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    Hello friends, I have missed you. I do not mean to forget about this blog but life takes over. My crafting life has changed a lot over the years and this blog has as well. With everything comes a season of change and our crafting life is no different. There was an incident several months ago where I really got back into my YouTube. I had always loved creating videos on youtube because I like to watch the same kind of content. However, since it had been a while since I made videos I was not aware of spammer there. Yes, I feel prey to a spammer and it caused…

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    What is "Your" crafting style?

    I recently post a question in a planner group asking for ideas people have tried for organizing their stickers. The main debate is to keep them in sticker books like the ones M.AM.B.I sells or to break them apart and sort them by “theme”. Its quite funny how it divides the community of planners. I was scrolling through some of the reply’s this morning and one question that was posted made me stop and think. The question was from Marsha Ward, ” I love that you have all of those, but can’t you see what’s in them from the pictures of the pages on the back of the sticker books?…

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    Family Favorite

    As the fall weather approaches {Hopefully sooner than later} many people think of Crock-Pot cooking. I however, cook in my Crock-Pots weekly. To me the ease of throwing some food in there and having the magical little elves that live with in do all the cooking and then having it ready by dinner makes me want to use them like crazy! I wanted to share one of my families favorite meals to cook in the pots so maybe your family can enjoy them too. Crock Pot Ribs ~Country Style Ribs~Dry spices (I love the McCormick Grill Mates and the Webber ones)~Brown sugar~Salt and pepper to taste~a onion~some Beef Stock~BBQ sauce…

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    100 Days Challenge

    Hello again I am back and I am starting a 100 day challenge to day and I am encouraging you to join and challenge yourself to change your habits for 100 days for good. You do not have to do the same as me but I hope you can find something that maybe you could change for a better, happier and healthier you. So what is my challenge?Well I need to get into the habit of a few things that I have fallen out of habit of doing. It happens you know, life comes in and changes routines and then before we know it things that are good for us…

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    Bible review and a little knitting too!

    August.. August the first marks the day when my inner child wants to run out and buy everything and anything with a pumpkin on it. However, let me remind you this momma is in the great state of Alabama where August has scorching temps and humidity that makes you feel you are in a sauna that follows you everywhere. I can not say that the weather brings me to those happy fall thoughts that I love nor does it really make me want to pick up my needles or hooks. However I have managed to make a pair of knitted knockers to donate to the local breast cancer support group…

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    Stitches United 2019

    #StitchesUnited is coming to Atlanta again! Lets talk about the excitement I am experiencing for a moment. First of all my first fiber event was Stitches 2014 when it was called Stitches South and when it was in Atlanta. I talked about it some in this blog post/video. I loaded up my van with some local knitters and crocheters and off we went. It was a huge show and very overwhelming. I bought some yarn some pictured here, some I have used and some I have destashed. I was a new knitter at the time and a new crocheter. The experience was the most magical and educational experience ever. I…

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    Dandilion Girl Designs

        Timber Bay Hat you can find the pattern here: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/timber-bayIf you are a knitter then you really should look over the wonderful designs from Dandilion Girl Designs. Melissa is the creative mind behind Dandilion and man that women can make some stunning things. Her first pattern to hit Ravelry was some cute leg warmers in 2009. Since then she gotten a total of 188 designs on her Ravelry pattern page that can be seen by clicking the graphic bellow of her design name. I can not remember who brought me to her designs but I do remember which one it was. I was looking for a cute cardi to add…

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    Project Planning for my 2019 Craft Life

    It is that time of year of goal making and project planning. Every year I like to set a few crafting goals for myself and try to achieve them. Not that I push myself to do them but I am a person who thrives on things such as that. Are you that way? Do you set yearly goals? Did you meet your yearly goals for 2018? To be honest I can not even remember all the goals I had planned but the top two were to do something Brioche and to make a doll a month. I did make a brioche hat and it was donated to a charity “Purple…

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    2019 The year of Simplicity

    photo borrowed from the internet not mine The new year is approaching at a rapid speed and it’s time to get ready for it. Every year I like to have a focal word for the new year. This year I think Simplicity is the perfect one. With all the things I have going on around me and for all the things I hope to come in 2019 it’s a word that I want to grow closer to. do think there will be changes in how I do my Facebook pages/blogs. I am going to continue to fade from “www.facebook.com/Lifeonthefarminalabama” and merge it with my Yarning4asmile Facebook page and the same…