I See All The Letters of the Alphabet!!

Well, not really. Just the letters in my blog name. I love the alphabet because it enables the sharing of ideas. I have been very busy combining a love of the alphabet and reading with my crochet work lately with my Lovely Little Letters series. So, here are a few items [...]

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Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?

Wolves seem to be in every other fairy tale, so when my dear husband challenged me to create a puppet wolf after I finished my Red Riding Hood I figured it would be a good idea. Since I was going to all the trouble of creating him by myself, I spent a long time [...]

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Etsyhooker of the Week — Yummy Pancake

Mmm, mmm, good enough to eat — almost. Yummy Pancake’s shop is filled with crocheted goodies that can make your mouth water. She thinks up great packaging, like the lollipop face cloths; it just makes you want to buy them.

My mother in law was visiting recently and bought us some Cheesecake Factory cheesecake, [...]

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Etsyhooker of the Week — Care free plants

For me, the mother of a three year old and a two year, something that looks nice and requires little thought sounds great. Especially when I don’t want to worry about dirt being knocked over and ground into the carpet. I also don’t want to worry about children tasting plants. In our [...]

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Etsyhooker of the Week — Felted pleasures

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 [...]

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Etsyhooker of the Week — Christmas special

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 [...]

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CASTteam Christmas Contest….

UPDATE:
Congrats to the winners:
Hurdler4Eva, Ulixis, DebsRandomArt, and Saire
Here are some details of a contest to win lots of nifty prizes from etsy artists. Check the CASTteam page for contest dates. If you have not registered at etsy.com yet, please let them know “lauraslefthook” sent you.
To enter:
Read through the Christmas Carol “O Holy [...]

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Do you have a football lover in your house?

I have been hard at work creating a cozy for your favorite canned drink which will also save the good furniture for my etsy shop. (If you visit etsy for the first time, please tell them “lauraslefthook” sent you.)  I have made plenty of can cozies before, but I needed to spend some time [...]

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lauraslefthook.etsy.com

I just started a shop, Laura’s Left Hook , in September at etsy.com.  (If you visit etsy for the first time, please tell them “lauraslefthook” sent you.)  I have had fun making several items and have been learning lots about taking photos of items in macro mode. I am still not an expert [...]

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