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A Favorite Thing #27

March 8, 2013 at 8:00 pm by Claudia

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Week 27 of A Favorite Thing! Welcome. I hope you’ve had a good week in your neck of the woods. I’ve been a bit under the weather but today seems to be a better day and for that I am grateful. Let’s look at some highlights from last week:

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Katherine of Home Made Haven shared her love of trays and especially this kind of tray, where she can remove the glass and change out the design. Very clever!

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Dianne of The Pages of My Life, shared this wonderful use of an old decorative hanger. She has reinvented it as a way to hang her artwork. Isn’t this striking? Not to mention how beautiful Dianne’s canvas is!

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Lynn of Poppi Linn Studios shared some gorgeous signs of Spring she found at our local garden center’s annual Spring show. Lynn lives near me and I wish I had thought to visit there! Darn it. It sounds like just what the doctor ordered!

My favorite thing for this week:

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Watching my husband shovel the 6 or so inches of wet snow that fell overnight.

After a winter where he was away in Southern California working and I was back here shoveling mega amounts of snow, I am so glad that he is here for (hopefully) the last snowfall of the season. I stayed inside. And took pictures. But I did make him a grilled cheese sandwich when he came inside!

Now it’s your turn.

You can link up anytime from this evening through Sunday. Make sure you enter the URL of your post. If you’re unsure how to do that, just click on your post title after you’ve published it and copy the information in your browser address window. Come back here, paste the URL into your link entry and there you go! If you have any problems, drop me an email and I’ll help you out. Please link back to this blog on your post. That way, those that read your post and are interested in reading more can do so.

One of my concerns about link parties is that the very reason for them has somewhat gone by the wayside. They’ve become so big and there are so many of them that many bloggers don’t take the time to visit any of the other participants. Link parties are a way to meet new bloggers and share with each other and the only way to do that is to visit each other. So, please, take some time to visit everyone over the next few days. No rush. Stop by, introduce yourself, and leave a comment. It’s the neighborly thing to do. It’s also nice if you leave a comment here, as well.

Enjoy!


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Springtime Crochet Flower Garlands: a Shop Update

March 8, 2013 at 8:48 am by Claudia

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The view this morning. Seems like March wants to give us one last shot of snow – it won’t last long because the temps are going to be in the fifties tomorrow and Sunday. Scout’s happy. And I’m happy because I’m going to let Don shovel! I figure I’ve earned it.

Thanks for the get well wishes. I’m still not feeling great, but I feel a bit better this morning. This winter has been the toughest on my sinuses that I can remember. I’m really tired of it all.

Today I have a shop update to share with you. Bear with me as I  show you the new banners I’m listing today. Behold, the Springtime Crochet Flower Garland Collection:

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These garlands are made from Peaches & Creme Cotton. The flowers measure about 3 ¾ inches in diameter. Peaches & Creme cotton has a heft to it that makes for a sturdy flower. Each banner will come with a coordinating length of ribbon. But as you can see here, you can also use a length of twine or lace or baker’s twine or fishing line. If you use fishing line, your flowers will seem suspended in mid-air. Each of these garlands includes 8 flowers, 4 in each color, and is $14.00.

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This group is crocheted in Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino yarn. It is incredibly soft and made of a combination of merino wool and cashmere. Since the flowers are smaller and measure 3 inches in diameter, I included 10 each in these garlands. The Celadon is hard to capture accurately, but it is a true Celadon and it is beautiful. As with the others, a length of ribbon will be included. Since this yarn is expensive and there are 10 flowers in each garland, the price is $16.00.

If you see something you want and it’s already been spoken for, let me know. I do have some yarn left in both Peaches & Creme and the Baby Cashmerino and if there’s enough to fulfill your request, I’ll be happy to do so. I also plan on crocheting some garlands in the other colors of Baby Cashmerino that you see in the Multicolors Garland. But I have to crochet a couple of Obsession scarves in the meantime.

The light has been so inconsistent lately, it’s been a battle trying to photograph these garlands. Spring, please come soon!

Update: All banners are sold out. I’ll start making a few more! Thank you!

Happy Friday.

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Under the Weather

March 7, 2013 at 7:52 am by Claudia

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Hello, everyone. This will be a short post. I’m feeling sleepy and achy and just plain yucky. I’m sure it’s either sinus problems or a cold (I can never tell the difference, really.) I don’t have the energy to be witty or profound or even a wee bit chatty today.

I will have to delay my Etsy shop update until tomorrow. It takes a lot of time to edit photos and write the information for each new item – hopefully I can have that done by Friday.

I’m just plain tuckered out.

A big thank you to Where Women Create for featuring my Pretty Board today. You can see it by clicking here.

Happy Thursday.

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