Too much teal, I gotta go change the color to something else less bright, maybe the nice soft green they've got. Otherwise I like the new layout of my blog.
BTW, thanks to everyone who's following me. It means a lot, really, especially as there are months sometimes in between my blog posts, then I blog 4 times in one day (like today). Please forgive me any typos that I have missed, I try to catch them all, but do miss a few. I just can't seem to spell "the" and "just" right on the first try unless I'm really concentrating on my typing, other words get messed up too though especially at night when I'm tired.
Now I'm gonna go watch that lady's tutorial again just to make sure I got the casting on part right, then I'm going to commence knitting. I have to admit to some excitement! ;) Have a good night, y'all!
=) Gayle
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Muffins
Well they look beautiful!! Exactly the way that muffins w/ blueberries are supposed to look. However, let this be a lesson to us all, LEMON YOGURT & Bananas DO NOT mesh well in the baked muffin flavor scheme. Instead they served to make me feel slightly nauseous! Dang, I knew I should have left that last banana for baby K to munch on for dinner, but no i had to use it up.
On the other hand, the muffins taste delicious when you think of the blueberries, sunflower & flax seed... they are a bit bland though. I guess I really shouldn't have shorted the recipe of the sugar either, but I was being experimental, and it got me a lovely-looking muffin that I'm not sure that I can eat anymore of them. Good thing that my boys love them though!!! Because I doubled the recipe & got 3 dozen muffins (I make mine a bit smaller, my kids don't know any different).
Now I want a tasty Blueberry muffin, but from my Nut Bread recipe... unaltered recipe. Perhaps tomorrow after Church, I'll make some more muffins, after all I do have another package of fresh blueberries needing to be used up. This time I'll follow the recipe exactly with no excessive alterations (though I do admit to putting in more blueberries & extra sliced almonds in as well as some ground flax seed, but those only add to the goodness of the recipe).
On the other hand, the muffins taste delicious when you think of the blueberries, sunflower & flax seed... they are a bit bland though. I guess I really shouldn't have shorted the recipe of the sugar either, but I was being experimental, and it got me a lovely-looking muffin that I'm not sure that I can eat anymore of them. Good thing that my boys love them though!!! Because I doubled the recipe & got 3 dozen muffins (I make mine a bit smaller, my kids don't know any different).
Now I want a tasty Blueberry muffin, but from my Nut Bread recipe... unaltered recipe. Perhaps tomorrow after Church, I'll make some more muffins, after all I do have another package of fresh blueberries needing to be used up. This time I'll follow the recipe exactly with no excessive alterations (though I do admit to putting in more blueberries & extra sliced almonds in as well as some ground flax seed, but those only add to the goodness of the recipe).
Trying something new
I went looking for a way to spread out my blog a little, I wanted to have 3 columns of print, well I got them now, but somehow along the way I managed to mess up my color scheme too. Then my kids interrupted me a few times and I lost the one that was quite close to the way I had it before, now I guess I'll stick with the teal one for a little while. Still gotta bake those muffins, the batter is halfway mixed up, and I'm feeling kinda frustrated right now too so I think that I'll give the internet a rest and just crochet while listening to a book on CD for the rest of the time while baby K is sleeping (oh finally sleeping).
I feel really tired too, so if this post seems garbled, that's why. Plus my head hurts & my 3 yo son keeps showing up with miscellaneous questions & comments about why can he play outside... then there's the poppy underwear of said boy above that needs scrubbing, and 9 yo son wants to sit & read with me or make flying noises while I'm trying to listen to said CD, then 7 yo son wants to eat and play outside ONLY - no chores today okay Mom? Except, there's no way I'm cleaning ALL of their stinky bathroom by myself, you make the mess you clean it up... and your room too needs to be cleaned up, or we'll get a backhoe in here to clean it for you!
**GGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR** Hear the tired, frustrated, grumpy Mommy roar!!! Back to the muffins now, they are looking pretty good. I'm using a yummy Lemon Yogurt recipe I've had forever and just throwing in a lot of extras, then hoping it tastes as good as I want it too... plus am decreasing the sugar because I added extra yogurt so I could decrease the oil. And on I run.......
I feel really tired too, so if this post seems garbled, that's why. Plus my head hurts & my 3 yo son keeps showing up with miscellaneous questions & comments about why can he play outside... then there's the poppy underwear of said boy above that needs scrubbing, and 9 yo son wants to sit & read with me or make flying noises while I'm trying to listen to said CD, then 7 yo son wants to eat and play outside ONLY - no chores today okay Mom? Except, there's no way I'm cleaning ALL of their stinky bathroom by myself, you make the mess you clean it up... and your room too needs to be cleaned up, or we'll get a backhoe in here to clean it for you!
**GGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR** Hear the tired, frustrated, grumpy Mommy roar!!! Back to the muffins now, they are looking pretty good. I'm using a yummy Lemon Yogurt recipe I've had forever and just throwing in a lot of extras, then hoping it tastes as good as I want it too... plus am decreasing the sugar because I added extra yogurt so I could decrease the oil. And on I run.......
Trying to teach myself how to knit... again
The thing is, I still remember hwo to knit & purl, but the big hang-up for me is that I jsut can't seem to recall how to cast on. Well I've been hunting around YouTube in hopes of finding someone who's posted a vid showing the same way of casting on that I learned as a child in Shelly Watson's 4-H class (at least I think her name was Watson, do you remember Amelia?). Anyhow, I'm fairly sure that this vid is the same way I learned all those years ago (coming up on 30 years ago), well apparently this link goes to a group of vids (videos/movies). I'm not talking about the casting on method the lady calls the e-loop, which while it's easy, hear that it's not very stable. Oh no, I'm talking about the long tail method (or so I've seen/heard several people refer to it). Here's another link, this lady explains it quite well especially as the other lady left a very important detail out, as in which hand holds the tail & which hand holds the working yarn, oh yeah super important stuff that!
Anyhow, once I get the hang of casting on, then I'll practice knitting & purling, maybe for a cotton dishcloth. By then I would think that I could remember what I'm doing long enough to have it emblazoned into my short-term memory & be able to do more with it than just a simple dishcloth.
In the meantime, I'll also keep on crocheting, something that I love that it doesn't take 2 needles to do. After I find my knitting needles, well then I'll give some of these tute's (tutorials) a try, then I'll post again about my results.
For now, I'm off to make Blueberry muffins w/ yogurt and maybe that last sad-looking banana & some ground flax seed as well -- YUM!!! Oh mustn't forget to put nuts or sunflower seeds in too... to me, baked goods are just so much better with the addition of nuts & seeds!!!
Have a great day y'all!
Anyhow, once I get the hang of casting on, then I'll practice knitting & purling, maybe for a cotton dishcloth. By then I would think that I could remember what I'm doing long enough to have it emblazoned into my short-term memory & be able to do more with it than just a simple dishcloth.
In the meantime, I'll also keep on crocheting, something that I love that it doesn't take 2 needles to do. After I find my knitting needles, well then I'll give some of these tute's (tutorials) a try, then I'll post again about my results.
For now, I'm off to make Blueberry muffins w/ yogurt and maybe that last sad-looking banana & some ground flax seed as well -- YUM!!! Oh mustn't forget to put nuts or sunflower seeds in too... to me, baked goods are just so much better with the addition of nuts & seeds!!!
Have a great day y'all!
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Birthday Flowers
Just wanted to show off this gorgeous bouquet of flowers that my hubby gave to me... he may not have been home to pick them out personally but I think that Vernal Floral did a fantastic job of making them up. Ahh that man knows just what I like! ;)
Yellow Dress is done!!
I finished the yellow under-dress for the turquoise jumper/dress that I made yesterday. So here's a few pics I took tonight. I'm happy with the way it turned out. Now I need to go catch some needed sleep.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
2 hour baby jumper/dress
Yep, I've been sewing again. I love it, I just can't get enough of it, it's like I'm trying to make up for the year or so where I didn't sew a stitch until I made baby K's blessing dress, then didn't sew again until June last year. Anyhow, now that I have this little shop, I want to make cute baby clothes to sell, but first I've been trying the patterns out on baby K. So, here's the latest item, a reversible baby jumper which some might call a dress [but my Mom always called these "jumpers" so I do too].
Now I sewed the whole thing together in under 2 hours, but I cut it out on another day. However it's an easy pattern to cut out, so anyhow here it is. I used this pattern,
but I lengthened and widened the pattern after I traced it off (then figured out how to make the pattern big enough for a child up to 5 years).
Then I used the two turquoise printed fabrics to make the jumper, but the bright yellow is going to be the under-dress for this dress, which can be worn as a dress on it's own. The cute orange gingham is going to be made into a little blouse for my darling baby K to go with some pants I plan to make her from a gray w/ orange stripe sweatpants-type knit I've got (sitting on my dryer waiting for it's turn to be washed). But that's another day's project.
And now for the jumper/dress. It is sooo cute, and I couldn't believe how easy it actually was to make. I have some gorgeous fine-whale corduroy I bought (at Walmart `cuz there's no where else to buy non-quilting cotton fabric around here other than the quilt shops), 3 different pieces, so this is great practice before I start working with them. Now without further ado....
Just so you know the pics of the jumper was taken last night at like 1:30 am so after dark so the colors don't show up as good. And now... on to change a couple diapers and to sew my lovely yellow under-dress for baby K. Maybe if I get to it, I'll get the orange blouse cut out. I'll be using Leila and Ben's pattern for 12-5T (but the pic on this one is so much cuter) to make the yellow under-dress as well as the orange gingham blouse. I really like this pattern (and no I don't get anything for saying so). Oh, the dress I made for my 300 fans on Facebook Giveaway is from this pattern, I used lots of shirring with I love!! Here's another look at that dress. Just look at the grin that popped out when I pulled out the camera, wasn't she such a cute model for this dress?
I just love peasant-style dresses & tops. Maybe I'll even make some for myself someday. And now off to sew some more...
Now I sewed the whole thing together in under 2 hours, but I cut it out on another day. However it's an easy pattern to cut out, so anyhow here it is. I used this pattern,
And now for the jumper/dress. It is sooo cute, and I couldn't believe how easy it actually was to make. I have some gorgeous fine-whale corduroy I bought (at Walmart `cuz there's no where else to buy non-quilting cotton fabric around here other than the quilt shops), 3 different pieces, so this is great practice before I start working with them. Now without further ado....
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Another fun one
You may have noticed that lots of my posts lately include links to fun stuff I want to try sewing. Anyhow here's another one, well two actually. Links to sewing your own business card holders, the first one is super easy, makes me want to go buy some thin clear vinyl to make one for me (and maybe a couple as gifts, she don't want us selling her ideas), here's the link to that one, did I mention it's easy? ;) Like 3 steps.
Okay now the other business card holder pattern is here, when it's folded up, it looks like a cute little fabric wallet.
Now you might wonder why I'm posting these, well I'm kinda tired of packing my cards around in my pocket where they get crumpled (because I hate packing a purse around, but I think I can handle one of these little card holder thingies).
I've had this idea running through my mind about how to make one, so I had to google patterns this morning (either that or doze off on keyboard). These 2 aren't really what I want but I think I will make one of each for sewing practice (especially the one with vinyl), then try to make up my idea. It's kinda a cross between these too, but different yet. I love sewing so these will just be fun.
=) Gayle
Okay now the other business card holder pattern is here, when it's folded up, it looks like a cute little fabric wallet.
Now you might wonder why I'm posting these, well I'm kinda tired of packing my cards around in my pocket where they get crumpled (because I hate packing a purse around, but I think I can handle one of these little card holder thingies).
I've had this idea running through my mind about how to make one, so I had to google patterns this morning (either that or doze off on keyboard). These 2 aren't really what I want but I think I will make one of each for sewing practice (especially the one with vinyl), then try to make up my idea. It's kinda a cross between these too, but different yet. I love sewing so these will just be fun.
=) Gayle
Tuesday Jan 3rd... record posting day for me!
I think I posted 4 times in a row that day?! Hmm... but I was just excited because I'd found so many fun things I just wanted to share with everyone (not that very many are interested in my blog, I know it's pretty boring lately).
Today I'm just kinda blah... then I go cough cough cough, hard as can be then I feel like crap again. I couldn't relax and get to sleep until almost 5 am this morning, I woke up at like 7:43 am so I got a bit of sleep, but I think this might be one of those days when I lay on the floor & let the kids play on or around me.
Part of my not sleeping is because hubby is gone to Kansas for 3 months, though he might get to come home for a week or so each month; and other part is because I get settled & comfortable then I start coughing like crazy until my lungs burn, my throat feels on fire & my heart is racing crazily. I feel like it's the same cold baby K has but then again it seems related to this breathing issue I have & still need to get tested for (to see do I have asthma or is it COPD), guess I should try harder to find out, but it's hard to go out in public when you feel so crappy and people look at you weird when you cough hard like that.
Today though I hope to have a nap then get some sewing done. I really miss sewing & plan to get a bunch done while hubby is away; plan to crochet up a bunch of my flower hair clips, say 3 or 4 of each solid color of yarn I have to be ahead a bit in case I start making a bunch of sales this winter and I can be ahead. Have been thinking of all kinds of other things to make to add to my Etsy shop inventory, and I plan to give some sneak peeks of what these are in coming days & weeks on here.
For now though, time to go take care 3rd son T as he's still not potty trained (though he'll grumpily go sit on it if I tell him to, just won't do it on his own & hides away when he goes in his diaper); have decided not to push it much right now though, just too exhausted to care much. Seriously if this stubborn kid of mine wants to have a sore bum, so be it!
=) Gayle
Today I'm just kinda blah... then I go cough cough cough, hard as can be then I feel like crap again. I couldn't relax and get to sleep until almost 5 am this morning, I woke up at like 7:43 am so I got a bit of sleep, but I think this might be one of those days when I lay on the floor & let the kids play on or around me.
Part of my not sleeping is because hubby is gone to Kansas for 3 months, though he might get to come home for a week or so each month; and other part is because I get settled & comfortable then I start coughing like crazy until my lungs burn, my throat feels on fire & my heart is racing crazily. I feel like it's the same cold baby K has but then again it seems related to this breathing issue I have & still need to get tested for (to see do I have asthma or is it COPD), guess I should try harder to find out, but it's hard to go out in public when you feel so crappy and people look at you weird when you cough hard like that.
Today though I hope to have a nap then get some sewing done. I really miss sewing & plan to get a bunch done while hubby is away; plan to crochet up a bunch of my flower hair clips, say 3 or 4 of each solid color of yarn I have to be ahead a bit in case I start making a bunch of sales this winter and I can be ahead. Have been thinking of all kinds of other things to make to add to my Etsy shop inventory, and I plan to give some sneak peeks of what these are in coming days & weeks on here.
For now though, time to go take care 3rd son T as he's still not potty trained (though he'll grumpily go sit on it if I tell him to, just won't do it on his own & hides away when he goes in his diaper); have decided not to push it much right now though, just too exhausted to care much. Seriously if this stubborn kid of mine wants to have a sore bum, so be it!
=) Gayle
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Christmas 2011
Perhaps I should have put this post first before every other one I've written today, but my mind runs in circles sometimes.
So we had a great Christmas, sadly I neglected to think about taking any pics until AFTER everything was cleaned up! *smacks forehead* What was I thinking?? Oh yeah, nothing apparently!
We had a great Christmas though my kids thought they'd die. I told my boys ('cuz really Katelynn didn't really care) they could ONLY get into their stockings on Christmas morning but NOTHING else until after Church. LOL, thank goodness we had the early block, yup 9 am church, but the last one for a year, yay! I knew we'd not get to church otherwise, and I really wanted to go because it was only for an hour and I was pretty sure it was going to be mostly music. ;)
So stockings only, then breakfast, Church, then home to change clothes b4 opening presents... which we did quite well, all the while smelling that delicious ham cooking!! Yum!
Hope you all had a fabulous Christmas & a fun-filled New Year's Eve/Day!
=) Gayle
So we had a great Christmas, sadly I neglected to think about taking any pics until AFTER everything was cleaned up! *smacks forehead* What was I thinking?? Oh yeah, nothing apparently!
We had a great Christmas though my kids thought they'd die. I told my boys ('cuz really Katelynn didn't really care) they could ONLY get into their stockings on Christmas morning but NOTHING else until after Church. LOL, thank goodness we had the early block, yup 9 am church, but the last one for a year, yay! I knew we'd not get to church otherwise, and I really wanted to go because it was only for an hour and I was pretty sure it was going to be mostly music. ;)
So stockings only, then breakfast, Church, then home to change clothes b4 opening presents... which we did quite well, all the while smelling that delicious ham cooking!! Yum!
Hope you all had a fabulous Christmas & a fun-filled New Year's Eve/Day!
=) Gayle
Something else fun I just found
Have you ever wanted to learn how to do SMOCKING? Yeah? Me too. Well, I've just been reading along on Sew Homegrown, and up pops a tutorial by the blog author's Mom on SMOCKING! Yay! Here's a link you can use to check it out! I'm going to go finish reading about it, then I'm going back over to CrochetSpot to finish reading about the Magic Circle because I got distracted. ;)
I love the way little girls' dresses look so cute with smocking on them, guess it's time for me to get sewing again!!
Oh yeah, here's the rest of the story to go with the link for smocking above!
=) Gayle
I love the way little girls' dresses look so cute with smocking on them, guess it's time for me to get sewing again!!
Oh yeah, here's the rest of the story to go with the link for smocking above!
=) Gayle
Hmm....
Just viewed my "public" blog. Guess I really need to update the photo of my family, since Taw (baby in pic) is almost 4, and of course my little Katelynn is no where to be seen there. Now she's going to be 13 months old this Friday! Wow, how times just flies along!
Another crochet link
Have I mentioned the CrochetSpot before? No? Well It's a great place to go visit if you like to crochet as much as I do, there's always new patterns she's made up (well there's more than just one "she" I guess). But today, I like the article on how you can use the "magic circle" in more than just starting out your piece. I haven't read the whole article, but will. So you want to see it? Alright, go here to check it out! I'm on my way there right now too. ;) Plus on the main page, there's a new pattern for a sweater I want to go drool over... because I'm just not brave enough to make sweaters yet.
=) Gayle
=) Gayle
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
GIVEAWAY on Fabrics and Flowers Facebook Page
I hit 250 fans/likes on my Facebook page last week so am now hosting a Giveaway of 3 items. Enter to win by following the directions on Fabrics and Flowers FB page.
Anyhow, here are some pics of the items that I'm giving away:
First, this larger than usual crocheted flower hair clip.
3rd item, diaper clutch in boy colors.
Anyhow, here are some pics of the items that I'm giving away:
First, this larger than usual crocheted flower hair clip.
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| 2nd item: 12 month old baby dress (fits up to a 24 month old baby as a dress, then could be used even longer as a tunic or top). Lots more pics. |
Monday, December 19, 2011
Family
Hi all,
I spent part of my weekend in my hometown of Mt. Pleasant (Utah) helping with the celebration my siblings and I had planned for my Dad's 80th birthday. We'd had a birthday dinner for him on his birthday Dec. 16 at his home, then on Saturday we had an Open House for him to visit with all his friends and various relatives.
Anyhow, we also reminisced over our favorite "Daddy" memories; like when my Dad made his ice cream sandwiches for my sister Amelia's new in-laws just a few hours after she was married (her anniversary is coming up tomorrow, 15 years for her). Dad's ice cream sandwiches consist of a slab of ice cream between 2 slices of his heavy whole wheat bread made in his bread machine, he likes to experiment with the liquid in his bread using pickle juice, green bean [cooking] water, or sweet potatoes for examples.
I love my family, and all we've done together; and what we still continue to do together or/and for each other. The joy of family is indeed on of the true joys of life!
=) Gayle
I spent part of my weekend in my hometown of Mt. Pleasant (Utah) helping with the celebration my siblings and I had planned for my Dad's 80th birthday. We'd had a birthday dinner for him on his birthday Dec. 16 at his home, then on Saturday we had an Open House for him to visit with all his friends and various relatives.
Anyhow, we also reminisced over our favorite "Daddy" memories; like when my Dad made his ice cream sandwiches for my sister Amelia's new in-laws just a few hours after she was married (her anniversary is coming up tomorrow, 15 years for her). Dad's ice cream sandwiches consist of a slab of ice cream between 2 slices of his heavy whole wheat bread made in his bread machine, he likes to experiment with the liquid in his bread using pickle juice, green bean [cooking] water, or sweet potatoes for examples.
I love my family, and all we've done together; and what we still continue to do together or/and for each other. The joy of family is indeed on of the true joys of life!
=) Gayle
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