Posted in crochet, etsy, tagged crochet, etsy, etsyhooker, felting, shopping on December 31, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I keep being drawn to Valerie’s Gallery, probably because I am allergic to wool and could never make her lovely creations myself. Each photo can be clicked upon to see more information about them, including prices and so forth.
This reminds me of the home where I grew up. The house was surrounded by an [...]
Posted in crochet, etsy, tagged afghan, crochet, etsy, hat, log cabin, shopping, snowman on December 21, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Since Christmas and New Year’s are coming soon, I thought I would share a variety of items from the Etsyhookers this week in case you find some money under your tree.
I absolutely love to make afghans myself, and love the look of ones with lots of colors, but I certainly know what a huge amount [...]
Posted in American Sign Language, crochet, etsy, tagged ASL, crochet, hand, sign language on December 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Since I am a crafty mom who is learning ASL, it seems logical that I would try to do some crafty things incorporating ASL. So far, I have made a counting book for my daughter which is posted on my blog, a simple signs scrapbook, and a few simple books to help me teach [...]
Posted in crochet, etsy, tagged book cover, Christmas, crochet, etsy, pins, stitch marker on December 14, 2007 | 8 Comments »
I was looking through the offerings of the Etsyhookers and found many wonderful items. Since Christmas is coming soon, Red Berry Crochet’s banner, with its beautiful holly pin, caught my eye. Click on any of images to see more photos and information about purchasing from Red Berry Crochet.
The pin in her banner may [...]
Posted in paper crafts, tagged nativity, paper craft on December 12, 2007 | No Comments »
I found this printable nativity set last year and my daughter was not quite old enough to get very far along with it. (She was still in preschool.) This year, however, I think she might be able to do well with it. It might take her a few sessions to get through [...]
Posted in American Sign Language, GIMP, tagged American Sign Language, GIMP on December 11, 2007 | No Comments »
I figured out how to play with layers in GIMP this evening and made a new sign for my ASL playgroup to post at church. Isn’t it funny how once you figure out one tiny piece of information about a program, suddenly you can do a million more things with it? For some [...]
Posted in crochet, tagged 18 inch doll, American Girl doll, crochet, doll clothes on December 11, 2007 | No Comments »
I have been working on this 18 inch doll dress for a while, trying to decide whether I would try to sell it or give it to my daughter for a Christmas present. Since I have a five year old who is not very good at keeping out of my crafting bag, she saw [...]
Posted in GIMP, tagged GIMP, red eye removal, scrapbooking, tutorial on December 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I have been starting to use GIMP a bit more and am trying to learn the whole layers concept. I used it to create my shop banner and to make a little ad for my ASL playgroup, but I know there is much, much more it can do. I have been perusing sites [...]
Posted in etsy, tagged etsy on December 6, 2007 | No Comments »
Thanks much to Bonghi Vestiti, who featured me on her blog today. Please stop by her site and have a look around.
Posted in American Sign Language, tagged ASL, children's books, clothing, paper dolls, sign language on December 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
As part of an effort to keep our ASL skills and hoping to assist the next family that is hit with an unexpected hearing loss in their family, I run an American Sign Language playgroup for toddlers and preschoolers twice a month. Our church, Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church, kindly offers me the space [...]
