A New Item adding to the Etsy Shop

Check them out they are so cute...I will be adding more,,so keep an eye for them...I havent added them to my Esty shop yet..so leave message if your interested...thanks..

What a month it has been....

I dont think I remember this past month,,it started out where my 19year old son total his car, and then that same weekend my husband had a massive heart attack and 3 surgeries later, and me coming down with a bad chest cold,,,the good news is everyone is well and back to work now,,,I am back to doing my crafts, I am into crocheting and knitting, I did put up some new earrings on my etsy store and will be putting up more bags in the coming weeks,,so keep a eye out for those,,,the weather here in Arizona has gotten alot warmer and I for one is happy about it for once..I dont know what it is about this year but I so want to be at the beach right now with a good book and my mp3 player...infact the last week in June, Katie my daughter and I are going out to southern california to stay with my brother, I cant wait...The job at Barnes and Noble is going good, I love talking to people and that is what I do, I run customer service when I work,,
My son Jesse is graduating this year from Queen Creek High and went out to Eastern Arizona College with a friend to check it out, he loved it and if we can swing getting him some scholarship money then he will be on his way to college,,right now he is scared of leaving home,,well I better quit here...till next time hopefully there will be pictures...

I sold my 1st Item in my Etsy store

Yesterday I sold my 1st item, it was one of my bags, I am so excited about it...Other then that I have listed more bags in my store so stop by and have a peek at them,,,have a great day..

My Etsy Store,,

I have open an Etsy Store, you can fine the link below, I am selling jewelry,totebags,baby knits, knitting stitch markers. Check back often as I will be adding items weekly...thanks here are some of the items I am selling...

www.strawberrylane.etsy.com

I have been busy....

My daughter with the tote bag I made her,,,and she loves it...

Just some of the earrings I have made and will be selling in the near future.

3 crochet hats: from baby size to little girl size



Wow, where did the month go??? I have been knitting and crocheting alot, plus I have picked back up my beading. Also my hours at work increased. I am hosting a knitting/crocheting get together this friday at my house for the women in our church, it is our first meeting so we will see how many show up, I am excited about it to knit/crochet among other women. I have also been doing some sewing, I have made a baby blanket with flannel material and a totebag for my daughter, plus I have many more projects in the works...I have uploaded some pictures of some of the things I have made...enjoy and I hope I will not be gone as long till next post..

Thank goodness this week is over.....

It has been one of the worse weeks I have had in a long time, we went from 5 drivers and 4 cars to 5 drivers and 2 cars, and now we found out that my van's motor has died just to top things off...so we have one car and a rental and the van isn't worth 2500 dollars for a used motor,,,so we will be looking for another cheap car...so onto bigger and better things....let hope so. I am still knitting thank goodness for that huh..I am working on 2 scarfs and I think I will do another dishcloth we will see. I haven't read anything in awhile so I think I might pick up a book to read to..I have an eye appointment today to hopefully get glasses I have never had an eye appointment and I am long over due for one so maybe I will have a picture of me in my new glasses..until then here are some pictures for you of our weather today rainy and cloudy loving it ... have a very blessed day I sure am going to try to have one...

Mmmmmmmmmm...

Can you just smell the sweetness of homemade bread, that is what I did today bake 6 mini loafs which we will have some with our lasagna dinner tonight...

Happy Sunday.....

Well the sun is shining and it is a cool crisp day here in Arizona so I thought I would post today...I have some pictures the first set is of me and my hubby on our way to church,,next month it will be 24 years together where does the time go??? And the next is our kitties the top one is K.C. and the bigger one is Lucky, they are such sweeties, and last but not least is the basketweave scarve I am working on-details...

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Well I hope you all have a wonderful day out in blog land

Pictures for friday....

Yeah it is raining in Queen Creek Arizona,,something we hardly get to see....
Today I had off from work and so I finished up another couple of dishcloths the blue and green one is done in a Double Woven stitch and the pink/brown one is a basketweave pattern, enjoy...

Another Cook in the family....

Here is my daughter Katie making cookies for her boyfriend, and look there it is a smile on her face,,,

What I did this past Weekend....

I had a very nice and quiet weekend, while my hubby watched the kc vs indio game saturday I ran to a yarn shop in Scottsdale and got me some 12 inch circular needles and a new book. And then it was knitting all the rest of the weekend. Now the problem I am having is trying to pick a new project to start since I finished my sons beanie...what shall I knit next???? I finished 4 dishcloths, my sons beanie, and started a scarve,,,

Reading,,,,

I just finished a good book called On a Highland Shore by Kathleen Givens, and now I am reading a book that came highly recommended by a customer, you see I work at Barns and Noble book store and when a customer highly recommends a book I usually get it, this one is called A Thousand Days in Venice by Marlena De Blasi,here it is I will let you know how it is...




ABOUT THIS BOOK

He saw her across the Piazza San Marco and fell in love from afar. When he sees her again in a Venice café a year later, he knows it is fate. He knows little English; and she, a divorced American chef, speaks only food-based Italian. Marlena thinks she is incapable of intimacy, that her heart has lost its capacity for romantic love. But within months of their first meeting, she has packed up her house in St. Louis to marry Fernando—“the stranger,” as she calls him—and live in that achingly lovely city in which they met.

Vibrant but vaguely baffled by this bold move, Marlena is overwhelmed by the sheer foreignness of her new home, its rituals and customs. But there are delicious moments when Venice opens up its arms to Marlena. She cooks an American feast of Mississippi caviar, cornbread, and fried onions for the locals . . . and takes the tango she learned in the Poughkeepsie middle school gym to a candlelit trattoría near the Rialto Bridge. All the while, she and Fernando, two disparate souls, build an extraordinary life of passion and possibility.

Featuring Marlena’s own incredible recipes, A Thousand Days in Venice is the enchanting true story of a woman who opens her heart—and falls in love with both a man and a city.

A New Year Means new Resolutions....

So here it goes,,

1. Eat Better-Lose more weight,exercse more.
2. Read more from my TBR pile-sadly I only read 24 books last year..
3. Learn new knitting techs-like making socks,knitting in the round.
4. Do more of my crafty stuff-sewing,cross stitching,quilting,crocheting,beading.
5. Cook More-try new recipes out.
6. And last but not least make more time for me,,,
Hope you all have a wonderful and healthy 2007..

Cheers

I have a FO

I finished the scarve I was working on, this will be someone's christmas present for next year, I am getting a head start on thing,,,,

My silly son,,,

I got Josh some temp. red hair dye for one of his stocking gifts, and he used it today on his way out the door to go and play paint-ball with our churches yourth group...silly boy...

Got me some new books....

We went to our Half Price Book store today and I got these they in new condition without the new price,,,

What Card are you,,,

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You are The High Priestess

Science, Wisdom, Knowledge, Education.

The High Priestess is the card of knowledge, instinctual, supernatural, secret knowledge. She holds scrolls of arcane information that she might, or might not reveal to you. The moon crown on her head as well as the crescent by her foot indicates her willingness to illuminate what you otherwise might not see, reveal the secrets you need to know. The High Priestess is also associated with the moon however and can also indicate change or fluxuation, particularily when it comes to your moods.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

Nothing but knitting and reading the next 4 day....

Total Bliss,
I have the next four days of from work...so I will be finishing up a scarve I am knitting and finishing reading a book, and probly watching a couple of movies in between..I really like New Years weekend because we dont do anything exciting so it is just a very relaxing weekend for us..the weather is grey and cloudy and makes for a good day to stay in,,,I wish all my friends out there a very Happy New Year and see you in the coming year...

Cheers

I finished something,,,

I just finished this beannie for my hubby, just in time for him to wear to play basketball with our sons...

Listening to music,,,,,dreaming of a far away land

I am sitting here at my computer listening to Loreena Mckennitt on my computer, I got 2 of her cd's for christmas and cant get enough of her music, she is between folk and celtic and when I listen to her I dream of Scotland or Ireland of sitting in a pub and just listening to this kind of music all day long...if you like that kind of music I would highly recommend her,,here is her site...

http://www.quinlanroad.com/explorethemusic/thevisit.asp

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays....

Hello Blog world..
Sorry I have been absent, but the holidays and working really kept me busy..I have been knitting alot, mostly scarfs, and some hats, unforuantely I dont have any pictures to show because there were all presents. I have been reading some to I read a book called the Knitting Circle which comes out next month it was a advance copy from work and if you like Debbie MaComber you will like this one. Now I a reading a book called On a Highland Shore by Kathleen Givens, I have read good reviews of it so I thought I would read it. Well Santa was really good to me this year, I got a digital camera all my own...and a brand new Dell Computer which I am using right now..So I will be posting some pictures as soon as I get some. Well I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year..

I am jumping on the band wagon....

I have seen this post in alot of other blogs and thought I would join in on the 10,25,50..

The rules (as posted at www.hasturtorres.blogspot.com) are:1. Have fun reducing your stash.2. There is no time limit- people have different size projects they would like to work on.3. Thou shall not purchase any new patterns until 10, 25, or 50 projects have been stitched. Pattern size does not matter. 4. This challenge can also apply to knitting, beading, sewing and crocheting patterns.5. You can make some exemptions - I am not placing limitations on this due to commitments that people might already have. Remember, though, the goal of this challenge is to reduce stash so too many exemptions will sabotage these efforts.6. Gifts, gift cards, trades, RAKs and patterns bought with gift money are not a violation of this challenge. This also applies to purchasing patterns for gifts that give other people. Woohoo!7. Freebies count as part of your total and you can aquire them at any point.8. The offical start date of this challenge was Sept 1, 2006 since I have been posting about it for awhile and want to make sure the everyone's projects have been included.

Here is my list...only 25 now but will add more later.

1. LHN-The Bookshelf-WIP
2. LHN-Coffee Menu
3. LHN-Daisy Lane
4. LHN-M'Lady Strawberries
5. LHN-Season of Plenty
6. Country Cottage-Rose Cottage
7. Country Cottage-A Place we call home
8. Country Cottage-The Tea Room
9. Designer Series-Shaker Sampler
10. Twister Threads-Gingham Hearts
11. Brightneedle-Pretty in Pink
12. Brightneedle-The Sampler Sampler
13. Cider Hill-Sweet Violets
14. Blackbird Designs-Summer House
15. Blackbird Designs-Quaker Garden
16. Blackbird Designs-Spring Fling
17. Blackbird Designs-Sunflower House
18. Dessins DHC-Patch Red 13
19. Hillside Sampling-Quaker Diamond
20. Shepherds Bush-Love
21. Shepherds Bush-Flag
22. Shepherds Bush-Lamb
23. Shepherds Bush-Shepherds Earth
24. Shepherds Bush-Dancing Lamb
25. Shepherds bush-Checkered Sheep

there you have it,,,the first 25 projects I will stitch before I buy anymore patterns...

Hello Blog World

Well I finally set one up, lord knows I read enough of them...This is a place where I can come and let out my thoughts on my stitching, reading, family and anything else I can think of at the time..With 4 kids and a husband I dont get that much quiet time to my self and so this will be my quiet little corner...