This quiz is lifted from Karen at NothingButKnit who comes up with the best quizzes! Do you gift your handmade items? Do you have limits around who you gift to or what you gift? What type of things do you like to make and gift? Have you received handmade items? Have you ever asked for… Continue reading Knitting Gift Quiz
Some of the Halloween treats I bought myself have started rolling in! I couldn’t resist these Universal Monster stitch markers from FanGirl Fibers 🙂 I also ordered a Halloween countdown set of My Favorite Murder stitch markers from her, but they aren’t going to ship until closer to mid-October. I also got a very cool… Continue reading Spooky Mail
For you crafty folk here in blogville, some items that may be of interest: Craftsy is coming back in mere days! Craftsy is due to relaunch on or around September 1. I am a current subscriber, so I’ve been getting the updates as they go. From what they said in the last email, they will… Continue reading Crafting News Update
One day I will stop it with the puns, but today is not that day! Anyway. I know all of my cats have been mentioned at one time or another, but I don’t think they have all been really introduced. We adopted Edgar and Lazlo in 2009 from the Anchorage Animal Control. They had been… Continue reading Caturday!
I mentioned the other day that we previously had a tiki living room, which raised a few questions. Before you look at these pictures, bear in mind that I am decor-impaired, and was doing the best I could via thrifting and making over random junk to put together this room. We were pretty poor at… Continue reading Tiki Tuesday
Karen at NothingButKnit shared this quiz earlier this week – she always has fun quizzes 🙂 My answers are below. Feel free to give your answers in the comments, or answer on your blog and leave a link so we can check out your answers! Do you have any quirky decorative pieces that you just… Continue reading A Quirky Quiz
The outdoor flowers have continued to bloom away this week, and the indoor kitchen plants have been doing well also. The avocado tree is growing away! There are leaves starting to sprout from the central stalk all the way up, so it isn’t just a stick with some growth at the top, though that’s what… Continue reading Floral Update
The flowers are continuing to bloom – hoping we can keep them going until fall! And that’s how my garden grows 🙂
My story today starts, as my stories often do, with yarn. I recently bought a Dinosaur Eggs: A Study miniskein set from Yarnaceous Fibers, whose dinosaur and geology themed asthetic I enjoy. Along with my cool yarn, she sent me a lovely little stitch marker and a little packet of Tazo herbal tea. The tea… Continue reading Tea for Two: Tazo Forager Edition
Quite A Yarn 