Howling at the Moon

  Last year I bought a couple of dry flower bouquets and combined them to make a larger bouquet. I love the natural colors of dried flowers.   I used up all dried flowers, but didn't use all of the wheat and grass, so from what was left I made this Wheat & Grass Wreath, that I wrote a post about a couple of weeks ago.   I still had some leftovers and with a bit of clay I made these little dried flower decorations. Knead a piece of clay to the form you like it to be, stick in the flowers, finished. A ten seconds craft everyone can make. I especially like the one below, which I made of poppy seed pods.

Stash Buster 16  Last week my youngest daughter, who is still in elementary school, made a little crate at school. There's a school subject called manual dextery and apparently one of the things they teach there is carpentry. Looks like my daughter has talent for wood and nails (not inherited by me, that's for sure); I thought the little crate so pretty that I wanted it to use for Fall decoration. This week I crocheted a couple of pumpkins to fill the little crate with.   Patterns: I didn't use instructions, but you can find patterns for similar looking pumpkins here and here Yarn : various colors by Katia    

Stash Buster 15   May I present the stash buster of stashbusters: the chain link garland!     And so simple to make! Chain 6 plus 1 for turning Row 1-40: sc in every stitch Cut of yarn long enough to be able to sew both ends together  Make as much as you want your garlang to be long Sew ends of every piece together, but in such a way that you form links That's it!

 A while ago I made a top, called the Granny Go Round Jumper, for my daughter. I really liked the pattern and style, so I made one for myself, too, but in different colors, though.  I especially like the ribbed trim of the top.  Pattern: Granny Go Round Jumper by Iron Lamb Yarn: Royal Black and Royal Green by Zeeman   ~*~ Walter the Squirl was featured by Annemaries Haakblog and Creative Jewish Mom !  

  At the moment I'm up to date as it comes to baby presents, so this one, Walter the Squirl, is to set apart for whenever the next mom to be announces her happy expecting.   Pattern: Walter the Squirl from Amigurumi Treasures by Erinna Lee Yarn: various colors by Katia and Scheepjes   ~*~ My Tulip Bag   was featured by Creative Jewish Mom and Simply Sweet Home ! My crocheted Pumpkin Spice Latte was featured by Creative Jewish Mom !    

  This year we went to two different places for the holidays, but again in our own country. I just didn't like to investigatie if there were restrictions, what were the restrictions, what to do to cater to the restrictions etc, because restrictions where different in every country in Europe and could change every day. By staying in The Netherlands my only fear was that restaurants would close up again, because good food covers at least half of what you can call a great vacation, don't you agree? Anyway, the first week of our vacation we went the province Drenthe. My choice because I wanted to see 'hunebedden', ancient burial sites from prehistoric times. They're cultural heritage, but I had never seen them before.       Something else that I wanted to see is former transit camp Westerbork,  from where Jews and other minorities were send to concentration camps elsewhere in Europe, but unfortunately it was booked for the whole month, due to time slots f

  Stashbuster 14 My favorite season is Fall, for sure. I love the colors, I love the light, I love the smell and most of all I like pumpkin spices. My all time favorite drink is Pumpkin Spice Latte and that's what I made this week. The real one and this decorative one for on the porch.    Pattern: Pumpkin Spice Latte by Crafty Gibbon Yarn: various colors by Katia

  Most of the time crochet projects lay around everywhere in my house, often mixed together, sometimes with yarn so tangled that it isn't even attractive anymore to continue. That's why I made this bag, which is large enough for a whole project.   Pattern: Tulip Bag by I Love Crochet Yarn: Mighty by Scheepjes   ~*~ My Fisherman's Lamp was featured by Creative Jewish Mom , Oombawka Design and My Thrift Store Addiction !