Bakers Crafters Makers Day

Today is "National Bakers Crafters Makers Day." This morning I was trying to think what else I can pack or clean today... Now I want to just crochet and forget all of my problems...

I thought I would take a picture of my desk all cleaned out. 😅 

 

Creepy Crawlies...

First off, Cosmo is feeling better I think. He's acting more like his old grumpy "FEED ME!" self... (Sigh...Waking me up every morning at almost 2:21 or 2:28 on the dot, for food..) And his eye is not half closed and gunky anymore.    Matter of fact he is in here now meowing for food... (And I keep ignoring him... He's already been feed twice by me and treats, plus I don't know how many times my husband fed him.)

I started a new project- don't even ask me why lol..  🙄   I haven't crocheted one of my Love Bugs in a while. I went on to my other page for some reason, and noticed there was some comments I hadn't seen. Asking about the "bumps"/what I meant... So, I am crocheting one to see what I was talking about. 👀  I'm using the same yarn I used for my dinosaur (which is almost done-but I have to sew one more spot on). It's Red Heart Super Saver Jumbo Speckles, "Light Blue Speckle". I thought "Oh, that would be cute for a love bug"...  I overdid it packing yesterday and I moved another book shelf out of my bedroom which I probably shouldn't have done; and now I hurt... My  husband said I should take it easy and just sit and crochet today. But there's still so much to do! Sigh.... I got all the windows upstairs washed. In the middle of January. That was fun. Speaking of bugs! There are so many of those little Asian Beetles ? They look like lady bugs but they're not. They keep getting in the window somehow and it's driving me nuts! I just cleaned the window and I went upstairs yesterday and there was about 20 of them on the window in my room-that I just cleaned! Now I just have to do all the downstairs windows. And clean the whole house and finish packing... And move. And change our address, and, and, and, and.....  I probably started a new crochet project to get my mind off everything I have to do. 😁

 

Kitty Cold..

Cosmo is feeling under the weather today. I noticed this morning his eye was half closed, and leaking. He had been sneezing for a couple of days. I don't know if he has a kitty cold. I said to my husband, "It's too bad they don't have Kitty NyQuil. KittyQuil." 😹 I googled it, and they do have stuff you can buy! L-Lysine. (I googled it more though and there can be some bad side effects.)  By the time it arrived, he would probably be better, anyway. He has been sleeping on the couch since about 11:30 this morning; and he just was waking up when I took the picture a couple minutes ago. His eye wasn't leaking any more. So maybe he is starting to feel better. I was wondering why he didn't wake me up at 2:30 this morning for food... LoL He probably didn't feel good...  😞  I tried cleaning his eye up (he did not like that). But I brushed him and cuddled him afterwards and he was purring. So I don't think he was too mad. He is a spoiled kitty.    

Cosmos sez you have to feed a cold. 😹 I think all he cares about is food and cuddles. But I hope he feels better soon.

 

"Friendship? Yes, Please" Tea Bag Holder

Don't ask me why I was in the mood to make this this morning... When I should be packing!! Because we are going to be moving... AGAIN... That's another whole post though. And don't ask me why I am making a tea bag holder when the cost to send something like this in the mail is RIDICULOUS now.... But, I was in the mood to make a card or something this morning. Then I remembered the tea bag holder I made before. I tried to find the instructions on Pinterest. They are no longer there. So..... I decided to just go for it myself. (Good idea, dummy...)  I tried to write everything down so I can remember for the next time I try to make one. These are not the best tutorial/instructions, but maybe you can make sense of them...

This is the stamp I used, it's from Stampin' Up I think? And I have no idea where you can get one. I think they are discontinued. But, you could use any stamp really. Or a sticker, a die cut... Whatever.

After four attempts I stamped it onto the color cardstock I wanted to use, THEN I used the punch to cut it out. I have these pictures backwards I think... This is the two colors I used to color the inside of it.."Maroon", and "Rasberry".

Lined up the image inside as best as I could to see where to punch it out... (Nervewracking-well maybe just for me. I had two dogs and one cat I thought for sure was going to jump up on the chair next to me,  and startle me or something....) 

Then, I folded the piece of cardstock in half  widthwise (?) and cut down to 3 1/2" wide x 4 3/4' tall. Then, approximately one inch from the folded edge, put a pencil mark. Then, turning the piece with the folded edge on the bottom, approximately 2 1/4" to the next dot, put another pencil mark and make a diagonal line, lining up the ruler from dot to dot. Cut. 

Cut a darker/contrast color piece of cardstock 3 1/2" x 2 1/4" (ish). Then cut another piece of patterned paper 3 1/2" x 1 1/4". (this will also go on the inside of the tea bag holder/card, too so make sure you have enough for both pieces). Secure to the darker piece approximately 1/4" from the top. Then, secure the whole strip to the tea bag card lining up side and bottom. Now glue/secure the "Friendship" circle to the card... Then, cut a piece of the patterned paper approximately 4 1/4" (plus one dot more?) by 3 1/8", glue to the inside of the back piece of the tea bag card/holder. Using a hole punch, punch two holes- one just above the strip and a little over 1/4" away from the outer edge, the other one just a little bit to the top of the halfway point of the patterned paper, the same amount away from the edge. I just eyeballed it... Then measured it later.  Then you put a ribbon in and tie in the front.

Here's the finished tea bag holder.  Since I couldn't find a tutorial online (and I don't write things down or put links in my blog for things-ughhhhhh-I need to start doing that better), I thought I would write it all down here.  This is the one I made about 10 years ago. (No real notes, as you can see, but you can see the picture...) Maybe I'll make a purple one now. 😀No! I need to pack....  Stay focused.. LoL

 

Happy 2026

Today is the first day of 2026. Wow. I am not into that "New Year, New Me" BS....  It's just another day to me. But... "Happy New Year". I remember when it turned 2000. I couldn't believe it. (Remember "Y2K"? 🙄) Now it's already 2026...  

I picked apart the pink edging on the baby basket, and I redid it in all hdc's. You can't really tell from the pictures, but it lays better. And I like it better. Then I said "This baby needs a blanket. It's only 22 degrees outside." (LoL).  (It was actually only 9 degrees out this morning!) So I crocheted one I found on Pinterest. But, I did not do the whole thing. I only chained 24, and I did five rows. Then I did the edging. 

Here it is, all bundled up. Now what to crochet.... 

Okay, I took a picture of the side view. You can see it isn't all tight around the bottom like it was before, and pulling in. I must crochet single crochets tighter than half double crochets. Who knows... 

Doll Bed/Basket

After all my Christmas crochet projects were done (well, except for the Penny Hat), I didn't know what to do...  I have been wanting to crochet doll clothes/things for a long time still. I wanted to make a bed for the dolls. Not a cradle purse, but... I thought "What about those 'Moses Basket Beds'?"  I looked for one for an 8 inch doll (to fit the dollar tree dolls I bought). I found this pattern. I didn't do the bunnies or anything, I just kept doing sc's until I thought it was long enough. I might actually pull the sc's apart and do hdc's because it looks too tight. But other than that, it's finished.  

This is the only dollar tree doll I have clothes that I crocheted for, so far. There isn't very many 8" doll clothes crochet patterns out there! I guess I'll have to crochet my own...  But for now this is what I have. It was the Sweet Pea Outfit pattern. It's a little bit long on this doll but other than that it fits. The bib was from a different doll I have. 

Here he is in the basket. The basket has a "mattress" insert, too. But I didn't do that. 

It's 26 degrees outside with 50 mph winds. 🥶🥶🥶 It was 19 this morning. Spuds was in the garage all night! We don't know how he got in there (my husband must have gone in there and he got in when my husband went in), but I'm glad he wasn't outside in this weather last night! It sounded like worse than 50 mph winds last night and it was soooo cold! Even with his heated pad/shelter, I was worried.

Well I guess maybe I need to crochet a blanket for this now... :P

Don't ask me why I'm crocheting doll things when I don't have little kids or any grandkids... (I keep hoping, that's probably why. 😁)

Christmas Is Over, Happy New Year

Can we just skip winter now and go straight to summer? 😭 Even though we didn't even have a White Christmas. (We had a White Thanksgiving, but a Green Christmas. 👀) I still don't want to do winter. Sigh....  

I took the Christmas Tree down by myself just now. And all the Christmas decorations. I can't reach the boxes on the shelf in the garage, so I will have to wait until my husband gets home to help me. I asked Eon to get them down for me..  

I made a card this morning, too. For New Year's. I don't know if you can see the sparkly center of the flower.

I just used what I have... My dollar twenty five plus store stencil for the numbers, and a marker to fill them in. And a ribbon spool to make the "scallops" edging. 

And I used a glue stick and embossing powder to do the flower center. I have a few circle punches. 

This is the video "tutorial" I used to make this card.

I don't know what will happen in 2026. We may be moving, though. Again....  I thought the next move we made would be our retirement home. I am so done with moving. But.... It will be to help out my family.  I might need a straight jacket soon...