Saturday, May 31, 2014

Free Recipe: Chicken Pesto Pasta

Alrighty… my browser just quit before blogger could save my written progress. I don't know what's up with that it seems to do it more frequently on days the internet is slow.

What I was saying, was….I know it's been a while since I last blogged. But it's Friday! So no boring chit-chat bout why or how I'm feeling(which seems to be like a badly constructed roller coaster for the past, I don't know, 6 months). I just wanted to take five to give you guys a free printable recipe card! Only, it ended up taking me two days, ha! Figuring out the technicalities. You see, this is my very first Freebies post with my very first Downloadable link! And because you all asked so nicely for this recipe, I thought to make it special and the beginning of a recipe card series. I hope you like it! 


- click here to download the printable recipe card -

Have an Awesome Weekend and keep an eye out for the next freebie!

xxx

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Happy Monday Makings #16

Hey-hey! It's Monday! After a lovely weekend and Mother's Day spent with my parents… My Monday turned out not to be so happy. I really don't want to get into it now because when Dave came home he brought chocolate and we had a very nice evening. I made Nachos, we watched Grimm(quite an interesting series) and now I'm here, writing to you guys. I do feel better although, after having struggled with a very evil old lady neighbour and watching a lot of Grimm episodes… I have come to the conclusion that we might be dealing with a Hexen Beast, a witch. There is just no end to her meanness and she is harassing a lot of the other tenants in our complex as well. What a sad case, that someone would spend all of their time and energy to make other people's lives miserable. Like I said, I don't want to get into it and upset myself all over again. Let me rather show you what I did…  

Friends of ours' daughter through out some of her old clothes but before it goes to charity, she thought my mom and I might find some items useful. After all, I love reusing, remaking, and creating new things from old cast aways, so to speak. I try not to buy new, if there is anything I need I always try the secondhand and charity shops. This way you also end up giving back to your society. If we have anything we can't use anymore, it goes to the charity shops, completing a never-ending circle.  

I found a few items that will be very useful and this little yellow number is one of them.


-a very cute little tank, but with an out-dated hem line- 


-showing the lacy detail and the elasticated hem above- 


A Quick DIY
- I started by removing the hem.
-Then, measuring from the cut edge to where you want the top to sit(above or below the bellybutton), cut straight, even strands.
-Take the strands in two's and knotting them together.
-Again, tie the strands together two by two and that's that!


-Now I have a very lovely boho fringe tank. I know our Winter is upon us but I think I'll wear this tomorrow.

I hope you guys had a better day than I did.

xxx


Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Happy Monday Makings #15

Hiya friends, it's Monday again! Time for making pretty things…Today's HMM was inspired by the #randomgiftsoflove I gave my Mom. Her's came about when I was visiting to do some HMM sewing, I was looking for thread in her sewing tin and came across a handful of crocheted flowers. I snuck them home, made a lariat and gave it to her the next week. She wore it to a coffee date with a friend and she loved it so much that she asked what I would charge for one. Well now I have the challenge of designing a pattern, working out my costs and making samples. This is my first sample.


-It went quicker than it should've because I got lazy with writing down what I was doing. I get too excited about my projects and then all I care about is getting it done, fast! So this exercise failed, terribly! Hopefully I'll have more patients with the next one. At least it's good practice, working out the kinks, adding things, taking some away-    


-Piece by Piece: each flower motive done separately and the ends woven in.
-Colour Inspiration: I had just taken this top off the drying rack when I noticed that I have wool in the same colours, I then matched them up in the combination used on the top.

~this baby's mine~

Hope you had an amazing Monday!

xxx





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