Yummy Treat!

Are you filling your kitchen with yummy treats? Have you tried these easy pretzel turtles yet? They are my new favorite.

They really are the easiest ever. Try not to eat them all.

Do you have a Christmas treat you must have during the holidays?

Snowflake-ish

Remember the leftover pieces I had from the wreath? I glued 12 of them together and created these snowflake-ish things.

Similar to these ornaments, except that my leftover paper pieces were 1"x5", and I used 12 of them. I thought about hanging them but they stand well on their own so now they line our fireplace mantle.

With all my leftover pieces I had enough to make 7 of these. So for those who are interested in making the wreath you really only need 3 - 4 12"x12" pages.

Paper Wreath

The holiday crafting has begun! I used this tutorial from Razzle Dazzle Crafting, and I think it turned out pretty well. At least now our front door looks a little more festive.

I cut 8 sheets of 12"x12" scrapbook paper from my stash, which created more than enough paper loops to go around the 14" wreath form that I used. In fact I'm using the leftovers for a different project...coming soon!

Daisy

I've been knitting again, and I love it!

The Itty-Bitty Hats patterns by Susan B. Anderson are simple and cute. I've had my eye on the upside-down daisy hat, and I finally got around to making it. I loved using the baby merino wool I brought back from New Zealand, and I'm wishing I had crammed more of it into my suitcase!

Crochet Flower Variation

This flower is similar to the Floppy Flower but it is smaller and holds it's shape a little better.

Materials

1 skein of non-divisible, fray resistant craft thread or crochet thread

Size 3/2.1 mm crochet hook

button or other embellishment

Instructions

Make ring: ch 2, sc 14 in 1st ch, join with slip stich to first sc.

Round 1: ch 6, sl st 5 down the chain, sl st in same as beginning of chain,

[sl st, sc, ch 6, sl st 5 down the chain, sl st in same as sc before chain] 6 times (7 petals total).

Round 2: sl st, [sc, sc, sc, hdc, hdc 3, hdc 2, hdc, sc, sc, sc, sk 1, sl st, sk 1] 6 times.

sc, sc, sc, hdc, hdc 3, hdc 2, hdc, sc, sc, sc, sk 1, sl st, fasten off.

Attach button to the center.

As you can see this is a fairly easy pattern to modify to your liking. Enjoy!

Pine cone Turkey

A quick fall craft using bits of nature! And great to use to decorate for Thanksgiving...

Supplies:
pine cone (the more round the better)
leaves of various color
googly eyes
yellow foam or paper for the beak
red felt for wattle
glue

We used the stem end of the pine cone as the head. Glue the leaves to the pine cone between the scales of the pine cone arranging them like feathers. Glue the eyes, beak, and wattle.

If you have brown pompoms available you might try using those as the head and glue the eyes, beak, and wattle to that.

I'm not sure how long the leaves will stay this vibrant, but you could use all sorts of things instead of leaves...paper, feathers, etc.

A Halloween Treat!

Crocheted Floppy Flower

Materials

1 skein of non-divisible, fray resistant craft thread or crochet thread

Size 3/2.1 mm crochet hook

button or other embellishment

Instructions

Make ring: ch 2, sc 14 in 1st ch, join with slip stich to first sc.

Round 1: ch 6, sc 5 down the chain, sl st in same as beginning of chain,

[sl st, sc, ch 6, sc 5 down the chain, sl st in same as sc before chain] 6 times (7 petals total).

Round 2: sl st, [sc, sc, hdc, dc, dc 4, dc 3, dc, hdc, sc, sc, sk 1, sl st, sk 1] 6 times.

sc, sc, hdc, dc, dc 4, dc 3, dc, hdc, sc, sc, sk 1, sl st, fasten off.

Attach button in the center.