life lived creatively
Welcome to the October Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop, hosted by My Pinterventures. The purpose of this Pinterest Challenge is to motivate all the participants of this hop {and y’all too} to not just pin, but to make it happen! Look below for a list of past challenges. This month I decided to recycle light bulbs […] Read more…
I’m very excited about this pattern! It’s the first crochet pattern I’ve written that was tested by others, not just made by me. It’s a great thing to see a pattern you’ve written made by others! Today I’m going to share a little of the process I went through & some pictures from my fabulous […] Read more…
It’s time for the next challenge in the 2019 Maker Finish-Along! In September we worked on labeling our projects. Labeling is important so people know who made that fabulous item! As usual, we picked another UFO to focus on to help move them on out of our space. For October, let’s focus on donations. There […] Read more…
It’s that time of year, the time when the maker madness starts to appear. We rush around in a frenzied state, hoping our gifts will not be late. Covered in glitter, threads, & glue, we’re trying to decide – is that teal or is it blue? Checking our lists just to see, which ones are […] Read more…
Special post today! Dollar Tree is one of my affiliates on the blog & usually I’m scoping out their website for the latest yarn deals. I got an email about a promotion blog post for Hallmark cards sold in their stores. Did y’all know they sold Hallmark cards because I surely didn’t! I decided to […] Read more…
I’ve been doing reviews of different Lion Brand yarns on my YouTube channel. For each yarn, I’m doing a knitted & crocheted swatch based on gauge swatch information given on the label. Then I’m making a project with each yarn. I feel that’s the best way for me to give a full review of the […] Read more…
I was looking through my “future blog posts” folder & realized I never share it before! One day I was talking about figuring out what to blog about & my dad suggested posting about mayhaw jelly. I was quite certain at the time that I had already posted about it, but no, no I have […] Read more…