The Shop On Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars
Yes, this is the book you think of when you think about a knitter’s group. While I’m not always into the adult woman problems and warm fuzzies type of books, I enjoyed this book. The womens’ stories kept my attention. The book certainly made me wish I had a knitting/crochet group to join. I will be keeping my eye out to read the rest in the series.


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These pieces of jewelry made out of old gift cards are really awesome! (found at In The Skein of Things)

Photo is by the lovely Kara, not myself.

Last night my new friend, Kara, and I got together to try our hand at making some paper flowers for her daughter’s birthday party. She picked some awesome bright colors and I think the flowers turned out pretty cute!

I’m looking forward to making some for the house after we get moved in. I’m picturing a bouquet for every season!

I’ve started getting more and more nostalgic lately for simple things that remind me of my childhood. That’s just a part of aging I suppose. I had a great wave of nostalgia at the end of last year when making the Cup Cozies that were a staple of my childhood at both my parents’ and grandparents’ homes. They’re so cute and useful.

Recently I’ve had thoughts about how useful little stools (that my great grandmother made out of juice cans) were. When I was little we would put a tray on them and eat off of them, we’d sit on them, we’d use them to reach something tall, to rest our feet…. I remember her making some when I was younger, but I don’t think I was ever around to see her make one. Unfortunately she passed away some years ago so I can’t learn from her directly. At Easter dinner I asked my family how she made them and got pretty good direction. Finally this weekend I took the time to sit down and make one. I’m REALLY happy with how it turned out, almost exactly how I remembered. It really warmed my heart to think that I was crafting something that my great-grandmother once made. Now I have something useful that will remind me of my family every time I make use of it. Plus, I think it’s totally cute too!

The other day we were over at Sam’s parents’ house and his mom went “Oh, I have something for you!” (to me). She ran into the other room and came back with this:

Sorry for the privacy whiteout!

How cute is that!?! It’s a shirt that Sam decorated and wore when he was like 4 or 5. So cute!

I’m so glad she gave it to me. Now I’m just trying to figure out what I should do with it. I’m thinking about possibly trying to figure out a cute way to display it, I hate to just keep it in a closet somewhere.

You need to head over to the Thompson Family blog and see the gorgeous paper flowers and garlands she’s made. Go now. So pretty.

The bad thing about writing a public blog is that when you finish crafting something that is going to be a gift, you can’t post about it right away.

I’ve been crafting quite a bit these past couple of weeks, but I can’t really post about any of them because they’re all gifts for other people. But it’s felt so good to be crafting again. I go in and out of stages, but it’s nice to have something to occupy time when I’m not feeling well or just watching tv. It really makes me feel accomplished to get a project done!