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This month’s crafty update is a project I started when we did a road trip to the Florida panhandle over spring break.   I love a car crochet project so I worked on these cute Easter turtles for my kiddos while we drove. With a 12-hour drive, I made 2 of these little guys and the…

Crafty Update: Easter Turtles

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crafts, crochet

August 16, 2023

This month’s crafty update is a crochet project I finished for my kiddos for Valentine’s day!  Chonky Amigurumi Animals! I got this fun crochet book for Christmas and asked the kids to choose their favorite animals.  I ordered the yarn and got to work on these fun and huge cuddly critters.  Olive wanted the frog,…

Crafty Update – Chonky Amigurumi Animals

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May 17, 2023

This month’s crafty update features the finished gnome blanket!  Yay!  It’s finally complete.  A year’s worth of C2C crochet patterns from Repeat Crafter Me.  It was really exciting getting the new pattern each month and completing the gnome.  I love how they are themed for the month.  I think my favorite one is August (my…

Crafty Update – Finished Gnome blanket

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February 8, 2023

This month we wrap up the 2020-2021 school year for PTO and planned for 2021-2022! I am going into my 3rd (and final) year of being the PTO President for my kid’s elementary school. Every year we have a big planning meeting in June for the next school year. Gifts are my love language –…

Crochet Flower pot gifts

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crafts, crochet

June 24, 2021

Just a little update on my crafty endeavors (other than party printables)! The reason I started crocheting was because of crochet cuties aka amigurumi. This book is what originally inspired me to ask my Mom to teach me! I write more about how this book changed my life here! (ok I just went down an…

Off the hook! Crochet cuties

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March 9, 2021

I gave a lot of handmade this Christmas, so I wanted to show some of it off! I love gifting and getting handmade crafts. With the gift of time this year, I was able to make quite a few gifts! This is the (I think) 6th quilt I have made this year. I used fun…

Holiday Handmade review

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crochet, holiday

January 11, 2021

My son has a small obsession with pufferfish! Thanks to the Nintendo switch game Animal Crossing! So for his birthday I decided to make him his very own Pufferfish crochet stuffie! I found this awesome pattern for a Pufferfish crochet stuffie by Vanessa Mooncie for FREE on Ravelry! It is written in British crochet terms…

Pufferfish are cool!

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birthday gifts, crochet

September 22, 2020

More projects to show off! I know quarantine has been hard for so many, I feel fortunate that my kiddos (almost 11 and 9) are thriving and enjoying being home with the whole family – and I am getting projects done that I have been wanting to do! Here are some of my recent completions.…

Even More Quarantine Crafting!

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birthday gifts, crochet, quilting

August 6, 2020

My quarantine crafting projects continue! I recently finished this fun one with a pattern from Crafty is Cool! I used her Bear Cub pattern and did a few mods (thanks for the suggestions Crafty is Cool) to create baby yoda! If you haven’t seen Allison Hoffman’s work – you are in for a treat –…

Crochet Fun! More quarantine crafting!

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July 7, 2020

One good thing about this quarantine is all the time at home to finish projects! While I didn’t dive in and start making masks to sell (like the rest of the world) I did make them for family and friends. Here is my crew in their cute masks! I was also able to get some…

Rediscovering my Craftiness during Quarantine!

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birthday gifts, crochet, quilting

June 5, 2020

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