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These Are A Few of My Favorite Things

All my little gingerbread boxes are packaged and ready to be gifted!

 

These are a few of my favorite things!

Dala Horse Curtains Are Always My Style

How many times does it take to make kitchen curtains? Three apparently...third times a charm and i'm glad! These are exactly what my little window needed and they are definitely my style!

It's very difficult sometimes to find what your style is isn't it?

I tried two other styles of curtains before, and realized they didn't quite "fit" or "feel" right. First, I tried black and white checkered cafe curtains...cute idea in my head, but clashed horribly with the brown cabinets. Second try...burlap/linen curtains based on these beautiful ones (6th photo down). I was hoping with these curtains that my kitchen would magically look like this, but alas...it didn't. Third and final try...fabric scraps and thrifted bias tape! "Fits like a glove".

While I liked the "look" that I was trying to achieve in my first two attempts, they just didn't flow with the rest of the rooms. Why did I try and fight it...I know what I like! Sometimes I make things harder and more difficult than they need to be.

After doing some digging in the fabric closet I chose my favorite staple fabric (unbleached Osnaburg) or "poor man's linen", my much loved dala horse print, and some vintage red and white striped bias tape I had squirreled away! My heart started pounding, and I knew this was the right combination...It was like a giant slap in the face! Unfortunately, I didn't have a lot of the dala horse print left and I had to figure out how to get the right balance of fabrics and still be long enough to fit my window.

I remembered coming across this tutorial on making pillowcases with crochet edging! That is exactly what I did, and it added just the right amount of coziness (and length) to my curtain. I now have a sense of peace and all is well! Best of all, they didn't cost me anything...they were completely FREE!

Cozy Resolution

I have never been very good at making and keeping New Year resolutions! I only become discouraged and disappointed in myself at the end of the year, when I look back and see that my 'Unrealistic' list isn't completed.

My solution...make open-ended resolutions! I like the definition of Open-ended; not having fixed limits; unrestricted; broad; allowing for future changes, revisions or additions.

My resolution is to simplify, organize, and create balance...anything that will make my life easier!

To start things off right, I made a simple and organized cozy for all of my crochet hooks. I'm tired of searching for, digging through, buying new, and losing hooks. Now every hook has it's very own pocket, letter size and folds up neatly!

"The ability to Simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary  so that the necessary may speak" - Hans Hoffman

"Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up" - A. A. Milne

"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your Balance you must keep moving" - Albert Einstein

One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other!

Look at this gorgeous shawl pattern I bought from one of my favorites...While They Play! As with most of my attempts at crocheting beautiful things, they usually take me a few times before I get them right. Oh, it's never the pattern or the instructions, let's just say it is always a "little" misunderstanding on my part.