a while. I even bought real Nutella because it was on sale last month. I was going to go to a Church picknick and then it got cancelled due to sucky Dutch weather.  Well, Mark asked me to make something that he could take on a phot...

Mark just showed me this book he got. It wasn't familiar to me. Then he had to run an errand, and while he was gone I picked up the book and started reading it. He got home and he was like you stole my book... and I thought, I am an artist. The book is called Steal like an Artist by Austin Kleon - and it's a little book, I read it in about 30 minutes and it sparked a good many ideas for me.  One idea was to write down ideas... and I already write down ideas as I get them, but maybe I need to put them in a little book where they can remain all together so that I can access them easily again. Also, I do journal on a regular basis so I got that going for me... but I could do more. There is some advice in this little book that I've already figured out myself - that I wish I would have known when I was younger. For example, educational and financial stuff that Mark and I talk about all the time, now. We are like - we should tell our kids this when they get to be that ...

What do these three things have in common: basketball, Oreo Blizzards, and the BK Whopper? Answer: My grandmother Dorothy Shea. She passed away a few years ago, but this week we will be celebrating her birthday as a way to remember her - and as a way for the kids to learn about her. She played high school basketball in Logan, Utah... something I never learned about her until after her passing. I think I was aware that she liked watching baseball on t.v. Recently, my girls have been getting into baseball. So, we've watched different movies on t.v . or Netflix, rather - to teach them the sport. So, I'm going to do the same thing with basketball. We have two movies in the queue - ready to go to show them how basketball is cool. One is called The Pistol: The Birth of a Legend.  I watched it a few months ago and remembered that this kid could spin the basketball on his finger for a very long time... they are looking forward to seeing that. We also have queued - a girls ...

In the last two months or so I've really gotten into Pinterest -  and even though I had that Pin It button on my tool bar for over a year, I finally got why Pinterest is useful. It's like Evernote - but public - although they do have a possibility for secret boards... and it's a great way to organize stuff... except that Evernote lets you organize websites and notes without images...   that's the only problem I've run into with Pinterest - I can't "pin" some really useful websites because they have no images on the site. It basically sucks then... But really, I have come across some super duper cute tutorials and images that I basically without Pinterest - would have probably not stumbled upon. Here they are... Definitely the Cutest Craft t utorial   I have seen this month: From Prudentbaby.com - DIY Fox Scarf with Free Pattern How cute it this foxy scarf?! I love it. And it actually looks easy to make according the the tutorial.....