AMANDA'S BASKETS: MORE CROCHETED FLOWERS & ROUND ROBIN FINISHED

Monday, June 5, 2017

MORE CROCHETED FLOWERS & ROUND ROBIN FINISHED

MORE CROCHETED FLOWERS

Just a reminder, I have been going crazy with crocheted flowers...well, I'm still at it. I finished these this weekend...

I crocheted the white flowers today at my Monday Craft Club. They are smaller because they are two ply whereas the purple flowers are four ply.

ROUND ROBIN FINISHED

The other project I finished this weekend was the round robin. Remember, this is the initial square that I received...

Very bright and colorful. So, first I added a small print orange border which kicked up the color quite a notch. I then added another border mostly made out of the fabric from the four squares and this is how it turned out...

It was a warm day today, not hot, but very, very muggy. I think we are expecting rain most of the day tomorrow. I went to my Monday craft group in Manhattan. It's really a time to just relax and work on your own projects.

I'm in the countdown mode making plans to leave next Sunday on my trip to Park City...driving, of course, and this time I am taking Chip and Dale.

I've cut a piece of my painter's cloth to completely cover my craft shelves for two reasons. First, I need more space on my design wall and second, I think that with the shelves hidden I will be able to concentrate more on my projects...just thinking! I'll show you how it looks tomorrow.

Enjoy your evening...
Talk to you later...

CRAFTING IDEAS

I am always looking for a small piece of paper to write down something which will later be disposed of. I decided to use some of the scrap paper of which I have a ton. I mostly use the paper for glueing projects. I decided to cut the paper into a small size. (Six pieces from a piece of copy paper.). But just having them sitting on my desk would get messy without a container. So, using a cardboard box, I cut it down to size and using a hot glue gun I glued the ends together. Using a picture from a magazine cut into pieces and stick craft glue, I glued the pieces to the box inside and out. I also used some decorative tape for the outside edges. And to finish the top corners which were not covered, I used straight pins with colorful tops. Looks nice and works well.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

So in looking over your habits what did you find? Some popular good habits folks have are: Meditation, exercise, journal writing, flossing, reading and walking up early. Some not so great habits included smoking, saying yes, swearing, tolerating folks, not sleeping enough, always complaining and constantly making excuses. Do you have more good habits or more bad habits? Is it time to change? If so, start with the easiest bad habit to change, not the hardest. This will give the best chance of success. Decide on the best way for you to change your habit. Worry too much? Set a time to worry and then stop. You may have to stop yourself several times at the beginning but keep it up and you will worry less. Or, alternatively, write the worry down as well as options to stop the problem. Just figure out which way to stop is best for you.